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n. [ F. See Corset. ] 1. The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as, a low corsage.

2. def>a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special occasions (as, at a ball or an anniversary celebration), a corsage may be worn pinned to the chest, or tied to the wrist. It is usually larger or more elaborate than a boutonniere. [ PJC ]

n. [ F. corsaire (cf. It. corsare, corsale, Pr. corsari), LL. corsarius, fr. L. cursus a running, course, whence Sp. corso cruise, corsa cruise, coasting voyage, corsear to cruise against the enemy, to pirate, corsario cruising, a privateer authorized to cruise against the enemy. See Course. ] 1. A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A piratical vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barbary corsairs . . . infested the coast of the Mediterranean. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A Californian market fish (Sebastichthys rosaceus). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) A small foxlike mammal (Cynalopex corsac), found in Central Asia. [ Written also corsac. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. dextrorsum, contr. fr. dextrovorsum, dextroversum, toward the right side; dexter right + versus, vorsus, p. p. of vertere, vortere, to turn. ] (Botany) Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common morning-glory; as, dextrorse vines. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ At present scientists predicate dextrorse or sinistrorse quality of the plant regarded objectively; formerly the plant was regarded subjectively, and what is now called dextrorse was then considered sinistrorse. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Dorsum +L. ad towards. ] (Anat.) Toward the dorsum or back; on the dorsal side; dorsally. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. dorsal, LL. dorsalis, fr. L. dorsualis, fr. dorsum back; cf. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, mountain ridge. Cf. Dorse, Dorsel, Dosel. ] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) (a) Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf. (b) Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dorsal vessel (Zool.), a central pulsating blood vessel along the back of insects, acting as a heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. dorsale, neut. fr. dorsalis. See Dorsal, a. ] (Fine Arts) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Dorsal, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. (Anat.) On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Extrorse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Forsook p. p. Forsaken p. pr. & vb. n. Forsaking. ] [ AS. forsacan to oppose, refuse; for- + sacan to contend, strive; akin to Goth. sakan. See For-, and Sake. ] 1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity. [ 1913 Webster ]

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments. Ps. lxxxix. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To renounce; to reject; to refuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

If you forsake the offer of their love. Shak.

Syn. -- To abandon; quit; desert; fail; relinquish; give up; renounce; reject. See Abandon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who forsakes or deserts. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. forsecgan to accuse; pref. for- + secgan to say. ] To forbid; to renounce; to forsake; to deny. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. deserted and unhospitable.
Syn. -- desert, desolate, waste, wild. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. forlorn.
Syn. -- desolate, forlorn, lorn, sad. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Capable of being indorsed; transferable; convertible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Indorsement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the back; immediately in front, or on the ventral side the dorsal part of the vertebral column. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sinistrorsus, sinistroversus, turned toward the left side; sinister left + vertere, vortere, versum, vorsum, to turn. ] Rising spirally from right to left (of the spectator); sinistrorse. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } a. [ It. ] (Mus.) Growing gradually fainter and softer; dying away; morendo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A twisted cord; also, a molded or worked ornament of similar form.

The crown decked with torsades of pearls. Harper's Mag. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]