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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Core

Cōre, n.

noun

n. [Norm. Fr. core, O. Fr. cor, coer, cuer, now cœur, from Lat. cor, heart; Pr. cor, It. cuore, Sp. corazón, Pg. coração.]

Sense 1. The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column or wall, of a boil, &c.; especially the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince.

Whose core Stands sound and great within him. Chapman.

Sense 2. The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square. [Obs.]

Sense 3. (Founding.) The internal mold which forms a hollow in casting, as in a tube or pipe. Francis.

Sense 4. A disorder of sheep. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Sense 5. [Fr. corps, Lat. corpus.] A body or assemblage. [Obs.]

He was in a core of people whose affections he suspected. Bacon.

Cōre, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CORED; p. pr. & vb. n. CORING.] To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple. He's like a corn upon my great toe . . . he must be cored out. Marston.