Cŏrs'ned, n.

n. [A-S. corsnīd, comp. of cors, curse, and snīd, bit, piece. It is also called nead-bread, need-bread, bread of necessity.] (A-S. Laws.) The morsel of execration, or curse; a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation, and to be swallowed by a suspected person, as a trial of his innocence. If the accused ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt. Burrill.