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CONVIVIALIST Con*viv"i*al*ist, n.
Defn: A person of convivial habits.
CONVIVIALITY Con*viv`i*al"i*ty, n.; pl. Convivialities (.
Defn: The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; a convivial spirit or humor; festivity.
CONVIVIALLY Con*viv"i*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a convivial manner.
CONVOCATE Con"vo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convocated; p.pr. & vb.n. Convocating.] Etym: [L. convocatus, p.p. of convocare to convocate; con- + vocare to call. See Vocal, and cf. Convoce.]
Defn: To convoke; to call together. [Obs.] May (Lucan).
CONVOCATION Con`vo*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. convocatio: cf. F. convocation. See Convoke.]
1. The act of calling or assembling by summons.
2. An assembly or meeting. In the first day there shall be a holy convocation. Ex. xii. 16.
3. (Ch. of Eng.)
Defn: An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
Note: In England, the provinces of Canterbury and York have each their convocation, but no session for business were allowed from 1717 to 1861. The Convocation of Canterbury consists of two houses. In the Convocation of York the business has been generally conducted in one assembly.
4. (Oxf. University)
Defn: An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted.
Syn. — meeting; assembly; congregation; congress; diet; convention; synod; council.
CONVOCATIONAL Con`vo*ca"tion*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a convocation.
CONVOCATIONIST Con`vo*ca"tion*ist, n.
Defn: An advocate or defender of convocation.
CONVOKE Con*voke", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convoked; p.pr. & vb.n. Convoking.] Etym: [L. convocare: cf. F. convoquer. See Convocate.]
Defn: To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons. There remained no resource but the dreadful one of convoking a parliament. palfrey.
Syn. — To summon; assemble; convene. See Call.
CONVOLUTE Con"vo*lute, a. Etym: [L. convolutus, p.p. of convolvere. See Convolve.] (Bot.)
Defn: Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; — said of the leaves of plants in æstivation.
CONVOLUTED Con"vo*lu`ted, a.
1. Having convolutions. beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn. Pennant.
2. Folded in tortuous windings. A highly convoluted brain. North Amer. Rev.
CONVOLUTION Con`vo*lu"tion, n.
1. The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion. O'er the calm sea, in convolution swift, The feathered eddy floats. Thomson.
2. The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or doubled together; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself. Blackmore.
3. (Anat.)
Defn: An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, the convolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain.
CONVOLVE Con*volve", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convolved; p.pr. & vb.n. Convolving.] Etym: [L. convolvere, -volutum; con- + volvere to roll. See Voluble.]
Defn: To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another. Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and fro convolved. Milton.
CONVOLVULACEOUS Con*vol`vu*la"ceous, a. Etym: [From Convolvus.] (Bot.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the bindweed and the morning-glory are common examples.
CONVOLVULIN Con*vol"vu*lin, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceous plant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass of powerful purgative properties.
CONVOLVULUS Con*vol"vu*lus, n.; pl. L.Convolvuli, E. Convoluluses. Etym: [L., bindweed, fr. convolvere to roll around. So named from its twining stems.] (Bot.)
Defn: A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers, including the common bindweed (C. arwensis), and formerly the morning-glory, but this is now transferred to the genus Ipomæa. The luster of the long convolvuluses That coiled around the stately stems. Tennyson.
CONVOY Con*voy", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convoyed; p.pr. & vb.n. Convoying.] Etym: [F. convoyer, OF. conveier, convoier. See Convey.]
Defn: To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman. I know ye skillful to convoy The total freight of hope and joy. Emerson.
CONVOY Con"voy, n. Etym: [F. convoi.]
1. The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort. To obtain the convoy of a man-of-war. Macaulay.
2. A vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons, employed in the transportation of munitions of war, money, subsistence, clothing, etc., and having an armed escort.
3. A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance. When every morn my bosom glowed To watch the convoy on the road. Emerson.
4. Conveyance; means of transportation. [Obs.] Shak.
5. A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill. Knight.
CONVOY PENNANT Con"voy pen"nant. A white pennant with red border, carried : (a) Forward on all vessels on convoy duty. (b) Alone by a senior officer present during evolutions or drills, when it commands "Silence." (c) Over a signal number, when it refers to the signal number of an officer in the Annual Navy Register.
CONVULSE Con*vulse", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convulsed; p.pr. & vb.n. Convulsing.] Etym: [L. convulsus, p.p. of convellere to tear up, to shake; con- + vellere to pluck, pull.]
1. To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain. With emotions which checked his voice and convulsed his powerful frame. Macaulay.
2. To agitate greatly; to shake violently. The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Macaulay.
Syn. — To agitate; disturb; shake; tear; rend.
CONVULSION Con*vul"sion, n. Etym: [L. convulsio: cf. F. convulsion.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body.
2. Any violent and irregular motion or agitation; a violent shaking; a tumult; a commotion. Those two massy pillars, With horrible convulsion, to and fro He tugged, he shook, till down they came. Milton. Times of violence and convulsion. Ames.
Syn. — Agitation; commotion; tumult; disturbance.
CONVULSIONAL Con*vul"sion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or having, convulsions; convulsionary. [R.] Lamb.
CONVULSIONARY Con*vul"sion*a*ry (, a. Etym: [Cf. F. convulsionnaire.]
Defn: Pertaining to convulsion; convulsive. "Convulsionary struggles." Sir W. Scott.
CONVULSIONARY Con*vul"sion*a*ry, n.
Defn: A convulsionist.
CONVULSIONIST Con*vul"sion*ist, n.
Defn: One who has convulsions; esp., one of a body of fanatics in France, early in the eighteenth century, who went into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion; as, the Convulsionists of St. Médard.
CONVULSIVE Con*vul"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. convulsif.]
Defn: Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary. An irregular, convulsive movement may be necessary to throw off an irregular, convulsive disease. Burke.
CONVULSIVELY Con*vul"sive*ly, adv.
Defn: in a convulsive manner.
CONY Co"ny ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [OE. coning, conig, coni, OF. connin, conin, connil, fr. L. cuniculus a rabbit, cony, prob. an Hispanic word.] [Written also coney.]
1. (Zoöl.) (a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus). (b) The chief hare.
Note: The cony of Scripture is thought to be Hyrax Syriacus, called also daman, and cherogril. See Daman.
2. A simpleton. [Obs.] It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. Diet's Dry Dinner (1599).
3. (Zoöl.) (a) An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda. (b) A local name of the burbot. [Eng.]
CONY-CATCH Co"ny-catch, v. t.
Defn: To deceive; to cheat; to trick. [Obs.] Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catched in the this business. Shak.
CONY-CATCHER Co"ny-catch`er, n.
Defn: A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver. [Obs.] Minsheu.
CONYLENE Con"y*lene, n. Etym: [Conine + acetylene.]
Defn: An oily substance, C8H14, obtained from several derivatives of conine.
CONYRINE Con"y*rine, n. Etym: [From Conine.] (Chem.)
Defn: A blue, fluorescent, oily base (regarded as a derivative of pyridine), obtained from conine.
COO Coo, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Cooed; p.pr. & vb.n. Cooing.]
1. To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves. The stockdove only through the forest cooes, Mournfully hoarse. Thomson.
2. To show affection; to act in a loving way. See under Bill, v. i. "Billing or cooing." Byron.
COOEY; COOEE Coo"ey, Coo"ee, n. Etym: [Of imitative origin.]
Defn: A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal. [Written also cooie.]
COOK Cook, v. i. Etym: [Of imitative origin.]
Defn: To make the noise of the cuckoo. [Obs. or R.] Constant cuckoos cook on every side. The Silkworms (1599).
COOK Cook, v. t. Etym: [Etymol. unknown.]
Defn: To throw. [Prov.Eng.] "Cook me that ball." Grose.
COOK Cook, n. Etym: [AS. coc, fr. l. cocus, coquus, coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. pac, and to E. apricot, biscuit, concoct, dyspepsia, precocious. Cf. Pumpkin.]
1. One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A fish, the European striped wrasse.
COOK Cook, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cooked; p.pr & vb.n. Cooking.]
1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.
2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; — often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account. [Colloq.] They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different. Addison.
COOK Cook, v. i.
Defn: To prepare food for the table.
COOKBOOK Cook"book`, n.
Defn: A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book. [U.S.] "Just How": a key to the cookbooks. Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.
COOKEE Cook*ee", n.
Defn: A female cook. [R.]
COOKERY Cook"er*y, n.
1. The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat.
2. A delicacy; a dainty. [Obs.] R. North.
COOKEY; COOKIE Cook"ey, Cook"ie, n.
Defn: See Cooky.
COOKMAID Cook"maid`, n.
Defn: A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook.
COOKROOM Cook"room`, n.
Defn: A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship. Sir W. Raleigh.
COOKSHOP Cook`shop, n.
Defn: An eating house. "A subterranean cookshop." Macaulay.
COOKY Cook"y, n.; pl. Cookies. Etym: [Cf. D. koek cake, dim. koekje; akin to G. kuchen, E. cake; or cf. OE. coket, prob., a sort of cake, and prob. of French origin.]
Defn: A small, flat, sweetened cake of various kinds.
COOL Cool, a. [Compar. Cooler; superl. Coolest.] Etym: [AS. col; akin to D. koel, G. kühl, OHG. chouli, Dan. kölig, Sw. kylig, also to AS. calan to be cold, Icel. kala. See Cold, and cf. Chill.]
1. Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness. Fanned with cool winds. Milton.
2. Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater. For a patriot, too cool. Goldsmith.
3. Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.
4. Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.
5. Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior. Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable. Hawthorne.
6. Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount. He had lost a cool hundred. Fielding. Leaving a cool thousand to Mr.Matthew Pocket. Dickens.
Syn. — Calm; dispassionate; self-possessed; composed; repulsive; frigid; alienated; impudent.
COOL Cool, n.
Defn: A moderate state of cold; coolness; — said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.
COOL Cool, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cooled; p.pr. & vb.n. Cooling.]
1. To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water. Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue. Luke xvi. 24.
2. To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate. We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts. Shak. To cool the heels, to dance attendance; to wait, as for admission to a patron's house. [Colloq.] Dryden.
COOL Cool, v. i.
1. To become less hot; to lose heat. I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, the whilst his iron did on the anvil cool. Shak.
2. To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate. I will not give myself liberty to think, lest I should cool. Congreve.
COOLER Cool"er, n.
Defn: That which cools, or abates heat or excitement. if acid things were used only as coolers, they would not be so proper in this case. Arbuthnot.
2. Anything in or by which liquids or other things are cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc.
COOL-HEADED Cool"-head`ed, a.
Defn: Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion. — Cool"-head`ed*ness, n.
COOLIE Coo"lie, n.
Defn: Same as Cooly.
COOLING Cool"ing, p.a.
Defn: Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. "The cooling brook." Goldsmith. Cooling card, something that dashes hopes. [Obs.] — Cooling time (Law), such a lapse of time as ought, taking all the circumstances of the case in view, to produce a subsiding of passion previously provoked. Wharton.
COOLISH Cool"ish, a.
Defn: Somewhat cool. The nights began to grow a little coolish. Goldsmith.
COOLLY Cool"ly, a.
Defn: Coolish; cool. [Obs.] Spenser.
COOLLY Cool"ly, adv.
Defn: In a cool manner; without heat or excessive cold; without passion or ardor; calmly; deliberately; with indifference; impudently.
COOLNESS Cool"ness, n.
1. The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness.
2. Calm impudence; self-possession. [Colloq.]
COOLUNG Coo"lung, n. Etym: [From the native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The great gray crane of India (Grus cinerea). [Also written coolen and cullum.]
COOLY; COOLIE Coo"ly, Coo"lie, n.; pl. Coolies. Etym: [Hind. k a laborer, porter: cf. Turk. k, ky, slave.]
Defn: An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.
COOM Coom, n. Etym: [Cf. G. kahm mold gathered on liquids, D. kam, Sw. kimrök pine soot, smoke black, Icel. kam grime, film of dirt.]
Defn: Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comes from axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven. Phillips. Bailey.
COOMB Coomb, n. Etym: [AS. cumb a liquid measure, perh. from LL. cumba boat, tomb of stone, fr. Gr. kumpf bowl.]
Defn: A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. [Written also comb.]
COOMB; COOMBE Coomb, Coombe, n. Etym: [See Comb, Combe, in this sense.]
Defn: A hollow in a hillside. [Prov. Eng.] See Comb, Combe.
COON Coon, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A raccoon. See Raccoon.
COONCAN Coon"can, n. [Corrupt of conquian.]
Defn: A game of cards derived from conquian, played by two or more players with one or two full packs of cards.
COONTIE Coon"tie, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared.
COOP Coop, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub, Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub, LL. cupa, copa, cup. See Cup, and cf. Keeve.]
1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] Johnson.
2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.
3. A cart made close with boarde; a tumbrel. [Scotch]
COOP Coop, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cooped; p.pr. & vb.n. Cooping.]
Defn: To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; — usually followed by up, sometimes by in. The Trojans coopet within their walls so long. Dryden. The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. Locke.
2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped." Holland.
Syn. — To crowd; confine; imprison.
COOPEE Coo*pee", n.
Defn: See Coupe. [Obs.] Johnson.
COOPER Coop"er, n. Etym: [From Coop.]
Defn: One who makes barrels, hogsheads, casks, etc.
COOPER Coop"er, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Coopered; p.pr. & vb.n. Coopering.]
Defn: To do the work of a cooper upon; as, to cooper a cask or barrel.
COOPERAGE Coop"er*age, n.
1. Work done by a cooper.
2. The price paid for coopers; work.
3. A place where coopers' work is done.
COOPERANT Co*öp"er*ant, a. Etym: [Cf. F. coopérant.]
Defn: Operating together; as, coöperant forces.
COOPERATE Co*öp"er*ate, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Coöperated; p.pr. & vb.n. Coöperating.] Etym: [L. coöperatus, p.p. of coöperari to coöperate; co + operari to work, opus work. See Operate.]
Defn: To act or operate jointly with another or others; to concur in action, effort, or effect. Whate'er coöperates to the common mirth. Crashaw.
COOPERATION Co*öp`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. coöperatio: cf. F. coopération.]
1. The act of coöperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor. Not holpen by the coöperation of angels. Bacon.
2. (Polit. Econ.)
Defn: The association of a number of persons for their benefit.
COOPERATIVE Co*öp"er*a*tive, a.
Defn: Operating jointly to the same end. Coöperative society, a society established on the principle of a joint-stock association, for the production of commodities, or their purchase and distribution for consumption, or for the borrowing and lending of capital among its members. — Coöperative store, a store established by a coöperative society, where the members make their purchases and share in the profits or losses.
COOPERATOR Co*öp"er*a`tor, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. coopérateur.]
Defn: One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end. "Coöperators with the truth." Boyle.
COOPERING Coop"er*ing, n.
Defn: Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks, etc.; the business of a cooper.
COOPERY Coop"er*y, a.
Defn: Relating to a cooper; coopered. [Obs.] Coopery vessels made of wood. Holland.
COOPERY Coop"er*y, n.
Defn: The occupation of a cooper. Crabb.
COOPT Co*öpt", v. t. Etym: [See Coöptate. Cf. F. coopter.]
Defn: To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.] Each of the hundred was to coöpt three others. Jowett (Thysyd. ).
COOPTATE Co*öp"tate, v. t. Etym: [L. coöptatus, p.p. of coötare to elect to something; co- + optare to choose.]
Defn: To choose; to elect; to coöpt. [Obs.] Cockeram.
COOPTATION Co`öp*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. coöptatio.]
Defn: The act of choosing; selection; choice. [Obs.] The first election and coöptation of a friend. Howell.
COORDAIN Co`ör*dain, v. t.
Defn: To ordain or appoint for some purpose along with another.
COORDINANCE Co*ör"di*nance, n.
Defn: Joint ordinance.
COORDINATE Co*ör"di*nate, a. Etym: [Pref. co- + L. ordinatus, p.p. of ordinare to regulate. See Ordain.]
Defn: Equal in rank or order; not subordinate. Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many coördinate powers presiding over each country. Law. Conjunctions joint sentences and coördinate terms. Rev. R. Morris. Coördinate adjectives, adjectives disconnected as regards ane another, but referring equally to the same subject. — Coördinate conjunctions, conjunctions joining independent propositions. Rev. R. Morris.
COORDINATE Co*ör"di*nate , v. t. [imp. & p.p. Coördinated; p.pr. & vb.n. Coördinating.]
1. To make coördinate; to put in the same order or rank; as, to coördinate ideas in classification.
2. To give a common action, movement, or condition to; to regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action; to adjust; to harmonize; as, to coördinate muscular movements.
COORDINATE Co*ör"di*nate, n.
1. A thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or importance. It has neither coördinate nor analogon; it is absolutely one. Coleridge.
2. pl. (Math.)
Defn: Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain fixed lines, or planes, called coördinate axes and coördinate planes. See Abscissa.
Note: Coördinates are of several kinds, consisting in some of the different cases, of the following elements, namely: (a) (Geom. of Two Dimensions) The abscissa and ordinate of any point, taken together; as the abscissa PY and ordinate PX of the point P (Fig. 2, referred to the coördinate axes AY and AX. (b) Any radius vector PA (Fig. 1), together with its angle of inclination to a fixed line, APX, by which any point A in the same plane is referred to that fixed line, and a fixed point in it, called the pole, P. (c) (Geom. of Three Dimensions) Any three lines, or distances, PB, PC, PD (Fig. 3), taken parallel to three coördinate axes, AX, AY, AZ, and measured from the corresponding coördinate fixed planes, YAZ, XAZ, XAY, to any point in space, P, whose position is thereby determined with respect to these planes and axes. (d) A radius vector, the angle which it makes with a fixed plane, and the angle which its projection on the plane makes with a fixed line line in the plane, by which means any point in space at the free extremity of the radius vector is referred to that fixed plane and fixed line, and a fixed point in that line, the pole of the radius vector. Cartesian coördinates. See under Cartesian. — Geographical coördinates, the latitude and longitude of a place, by which its relative situation on the globe is known. The height of the above the sea level constitutes a third coördinate. — Polar coördinates, coördinates made up of a radius vector and its angle of inclination to another line, or a line and plane; as those defined in (b) and (d) above. — Rectangular coördinates, coördinates the axes of which intersect at right angles. — Rectilinear coördinates, coördinates made up of right lines. Those defined in (a) and (c) above are called also Cartesian coördinates. — Trigonometrical or Spherical coördinates, elements of reference, by means of which the position of a point on the surface of a sphere may be determined with respect to two great circles of the sphere. — Trilinear coördinates, coördinates of a point in a plane, consisting of the three ratios which the three distances of the point from three fixed lines have one to another.
COORDINATELY Co*ör"di*nate*ly, adv.
Defn: In a coördinate manner.
COORDINATENESS Co*ör"di*nate*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being coördinate; equality of rank or authority.
COORDINATION Co*ör`di*na"tion, n.
1. The act of coördinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coördination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a government; the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious adjustment; as, a coördination of functions. "Coördination of muscular movement by the cerebellum." Carpenter.
2. The state of being coördinate, or of equal rank, dignity, power, etc. In this high court of parliament, there is a rare coördination of power. Howell.
COORDINATIVE Co*ör"di*na*tive, a. (Gram.)
Defn: Expressing coördination. J. W. Gibbs.
COOT Coot, n. Etym: [Cf. D. koet, W. cwtair; cwta short, bodtailed + iar hen; cf. cwtau ro dock. Cf. Cut.]
1. (Zoöl.) (a) A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus Fulica. The common European or bald coot is F. atra (see under bald); the American is F. Americana. (b) The surf duck or scoter. In the United States all the species of (Edemia are called coots. See Scoter. "As simple as a coot." Halliwell.
2. A stupid fellow; a simpleton; as, a silly coot. [Colloq.]
COOTER Coot"er, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A fresh-water tortoise (Pseudemus concinna) of Florida. (b) The box tortoise.
COOTFOOT Coot`foot, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The pharalope; — so called because its toes are like the coot's.
COOTHAY Coo*thay", n.
Defn: A striped satin made in India. McElrath.
COP Cop, n. Etym: [AS. cop; cf. G. kopf head. Cf. Cup, Cob.]
1. The top of a thing; the head; a crest. [Obs.] Cop they used to call The tops of many hills. Dra
2. A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.
3. A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
4. (Mil. Arch.)
Defn: same as Merlon.
5. A policeman. [Slang] Cop waste, a kind of cotton waste, composed chiefly
COPAIBA; COPAIVA Co*pai"ba, Co*pai"va, n. Etym: [Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupaúba.] (Med.)
Defn: A more or less viscid, vellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; — called also balsam of copaiba. [Written also capivi.]
COPAL Co"pal, Etym: [Sp., fr. Mexican copalli, Clavigero.]
Defn: A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, T. verrocosum, and Hymenæa Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; — used chiefly in making varnishes. Ur
COPALM Co"palm`, n.
Defn: The yellowish, fragrant balsam yielded by the sweet gum; also, the tree itself.
COPARCENARY Co*par"ce*na*ry, n.; pl. Coparcenaries. Etym: [Pref. co- + parcenary] (Law)
Defn: Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of sucession to an inheritance.
COPARCENER Co*par"ce*ner, n. Etym: [Pref. co- + parcener.] (Law)
Defn: One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance. All the coparceners together make but one heir, and have but one estate among them. blackstone.
COPARCENY Co*par"ce*ny, n. Etym: [Abbrev. of Coparcenary.] (Law)
Defn: An equal share of an inheritance.
COPART Co*part, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Compart]
Defn: To share. [Obs.] For, of all miserias, I hold that chief Wretched to be, when none coparts our grief. Webster (1661).
COPARTMENT Co*part"ment, n.
Defn: A compartment. [Obs.] T. Warton.
COPARTNER Co*part"ner, n.
Defn: One who is jointly concerned with one or more persons in business, etc.; a partner; an associate; a partaker; a sharer. the associates and copartners of our loss. Milton.
COPARTNERSHIP Co*part"ner*ship, n.
1. The state of being a copartner or of having a joint interest in any matter.
2. A partnership or firm; as, A. and B. have this day formed a copartnership.
COPARTNERY Co*part"ner*y, n.; pl. Copartneries (.
Defn: the state of being copartners in any undertaking. [R.]
COPATAIN Cop"a*tain, a. Etym: [Formed fr. cop, in imitation of captain. See Cop, Captain.]
Defn: Having a high crown, or a point or peak at top. [Obs.] A copatain hat made on a Flemish block. Gascoigne.
COPATRIOT Co*pa"tri*ot, n.
Defn: A joint patriot.
COPE Cope, n. Etym: [A doublet of cape. See Cape, Cap.]
1. A covering for the head. [Obs.] Johnson.
2. Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door. "The starry cope of heaven." Milton.
3. An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, whereit is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions. Piers plowman. A hundred and sixty priests all in their copes. Bp. Burnet.
4. An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in derbyshire, England.
5. (Founding)
Defn: The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold. Knight. De Colange.
COPE Cope, v. i.
Defn: To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. [Obs.] Some bending down and coping to ward the earth. Holland.
COPE Cope, v. t. (Falconry)
Defn: To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk). J. H. Walsh.
COPE Cope, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Coped; p.pr. & vb.n. Coping.] Etym: [OE. copen, coupen, to buy, bargain, prob. from D. koopen to buy, orig., to bargain. See Chear.]
1. To exchange or barter. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with. Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man As e'er my conversation coped withal. Shak.
3. To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; — usually followed by with. Host coped with host, dire was the din of war. Philips. Their generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens. Addison.
COPE Cope, v. t.
1. To bargain for; to buy. [Obs.]
2. To make return for; to requite; to repay. [Obs.] three thousand ducats due unto the Jew, We freely cope your courteous pains withal. Shak.
3. To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter. I love to cope him in these sullen fits. Shak. They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down. Shak.
COPE-CHISEL Cope"-chis`el, n.
Defn: A narrow chisel adapted for cutting a groove. Knight.
COPECK Co"peck, n. Etym: [Russ. kopeika]
Defn: A Russian copper coin. See Kopeck.
COPED Coped, a.
Defn: Clad in a cope.
COPELATA Cop`e*la"ta, n.; pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Larvalla.
COPEMAN Cope"man, n. Etym: [D. koopman, fr. koopen to buy. See Cope, v. i. Chapman.]
Defn: A chapman; a dealer; a merchant. [Obs.] He would have sold his part of paradise For ready money, had he met a copeman. B. Jonson.
COPENHAGEN Co`pen*ha"gen, n. [From Copenhagen, Denmark.]
1.
Defn: A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs.
2. A children's game in which one player is inclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.
COPEPOD Cop"e*pod, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Copepoda. — n.
Defn: One of the Copepoda.
COPEPODA Co*pep"o*da, n.; pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. -poda.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of Entomastraca, including many minute Crustacea, both freshwater and marine.
Note: They have a distinct carapace. The eggs are carried in a pair of external pouches. Some are parasites of fishes.
COPERNICAN Co*per"ni*can, a.
Defn: Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth (b. 1473, d. 1543), who taught the world the solar system now received, called the Copernican system.
COPESMATE Copes"mate`, n.
Defn: An associate or companion; a friend; a partner. [Obs.] Misshapen time, copesmate of ugly Night. Shak.
COPESTONE Cope"stone`, n. (Arch.)
Defn: A stone for coping. See Coping.
COPIER Cop"i*er, n. Etym: [From. Copy.]
1. One who copies; one who writes or transcribes from an original; a transcriber.
2. An imitator; one who imitates an example; hence, a plagiarist.
COPING Cop"ing, n. Etym: [See Cope, n.] (Arch.)
Defn: The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; — sometimes called capping. Gwill.
COPIOUS Co"pi*ous, a. Etym: [L. copiosus, fr. copia abundance: cf. F. copieux. See Copy, Opulent.]
Defn: Large in quantity or amount; plentiful; abundant; fruitful. Kindly pours its copious treasures forth. Thomson. Hail, Son of God, Savior of men! thy name Shall be the copious matter of my song. Milton.
Syn. — Ample; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; rich; full; exuberant; overflowing; full. See Ample.
COPIOUSLY Co"pi*ous*ly, adv.
Defn: In a copious manner.
COPIOUSNESS Co"pi*ous*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being copious; abudance; plenty; also, diffuseness in style. To imitatethe copiousness of Homer. Dryden.
Syn. — Abudance; plenty; richness; exuberance.
COPIST Cop"ist, n. Etym: [F. copiste. See Copy.]
Defn: A copier. [Obs.] "A copist after nature." Shaftesbury.
COPLANAR Co*plan"ar, a. Etym: [Pref. co- + plane.] (Math.)
Defn: Situated in one plane.
COPLAND Cop"land`, n. Etym: [Cop + land.]
Defn: A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle. [Obs.]
COPORTION Co*por"tion, n.
Defn: Equal share. [Obs.] Myself will bear . . . coportion of your pack. Spenser.
COPPED Copped, a. Etym: [From Cop.]
Defn: Rising to a point or head; conical; pointed; crested. Wiseman.
COPPEL Cop"pel, n. & v.
Defn: See Cupel.
COPPER Cop"per, n. Etym: [OE. coper (cf. D. koper, Sw. koppar, Dan. kobber, G. kupfer), LL. cuper, fr. L. cuprum for earlier Cyprium, Cyprium aes, i.e., Cyprian brass, fr. Gr. Cypreous.]
1. A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol Cu. Atomic weight 63.3. It is one of the most useful metals in itself, and also in its alloys, brass and bronze.
Note: Copper is the only metal which occurs native abundantly in large masses; it is found also in various ores, of which the most important are chalcopyrite, chalcocite, cuprite, and malachite. Copper mixed with tin forms bell metal; with a smaller proportion, bronze; and with zinc, it forms brass, pinchbeck, and other alloys.
2. A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper. [Colloq.] My friends filled my pockets with coppers. Franklin.
3. A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.
4. pl. Specifically (Naut.),
Defn: the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers.
Note: Copper is often used adjectively, commonly in the sense of made or consisting of copper, or resembling copper; as, a copper boiler, tube, etc. All in a hot and copper sky. Coleridge.
Note: It is sometimes written in combination; as, copperplate, coppersmith, copper-colored. Copper finch. (Zoöl.) See Chaffinch. — Copper glance, or Vitreous copper. (Min.) See Chalcocite. — Indigo copper. (Min.) See Covelline.
COPPER Cop"per, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Coppered; p.pr. & vb.n. Coppering.]
Defn: To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship.
COPPERAS Cop"per*as, n. Etym: [OE. coperose, F. couperose, fr. (assumed) L. cuprirosa, equiv. to G. cha`lkanqos, i. e. copper flower, vitriol. See Copper and Rose.]
Defn: Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate.
Note: The term copperas was formerly synonymous with vitriol, and included the green, blue, and white vitriols, or the sulphates of iron, copper, and zinc.
COPPER-BOTTOMED Cop"per-bot`tomed, a.
Defn: Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or other vessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ship.
COPPER-FACED Cop"per-faced`, a.
Defn: Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.
COPPER-FASTENED Cop"per-fas`tened, a.
Defn: Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.
COPPERHEAD Cop"per*head`, n. Etym: [From its color.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; — called also copper-belly, and red viper.
2. A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War. [U.S.]
COPPERING Cop"per*ing, n.
1. The act of covering with copper.
2. An envelope or covering of copper.
COPPERISH Cop"per*ish, a.
Defn: Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like copper; as, a copperish taste.
COPPER-NICKEL Cop"per-nick`el, n. (Min.)
Defn: Nicolite.
COPPER-NOSE Cop"per-nose, n.
Defn: A red nose. Shak.
COPPERPLATE Cop"per*plate, n. (a) A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved. (b) An impression on paper taken from such a plate.
Note: In printing from a copper- or steel plate the lines are filled with ink, the surface of the plate is wiped clean, the paper laid upon it, and the impression taken by pressing it under the roller of a plate press. Copperplate press. See Plate press, under Plate.
COPPERSMITH Cop"per*smith, n.
Defn: One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper.
COPPER WORKS Cop"per works.
Defn: A place where copper is wrought or manufactured. Woodward.
COPPERWORM Cop"per*worm, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The teredo; — so called because it injures the bottoms of vessels, where not protected by copper. (b) The ringworm.
COPPERY Cop"per*y, a.
Defn: Mixed with copper; containing copper, or made of copper; like copper.
COPPICE Cop"pice, n. Etym: [OF. copeiz, fr. coper, couper, to cut, F. couper, fr. cop, coup, colp, a blow, F. coup, L. colaphus, fr. G. Copse, and cf. Coup, Coupee.]
Defn: A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See Copse. The rate of coppice lands will fall, upon the discovery of coal mines. Locke.
COPPIN Cop"pin, n.Etym: [See Cop.]
Defn: A cop of thread.
COPPLE Cop"ple, n. Etym: [A dim. of Cop.]
Defn: Something rising in a conical shape; specifically, a hill rising to a point. A low cape, and upon it a copple not very high. Hakluyt.
COPPLE-CROWN Cop"ple-crown, n.
Defn: A created or high-topped crown or head. "Like the copple-crown the lapwing has." T. Randolph. — Cop"ple-crowned`, a.
COPPLED Cop"pled, a. Etym: [From Copple.]
Defn: Rising to a point; conical; copped. [Obs.] Woodward.
COPPLE DUST Cop"ple dust`.
Defn: Cupel dust. [Obs.] Powder of steel, or copple dust. Bacon.
COPPLESTONE Cop"ple*stone`, n.
Defn: A cobblestone. [Obs.]
COPPS Copps, n.
Defn: See Copse. [Obs.]
COPRA Co"pra, n. Etym: [Malayálam koppara or Hind. khopra.] (Com.)
Defn: The dried meat of the cocoanut, from which cocoanut oil is expressed. [Written also cobra, copperah, coppra.]
COPROLITE Cop"ro*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. ko`pros dung + -lite.] (Paleon.)
Defn: A piece of petrified dung; a fossil excrement.
COPROLITIC Cop`ro*lit"ic, a.
Defn: Containing, pertaining to, or of the nature of, coprolites.
COPROPHAGAN Co*proph"a*gan, n. Etym: [See Coprophagous.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A kind of beetle which feeds upon dung.
COPROPHAGOUS Co*proph"a*gous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Feeding upon dung, as certain insects.
COP-ROSE Cop-rose`, n. Etym: [F. coprose, of uncertain origin; cf. D. klaproos, klapperroos.]
Defn: The red, or corn, poppy. [Written also cup-rose.]
COPS Cops, n. Etym: [AS. cops, cosp, fetter.]
Defn: The connecting crook of a harrow. [Prov. Eng.]
COPSE Copse, n. Etym: [Contr. from coppice.]
Defn: A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice. Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled. Goldsmith.
COPSE Copse, v. t.
1. To trim or cut; — said of small trees, brushwood, tufts of grass, etc. Halliwell.
2. To plant and preserve, as a copse. Swift.
COPSEWOOD Copse"wood, n.
Defn: Brushwood; coppice. Macaulay.
COPSY Cops"y, a.
Defn: Characterized by copses. "Copsy villages." "Copsy banks." J. Dyer.
COPTIC Cop"tic, a. Etym: [Abbrev. from L. Aegyptius an Egyprian, Gr. kibti, pl. kibt.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Copts. — n.
Defn: The language of the Copts.
COPTIC CHURCH Coptic Church.
Defn: The native church of Egypt or church of Alexandria, which in general organization and doctrines resembles the Roman Catholic Church, except that it holds to the Monophysitic doctrine which was condemned (a. d. 451) by the council of Chalcedon, and allows its priests to marry. The "pope and patriarch" has jurisdiction over the Abyssinian Church. Since the 7th century the Coptic Church has been so isolated from modifying influences that in many respects it is the most ancient monument of primitive Christian rites and ceremonies. But centuries of subjection to Moslem rule have weakened and degraded it.
COPTS Copts, n. pl.; sing. Copt. Etym: [See Coptic.] (Etnol.)
1. An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians.
2. The principal sect of Christians in Egypt and the valley of the Nile.
Note: they belong to the Jacobite sect of Monophysite Christians, and for eleven centuries have had possession of the patriarchal chair of Alexandria.
COPULA Cop"u*la, n. Etym: [L., bond, band. See Couple.]
1. (Logic & Gram.)
Defn: The word which unites the subject and predicate.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; — called also coupler.
COPULATE Cop"u*late, a. Etym: [L. copulatus, p.p. of copulare to couple, fr. copula. See Copula.]
1. Joined; associated; coupled. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. (Gram.)
Defn: Joining subject and predicate; copulative. F. A. March.
COPULATE Cop"u*late, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Copulated; p.pr. & vb.n. Copulating.]
Defn: To unite in sexual intercourse; to come together in the act of generation.
COPULATION Cop`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. copulatio: cf. F. copulation.]
1. The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction. Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of ideas. Johnson.
2. The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual union; coition.
COPULATIVE Cop"u*la"tive, a. Etym: [L. copulativus: cf. F. copulatif.]
Defn: Serving to couple, unite, or connect; as, a copulative conjunction like "and".
COPULATIVE Cop"u*la*tive, n.
1. Connection. [Obs.] Rycaut.
2. (Gram.)
Defn: A copulative conjunction.
COPULATIVELY Cop"u*la"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In a copulative manner.
COPULATORY Cop"u*la*tory, a.
1. Pertaining to copulation; tending or serving to unite; copulative.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Used in sexual union; as, the copulatory organs of insects.
COPY Cop"y, n.; pl. Copies. Etym: [F. copie, fr. L. copia abundance, number, LL. also, a transcript; co- + the root of opes riches. See Opulent, and cf. Copious.]
1. An abundance or plenty of anything. [Obs.] She was blessed with no more copy of wit, but to serve his humor thus. B. Jonson.
2. An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue. I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original. Denham.
3. An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison.
4. That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation. Let him first learn to write, after a copy, all the letters. Holder.
5. (print.)
Defn: Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.
6. A writing paper Bastard. See under Paper.
7. Copyhold; tenure; lease. [Obs.] Shak. Copy book, a book in which copies are written or printed for learners to imitate. — Examined copies (Law), those which have been compared with the originals. — Exemplified copies, those which are attested under seal of a court. — Certified or Office copies, those which are made or attested by officers having charge of the originals, and authorized to give copies officially. Abbot.
Syn. — Imitation; transcript; duplicate; counterfeit.
COPY Cop"y, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Copied; p.pr. & vb.n. Copying.] Etym: [Cf. F. copir, fr. LL. copiare. See Copy, n.]
1. To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; — often with out, sometimes with off. I like the work well; ere it be demanded (As like enough it will), I'd have it copied. Shak. Let this be copied out, And keep it safe for our remembrance. Shak.
2. To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life. We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation. Stewart.
COPY Cop"y, v. i.
1. To make a copy or copies; to imitate.
2. To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well. Some . . . never fail, when they copy, to follow the bad as well as the good things. Dryden.
COPYER Cop"y*er, n.
Defn: See Copier.
COPYGRAPH Cop"y*graph, n.
Defn: A contrivance for producing manifold copies of a writing or drawing.
Note: The writing or drawing is made with aniline ink on paper, and a reverse copy transferred by pressure to a slab of gelatin softened with glycerin. A large number of transcripts can be taken while the ink is fresh. Various names have been given to the process [the gelatin copying process], some of them acceptable and others absurd; hectograph, polygraph, copygraph, lithogram, etc. Knight.
COPYHOLD Cop"y*hold`, n. (Eng. Law) (a) A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court. Blackstone. (b) Land held in copyhold. Milton.
Note: Copyholds do not exist in the United States.
COPYHOLDER Cop"y*hold`er, n.
1. (Eng. Law)
Defn: One possessed of land in copyhold.
2. (print.) (a) A device for holding copy for a compositor. (b) One who reads copy to a proof reader.
COPYING Cop"y*ing, a. & n.
Defn: From Copy, v. Copying ink. See under Ink. — Copying paper, thin unsized paper used for taking copies of letters, etc., in a copying press. — Copying press, a machine for taking by pressure, an exact copy of letters, etc., written in copying ink.
COPYIST Cop"y*ist, n.
Defn: A copier; a transcriber; an imitator; a plagiarist.
COPYRIGHT Cop"y*right, n.
Defn: The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.
Note: In the United States a copyright runs for the term of twenty- eight years, with right of renewal for fourteen years on certain conditions. International copyright, an author's right in his productions as secured by treaty between nations.
COPYRIGHT Cop"y*right`, v. t.
Defn: To secure a copyright on.
COQUE Coque, n. [F., prop., a shell.]
Defn: A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.
COQUELICOT Coque"li*cot`, n. Etym: [F.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: The wild poppy, or red corn rose.
2. The color of the wild poppy; a color nearly red, like orange mixed with scarlet.
COQUET Co*quet", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Coquetted; p.pr. & vb.n. Coquetting.]
Defn: To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint. You are coquetting a maid of honor. Swift.
COQUET Co*quet", v. i.
Defn: To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); as, we have coquetted with political crime.
COQUETRY Co*quet"ry, n.; pl. Coquetries. Etym: [F. coquetterie.]
Defn: Attempts to attract admoration, notice, or love, for the mere gratification of vanity; trifling in love. "Little affectations of coquetry." Addison.
COQUETTE Co*quette", n. Etym: [F., fr. coquet, coquette, coquettish, orig., cocklike, strutting like a cock, fr. coq a cock. Cf. Cock, Cocket, Cocky, Cockade.]
1. A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to grafity vanity; a flirt; — formerly sometimes applied also to men.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis, with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustration under Spangle, v. t.
COQUETTISH Co*quet"tish, a.
Defn: Practicing or exhibiting coquetry; alluring; enticing. A pretty, coquettish housemaid. W. Irving.
COQUETTISHLY Co*quet"tish*ly, adv.
Defn: In a coquettish manner.
COQUILLA NUT Co*quil"la nut. Etym: [Pg. coquilho, Sp. coquillo, dim. of coco a cocoanut.] (Bot.)
Defn: The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of Martius.).
Note: Its shell is hazel-brown in color, very hard and close in texture, and much used by turners in forming ornamental articles, such as knobs for umbrella handles.
COQUILLE Co*quille" (ko*kel"; F. ko`ke"y'), n. [F.] Lit., a shell; hence: (a) A shell or shell-like dish or mold in which viands are served. (b) The expansion of the guard of a sword, dagger, etc. (c) A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, and named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
COQUIMBITE Co*quim"bite, n.
Defn: A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of iron; white copperas; — so called because found in the province of Coquimbo, Chili.
COQUINA Co*qui"na, n. Etym: [Sp., shellfish, cockle.]
Defn: A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida.
COR- Cor-.
Defn: A prefix signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.
COR Cor, n. Etym: [Heb. k.]
Defn: A Hebrew measure of capacity; a homer. [Written also core.]
CORA Co"ra, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The Arabian gazelle (Gazella Arabica), found from persia to North Africa.
CORACLE Cor"a*cle, n. Etym: [W. corwgl, cwrwgl, fr. corwg, cwrwg, any round body or vessel, the trunk of the body, carcass.]
Defn: A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt.
CORACOID Cor"a*coid, a.Etym: [Gr. ko`rax crow + e'i^dos form.]
1. Shaped like a crow's beak.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals.
CORACOID Cor"a*coid, n.
Defn: The coracoid bone or process.
CORAGE Cor"age (; OF. , n.
Defn: See Courage [Obs.] To Canterbury with full devout corage. Chaucer.
CORAH Co"rah, n. [Hind. kora virgin, plain.]
Defn: Plain; undyed; — applied to Indian silk. — n.
Defn: Corah silk.
CORAL Cor"al, n. Etym: [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium, fr. Gr. kora`llion.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa.
Note: The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to various genera of Madreporaria, and to the hydroid genus, Millepora. The red coral, used in jewelry, is the stony axis of the stem of a gorgonian (Corallium rubrum) found chiefly in the Mediterranean. The fan corals, plume corals, and sea feathers are species of Gorgoniacea, in which the axis is horny. Organ-pipe coral is formed by the genus Tubipora, an Alcyonarian, and black coral is in part the axis of species of the genus Antipathes. See Anthozoa, Madrepora.
2. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; — so called from their color.
3. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything. Brain coral, or Brain stone coral. See under Brain. — Chain coral. See under Chain. — Coral animal (Zoöl.), one of the polyps by which corals are formed. They are often very erroneously called coral insects. — Coral fish. See in the Vocabulary. — Coral reefs (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent, made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation. They are classed as fringing reefs, when they border the land; barrier reefs, when separated from the shore by a broad belt of water; atolls, when they constitute separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll. — Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust. under Coralloid. — Coral snake. (Zo) (a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake (Elaps corallinus), coral-red, with black bands. (b) A small, harmless, South American snake (Tortrix scytale). — Coral tree (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds. The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron. — Coral wood, a hard, red cabinet wood. McElrath.
CORALED Cor"aled, a.
Defn: Having coral; covered with coral.
CORAL FISH Cor"al fish`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any bright-colored fish of the genera Chætodon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which live among reef corals.
CORALLACEOUS Cor`al*la"ceous, a.
Defn: Like coral, or partaking of its qualities.
CORALLIAN Co*ral"li*an, n. (Geol.)
Defn: A deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of the middle division of the oölite; — called also coral-rag.
CORALLIFEROUS Cor`al*lif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. corallum coral + -ferous.]
Defn: Containing or producing coral.
CORALLIFORM Cor"al*li*form, a. Etym: [L. corallum coral + -form.]
Defn: resembling coral in form.
CORALLIGENA Cor`al*lig"e*na, n.; pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. corallum coral + root of gignere to produce.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Anthozoa.
CORALLIGENOUS Cor`al*lig"e*nous, a.
Defn: producing coral; coraligerous; coralliferous. Humble.
CORALLIGEROUS Cor`al*lig"er*ous, a Etym: [L. corallum coral + -gerous.]
Defn: Producing coral; coraliferous.
CORALLIN Cor"al*lin, n. Etym: [So named in allusion to the color of red corallin, fr. L. corallum coral.] (Chem.)
Defn: A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic. Red corallin, a red dyestuff which is obtained by treating aurin or rosolic acid with ammonia; — called also pæonin. — Yellow corallin. See Aurin.
CORALLINE Cor"al*line ( or ), a. Etym: [Cf. L. corallinus coralred.]
Defn: Composed of corallines; as, coralline limestone.
CORALLINE Cor"al*line, n. Etym: [Cf. F. coralline.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A submarine, semicalcareous or calcareous plant, consisting of many jointed branches.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Formerly any slender coral-like animal; — sometimes applied more particulary to bryozoan corals.
CORALLINITE Cor"al*lin*ite, n. (Paleon.)
Defn: A fossil coralline.
CORALLITE Cor"al*lite, n. Etym: [L. corallum coral.]
1. (Min.)
Defn: A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the individual members of a compound coral; or that part formed by a single coral animal. [Written also corallet.]
CORALLOID Cor"al*loid, a. Etym: [L. corallum coral + -oid: cf. F. coralloïde.]
Defn: Having the form of coral; branching like coral.
CORALLOIDAL Cor`al*loid"al, a.
Defn: resembling coral; coralloid. Sir T. browne.
CORALLUM Co*ral"lum, n. Etym: [L.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The coral or skeleton of a zoöphyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound. See Coral.
CORAL-RAG Cor"al-rag`, n. (geol.)
Defn: Same as Corallian.
CORALWORT Cor"al*wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria; — called also toothwort, tooth violet, or pepper root.
CORANACH Cor"a*nach, n. Etym: [Gael. coranach, or corranach, a crying, the Irish funeral cry (the keen), a dirge; comh with + ranaich a roaring, ran to roar, shriek.]
Defn: A lamentation for the dead; a dirge. [Written also coranich, corrinoch, coronach, cronach, etc.] [Scot.]
CORANT; CORANTO Co*rant, Co*ran"to, n. Etym: [See Courant.]
Defn: A sprightly but somewhat stately dance, now out of fashion. It is harder to dance a corant well, than a jig. Sir W. temple. Dancing a coranto with him upon the heath. Macaulay.
CORB Corb, n. Etym: [L. corbis basket. Cf. Corbeil, Corp.]
1. A basket used in coal mines, etc. see Corf.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: An ornament in a building; a corbel.
CORBAN Cor"ban, n. Etym: [Heb. qorban, akin to Ar. qurban.]
1. (Jewish Antiq.) An offering of any kind, devoted to God and therefore not be appropriated to any other use; esp., an offering in fulfillment of a vow.
Note: In the old Testament the hebrew word is usually translated "oblation" as in Numb. xviii. 9, xxxi. 50.
Note: The traditionists laid down that a man might interdict himself by vow, not only from using for himself, but from giving to another, or receiving from him, some particular object, whether of food or any other kind. A person might thus exempt himself from assisting parents in distress, under plea of corban. Dr. W. Smith.
2. An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.
CORBE Corbe, a. Etym: [OF. corbe, fr. L. curvus. See Cuve.]
Defn: Crooked. [Obs.] "Corbe shoulder." Spenser.
CORBEIL Cor"beil, n. Etym: [F. corbeile, fr. L. corbicula a little basket, dim. of corbis basket. Cf. Corbel, Corb, Corvette.]
1. (Arch.)
Defn: A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel. [Obs.]
2. pl. (Fort.)
Defn: Small gabions. Brande & C.
CORBEL Cor"bel, n. Etym: [F. corbeau, for older corbel, dim. of L. corbis basket. (Corbels were often in the form of a basket.) See Corbeil.] (Arch.)
Defn: A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.
Note: A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next below it.
CORBEL Cor"bel, v. t.
Defn: To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel. To corbel out, to furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one next below it.
CORBELING; CORBELLING Cor"bel*ing, Cor"bel*ling, n.
Defn: Corbel work or the construction of corbels; a series of corbels or piece of continuous corbeled masonry, sometimes of decorative purpose, as in the stalactite ornament of the Moslems.
CORBEL-TABLE Cor"bel-ta`ble, n. (Arch.)
Defn: A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used to include the stringcourse on them.
CORBIE; CORBY Cor"bie or Cor"by, n.; pl. Corbies. Etym: [F. corbeau, OF. corbel, dim. fr. L. corvus raven.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The raven. [Scot.]
2. (her.)
Defn: A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge. Corbie crow, the carrion crow. [Scot.]
CORBIESTEP Cor"bie*step`, n. (Arch.)
Defn: One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; — also called crowstep.
CORCHORUS Cor"cho*rus, n. Etym: [Nl., fr. L. corchorus a poor kind of pulse, Gr. ko`rchoros a wild plant of bitter taste.] (Bot.)
Defn: The common name of the kerria Japonica or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens.
CORCLE; CORCULE Cor"cle, Cor"cule, n. Etym: [L. corculum a little heart, dim. of cor heart.] (Bot.)
Defn: The heart of the seed; the embryo or germ. [Obs.]
CORD Cord, n. Etym: [F. corde, L. chorda catgut, chord, cord, fr. Gr. haruspex soothsayer (inspector of entrails), Icel. görn, pl. garnir gut, and E. yarn. Cf. Chord, Yarn.]
1. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
2. A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; — originally measured with a cord or line.
3. Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity. The knots that tangle human creeds, The wounding cords that bind and strain The heart until it bleeds. Tennyson.
4. (Anat.)
Defn: Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.
5. (Mus.)
Defn: See Chord. [Obs.] Cord wood, wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet (when of full measure).
CORD Cord (krd), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Corded; p. pr. & vb. n. Cording.]
1. To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.
2. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
CORDAGE Cord"age (krd"j), n. Etym: [F. cordage. See Cord.]
Defn: Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.
CORDAL Cord"al (krd"al), n.
Defn: Same as Cordelle.
CORDATE Cordate (kr"dt), a. Etym: [L. cor, cordis, heart.] (Bot.)
Defn: Heart-shaped; as, a cordate leaf.
CORDATELY Cor"date*ly, adv.
Defn: In a cordate form.
CORDED Cord"ed (krd"d), a.
1. Bound or fastened with cords.
2. Piled in a form for measurement by the cord.
3. Made of cords. [Obs.] "A corded ladder." Shak.
4. Striped or ribbed with cords; as, cloth with a corded surface.
5. (Her.)
Defn: Bound about, or wound, with cords.
CORDELIER Cor`de*lier" (kr`dlr"), n. Etym: [F., fr. OF. cordel, F. cordeau, dim. fr. corde string, rope. See Cord.]
1. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: A Franciscan; — so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans.
2. (Fr. Hist.)
Defn: A member of a French political club of the time of the first Revolution, of which Danton and Marat were members, and which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris.
CORDELING Cor"del*ing (kr"dlng), a. Etym: [F. cordeler to twist, fr. OF. cordel. See Cordelier.]
Defn: Twisting.
CORDELLE Cor*delle" (kr-dl"), n. Etym: [F., dim. of corde cord.]
Defn: A twisted cord; a tassel. Halliwell.
CORDIAL Cor"dial (kr"jal, formally krd"yal; 106, 277), a. Etym: [LL. cordialis, fr. L. cor heart: cf. F. cordial. See Heart.]
1. Proceeding from the heart. [Obs.] A rib with cordial spirits warm. Milton.
2. Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate. He . . . with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamored. Milton.
3. Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits. Behold this cordial julep here That flames and dances in his crystal bounds. Milton.
Syn. — Hearty; sincere; heartfelt; warm; affectionate; cheering; invigorating. See Hearty.
CORDIAL Cor"dial, n.
1. Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates. Charms to my sight, and cordials to my mind. Dryden.
2. (Med)
Defn: Any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a peppermint cordial.
3. (Com.)
Defn: Aromatized and sweetened spirit, used as a beverage; a liqueur.
CORDIALITY Cor*dial"i*ty (k, n.; pl. Cordialities (-t. Etym: [LL. cordialitas, fr. cordialis sincere: cf. F. cordialité.]
1. Relation to the heart. [Obs.] That the ancients had any respect of cordiality or reference unto the heart, will much be doubted. Sir T. Browne.
2. Sincere affection and kindness; warmth of regard; heartiness. Motley.
CORDIALIZE Cor"dial*ize (kr"jal-z or krd"yal-z; 106), v. t.
1. To make into a cordial.
2. To render cordial; to reconcile.
CORDIALIZE Cor"dial*ize, v. i.
Defn: To grow cordial; to feel or express cordiality. [R.]
CORDIALLY Cor"dial*ly, adv.
Defn: In a cordial manner. Dr. H. More.
CORDIALNESS Cor"dial*ness, n.
Defn: Cordiality. Cotgrave.
CORDIERITE Cor"di*er*ite (k, n. Etym: [Named after the geologist Cordier.] (Min.)
Defn: See Iolite.
CORDIFORM Cor"di*form (kr"d-frm), a. Etym: [L. cor, cordis, heart + -form, cf. F. cordiforme.]
Defn: Heart-shaped. Gray.
CORDILLERA Cor*dil"ler*a (kr-dl"lr-; Sp. kr`d-ly"r), n. Etym: [Sp., fr. OSp. cordilla, cordiella, dim. of cuerda a rope, string. See Cord.] (Geol.)
Defn: A mountain ridge or chain.
Note: Cordillera is sometimes applied, in geology, to the system of mountain chains near the border of a continent; thus, the western cordillera of North America in the United States includes the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, Coast and Cascade ranges.
CORDINER Cor"di*ner (kr"d-nr), n.
Defn: A cordwainer. [Obs.]
CORDITE Cord"ite, n. [From Cord, n.] (Mil.)
Defn: A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. In making it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition of acetone and pressed out into cords (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A variety containing less nitroglycerin than the original is known as cordite M. D.
CORDON Cor"don (kr"dn; F. kr"dn"), n. Etym: [F., fr. corde. See Cord.]
1. A cord or ribbon bestowed or borne as a badge of honor; a broad ribbon, usually worn after the manner of a baldric, constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary order. Cf. Grand cordon.
2. The cord worn by a Franciscan friar. Sir E. Sandys.
3. (Fort.)
Defn: The coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyong the face of the wall a few inches.
4. (Mil.)
Defn: A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing.
5. A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state. Cordon bleu (kd" bl Etym: [F., blue cordon], a first-rate cook, or one worthy to be the cook of the cordons bleus, or Knights of the Holy Ghost, famous for their good dinners. — Cordon sanitaire (kd" s Etym: [F., sanitary cordon], a line of troops or military posts around a district infected with disease, to cut off communication, and thus prevent the disease from spreading.
CORDONNET Cor`don`net" (kr`dn`n"), n. Etym: [F., dim. of cordon. See Cardon.]
Defn: Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc. McElrath.
CORDOVAN Cor"do*van (kr"d-vn), n. Etym: [Sp. cordoban, fr. Cordova, or Cordoba, in Spain. Cf. Cordwain.]
Defn: Same as Cordwain. in England the name is applied to leather made from horsehide.
CORDUROY Cor"du*roy` (kr"d-roi` or kr"d-roi"), n. Etym: [Prob. for F. corde du roi king's cord.]
1. A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.
2. pl.
Defn: Trousers or breeches of corduroy. 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 corduroy. [U.S.]
CORDUROY Cor"du*roy`, v. t.
Defn: To form of logs laid side by side. "Roads were corduroyed." Gemn. W.T. Sherman.
CORDWAIN Cord"wain (krd"wn), n. Etym: [OE. cordewan, cordian, OF. cordoan, cordouan, fr. Sp. cordoban. See Cordovan.]
Defn: A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored, gilded, or the like. Buskins he wore of costliest cordwain. Spenser.
CORDWAINER Cord"wain*er (-r), n. Etym: [OE. cordwaner, cordiner, fr. OF. cordoanier, cordouanier, F. cordonnier.]
Defn: A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker. [Archaic.]
CORDY Cord"y (kôr"dy), a. [Compar. Cordier; superl. Cordiest.]
Defn: Of, or like, cord; having cords or cordlike parts.
CORE Core (kr), n. Etym: [F. corps. See Corps.]
Defn: A body of individuals; an assemblage. [Obs.] He was in a core of people. Bacon.
CORE Core, n. Etym: [Cf. Chore.] (Mining.)
Defn: A miner's underground working time or shift. Raymond.
Note: The twenty-four hours are divided into three or four cores.
CORE Core, n. Etym: [Heb. k: cf. Gr.
Defn: A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer. Num. xi. 32 (Douay version).
CORE Core, n. Etym: [OF. cor, coer, cuer, F. c, fr. L. cor heart. See Heart.]
1. The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince. A fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. Byron.
2. The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a ssquare. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
3. The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject.
4. (Founding)
Defn: The prtion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern.
5. A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
6. (Anat.)
Defn: The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals. Core box (Founding), a box or mold, usually divisible, in which cores are molded. — Core print (Founding), a projecting piece on a pattern which forms, in the mold, an impression for holding in place or steadying a core.
CORE Core, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cord (krd); p. pr. & vb. n. Coring.]
1. To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple. He's likee a corn upon my great toe . . . he must be cored out. Marston.
2. To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.
CO-REGENT Co-re"gent (k-r"jent), n.
Defn: A joint regent or ruler.
CO-RELATION Co`-re*la"tion (k`r-l"shn), n.
Defn: Corresponding relation.
CO-RELIGIONIST Co`-re*li"gion*ist (-lj"n-st), n.
Defn: One of the same religion with another.
CORE LOSS Core loss. (Elec.)
Defn: Energy wasted by hysteresis or eddy currents in the core of an armature, transformer, etc.
COREOPSIS Co`re*op"sis (k`r-p"ss), n. Etym: [NL., fr. GR. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two- horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. C. tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing.
COREPLASTY Cor"e*plas`ty (kor"e*plas`ty), n. [Gr. ko`rh pupil + -plasty.] (Med.)
Defn: A plastic operation on the pupil, as for forming an artificial pupil. — Cor`e*plas"tic (-plas"tik), a.
CORER Cor"er (krr"rr), n.
Defn: That which cores; an instrument for coring fruit; as, an apple corer.
CO-RESPONDENT Co`-re*spond"ent (k`rr-spnd"ent), n. (Law)
Defn: One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.
CORF Corf (krrf), n.; pl. Corves (k. Etym: [Cf.LG. & D. korf basket, G. korb, fr. L. corbis.]
1. A basket.
2. (Mining) (a) A large basket used in carrying or hoisting coal or ore. (b) A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.
CORFIOTE; CORFUTE Cor"fi*ote (kr"f-t), Cor"fute (kr"ft), n.
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Corfu, an island in the Mediterranean Sea.
CORIACEOUS Co`ri*a"ceous (k`r-"shs), a. Etym: [L. coriaceous, fr. corium leather. See Cuirass.]
1. Consisting of or resembling, leather; leatherlike; tough.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Stiff, like leather or parchment.
CORIANDER Co`ri*an"der (k`r-n"dr), n Etym: [L. coriandrum, fr. Gr. coriandre.] (Bot.)
Defn: An umbelliferous plant, the Coriandrum sativum, the fruit or seeds of which have a strong smell and a spicy taste, and in medicine are considered as stomachic and carminative.
CORIDINE Co"ri*dine (k"r-dn; 104), n. Etym: [From L. cortium leather.]
Defn: A colorless or yellowish oil, C10H15N, of a leathery odor, occuring in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded as an organic base, homologous with pyridine. Also, one of a series of metameric compounds of which coridine is a type. [Written also corindine.]
CORINDON Co*rin"don (k-rn"dn), n. (Min.)
Defn: See Corrundum.
CORINNE Co`rinne" (k`rn"), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The common gazelle (Gazella dorcas). See Gazelle. [Written also korin.]
CORINTH Cor"inth (kr"nth), n. Etym: [L. Corinthus, Gr. Currant.]
1. A city of Greece, famed for its luxury and extravagance.
2. A small fruit; a currant. [Obs.] Broome.
CORINTHIAC Co*rin"thi*ac (k-rn"th-k), a. Etym: [L. Corinthiacus.]
Defn: Pertaining to Corinth.
CORINTHIAN Co*rin"thi*an (-an), a.
1. Of or relating to Corinth.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture, invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans. This is the lightest and most ornamental of the three orders used by the Greeks. Parker.
3. Debauched in character or practice; impure. Milton.
4. Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.)
CORINTHIAN Co*rin"thi*an, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Corinth.
2. A gay, licentious person. [Obs.]
CORIUM Co"ri*um (k"r-m), n. Etym: [L. corium leather.]
1. Armor made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans; used also by Enlish soldiers till the reign of Edward I. Fosbroke.
2. (Anat.) (a) Same as Dermis. (b) The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the epithelium.
CORIVAL Co*ri"val (k-r"val), n.
Defn: A rival; a corrival.
CORIVAL Co*ri"val, v. t.
Defn: To rival; to pretend to equal. Shak.
CORIVALRY; CORIVALSHIP Co*ri"val*ry, Co*ri"val*ship, n.
Defn: Joint rivalry.
CORK Cork (krk), n. Etym: [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. kork, D. kurk; all fr. Sp. corcho, fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark, rind. Cf. Cortex.]
1. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.
2. A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork.
3. A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance.
Note: Cork is sometimes used wrongly for calk, calker; calkin, a sharp piece of iron on the shoe of a horse or ox. Cork jackets, a jacket having thin pieces of cork inclosed within canvas, and used to aid in swimming. — Cork tree (Bot.), the species of oak (Quercus Suber of Southern Europe) whose bark furnishes the cork of commerce.
CORK Cork, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corked (krkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Corking.]
1. To stop with a cork, as a bottle.
2. To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork. Tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace. Bp. Hall.
Note: To cork is sometimes used erroneously for to calk, to furnish the shoe of a horse or ox with sharp points, and also in the meaning of cutting with a calk.
CORKAGE Cork"age (-j), n.
Defn: The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest.
CORKED Corked (krkt), a.
Defn: having acquired an unpleasant taste from the cork; as, a bottle of wine is corked.
CORK FOSSIL Cork" fos`sil (krk" fs`sl). (Min.)
Defn: A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork.
CORKINESS Cork"i*ness (—ns), n.
Defn: The quality of being corky.
CORKING PIN Cork"ing pin` (krk"ng pn`).
Defn: A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman's headdress to a cork mold. [Obs.] Swift.
CORKSCREW Cork"screw` (-skr"), n.
Defn: An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles. Corkscrew starts, a spiral staircase around a solid newel.
CORKSCREW Cork"screw`, v. t.
Defn: To press forward in a winding way; as, to corksrew one's way through a crowd. [Colloq.] Dickens.
CORKWING Cork"wing` (-wng`), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A fish; the goldsinny.
CORKWOOD Cork"wood` (kôrk"wood`), n.
1. The wood of the cork oak. [Obs.]
2. Any one of several trees or shrubs having light or corky wood; esp.: (a) In the United States, the tree Leitneria floridana. (b) In the West Indies: (1) Either of the cotton trees Ochroma lagopus and Pariti tiliaceum. (2)
Defn: The tree producing the aligator apple. (3)
Defn: The blolly.
CORKY Cork"y (-), a.
1. Consisting of, or like, cork; dry shriveled up. Bind fast hiss corky arms. Shak.
2. Tasting of cork.
CORM Corm (krm), n. Etym: [See Cormus.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: Same as Cormus, 2.
CORMOGENY Cor*mog"e*ny (kr-mj"-n), n. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: The embryological history of groups or families of individuals.
CORMOPHYLOGENY Cor`mo*phy*log"e*ny (kr`m-f-lj"-n), n. Etym: [Gr. phylogeny.] (Biol.)
Defn: The phylogeny of groups or families of individuals. Haeckel.
CORMOPHYTES; CORMOPHYTA Cor"mo*phytes (kr"m-fts), Cor*moph"y*ta (kr-mf"-t), n. pl. Etym: [NL. cormophyta, fr. Gr. trunk of a tree + (Bot.)
Defn: A term proposed by Endlicher to include all plants with an axis containing vascular tissue and with foliage.
CORMORANT Cor`mo*rant (kr"m-rant), n. Etym: [F. cormoran, fr. Armor. m a sea raven; m sea + bran raven, with cor, equiv. to L. corvus raven, pleonastically prefixed; or perh. fr. L. corvus marinus sea raven.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese. [Written also corvorant.]
2. A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant. B. Jonson.
CORMORAUT Cor"mo*raut, a.
Defn: Ravenous; voracious. Cormorant, devouring time. Shak.
CORMUS Cor"mus (kr"ms), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: See Corm.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: A vegetable or animal made up of a number of individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a process of budding from a parent stalk wherre the buds remain attached.
CORN Corn (krn), n. Etym: [L. cornu horn: cf. F. corne horn, hornlike excrescence. See Horn.]
Defn: A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toees, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome. Welkome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes Unplagued with corns, will have a bout with you. Shak.
Note: The substance of a corn usually resembles horn, but where moisture is present, as between the toes, it is white and sodden, and is called a soft corn.
CORN Corn, n. Etym: [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. Grain, Kernel.]
1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.
2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.
Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or Indian corn, of which there are several kinds; as, yellow corn, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; white or southern corn, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; sweet corn, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; pop corn, any small variety, used for popping.
3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. Milton.
4. A small, hard particle; a grain. "Corn of sand." Bp. Hall. "A corn of powder." Beau & Fl. Corn ball, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. — Corn bread, bread made of Indian meal. — Corn cake, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. — Corn cockle (Bot.), a weed (Agrostemma or Lychnis Githago), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. — Corn flag (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gladiolus; — called also sword lily. — Corn fly. (Zoöl.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called "gout," on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is Chlorops tæniopus. (b) A small fly (Anthomyia ze) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. — Corn fritter, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.] — Corn laws, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. — Corn marigold. (Bot.) See under Marigold. — Corn oyster, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.] — Corn parsley (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus (Petroselinum ssegetum), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. — Corn popper, a utensil used in popping corn. — Corn poppy (Bot.), the red poppy (Papaver Rhoeas), common in European cornfields; — also called corn rose. — Corn rent, rent paid in corn. — Corn rose. See Corn poppy. — Corn salad (Bot.), a name given to several species of Valerianella, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. V. olitoria is also called lamb's lettuce. — Corn stone, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.] — Corn violet (Bot.), a species of Campanula. — Corn weevil. (Zoöl.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil (Sphenophorus zeæ) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See Grain weevil, under Weevil.
CORN Corn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corned (krnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Corning.]
1. To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.
2. To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.
3. To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses. Jamieson.
4. To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one. [Colloq.] Corning house, a house or place where powder is corned or granulated.
CORNAGE Cor"nage (kr"nj), n. Etym: [OF.,, horn-blowing, tax on horned cattle, fr. F. corne a horn, L. cornu.] (Law)
Defn: Anancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn.
CORNAMUTE Cor"na*mute (kr"n-mt), n.
Defn: A cornemuse. [Obs.]
CORNBIND Corn"bind` (krn"bnd`), n. (Bot.)
Defn: A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis, Polygonum Convolvulus. [Prov. Eng.]
CORNCOB Corn"cob` (krn"kb`), n.
Defn: The cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow. [U.S.]
CORNCRAKE Corn"crake` (-krk`), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A bird (Crex crex or C. pratensis) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; — called also corn bird.
CORNCRIB Corn"crib` (krn"krb`), n.
Defn: A crib for storing corn.
CORNCUTTER Corn"cut`ter (-kt`tr), n.
1. A machine for cutting up stalks of corn for food of cattle.
2. An implement consisting of a long blade, attached to a handle at nearly a right angle, used for cutting down the stalks of Indian corn.
CORNDODGER Corn"dodg`er (-dj`r), n.
Defn: A cake made of the meal of Indian corn, wrapped in a covering of husks or paper, and baked under the embers. [U.S.] Bartlett.
CORNEA Cor"ne*a (kr"n-), n.; pl. Corneas (-. Etym: [Fem. sing., fr. L. corneus horny, fr. cornu a horn. See Horn.] (Anat.)
Defn: The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
CORNEAL Cor"ne*al (-al), a. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the cornea.
CORNEL Cor"nel (-nl), n. Etym: [OF. cornille, cornoille, F. cornouille, cornel berry, LL. cornolium cornel tree, fr. L. cornus, fr. cornu horn, in allusion to the hardness of the wood. See Horn.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.
2. Any species of the genus Cornus, as C. florida, the flowering cornel; C. stolonifera, the osier cornel; C. Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry.
CORNELIAN Cor*nel"ian (kr-nlyan), n. Etym: [F. cornaline, OF. corneline, fr. L. cornu horn. So called from its horny appearance when broken. See Horn, and cf. Carnelian.] (Min.)
Defn: Same as Carnelian.
CORNEMUSE Corne"muse (krn"mz), n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A wind instrument nearly identical with the bagpipe. Drayton.
CORNEOCALCAREOUS Cor"ne*o*cal*ca"re*ous (krn—kl-k"r-s), a.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, as some shells and corals.
2. Horny on one side and calcareous on the other.
CORNEOUS Cor"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. corneus, fr. cornu horn.]
Defn: Of a texture resembling horn; horny; hard. Sir T. Browne.
CORNER Cor"ner (kr"nr), n. Etym: [OF. corniere, cornier, LL. cornerium, corneria, fr. L. cornu horn, end, point. See Horn.]
1. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
2. The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner.
3. An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part. From the four corners of the earth they come. Shak.
4. A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook. This thing was not done in a corner. Acts xxvi. 26.
5. Direction; quarter. Sits the wind in that corner! Shak.
6. The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock. [Broker's Cant] Corner stone, the stone which lies at the corner of two walls, and unites them; the principal stone; especially, the stone which forms the corner of the foundation of an edifice; hence, that which is fundamental importance or indispensable. "A prince who regarded uniformity of faith as the corner stone of his government." Prescott. — Corner tooth, one of the four teeth which come in a horse's mouth at the age of four years and a half, one on each side of the upper and of the lower jaw, between the middle teeth and the tushes.
CORNER Cor"ner, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cornered (-nrd);p. pr. & vb. n. Cornering.]
1. To drive into a corner.
2. To drive into a position of great difficaulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.
3. To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum.
CORNERCAP Cor"ner*cap` (-kp`), n.
Defn: The chief ornament. [Obs.] Thou makest the triumviry the cornercap of society. Shak.
CORNERED Cor"nered (-nrd), p. a.
Defn: 1 Having corners or angles.
2. In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.
CORNERWISE Cor"ner*wise` (-wz`), adv.
Defn: With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.
CORNET Cor"net (kr"nt), n. Etym: [F. cornet, m. (for senses 1 & 2), cornette, f. & m. (for senses 3 & 4), dim. of corne horn, L. cornu. See Horn.]
1. (Mus.) (a) An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family. (b) A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-à-piston. (c) A certain organ stop or register.
2. A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares. Cotgrave.
3. (Mil.) (a) A troop of cavalry; — so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player. [Obs.] "A body of five cornets of horse." Clarendon. (b) The standard of such a troop. [Obs.] (c) The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871.
4. A headdress: (a) A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions. (b) A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.
5. Etym: [Cf. Coronet.] (Far.)
Defn: See Coronet, 2.
CORNET-A-PISTON Cor"net-à-pis`ton (kr"nt—ps"tn; F. kr`n`ps`tn"), n.; pl. Cornets-à- piston. Etym: [F.] (Mus.)
Defn: A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet.
CORNETCY Cor"net*cy (kr"nt-s), n.
Defn: The commission or rank of a cornet.
CORNETER Cor"net*er (kr"nt-r), n.
Defn: One who blows a cornet.
CORNEULE Cor"neule (kr"nl), n. Etym: [F., dim. of corn the cornea.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the corneas of a compound eye in the invertebrates. Carpenter.
CORNFIELD Corn"field` (krn"fld`), n.
Defn: A field where corn is or has been growing; — in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn.
CORNFLOOR Corn"floor` (-flr`), n.
Defn: A thrashing floor. Hos. ix. 1.
CORNFLOWER Corn"flow`er (-flou`r), n. (Bot.)
Defn: A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in grainfields.
CORNIC Cor"nic (kr"nk), a.
Defn: Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, the dogwood (Cornus florida).
CORNICE Cor"nice (kr"ns), n. Etym: [F. corniche, It. cornice, LL. coronix, cornix, fr. L. coronis a curved line, a flourish with the pen at the end of a book or chapter, Gr. corona crown. sEE Crown, and cf. Coronis.] (Arch.)
Defn: Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house. Gwilt. Cornice ring, the ring on a cannon next behind the muzzle ring.
CORNICED Cor"niced (kr"nst), a.
Defn: Having a cornice.
CORNICLE Cor"ni*cle (kr"n-k'l), n. Etym: [L. corniculum, dim. of cornu horn.]
Defn: A little horn. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
CORNICULAR Cor*nic"u*lar (-lr), n. Etym: [L. cornicularius.]
Defn: A secretary or clerk. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CORNICULATE Cor/nic"u*late (kr-nk"-lt), a. Etym: [L. corniculatus.]
1. Horned; having horns. Dr. H. More.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Having processes resembling small horns.
CORNICULUM Cor*nic"u*lum (kr-nk"-lm), n.; pl. Cornicula (-l. Etym: [L. corniculum little horn.] (Anat.)
Defn: A small hornlike part or process.
CORNIFEROUS Cor*nif"er*ous (kr-nf"r-s), a. Etym: [L. cornu horn + -ferous.] (Geol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age.(See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called from the numerous seams of hornstone which characterize the later part of the period, as developed in the State of New York.
CORNIFIC Cor*nif"ic (kr-nf"k), a. Etym: [L. cornu horn + facere to make.]
Defn: Producing horns; forming horn.
CORNIFICATION Cor`ni*fi*ca"tion (kr`n-f-k"shn), n.
Defn: Conversion into, or formation of, horn; a becoming like horn.
CORNIFIED Cor"ni*fied (kr"n-fd), a. Etym: [L. cornu horn + -fy.] (Anat.)
Defn: Converted into horn; horny.
CORNIFORM Cor"ni*form (-frm), a. Etym: [L. cornu horn + -form.]
Defn: Having the shape of a horn; horn-shaped.
CORNIGEROUS Cor*nig"er*ous (kr-nj"r-s), a. Etym: [L. corniger; cornu horn + gerere to bear.]
Defn: Horned; having horns; as, cornigerous animals. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
CORNIN Cor"nin (kr"nn), n. (Chem.) (a) A bitter principle obtained from dogwood (Cornus florida), as a white crystalline substance; — called also cornic acid. (b) An extract from dogwood used as a febrifuge.
CORNIPLUME Cor"ni*plume (kr"n-plm), n. Etym: [L. cornu horn + pluma feather.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
CORNISH Cor"nish (kr"nsh), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England. Cornish chough. See Chough. — Cornish engine, a single-acting pumping engine, used in mines, in Cornwall and elsewhere, and for water works. A heavy pump rod or plunger, raised by the steam, forces up the water by its weight, in descending.
CORNISH Cor"nish, n.
Defn: The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall.
CORNIST Cor"nist, n.
Defn: A performer on the cornet or horn.
CORNLOFT Corn"loft` (krn"lft`), n.
Defn: A loft for corn; a granary.
CORNMUSE Corn"muse (-mz), n.
Defn: A cornemuse.
CORNO DI BASSETTO Cor"no di bas*set"to (kr"n d bs-st"t or bs-st"t); pl. Corni (-n di basseto. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: A tenor clarinet; — called also basset horn, and sometimes confounded with the English horn, which is a tenor oboe.
CORNO INGLESE Cor"no In*gle"se (n-gl"z); pl. Corni Inglesi (-z. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: A reed instrument, related to the oboe, but deeper in pitch; the English horn.
CORNOPEAN Cor*no"pe*an (kr-n"p-an), n. (Mus.)
Defn: An obsolete name for the cornet-à-piston.
CORNSHELLER Corn"shell`er (krn"shl`r), n.
Defn: A machine that separates the kernels of corn from the cob.
CORNSHUCK Corn"shuck` (-shk`), n.
Defn: The husk covering an ear of Indian corn. [Colloq. U.S.]
CORNSTALK Corn"stalk` (-stk`), n.
Defn: A stalk of Indian corn.
CORNSTARCH Corn"starch` (-strch`), n.
Defn: Starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used for puddings, etc.
CORNU Cor"nu (kr"n), n; pl. Cornua (-n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
CORNU AMMONIS Cor"nu Am*mo"nis (m-m"ns); pl. Cornua Ammonis. Etym: [L., horn of Ammon. See Ammonite.] (Paleon.)
Defn: A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name for an ammonite.
CORNUCOPIA Cor`nu*co"pi*a (kr`n-k"p-), n.; pl. Cornucopias (-. Etym: [L. cornu copiae horn of plenty. See Horn, and Copious.]
1. The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance.
2. pl. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form.
Note: Some writers maintain that this word should be written, in the singular, cornu copiæ, and in the plural, cornua copiæ.
CORNUTE; CORNUTED Cor"nute (kr"nt or kr-nt"), Cor*nut"ed (kr-n"td), a. Etym: [L. cornutus horned, from cornu horn.]
1. Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped.
2. Cuckolded. [R.] "My being cornuted." LEstrange.
CORNUTE Cor*nute" (kr-nt"), v. t.
Defn: To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold. [Obs.] Burton.
CORNUTO Cor*nu"to (kr-n"t), n. Etym: [It., fr. L. cornutus horned.]
Defn: A man that wears the horns; a cuckold. [R.] Shak.
CORNUTOR Cor*nu"tor (-tr), n.
Defn: A cuckold maker. [R.] Jordan.
CORNY Cor"ny (kr"n), a. Etym: [L. cornu horn.]
Defn: Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn. Up stood the cornu reed. Milton.
CORNY Corn"y, a.
1. Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn. [R.] "The corny ear." Prior.
2. Containing corn; tasting well of malt. [R.] A draught of moist and corny ale. Chaucer.
3. Tipsy. [Vulgar, Eng.] Forby.
COROCORE Cor"o*core (kr"-kr), n.
Defn: A kind of boat of various forms, used in the Indian Archipelago.
CORODY Cor"o*dy (kr"-d), n. Etym: [LL. corrodium, corredium, conredium, furniture, provision: cf. OF. conroi. See Curry.] (Old Law)
Defn: An allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey or other religious house for the sustenance of such of the king's servants as he may designate to receive it. [Written also corrody.]
COROL Cor"ol (kr"l), n. (Bot.)
Defn: A corolla.
COROLLA Co*rol"la (k-rl"l), n. Etym: [L. corolla a little crown or garland, dim. of corona. See Crown.] (Bot.)
Defn: The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors. See the Note under Blossom.
COROLLACEOUS Cor`ol*la"ceous (kr`l-l"shs), a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, a corolla; having the form or texture of a corolla.
COROLLARY Cor"ol*la*ry (kr"l-l-r; 277), n.; pl. Corollaries (-r. Etym: [L. corollarium gift, corollary, fr. corolla. See Corolla.]
1. That which is given beyond what is actually due, as a garland of flowers in addition to wages; surplus; something added or superfluous. [Obs.] Now come, my Ariel; bring a corollary, Rather than want a spirit. Shak.
2. Something which follows from the demonstration of a proposition; an additional inference or deduction from a demonstrated proposition; a consequence.
COROLLATE; COROLLATED Cor"ol*late (kr"l-lt), Cor"ol*la`ted (-l`td), a.
Defn: Having a corolla or corollas; like a corolla.
COROLLET Cor"ol*let (kr"l-lt), n. Etym: [Dim. fr. corolla.] (Bot.)
Defn: A floret in an aggregate flower. [Obs.] Martyn.
COROLLIFLORAL; COROLLIFLOROUS Co*rol`li*flo"ral (k-rl`l-fl"ral), Co*rol`li*flo"rous (-fl"rs), a. Etym: [Corolla + L. flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having the stamens borne on the petals, and the latter free from the calyx. Compare Calycifloral and Thalamifloral.
COROLLINE Cor"ol*line (-ln), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a corolla.
COROMANDEL Cor`o*man"del (kr`-mn"del), n. (Geol.)
Defn: The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal. Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola. — Coromandel wood, Calamander wood.
CORONA Co*ro"na (k-r"n), n.; pl. L. Coronæ (-nCoronas (-n. Etym: [L. corona crown. See Crown.]
1. A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column.
3. (Anat.)
Defn: The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin.
5. (Astrol.)
Defn: A peculiar luminous apearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.
6. (Bot.) (a) An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil. (b) Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ.
7. (Meteorol.) (a) A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon. (b) A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle.
8. A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis. Fairholt.
9. (Mus.)
Defn: A character [] called the pause or hold.
CORONACH Cor"o*nach (kr"-nk), n.
Defn: See Coranach.
CORONAL Cor"o*nal (kr"-nal or, esp. in science, k-r"nal; 277), a. Etym: [L. coronalis: cf. F. coronal.]
1. Of or pertaining to a corona (in any of the senses). The coronal light during the eclipse is faint. Abney.
2. Of or pertaining to a king's crown, or coronation. The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon. Milton.
3. Of or pertaining to the top of the head or skull.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the shell of a sea urchin. Coronal suture (Anat.), a suture extending across the skull between the parietal and frontal bones; the frontoparietal suture.