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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'ol-late or Côr'ol-lā'ted, a. p. 295Like a corolla; having corollas.Cŏr'ol-let, n. p. 295(Bot.) One of the partial flowers which make a compound one; the floret in an aggregate flower. Martyn.Côr'ol-līne, a. p. 295(Bot.) Of, or pertaining to, a corolla. Gray.Cŏr'ol-lūle, n. p. 295The same as COROLLET.Cor-o-mān'del Wood p. 295Calamander wood.Co-rō'nā, n. p. 295(Arch.) A large, flat member of a cornice, usually of considerable projection, to carry off the rain that falls on it, called by workmen the drip. Gwilt. [See Illustr. of Column.] 2. (Anat.) The…Côr'o-nāch, n. p. 295A funeral dirge or lamentation for the dead. See CORANACH. W. Scott.Cŏr'o-nal, a. p. 295Pertaining to the kingly crown, or to coronation. The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon. Milton. 2. Belonging to the crown or top of the…Côr'o-nal, n. p. 295A crown; wreath; garland. Spenser. 2. The frontal bone;—said to be so called because on it partly rests the crown of kings.Cor-o-nā'men, n. p. 295(Zoöl.) The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet.Cōr'/o-na-ry, a. p. 295Relating to a crown; seated on the top of the head, or placed as a crown. Browne. 2. (Anat.) Bearing likeness to a crown or circlet;—applied to certain ligaments, arteries, veins, &c. Dunglison.Cŏr'o-na-ry, n. p. 295A small bone in the foot of a horse.Cŏr'o-nate or Cŏr'o-nā'ted, a. p. 295Having or wearing a crown. 2. (Conch.) Girt about the depressed spire with a single row of eminences. Dana.Côr'o-nā'tion, n. p. 295The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty. 2. The pomp or assembly attending a coronation. [Obs.]…Coronel, n. p. 295A colonel. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. The iron head of a tilting-spear. [Written also cronel.] Grose.Co-rōne'ment, n. p. 295Coronation. [Obs.] R. Brunne.Côr'o-ner, n. p. 295An officer of the law whose duty is to inquire into the manner of a violent death. This must be done by a jury, on sight of the body, and usually at the place where the death happened. Coroner . . .…Cŏr'o-net, n. p. 296An inferior crown worn by noblemen. ☞ The coronet of a British duke is adorned with strawberry leaves; that of a marquis has leaves with pearls interposed; that of an earl raises the pearls above the…Côr'-o-net-ed, a. p. 296Wearing, or entitled to wear, a coronet.Cō-rōn'i-fōrm, a. p. 296Having the form of a crown.Cŏr/o-nīl'la, n. p. 296(Bot.) A genus of shrubby plants having their flowers arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets.Cŏr'-o-noid, a. p. 296(Anat.) Resembling the beak of a crow; as, the coronoid process of the lower jaw, or of the ulna.Cŏr'no-nūle, n. p. 296(Bot.) A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. Martyn.Côr'po-ral, n. p. 296(Mil.) The lowest officer of a company of infantry, next below a sergeant. He places and relieves sentinels, &c. 2. (Naut.) An officer under the master at arms, employed to teach the sailors the use…Côr'po-ral, a. p. 296Belonging or relating to the body. “Past corporal toil.” Shet. “Pillories and other corporal inflictions.” Milton. 2. Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material; corporeal. “A corporal…Côr'po-ral or Côr'po-rā'le, n. p. 296(Eccl.) A fine linen cloth, used to cover the sacred elements in the eucharist, or in which the sacrament is put. Corporal oath, a solemn oath;—so called from the ancient usage of touching the…Côr'po-rāl'i-ty, n. p. 296The state of being a body, or embodied; corporeality;—opposed to spirituality.Côr'po-ral-ly, adv. p. 296In or with the body; bodily; as, to be corporally present.Côr'po-ral-ship, n. p. 296(Mil.) A corporal's office or command.Côr'po-ras, n. p. 296The corporal, or communion-cloth. [Obs.] Fuller.Côr'po-rate, a. p. 296Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual; incorporated; as, a corporate town. 2. Belonging to a…Côr'po-rāte, v. t. p. 296To inclose in, or endow with, a body; to incorporate. [Obs.] Stow.Côr'po-rāte, v. i. p. 296To be inclosed in a body; to unite to form a body; to be incorporated. [Obs.]Côr'po-rate-ly, adv. p. 296In a corporate capacity.Côr'po-rate-ness, n. p. 296The state of a corporate body.Côr'po-rā'tion, n. p. 296A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity of perpetual succession; a society having the capacity of transacting…Côr'po-rā'tor, n. p. 296A member of a corporation.Côr'po-ra-tūre, n. p. 296The state of being embodied. [Obs.] More.Cor-pō're-al, a. p. 296Having a body; consisting of a material body or substance; material; — opposed to spiritual or immaterial. His omnipotence That to corporeal substances could add Speed almost spiritual. Milton.…Cor-pō're-al-ist, n. p. 296One who denies the reality of spiritual existences.Cor-pō-re-āl'i-ty, n. p. 296The state of being corporeal.Cor-pō're-al-ly, adv. p. 296In body; in a bodily form or manner.Cor-pō're-al-ness, n. p. 296Corporeality; corporeity.Côr'po-rē'i-ty, n. p. 296The state of having a body, or of being embodied; materiality. The one attributed corporeity to God. Stillingfleet. Those who deny light to be matter, do not therefore deny its corporeity. Coleridge.Cor-pō're-oŭs, a. p. 296Corporeal. [Obs.] Hammond.Cor-pōr/i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 296The act of corporifying, or giving body to. [Obs.] Johnson.Cor-pŏr'i-fy, v. t. p. 296To embody; to form into a body. [Obs.] Boyle.Côr'po-sant, n. p. 296A luminous appearance, flame-like in shape, sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some prominent point on a ship, particularly at the mast-head and the yard-arms. The same phenomenon has…Cōrps, n. sing. & pl. p. 296A body of men; especially, a body of troops, an organized part or division of an army. They never acted in corps, or were known as a faction in the state. Burke. 2. (Arch.) Any part that projects…Côrpsē, n. p. 296A human body in general, whether living or dead; — sometimes contemptuously. [Obs.] But naked, without needful vestiments To clad his corpse with meet habiliments, He cared not for dint of sword or…Côr'pu-lence or Côr'pu-len-cy, n. p. 296Excessive fatness; fleshiness; obesity. 2. Thickness of substance; spissitude. [Obs.] The heaviness and corpulency of the water requiring a great force to divide it. Ray.Côr'pu-lent, a. p. 296Having an excessive quantity of flesh, in proportion to the frame of the body. They provided me always a strong horse, because I was corpulent and heavy. Hackluyt. 2. Solid; gross; opaque. [Obs.]…Côr'pu-lent-ly, adv. p. 296In a corpulent manner.Côr'pu-sānce, n. p. 296The same as CORPOSANT.Côr'pus Chrīst'i p. 296(Eccl.) A festival of the church of Rome, kept on the next Thursday after Trinity Sunday, in honor of the eucharist.Côr'pus-cle, n. p. 296A minute particle, or physical atom; one of the very small bodies which compose large bodies, not the elementary principles of matter, but such small particles, simple or compound, as are not…Cor-pŭs'eu-lar, a. p. 296Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small particles. Corpuscular philosophy, that which attempts to account for the phenomena of nature, by the motion, figure, rest, position, &c., of the…Cor-pŭs/cu-lā'ri-an, a. p. 296Corpuscular. Boyle.Cor-pūs'eu-lā'ri-an, n. p. 296An advocate for the corpuscular philosophy. Bentley.Cor-pŭs'cu-lār'i-ty, n. p. 296State of being corpuscular. [Rare.]