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Webster 1913 Edition

Corposant

Cor′po-sant

(k?r′p?-z?nt)
,
Noun.
[It.
corpo santo
holy body.]
St. Elmo’s fire. See under
Saint
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Corposant

CORPOSANT

,
Noun.
A name given by seamen to a luminous appearance often beheld, in dark tempestuous nights, about the decks and rigging of a ship, but particularly at the mastheads and yard-arms, supposed to be electrical.

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