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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Côrn'-bād'ger, n. p. 294A dealer in corn. [Eng.] See BADGER.Côrn'bĭnd, n. p. 294(Bot.) A species of Polygonum; climbing buckwheat. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Côrn'brāsh, n. p. 294A coarse, shelly limestone, of the Bath oölitic strata, used in Wiltshire, Eng., to manure lands for the growth of corn. Dana.Côrn'-brĕad, n. p. 294A kind of bread or bread-cake made of the meal of Indian corn.Côrn'-cōck/le, n. p. 294(Bot.) A weed (Agrostemma githago), having bright flowers; common in corn-fields. Loudon.Côrn'-crāke, n. p. 294(Ornith.) A bird (Crex pratensis) which frequents corn-fields; the crake or land-rail; the corn-crow.Côrn'-cūt'ter, n. p. 294One who cuts corns or indurations of the skin. 2. A machine for reaping corn, or for cutting up stalks of corn for food of cattle.Côrn'-dŏdg'er, n. p. 294A cake made of the meal of Indian corn, wrapped in a covering of husks or paper, and baked under the embers. [U. S.] Bartlett.Côr'ne-ă, n. p. 294(Anat.) The strong, horny, transparent membrane which forms the front part of the eye.Côr'nel, n. p. 294(Bot.) A shrub and its fruit; dogwood, a species of Cornus (Cornus mascula); — called also cornel-cherry, cornelian cherry, and cornelian tree. ☞ It has a stem twenty feet high, branching and forming…Cor-nēl'ian, n. p. 294See CARNELIAN, the proper orthography.Côrne'mūse, n. p. 294A bagpipe. Drayton.Côr'ne-o-cal-cā're-oŭs, a. p. 294(Conch.) Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, as some shells. 2. Horny on one side, or part, and calcareous on the other.