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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Côr'date-ly, adv. p. 293In a cordate form.Côrd'ed, p. a. or a. p. 293Bound or fastened with cords. 2. Piled in a form for measurement by the cord. 3. Made of cords; furnished with cords. 4. Striped or furrowed, as by cords. 5. (Her.) Bound about, or wound, with cords.Côr'de-liêr', n. p. 293(Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious order founded by St. Francis; a Gray friar. The Cordeliers wear a thick gray cloth cloak, with a girdle of rope or cord, tied with three knots.Côr'del-ing, a. p. 293Twisting.Côrd'elle, n. p. 293A twisted cord; tassel. Halliwell. 2. A tow-line. The propelling power of the keel-boat is by oars, sails, setting-poles, the cordelle, &c. Flint.Côr'di-al or Côrd'ial, a. p. 293Proceeding from the heart; hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate. He . . . with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamored. Milton. 2. Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or…Côrd'i-al or Côrd'ial, n. p. 293Any thing that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates. Charms to my sight, and cordials to my mind. Dryden. 2. (Med.) That which cheers or invigorates; a medicine which increases strength, raises the…Cor-di-āl'i-ty or Cord-iāl'i-ty, n. p. 294Relation to the heart. [Obs.] Browne. 2. Sincere affection and kindness; warmth of regard; heartiness. These ill-fated gentlemen had been received with apparent cordiality. Motley.Côr'di·al-īze or Cōrd'ial-īze, v. t. p. 294To render cordial.Côr'di·al-īze or Côrd'ial-īze, v. i. p. 294To grow cordial; to feel or express cordiality; to harmonize. [Rare.]Côr'di-al-ly or Côrd'ial-ly, adv. p. 294With real affection; heartily; sincerely.Côr'di·al-ness or Côrd'ial-ness, n. p. 294Hearty good will; cordiality.Côr'di-fôrm, a. p. 294Having the form of the human heart; heart-shaped; cordate.Cor-dil/le-rā, n. p. 294(Geog.) A mountain ridge or chain.Cōr'di·ner, n. p. 294A cordwainer. [Obs.]Côr'don, n. p. 294A cord or ribbon bestowed or borne as a badge of honor. 2. (Arch.) The edge of a stone on the outside of a building. Gwill. 3. (Fort.) The coping of the scarp-wall, which projects beyond the face of…Côr'do-van, n. p. 294Spanish leather, or goat-skin tanned and dressed; cordwain.Côr'du-roy', n. p. 294A thick cotton stuff, corded or ribbed on the surface. Corduroy road, a roadway formed of logs laid side by side across it, as in marshy places;—so called from its rough or ribbed surface, resembling…Cōrd'wāin, n. p. 294Spanish leather; goat-skin tanned and dressed. [Obs.] Buskins he wore of costliest cordwain. Spenser.Cōrd'wāin-er, n. p. 294A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker.Cōrd'-wood, n. p. 294Wood cut and piled for sale by the cord, in distinction from long wood; especially, wood cut to the length of four feet.Cōre, n. p. 294The 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…Cōre, v. t. p. 294To 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.Cō-rē'gent, n. p. 294A joint regent or ruler.Cō'-re-lā'tion, n. p. 294Corresponding relation.Cō-rēl'a-tive, a. p. 294Correlative.Cō're-ōp'sis, n. p. 294(Bot.) An American plant whose seed has two little horns at the end which give it the appearance of some insect. One species is used to dye cloth red. London.Cōr'er, n. p. 294That which cores; an instrument for coring fruit.Ebr'et, n. p. 294A kind of snail. Goldsmith.Côrf, n. p. 294A large basket for conveying coals in mines; also, a basket used for taking fish. Halliwell. 2. A temporary building; a shed. Jamieson.Côr'fûte, n. p. 294(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Corfu, an island in the Mediterranean Sea.Cō'ri-ā'ceous, a. p. 294Consisting of leather, or resembling leather; tough; leathery. 2. (Bot.) Stiff, like leather or parchment.Cō'ri-ăn'der, n. p. 294(Bot.) A plant, the Coriandrum sativum, the seeds of which have a strong smell, and, in medicine, are considered as stomachic and carminative.Co-rin'don, n. p. 294The same as CORUNDUM.Côr'inth, n. p. 294(Geog.) A city of Greece. 2. A small fruit; a currant. [Obs.] The chief riches of Zante consist in corinths, which the inhabitants have in great quantities. Browne.Co-rin'thi-ae, a. p. 294Pertaining to Corinth.Co-rin'thi-an, a. p. 294Pertaining to Corinth. 2. (Arch.) Pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture, the third order, characterized by a profusion of ornamentation. 3. Debauched in character or practice; impure.…Co-rin'thi-an, n. p. 294(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Corinth. 2. A debauched man; a wencher. [Obs.] Shak.Cō'ri-ām, n. p. 294Leather body-armor, formed of overlapping leaves or scales, worn by Roman soldiers, and those of other nations. ☞ Its use was continued in England till the reign of Edward I. Fosbroke. 2. (Anat.) The…Cō-rĭ'val, n. p. 294A rival; a competitor; a corrival. Shak.Cō-rī'val, v. t. p. 294To rival; to pretend to equal. Shak.Cō-rī'val-ry or Cō-rī'val-ship, n. p. 294Joint rivalry.Côrk, n. p. 294The outer bark of the cork tree (Quercus suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. 2. A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork. ☞ Cork is sometimes used erroneously for calk…Côrk, v. t. p. 294To stop with corks, as bottles, casks, &c. 2. To furnish with cork. “Corked stilts.” Hall. ☞ To cork is sometimes used erroneously for to calk, to furnish the shoe of a horse or ox with sharp points…Côr'ked, a. p. 294Having acquired taste from the cork; as, a bottle of wine is corked.Côrk'-fōs'il, n. p. 294(Min.) A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork.Côrk'ing-pīn, n. p. 294A pin of a large size, formerly used in attaching a woman's head-dress to a cork mold. [Obs.] Swift.Côrk'-jâck'et, n. p. 294A jacket having thin pieces of cork inclosed within canvas, and used to aid in swimming.Côrk'screw, n. p. 294A screw to draw corks from bottles.Côrk'-tree, n. p. 294(Bot.) The variety of oak (Quercus suber) whose bark furnishes the cork of commerce.Côrk'y, a. p. 294Consisting of, or pertaining to, cork; resembling cork; dry and tough, like cork. Bind fast his corky arms. Shak.Côrm, n. p. 294(Bot.) A solid bulb. See CORMUS.Côr'mo-rant, n. p. 294(Ornith.) A genus of web-footed sea-birds, of the family Pelecanidæ, often called sea-raven, and characterized by great voracity. Baird. 2. A glutton, or gluttonous servant. B. Jonson.Côr'mus, n. p. 294(Bot.) A solid, bulbous root, like that of the Indian turnip, or crocus. [Written also corm.] Gray.Côrn, n. p. 294A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. ☞ In this sense it has a plural; as, three barley-corns make an inch. It is generally applied to edible seeds, which, when…Côrn, n. p. 294A hard, horn-like excrescence or induration of the skin on the toes or other parts of the feet. Gentlemen, welcome! ladies that have their toes Unplagued by corns, will have a bout with you. Shak.Côrn, v. t. p. 294To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; as, to corn beef. 2. To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder. 3. To supply or feed with…Cor-nā'ceoŭs, a. p. 294(Bot.) Relating to the genus Cornus, or to the plants included in it.Côr'nāge, n. p. 294(Law.) An ancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn.Côr'na-mūte, n. p. 294A cornemuse. [Obs.] Drayton.