Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COR'PO-SANT
COR'PO-SANT, n. [Sp. cuerpo santo, holy body.]
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 mast-heads and yard-arms, supposed to be electrical. – Mar. Dict.
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