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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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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.]Cor-pŭs'cule, n. p. 296A corpuscle.Côr'pus De-lĭc'tĭ p. 296(Law.) The substantial and fundamental fact of the crime having been committed; the proofs essential to establish a crime; the subject of the crime itself, as the body of the person murdered, &c.…Cor-rāde', v. t. p. 296To rub off, or together. [Obs.]Cor-rā'di-al, a. p. 296Radiating to or from the same point. [Rare.]Cŏr-rā′di-āte, v. t. p. 296To concentrate to one point, as light or rays.Cor-rā'di-ā'tion, n. p. 296A conjunction of rays in one point. Bacon.Côr'ral, n. p. 296A yard or inclosure, especially for cattle, near a house. Simmonds.Cor-rā'sive, a. p. 296Serving to corrade, or wear away. “Corrasive sores which eat into the flesh.” Holland.Cor-rēct', a. p. 296Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views. Always use the most correct…Cor-rĕct′, v. t. p. 296To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to remove or retrench faults or errors in; to set right. This is a defect in the make of some men's minds which can scarce…Cor-rēct'i-ble, a. p. 296Capable of being corrected.Cor-rēct'i-fy, v. t. p. 296To set right; to correct. [Obs.] It is not to be a justice of peace, To pick natural philosophy out of bawdry. When your worship's pleased to correctify a lady. B.&Fl.Cor-rē'ction, n. p. 296The act of correcting; the emendation of faults or errors; change for the better; amendment. “The due correction of swearing, rioting . . . and other scandalous vices.” Strype. 2. That which is…Cor-rē'ction-al, a. p. 296Tending to, or intended for, correction.Cor-rĕc'tion-er, n. p. 297One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction. [Obs.] Shak.Cor-rĕc'tive, a. p. 297Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of bilious alkali. Arbuthnot.Cor-rĕc'tive, n. p. 297That which has the power of correcting, altering, or obviating what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. 2. Limitation…Cor-rĕct'ly, adv. p. 297In a correct manner; exactly; accurately; without fault or error.Cor-rĕct'ness, n. p. 297State of being correct; conformity to truth, justice, or propriety; as, the correctness of opinions, of judgment, or of manners. 2. Conformity to settled usages or rules; as, correctness in writing…Cor-rĕct'or, n. p. 297One who corrects; one who amends faults, retrenches error, and renders conformable to truth or propriety, or to any standard; as, a corrector of the press; a corrector of abuses. 2. That which…