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noun
A consecrated piece of bread given to a person suspected of a crime, indicating innocence if swallowed easily and guilt if it stuck in the throat; a morsel of execration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Anglo-Saxon law
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History
From Old English corsnǽd (literally “chosen piece”).
