Chapter C · hap"ter, v. t. (continued 15)
Reading edition
CORONAL Cor"o*nal, n.
1. A crown; wreath; garland. Spenser.
2. The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronæ or garlands. Hooper.
CORONAMEN Cor`o*na"men (kr`-n"mn), n. Etym: [L., a crowning.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet.
CORONARY Cor"o*na*ry (kr"-n-r), a. Etym: [L. coronarius: cf. F. coronaire.]
1. Of or pertaining to a crown; ferming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland. "Coronary thorns." Bp. Pearson. The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus. Sir T. Browne.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, the coronary arteries and veins of the heart.
CORONARY Cor"o*na*ry, n.
Defn: A small bone in the foot of a horse.
CORONARY BONE Cor"o*na*ry bone.
Defn: The small pastern bone of the horse and allied animals.
CORONARY CUSHION Coronary cushion.
Defn: A cushionlike band of vascular tissue at the upper border of the wall of the hoof of the horse and allied animals. It takes an important part in the secretion of the horny walls.
CORONATE; CORONATED Cor"o*nate (kr"-nt), Cor"o*na`ted (-n`ted), a. Etym: [L. coronatus, p. p. of coronare to crown, fr. corona. See Crown.]
1. Having or wearing a crown.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; — said of birds. (b) Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines; — said of spiral shells.
3. (Biol.)
Defn: Having a crest or a crownlike appendage.
CORONATION Cor`o*na"tion (kr`-n"shn), n. Etym: [See Coronate.]
1. The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.
2. The pomp or assembly at a coronation. Pope.
CORONEL Coro"nel (kr"nel), n. Etym: [See Colonel.]
Defn: A colonel. [Obs.] Spenser.
CORONEL Cor"o*nel (kr"-nl or kr"nl), n. Etym: [Cf. Cronel, Crown.] (Anc. Armor)
Defn: The iron head of a tilting spear, divided into two, three, or four blunt points. [Written also cronel.] Grose.
CORONER Cor"o*ner (kr"-nr), n. Etym: [From OE. coronen to crown, OF. coroner, fr. L. coronare, fr. corona crown. Formed as a translation of LL. coronator coroner, fr. L. corona crown, the coroner having been originally a prosecuting officer of the crown. See Crown.]
Defn: An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred. [In England formerly also written and pronounced crowner.]
Note: In some of the United States the office of coroner is abolished, that of medical examiner taking its place. Coroner's inquest. See under Inquest.
CORONET Cor"o*net (kr"-nt), n. Etym: [Dim. of OE. corone crown; cf. OF. coronete. See Crown, and cf. Crownet, Cronet.]
1. An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown. Without a star, a coronet, or garter. Goldsmith.
Note: The coronet of the Prince of Wales consist of a circlet of gold with four crosses pattée around the edge between as many fleurs-de- lis. The center crosses are connected by an arch which is surmounted by a globe or cross. The coronet of a British duke is adorned with strawberry leaves; that of a marquis has leaves with pearls interposed; that of an earl raises the pearls above the leaves; that of a viscount is surrounded with pearls only; that of a baron has only four pearls.
2. (Far.)
Defn: The upper part of a horse's hoof, where the horn terminates in skin. James White.
3. (Anc. Armor)
Defn: The iron head of a tilting spear; a coronel. Crose.
CORONETED Cor"o*net*ed (-nt-d), a.
Defn: Wearing, or entitled to wear, a coronet; of noble birth or rank.
CORONIFORM Co*ron"i*form (k-rn"-frm or k-r"n-), a. Etym: [L. corona crown + - form.]
Defn: Having the form of a crown or coronet; resembling a crown.
CORONILLA Cor`o*nil"la (kr`-nl"l), n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. corona crown: cf. F. coronille.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of plants related to the clover, having their flowers arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets.
CORONIS Co*ro"nis (k-r"ns), n. Etym: [Gr. Cornice.]
1. In Greek grammar, a sign ['] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable. W. W. Goodwin.
2. The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end. [R.] Bp. Hacket.
CORONIUM Co*ro"ni*um, n. [NL. See Corona.] (Chem. & Astron.)
Defn: The principal gaseous substance forming the solar corona, characterized by a green line in the coronal spectrum.
CORONOID Cor"o*noid (kr"-noid), a. Etym: [Gr. -oid: cf. F. corono.] (Anat.)
Defn: Resembling the beak of a crow; as, the coronoid process of the jaw, or of the ulna.
CORONULE Cor"o*nule (kr"-nl), n. Etym: [L. coronula, dim. of corona crown.] (Bot.)
Defn: A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus. Martyn.
COROUN Co*roun" (k-roun"), v. & n.
Defn: Crown. [Obs.] Chaucer.
COROZO; COROSSO Co*ro"zo Co*ros"so (k-r"th or -s), n. Etym: [Cf. Sp. cerozo a kind of palm tree.]
Defn: The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut.
CORPORACE Cor"po*race (kr"p-rs), n.
Defn: See Corporas.
CORPORAL Cor"po*ral (kr"p-ral), n. Etym: [Corrupted fr. F. caporal, It. caporale, fr. capo head, chief, L. caput. See Chief, and cf. Caporal.] (Mil.)
Defn: A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncomissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels. Corporal's guard, a detachment such as would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty, etc.; hence, derisively, a very small number of persons. — Lance corporal, an assistant corporal on private's pay. Farrow. — Ship's corporal (Naut.), a petty officer who assists the master at arms in his various duties.
CORPORAL Cor"po*ral, a. Etym: [L. corporalis, fr. corpus body. See Corpse.]
1. Belonging or relating to the body; bodily. "Past corporal toil." Shak. Pillories and other corporal infections. Milton. Corporal punishment (law), punishment applied to the body of the offender, including the death penalty, whipping, and imprisonment.
2. Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal. Milton. A corporal heaven . . . .where the stare are. Latimer. What seemed corporal melted As breath into the wind. Shak.
Syn. — Corporal, Bodily, Corporeal. Bodily is opposed to mental; as, bodily affections. Corporeal refers to the whole physical structure or nature, of the body; as, corporeal substance or frame. Corporal, as now used, refers more to punishment or some infliction; as, corporal punishment. To speak of corporeal punishment is an error. Bodily austerities; the corporeal mold.
CORPORAL; CORPORALE Cor"po*ral (kr"p-ral), Cor`po*ra"le (-r"l), n. Etym: [LL. corporale: cf.F. corporal. See Corporal,a.]
Defn: A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth. Corporal oath, a solemn oath; — so called from the fact that it was the ancient usage for the party taking it to touch the corporal, or cloth that covered the consecrated elements.
CORPORALITY Cor`po*ral"i*ty (kr`p-rl"l-t), n.: pl. Corporalities (-t. Etym: [L. corporalitas: cf. F.corporalit.]
1. The state of being or having a body; bodily existence; corporeality; — opposed to spirituality. Dr. H. More.
2. A confraternity; a guild. [Obs.] Milton.
CORPORALLY Cor"po*ral*ly (kr"p-ral-ly), adv.
Defn: In or with the body; bodily; as, to be corporally present. Sharp.
CORPORALSHIP Cor"po*ral*ship, n. (Mil.)
Defn: A corporal's office.
CORPORAS Cor"po*ras (kr"p-rs), n. Etym: [Prop. pl. of corporal.]
Defn: The corporal, or communion cloth. [Obs.] Fuller.
CORPORATE Cor"po*rate (kr"p-rt), a. Etym: [L. corporatus, p. p. of corporare to shape into a body, fr. corpus body. See Corpse.]
1. Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual; incorporated; as, a corporate town.
2. Belonging to a corporation or incorporated body. "Corporate property." Hallam.
3. United; general; collectively one. They answer in a joint and corporate voice. Shak. Corporate member, an actual or voting member of a corporation, as distinguished from an associate or an honorary member; as, a corporate member of the American Board.
CORPORATE Cor"po*rate (-rt), v. t.
Defn: To incorporate. [Obs.] Stow.
CORPORATE Cor"po*rate, v. i.
Defn: To become incorporated. [Obs.]
CORPORATELY Cor"po*rate*ly (-rt-l), adv.
1. In a corporate capacity; acting as a coprporate body.
2. In, or as regarda, the body. Fabyan.
CORPORATION Cor`po*ra"tion (kr`p-r"shn), n. Etym: [L. corporatio incarnation: cf. F. corporation corporation.]
Defn: A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting business as an individual.
Note: Corporations are aggregate or sole. Corporations aggregate consist of two or more persons united in a society, which is preserved by a succession of members, either forever or till the corporation is dissolved by the power that formed it, by the death of all its members, by surrender of its charter or franchises, or by forfeiture. Such corporations are the mayor and aldermen of cities, the head and fellows of a college, the dean and chapter of a cathedral church, the stockholders of a bank or insurance company, etc. A corporation sole consists of a single person, who is made a body corporate and politic, in order to give him some legal capacities, and especially that of succession, which as a natural person he can not have. Kings, bishops, deans, parsons, and vicars, are in England sole corporations. A fee will not pass to a corporation sole without the word "successors" in the grant. There are instances in the United States of a minister of a parish seized of parsonage lands in the right of his parish, being a corporation sole, as in Massachusetts. Corporations are sometimes classified as public and private; public being convertible with municipal, and private corporations being all corporations not municipal. Close corporation. See under Close.
CORPORATOR Cor"po*ra`tor (kr"p-r`tr), n.
Defn: A member of a corporation, esp. one of the original members.
CORPORATURE Cor"po*ra*ture (kr"p-r-tr), n.
Defn: The state of being embodied; bodily existence. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
CORPOREAL Cor*po"re*al (kr-p"r-al), a. Etym: [L. corporeus, fr. corpus body.]
Defn: Having a body; consisting of, or pertaining to, a material body or substance; material; — opposed to spiritual or immaterial. His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual. Milton. Corporeal property, such as may be seen and handled (as opposed to incorporeal, which can not be seen or handled, and exists only in contemplation). Mozley & W.
Syn. — Corporal; bodily. See Corporal.
CORPOREALISM Cor*po"re*al*ism (-z'm), n.
Defn: Materialism. Cudworth.
CORPOREALIST Cor*po"re*al*ist (kr-p"r-al-st), n.
Defn: One who denies the reality of spiritual existences; a materialist. Some corporealists pretended . . . to make a world without a God. Bp. Berkeley.
CORPOREALITY Cor*po`re*al"i*ty (-l"-t), n.: pl. Corporealities (-t.
Defn: The state of being corporeal; corporeal existence.
CORPOREALLY Cor*po"re*al*ly (kr-p"r-al-l), adv.
Defn: In the body; in a bodily form or manner.
CORPOREALNESS Cor*po"re*al*ness (-ns), n.
Defn: Corporeality; corporeity.
CORPOREITY Cor`po*re"i*ty (kr`p-r"-t), n. Etym: [LL. corporeitas: cf. F. corpor.]
Defn: The state of having a body; the state of being corporeal; materiality. The one attributed corporeity to God. Bp. Stillingfleet. Those who deny light to be matter, do not therefore deny its corporeity. Coleridge.
CORPORIFY Cor*por"i*fy (kr-pr"-f), v. t. Etym: [L. corpus body + -fy: cf. F. corporifier.]
Defn: To embody; to form into a body. [Obs.] Boyle.
CORPOSANT Cor"po*sant (kr"p-znt), n. Etym: [It. corpo santo holy body.]
Defn: St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint.
CORPS Corps (kr, pl. krz), n. sing. & pl. Etym: [F., fr. L. corpus body. See Corpse.]
1. The human body, whether living or dead. [Obs.] See Corpse, 1. By what craft in my corps, it cometh [commences] and where. Piers Plowman.
2. A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps. A corps operating with an army should consist of three divisions of the line, a brigade of artillery, and a regiment of cavalry. Gen. Upton (U. S. Tactics. )
3. A body or code of laws. [Obs.] The whole corps of the law. Bacon.
4. (Eccl.)
Defn: The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed. [Obs.] The prebendaries over and above their reserved rents have a corps. Bacon. Army corps, or (French) Corps d'armée (k, a body containing two or more divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army in itself. — Corps de logis (ke l Etym: [F., body of the house], the principal mass of a building, considered apart from its wings. — Corps diplomatique (k Etym: [F., diplomatic body], the body of ministers or envoys accredited to a government.
CORPSE Corpse (krps), n. Etym: [OF. cors (sometimes written corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See Midriff, and cf. Corse, Corselet, Corps, Cuerpo.]
1. A human body in general, whether living or dead; — sometimes contemptuosly. [Obs.]
Note: Formerly written (after the French form) corps. See Corps, n., 1.
2. The dead body of a human being; — used also Fig. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. D. Webster. Corpse candle. (a) A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake, or the customary watching with a corpse on the night before its interment. (b) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp places, superstitiously regarded as portending death. — Corpse gate, the gate of a burial place through which the dead are carried, often having a covered porch; — called also lich gate.
CORPULENCE; CORPULENCY Cor"pu*lence (kr"p-lens), Cor"pu*len*cy (kr"p-len-s), n. Etym: [L. corpulentia: cf. F. corpulence.]
1. Excessive fatness; fleshiness; obesity.
2. Thickness; density; compactness. [Obs.] The heaviness and corpulency of water requiring a great force to divide it. Ray.
CORPULENT Cor"pu*lent (-p-lent), a. Etym: [L. corpulentus, fr. corpus: cf. F. corpulent. See Corpse.]
1. Very fat; obese.
2. Solid; gross; opaque. [Obs.] Holland.
Syn. — Stout; fleshy; bulky; obese. See Stout.
CORPULENTLY Cor"pu*lent*ly, adv.
Defn: In a corpulent manner.
CORPUS Cor"pus (-ps), n.; pl. Corpora (-p. Etym: [L.]
Defn: A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. Corpus callosum (k; pl. Corpora callosa (-s Etym: [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheries. See Brain. — Corpus Christi (kr Etym: [L., body of Christ] (R. C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. — Corpus Christi cloth. Same as Pyx cloth, under Pyx. — Corpus delicti (d Etym: [L., the body of the crime] (Law), the substantial and fundamental fact of the comission of a crime; the proofs essential to establish a crime. — Corpus luteum (l; pl. Corpora lutea (-. Etym: [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Grafian follicle in the mammalian ovary. — Corpus striatum (str; pl. Corpora striata (-t. Etym: [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
CORPUSCLE Cor"pus*cle (-ps-s'l), n. Etym: [L. corpusculum, dim. of corpus.]
1. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: A protoplasmic animal cell; esp., such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are imbedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles. See Blood. Virchow showed that the corpuscles of bone are homologous with those of connective tissue. Quain's Anat. Red blood corpuscles (Physiol.), in man, yellowish, biconcave, circular discs varying from 1/3500 to 1/3200 of an inch in diameter and about 1/12400 of an inch thick. They are composed of a colorless stroma filled in with semifluid hæmoglobin and other matters. In most mammals the red corpuscles are circular, but in the camels, birds, reptiles, and the lower vertebrates generally, they are oval, and sometimes more or less spherical in form. In Amphioxus, and most invertebrates, the blood corpuscles are all white or colorless. — White blood corpuscles (Physiol.), rounded, slightly flattened, nucleated cells, mainly protoplasmic in composition, and possessed of contractile power. In man, the average size is about 1/2500 of an inch, and they are present in blood in much smaller numbers than the red corpuscles.
CORPUSCULAR Cor*pus"cu*lar (kr-ps"k-lr), a. Etym: [Cf. F. corpusculaire.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small particles. Corpuscular philosophy, that which attempts to account for the phenomena of nature, by the motion, figure, rest, position, etc., of the minute particles of matter. — Corpuscular theory (Opt.), the theory enunciated by Sir Isaac Newton, that light consists in the emission and rapid progression of minute particles or corpuscles. The theory is now generally rejected, and supplanted by the undulatory theory.
CORPUSCULARIAN Cor*pus`cu*la"ri*an (-l"r-an), a.
Defn: Corpuscular. [Obs.]
CORPUSCULARIAN Cor*pus`cu*la"ri*an, n.
Defn: An adherent of the corpuscular philosophy. Bentley.
CORPUSCULE Cor*pus"cule (kr-ps"kl), n.
Defn: A corpuscle. [Obs.]
CORPUSCULOUS Cor*pus"cu*lous (-k-ls), a.
Defn: Corpuscular. Tyndall.
CORRADE Cor*rade" (kr-rd"), v. t. Etym: [L. corradere, -rasum; cor- + radere to rub.]
1. To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume. [Obs.] Dr. R. Clerke.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: To erode, as the bed of a stream. See Corrosion.
CORRADIAL Cor*ra"di*al (kr-r"d-al), a.
Defn: Radiating to or from the same point. [R.] Coleridge.
CORRADIATE Cor*ra"di*ate (kr-r"d-t), v. t.
Defn: To converge to one point or focus, as light or rays.
CORRADIATION Cor*ra`di*a"tion (kr-r`d-"shn), n.
Defn: A conjunction or concentration of rays in one point. Bacom
CORRAL Cor*ral" (kr-rl"; Sp. kr-rl"), n. Etym: [Sp., a yard, a yard for cattle, fr. corro a circle or ring, fr. L. currere to run. Cf. Kraal.]
Defn: A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, etc.
CORRAL Cor*ral", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corraled (-rld" or -rld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Corralling.]
Defn: To surround and inclose; to coop up; to put into an inclosed space; — primarily used with reference to securing horses and cattle in an inclosure of wagons while traversing the plains, but in the Southwestern United States now colloquially applied to the capturing, securing, or penning of anything. Bartlett.
CORRASION Cor*ra"sion (kr-r"zhn), n. Etym: [See Corrade.] (Geol.)
Defn: The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water.
CORRASIVE Cor*ra"sive (-sv), a.
Defn: Corrosive. [Obs.] Corrasive sores which eat into the flesh. Holland.
CORRECT Cor*rect" (kr-rkt"), a. Etym: [L. correctus, p. p. of corrigere to make straight, to correct; cor- + regere to lead straight: cf. F. correct. See Regular, Right, and cf. Escort.]
Defn: Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; nnot faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views. Always use the most correct editions. Felton.
Syn. — Accurate; right, exact; precise; regular; faultless. See Accurate.
CORRECT Cor*rect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corrected; p. pr. & vb. n. Correcting.]
1. To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles. This is a defect in the first make of same men's minds which can scarce ever be corrected afterwards. T. Burnet.
2. To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked).
3. To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying. My accuser is my 'prentice; and when I did correct him for his fault the other day, he did vow upon his knees he would be even with me. Shak.
4. To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; — said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations.
Syn. — To amend; rectify; emend; reform; improve; chastise; punish; discipline; chasten. See Amend.
CORRECTIBLE; CORRECTABLE Cor*rect"i*ble (-rk"t-b'l), Cor*rect"a*ble (-rk"t-b'l), a.
Defn: Capable of being corrected.
CORRECTIFY Cor*rect"i*fy (kr-rk"t-f), v. t.
Defn: To correct. [Obs.] When your worship's plassed to correctify a lady. Beau & Fl.
CORRECTION Cor*rec"tion (kr-rk"shn), n. Etym: [L. correctio: cf. F. correction.]
1. The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. The due correction of swearing, rioting, neglect of God's word, and other scandalouss vices. Strype.
2. The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement. Correction and instruction must both work Ere this rude beast will profit. Shak.
3. That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin.
4. Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach.
5. An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction. Correction line (Surv.), a parallel used as a new base line in laying out township in the government lands of the United States. The adoption at certain intervals of a correction line is necessitated by the convergence of of meridians, and the statute requirement that the townships must be squares. — House of correction, a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell. — Under correction, subject to correction; admitting the possibility of error.
CORRECTIONAL Cor*rec"tion*al (kr-rk"shn-al), a. Etym: [Cf. F. correctionnel.]
Defn: Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution.
CORRECTIONER Cor*rec"tion*er (-r), n.
Defn: One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction. [Obs.] Shak.
CORRECTIVE Cor*rect"ive (krr-rk"tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. correctif.]
1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali. Arbuthnot.
2. Qualifying; limiting. "The Psalmist interposeth . . . this corrective particle." Holdsworth.
CORRECTIVE Cor*rect"ive, n.
1. That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. Burke.
2. Limitation; restriction. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
CORRECTLY Cor*rect"ly (kr-rkt"l), adv.
Defn: In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.
CORRECTNESS Cor*rect"ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy.
Syn. — Accuracy; exactness; precision; propriety.
CORRECTOR Cor*rect"or (kr-rkt"r), n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who, or that which, corrects; as, a corrector of abuses; a corrector of the press; an alkali is a corrector of acids.
CORRECTORY Cor*rect"o*ry (—r), a.
Defn: Containing or making correction; corrective.
CORRECTRESS Cor*rect"ress (-rs), n.
Defn: A woman who corrects.
CORREGIDOR Cor*reg"i*dor (kr-rj"-dr; Sp. kr-r`h-dr"), n. Etym: [Sp., orig., a corrector.]
Defn: The chief magistrate of a Spanish town.
CORREI Cor"rei (kr"r), n. Etym: [Scot., perh. fr. Celt. cor a corner.]
Defn: A hollow in the side of a hill, where game usually lies. "Fleet foot on the correi." Sir W. Scott.
CORRELATABLE Cor`re*lat"a*ble (k3r`r-lt"-b'l), a.
Defn: Such as can be correlated; as, correlatable phenomena.
CORRELATE Cor`re*late" (kr`r-lt" or kr"r-lt`), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Correlated; p. pr. & vb. n. Correlating.] Etym: [Pref. cor- + relate.]
Defn: To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related. Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice. Tylor.
CORRELATE Cor`re*late", v. t.
Defn: To put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomens. Darwin.
CORRELATE Cor"re*late (kr"r-lt), n.
Defn: One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative. South.
CORRELATION Cor`re*la"tion (-l"shn), n. Etym: [LL. correlatio; L. cor- + relatio: cf. F. corrélation. Cf. Correlation.]
Defn: Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place to, one another, under certain conditions; as, the correlation of forces, or of zymotic diseases. Correlation of energy, the relation to one another of different forms of energy; — usually having some reference to the principle of conservation of energy. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation. — Correlation of forces, the relation between the forces which matter, endowed with various forms of energy, may exert.
CORRELATIVE Cor*rel"a*tive (kr-rl"-tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. corrélatif.]
Defn: Having or indicating a reciprocal relation. Father and son, prince and subject, stranger and citizen, are correlative terms. Hume.
CORRELATIVE Cor*rel"a*tive, n.
1. One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation, or is correlated, to some other person or thing. Locke. Spiritual things and spiritual men are correlatives. Spelman.
2. (Gram.)
Defn: The antecedent of a pronoun.
CORRELATIVELY Cor*rel"a*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In a correlative relation.
CORRELATIVENESS Cor*rel"a*tive*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being correlative.
CORRELIGIONIST Cor`re*li"gion*ist (kr`r-lj"n-st), n.
Defn: A co-religion
CORREPTION Cor*rep"tion (kr-rp"shn), n. Etym: [L. correptio, fr. corripere to seize.]
Defn: Chiding; reproof; reproach. [Obs.] Angry, passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend. Hammond.
CORRESPOND Cor`re*spond" (kr`r-spnd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Corresponded; p. pr. & vb. n. Corresponding.] Etym: [Pref. cor- + respond: cf. f. correspondre.]
1. To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; — followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout. None of them [the forms of Sidney's sonnets] correspond to the Shakespearean type. J. A. Symonds.
2. To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; — followed by to. Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them as they correspond to those ideas we have, but no farther. Locke.
3. To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; — followed by with. After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he [Atterbury] began to correspond directly with the Pretender. Macualay.
Syn. — To agree; fit; answer; suit; write; address.
CORRESPONDENCE Cor`re*spond"ence (-spnd"ens), n. Etym: [Cf. F. correspondance.]
1. Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters. Holding also good correspondence with the other great men in the state. Bacon. To facilitate correspondence between one part of London and another, was not originally one of the objects of the post office. Macualay.
2. The letters which pass between correspondents.
3. Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.
CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL Cor`res*pond"ence school.
Defn: A school that teaches by correspondence, the instruction being based on printed instruction sheets and the recitation papers written by the student in answer to the questions or requirements of these sheets. In the broadest sense of the term correspondence school may be used to include any educational institution or department for instruction by correspondence, as in a university or other educational bodies, but the term is commonly applied to various educational institutions organized on a commercial basis, some of which offer a large variety of courses in general and technical subjects, conducted by specialists.
CORRESPONDENCY Cor`re*spond"en*cy (k$r`r—spnd"en-s), n.; pl. Correspondencies (-s.
Defn: Same as Correspondence, 3. The correspondencies of types and antitypes . . . may be very reasonable confirmations. S. Clarke.
CORRESPONDENT Cor`re*spond"ent (-ent), a. Etym: [Cf. F. correspondant.]
Defn: Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing. Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law. Hooker. As fast the correspondent passions rise. Thomson. I will be correspondent to command. Shak.
CORRESPONDENT Cor`re*spond"ent, n.
1. One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter. Macualay.
2. One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical.
3. (Com.)
Defn: One who carries on commercial intercourse by letter or telegram with a person or firm at a distance.
CORRESPONDENTLY Cor`re*spond"ent*ly, adv.
Defn: In a a corresponding manner; conformably; suitably.
CORRESPONDING Cor`re*spond"ing, a.
1. Answering; conformable; agreeing; suiting; as, corresponding numbers.
2. Carrying on intercourse by letters. Corresponding member of a society, one residing at a distance, who has been invited to correspond with the society, and aid in carrying out its designs without taking part in its management.
CORRESPONDINGLY Cor`re*spond"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a corresponding manner; conformably.
CORRESPONSIVE Cor`re*spon"sive (-r-spn"sv), a.
Defn: Corresponding; conformable; adapted. Shak. — Cor`re*spon"sive*ly, adv.
CORRIDOR Cor"ri*dor (kr"r-dr or -dr), n. Etym: [F., fr. Itt. corridpore, or Sp. corredor; prop., a runner, hence, a running or long line, a gallery, fr. L. currere to run. See Course.]
1. (Arch.)
Defn: A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.
2. (Fort.)
Defn: The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place. [R.]
CORRIDOR TRAIN Cor"ri*dor train.
Defn: A train whose coaches are connected so as to have through its entire length a continuous corridor, into which the compartments open. [Eng.]
CORRIE Cor"rie (kr"r), n.
Defn: Same as Correi. [Scot.] Geikie.
CORRIGENDUM Cor`ri*gen"dum (kr`r-jn"dm), n.; pl. Corrigenda (-d. Etym: [L.]
Defn: A fault or error to be corrected.
CORRIGENT Cor"ri*gent (kr"r—jent), n. Etym: [L. corrigens, p. pr. of corrigere to correct.] (Med.)
Defn: A substance added to a medicine to mollify or modify its action. Dunglison.
CORRIGIBILITY Cor`ri*gi*bil"i*ty (-j-bl"-t), n.
Defn: Quality of being corrigible; capability of being corrected; corrigibleness.
CORRIGIBLE Cor"ri*gi*ble (kr"r-j-b'l), a. Etym: [LL. corribilis, fr. L. corrigere to correct: cf. F. corrigible. See Correrct.]
1. Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault.
2. Submissive to correction; docile. "Bending down his corrigible neck." Shak.
3. Deserving chastisement; punishable. [Obs.] He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language. Howell.
4. Having power to correct; corrective. [Obs.] The . . . .corrigible authority of this lies in our wills. Shak.
CORRIGIBLENESS Cor"ri*gi*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being corrigible; corrigibility.
CORRIVAL Cor*ri"val (kr-r"val), n.
Defn: A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival; also, a companion. [R.] Shak.
CORRIVAL Cor*ri"val, a.
Defn: Having rivaling claims; emulous; in rivalry. [R.] Bp. Fleetwood.
CORRIVAL Cor*ri"val, v. i. & t.
Defn: To compete with; to rival. [R.]
CORRIVALRY Cor*ri"val*ry (kr-r"val-r), n.
Defn: Corivalry. [R.]
CORRIVALSHIP Cor*ri"val*ship, n.
Defn: Corivalry. [R.] By the corrivalship of Shager his false friend. Sir T. Herbert.
CORRIVATE Cor"ri*vate (kr"r-vt), v. t. Etym: [L. corrivatus, p. p. of corrivare to corrivate.]
Defn: To cause to flow together, as water drawn from several streams. [Obs.] Burton.
CORRIVATION Cor`ri*va"tion (-v"shn), n. Etym: [L. corrivatio.]
Defn: The flowing of different streams into one. [Obs.] Burton.
CORROBORANT Cor*rob"o*rant (kr-rb"-rant), a. Etym: [L. corroborans, p. pr. See Corroborate.]
Defn: Strengthening; supporting; corroborating. Bacon. — n.
Defn: Anything which gives strength or support; a tonic. The brain, with its proper corroborants, especially with sweet odors and with music. Southey.
CORROBORATE Cor*rob"o*rate (kr-rb"-rt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corroborated (-r`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Corroborating (-r`tng). ] Etym: [L. corroboratus, p. p. of corroborare to corroborate; cor- + roborare to strengthen, robur strength. See Robust.]
1. To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen. [Obs.] As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby. I. Watts.
2. To make more certain; to confirm; to establish. The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth. I. Taylor.
CORROBORATE Cor*rob"o*rate (-rt), a.
Defn: Corroborated. [Obs.] Bacon.
CORROBORATION Cor*rob`o*ra"tion (kr-rb`-r"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. corroboration.]
1. The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information.
2. That which corroborates.
CORROBORATIVE Cor*rob"o*ra*tive (kr-rb"-r-tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. corroboratif.]
Defn: Tending to strengthen of confirm.
CORROBORATIVE Cor*rob"o*ra*tive, n.
Defn: A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant. Wiseman.
CORROBORATORY Cor*rob"o*ra*to*ry (-t-r), a.
Defn: Tending to strengthen; corroborative; as, corroboratory facts.
CORROBOREE Cor*rob"o*ree`, n. [Also corrobboree, corrobori, etc.] [Native name.]
1. A nocturnal festivity with which the Australian aborigines celebrate tribal events of importance. Symbolic dances are given by the young men of the tribe, while the women act as musicians.
2. A song or chant made for such a festivity.
3. A festivity or social gathering, esp. one of a noisy or uproarious character; hence, tumult; uproar. [Australia]
CORROBORY Cor*rob"o*ry, n. & v.
Defn: See Corroboree.
CORRODE Cor*rode" (kr-rd") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corroded; p. pr. & vb. n. Corroding.] Etym: [L. corrodere, -rosum; cor + rodere to gnaw: cf. F. corroder. See Rodent.]
1. To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali. Aqua fortis corroding copper . . . is wont to reduce it to a green- blue solution. Boyle.
2. To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
CORRODE Cor*rode", v. i.
Defn: To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion. Corroding lead, lead sufficiently pure to be used in making white lead by a process of corroding.
Syn. — To canker; gnaw; rust; waste; wear away.
CORRODENT Cor*rod"ent (kr-r"dent), a. Etym: [L. corrodens, p. pr. of corrodere.]
Defn: Corrosive. [R.] Bp. King.
CORRODENT Cor*rod"ent, n.
Defn: Anything that corrodes. Bp. King.
CORRODIATE Cor*ro"di*ate (kr-r"d-t), v. t. Etym: [See Corrode.]
Defn: To eat away by degrees; to corrode. [Obs.] Sandys.
CORRODIBILITY Cor*ro`di*bil"i*ty (kr-r`d-bl"-t), n.
Defn: The qualityof being corrodible. [R.] Johnson.
CORRODIBLE Cor*rod"i*ble (kr-r"d-b'l), a.
Defn: Capable of being corroded; corrosible. Sir T. Browne.
CORROSIBILITY Cor*ro`si*bil"i*ty (kr-r`s-bl"-t), n.
Defn: Corrodibility. "Corrosibility . . . answers corrosiveness." Boyle.
CORROSIBLE Cor*ro"si*ble (kr-r"s-b'l), a.
Defn: Corrodible. Bailey.
CORROSIBLENESS Cor*ro"si*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being corrosible. Bailey.
CORROSION Cor*ro"sion (kr-r"zhn), n. Etym: [LL. corrosio: cf. F. corrosion. See Corrode.]
Defn: The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion. Corrosion is a particular species of dissolution of bodies, either by an acid or a saline menstruum. John Quincy.
CORROSIVE Cor*ro"sive (kr-r"sv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. corrosif.]
1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid. "Corrosive liquors." Grew. "Corrosive famine."Thomson.
2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing. Care is no cure, but corrosive. Shak. Corrosive sublimate (Chem.), mercuric chloride, HgCl2; so called because obtained by sublimation, and because of its harsh irritating action on the body tissue. Usually it is in the form of a heavy, transparent, crystalline substance, easily soluble, and of an acrid, burning taste. It is a virulent poison, a powerful antiseptic, and an exellent antisyphilitic; called also mercuric bichloride. It is to be carefully distinguished from calomel, the mild chloride of mercury.
CORROSIVE Cor*ro"sive, n.
1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually. [Corrosives] act either directly, by chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing inflammation and gangrene. Dunglison.
2. That which has the power of fretting or irritating. Such speeches . . . are grievous corrosives. Hooker. — Cor*ro"sive*ly, adv. — Cor*ro"sive*ness, n.
CORROVAL Cor*ro"val (kr-r"val), n.
Defn: A dark brown substance of vegetable origin, allied to curare, and used by the natives of New Granada as an arrow poison.
CORROVALINE Cor*ro"va*line (-v-ln or -ln), n. (Chem.)
Defn: A poisonous alkaloid extracted from corroval, and characterized by its immediate action in paralyzing the heart.
CORRUGANT Cor"ru*gant (kr"r-gant), a. Etym: [L. corrugans, p. pr. See Corrugate.]
Defn: Having the power of contracting into wrinkles. Johnson.
CORRUGATE Cor"ru*gate (kr"r-gt), a. Etym: [L. corrugatus, p. p. of corrugare; cor-+ rugare to wrinkle, ruga wrinkle; of uncertain origin.]
Defn: Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows.
CORRUGATE Cor"ru*gate (-gt), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Corrugated (-g`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Corrugating (-g`tng).]
Defn: To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead. Corrugated iron, sheet iron bent into a series of alternate ridges and grooves in parallel lines, giving it greater stiffness. — Corrugated paper, a thick, coarse paper corrugated in order to give it elasticity. It is used as a wrapping material for fragile articles, as bottles.
CORRUGATION Cor`ru*ga"tion (kr`r-g"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. corrugation.]
Defn: The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.
CORRUGATOR Cor"ru*ga`tor (kr"r-g`tr), n. Etym: [NL.; cf. F. corrugateur.] (Anat.)
Defn: A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead into wrinkles.
CORRUGENT Cor*ru"gent (kr-r"jent), a. (Anat.)
Defn: Drawing together; contracting; — said of the corrugator. [Obs.]
CORRUMP Cor*rump" (kr-rmp"), v. t. Etym: [L. corrumpere.]
Defn: To corrupt. See Corrupt. [Obs.] Chauser.
CORRUMPABLE Cor*rump"a*ble (—b'l), a.
Defn: Corruptible. [Obs.]
CORRUPT Cor*rupt` (kr-rpt"), a. Etym: [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]
1. Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound. Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them. Knolles.
2. Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges. At what ease Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt To swear against you. Shak.
3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt.
CORRUPT Cor*rupt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Corrupting.]
1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.
2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile. Evil communications corrupt good manners. 1. Cor. xv. 33.
3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe. Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge That no king can corrupt. Shak.
4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text. He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . . yet he stops the pines. Locke.
5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt. Matt. vi. 19.
CORRUPT Cor*rupt" (kr-rpt"), v. i.
1. To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot. Bacon.
2. To become vitiated; to lose putity or goodness.
CORRUPTER Cor*rupt"er (kr-rp"tr), n.
Defn: One who corrupts; one who vitiates or taints; as, a corrupter of morals.
CORRUPTFUL Cor*rupt"ful (-fl), a.
Defn: Tending to corrupt; full of corruption. [Obs.] "Corruptful bribes." Spenser.
CORRUPTIBILITY Cor*rupt`i*bil"i*ty (kr-rp`t-bl"-t), n. Etym: [L. corruptibilitas: cf. F. corruptibilité.]
Defn: The quality of being corruptible; the possibility or liability of being corrupted; corruptibleness. Burke.
CORRUPTIBLE Cor*rupt"i*ble (kr-rp"t-b'l), a. Etym: [L. corruptibilis: cf. F. corruptible.]
1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. "Our corruptible bodies." Hooker. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. 1 Pet. i. 18.
2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation. They systematically corrupt very corruptible race. Burke. — Cor*rupt"i*ble*ness, n. — Cor*rupt"i*bly, adv.
CORRUPTIBLE Cor*rupt"i*ble, n.
Defn: That which may decay and perish; the human body. [Archaic] 1 Cor. xv. 53.
CORRUPTINGLY Cor*rupt"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a manner that corrupts.
CORRUPTION Cor*rup"tion (kr-rp"shn), n. Etym: [F. corruption, L. corruptio.]
1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration. The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a subject of very universal inquiry; for corruption is a reciprocal to "generation". Bacon.
2. The product of corruption; putrid matter.
3. The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery. It was necessary, by exposing the gross corruptions of monasteries, . . . to exite popular indignation against them. Hallam. They abstained from some of the worst methods of corruption usual to their party in its earlier days. Bancroft.
Note: Corruption, when applied to officers, trustees, etc., signifies the inducing a violation of duty by means of pecuniary considerations. Abbott.
4. The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language. Corruption of blood (Law), taint or impurity of blood, in consequence of an act of attainder of treason or felony, by which a person is disabled from inheriting any estate or from transmitting it to others. Corruption of blood can be removed only by act of Parliament. Blackstone.
Syn. — Putrescence; putrefaction; defilement; contamination; deprivation; debasement; adulteration; depravity; taint. See Depravity.
CORRUPTIONIST Cor*rup"tion*ist, n.
Defn: One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption. Sydney Smith.
CORRUPTIVE Cor*rupt"ive (kr-rp"tv), a. Etym: [L. corruptivus: cf. F. corruptif.]
Defn: Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption. It should be endued with some corruptive quality for so speedy a dissolution of the meat. Ray.
CORRUPTLESS Cor*rupt"less (kr-rpt"ls), a.
Defn: Not susceptible of corruption or decay; incorruptible. Dryden.
CORRUPTLY Cor*rupt"ly, adv.
Defn: In a corrupt manner; by means of corruption or corrupting influences; wronfully.
CORRUPTNESS Cor*rupt"ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being corrupt.
CORRUPTRESS Cor*rupt"ress (-rs), n.
Defn: A woman who corrupts. Thou studied old corruptress. Beau & Fl.
CORSAC Cor"sac (kr"sk), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The corsak.
CORSAGE Cor"sage (kr"sj), n. Etym: [F. See Corset.]
Defn: The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as. a low corsage.
CORSAIR Cor"sair (kr"sr), n. Etym: [F. corsaire (cf. It. corsare, corsale, Pr. corsari), LL. corsarius, fr. L. cursus a running, course, whence Sp. corso cruise, corsa cruise, coasting voyage, corsear to cruise against the enemy, to pirate, corsario cruising, a privateer authorized to cruise against the enemy. See Course.]
1. A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land.
2. A piratical vessel. Barbary corsairs . . . infested the coast of the Mediterranean. Prescott.
CORSAK Cor"sak (kr"sk), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small foxlike mammal (Cynalopex corsac), found in Central Asia. [Written also corsac.]
CORSE Corse (krs or krs; 277), n. Etym: [OF. cors, F. corps. See Corpse.]
1. A living body or its bulk. [Obs.] For he was strong, and of so mighty corse As ever wielded spear in warlike hand. Spenser.
2. A corpse; the dead body of a human being. [Archaic or Poetic] Set down the corse; or, by Saint Paul, I'll make a corse of him that disobeys. Shak.
CORSELET Corse"let (krs"lt), n. Etym: [F., dim. of OF. cors. F. corps, body. See Corse.]
1. Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together; — also, used for the entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The thorax of an insect.
CORSEPRESENT Corse"pres`ent (krs"prz`ent or krs"-), n. (Engl.Law)
Defn: An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body. Blackstone.
CORSET Cor"set (kr"st), n. Etym: [F., dim. of OF. cors, F. corps, body. See Corse.]
1. In the Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women.
2. An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.
CORSET Cor"set (kr"st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corseted; p. pr. & vb. n. Corseting.]
Defn: To inclose in corsets.
CORSLET Cors"let (krs"lt), n.
Defn: A corselet. [Obs.] Hakluyt.
CORSNED Cors"ned (krs"nd), n. Etym: [AS. corsn.] (AS. Laws)
Defn: The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt. Burril.
CORTEGE Cor`tége" (kr`tzh"), n. Etym: [F., fr. It. corteggio train, fr. corte court. See Court.]
Defn: A train of attendants; a procession.
CORTES Cor"tes (kr"ts), n. pl. Etym: [Sp. & Pg., fr. corte court.]
Defn: The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain.
CORTES GERAES Cor"tes Ge*ra"es. [Pg.]
Defn: See Legislature, Portugal.
CORTEX Cor"tex (kr"tks), n.; pl. Cortices (-t. Etym: [L., bark. Cf. Cork.]
1. Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark.
3. (Anat.)
Defn: The outer or superficial part of an organ; as, the cortex or gray exterior substance of the brain.
CORTICAL Cor"ti*cal (kr"t-kal), a. Etym: [L. cortex bark: cf. F. cortical.]
Defn: Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney.
CORTICATE; CORTICATED Cor"ti*cate (kr"t-kt), Cor"ti*ca`ted (-k`td), a. Etym: [L. corticatus.]
Defn: Having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part.
CORTICIFER Cor*tic"i*fer (kr-ts"-fr), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Gorgoniacea; — so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark.
CORTICIFEROUS Cor`ti*cif"er*ous (kr`t-sf"r-s), a. Etym: [L. cortex, corticis, bark — -ferous: cf. F. corticif.]
1. Producing bark or something that resembling that resembles bark.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a barklike c
CORTICIFORM Cor*tic"i*form (kr-ts"-frm), a. Etym: [L. cortex, corticis, bark + - form: cf. F. corticiforme.]
Defn: Resembling, or having the form of, bark or rind.
CORTICINE Cor"ti*cine (kr"t-sn), n. Etym: [F., fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark.]
Defn: A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground cork and caoutchouc or India rubber.
CORTICOSE Cor"ti*cose` (-ks`), a. Etym: [L. corticosus.]
Defn: Abounding in bark; resembling bark; barky.
CORTICOUS Cor"ti*cous (-ks), a.
Defn: Relating to, or resembling, bark; corticose.
CORTILE Cor"tile (kr"tl; It. kr-t"l), n. Etym: [It., fr. corte court.]
Defn: An open internal courtyard inclosed by the walls of a large dwelling house or other large and stately building.
CORUNDUM Co*run"dum (k-rn"dm), n.; pl. Corundums (-d. [Also corindon.] Etym: [From Hind. kurand corundum stone.] (Min.)
Defn: The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the oriental amethyst, or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar, the hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native, next to the diamond.
Note: The name corundum is sometimes restricted to the non- transparent or coarser kinds. Emery is a dark-colored granular variety, usually admixed with magnetic iron ore.
CORUSCANT Co*rus"cant (k-rs"kant), a. Etym: [L. coruscans, p. pr. See Coruscate.]
Defn: Glittering in flashes; flashing. Howell.
CORUSCATE Cor"us*cate (kr"s-kt or k-rs"kr), v. i. Etym: [L. coruscare to flash, vibrate.]
Defn: To glitter in flashes; to flash.
Syn. — To glisten; gleam; sparkle; radiate.
CORUSCATION Cor`us*ca"tion (kr`s-k"shn), n. Etym: [L. coruscatio: cf. F. coruscattion.]
1. A sudden flash or play of light. A very vivid but exceeding short-lived splender, not to call coruscation. Boyle.
2. A flash of intellectual brilliancy. He might have illuminated his times with the incessant cor of his genius. I. Taylor.
Syn. — Flash; glitter; blaze; gleam; sparkle.
CORVE Corve (krv), n.
Defn: See Corf.
CORVEE Cor`vee" (kr`v" or -v"), n. Etym: [F. corvée, fr. LL. corvada, corrogata, fr. L. corrogare to entreat togetther; cor- + rogare to ask.] (Feudal Law)
Defn: An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign.
CORVEN Cor"ven (kr"ven), obs.
Defn: p. p. of Carve. Chaucer.
CORVET; CORVETTE Cor"vet (kr"vt), Cor*vette" (kr-vr"), n. Etym: [F. corvette, fr. Pg. corveta or Sp. corbeta, fr. L. corbita a slow-sailing ship of burden, fr, corbis basket. Cf. Corbeil.] (Naut.)
Defn: A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having usually only one tier of guns; — called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
CORVETTO Cor*vet"to (-vt"t), n. (Min.)
Defn: A curvet. Peacham.
CORVINE Cor"vine (kr"vn), a. Etym: [L. corvinus, fr. corvus crow.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the crow; crowlike.
CORVORANT Cor"vo*rant (kr"v-rant), n.
Defn: See Cormorant.
CORYBANT Cor"y*bant (kr"-bnt), n.; pl. E. Corybants (-bCorybantes (-b. Etym: [L. Corybas, Gr.
Defn: One of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia. The rites of the Corybants were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc.
CORYBANTIASM Cor`y*ban"ti*asm (-bn"t-z'm), n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep. Dunglison.
CORYBANTIC Cor`y*ban"tic (kr`-bn"tk), a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Corybantes or their rites; frantic; frenzied; as, a corybantic dance.
CORYMB Cor"ymb (kr"mb or -m; 220), n. Etym: [L. corymbus cluster of flowers, Gr. (Bot.) (a) A flat-topped or convex cluster of flowers, each on its own footstalk, and arising from different points of a common axis, the outermost blossoms expanding first, as in the hawthorn. (b) Any flattish flower cluster, whatever be the order of blooming, or a similar shaped cluster of fruit.
CORYMBED Cor"ymbed (kr"mbd), a. (Bot.)
Defn: Corymbose.
CORYMBIFEROUS Cor`ym*bif"er*ous (kr`m-bf"r-s), a. Etym: [L. corymbifer; corymbus a cluster of flowers + ferre to bearcorimbif.] (Bot.)
Defn: Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit.
CORYMBOSE Co*rym"bose (k-rm"bs or kr"m-bs`), a. (Bot.)
Defn: Consisting of corymbs, or resembling them in form. [Written also corymbous.]
CORYMBOSELY Co*rym"bose*ly, adv.
Defn: In corymbs.
CORYPHAENOID Cor`y*phæ"noid (kr`-f"noid), a. Etym: [NL. coruphaena + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Belonging to, or like, the genus Coryphæna. See Dolphin.
CORYPHEE Co`ry`phee (k`r`f"), n. Etym: [F.] (Drama)
Defn: A ballet dancer.
CORYPHENE Cor"y*phene` (kr"-fn`), n. Etym: [NL. coryphena, fr. Gr. coryph.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A fish of the genus Coryphæna. See Dolphin. (2)
CORYPHEUS Cor`y*phe"us (kr`-f"s), n.; pl. E. Corypheuses (-Coryphei (-f. Etym: [L. coryphaeus, fr. Gr. (Gr. Antiq.)
Defn: The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest. That noted corypheus [Dr. John Owen] of the Independent faction. South.
CORYPHODON Co*ryph"o*don (k-rf"-dn), n. Etym: [Gr. (Palen.)
Defn: A genus of extinct mammals from the eocene tertiary of Europe and America. Its species varied in size between the tapir and rhinoceros, and were allied to those animals, but had short, plantigrade, five-toed feet, like the elephant.
CORYPHODONT Co*ryph"o*dont (-dnt), a. (Paleon.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Coryphodon.
CORYZA Co*ry"za (k-r"z), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Nasal catarrh.
COSCINOMANCY Cos*cin"o*man`cy (ks-sn"-mn`s or ks"s-n-), n. Etym: [Gr. -mancy.]
Defn: Divination by means of a suspended sieve.
COSCOROBA Cos`co*ro"ba (ks`k-r"b), n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large, white, South American duck, of the genus Cascoroba, resembling a swan.
COSECANT Co*se"cant (k-s"knt), n. Etym: [For co. secans, an abbrev. of L. complementi secans.] (Trig.)
Defn: The secant of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
COSEN Cos"en (kz"'n), v. t.
Defn: See Cozen.
COSENAGE Cos"en*age (kz"'n-j), n.
Defn: See Cozenage.
COSENING Cos"en*ing, n. (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: Anything done deceitfully, and which could not be properly designated by any special name, whether belonging to contracts or not. Burrill.
COSENTIENT Co*sen"tient (k-sn"shent), a.
Defn: Perceiving together.
COSEY Co"sey (k"z), a.
Defn: See Cozy. Dickens.
COSHER Cosh"er (ksh"r), v. t. Etym: [Ir. cosair a feast, a banquet or cf. F. coucher to lie. Cf. Couch, Coshering.]
1. (Old Law)
Defn: To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat at the expense of. See Coshering.
2. To treat with hospitality; to pet. [Ireland]
COSHERER Cosh"er*er (ksh"r-r), n.
Defn: One who coshers.
COSHERING Cosh"er*ing, n. (Old Law)
Defn: A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling him to lodging and food at his tenant's house. Burrill. Sometimes he contrived, in deflance of the law, to live by coshering, that is to say, by quartering himself on the old tentants of his family, who, wretched as was their own condition, could not refuse a portion of their pittance to one whom they still regarded as their rightful lord. Macaulay.
COSIER Co"sier (k"zhr), n. Etym: [Cf. OF. coussier maker of mattresses; or couseor tailor, fr. OF. & F. coudre, p. p. cousu to sew, fr. L. consuere to sew together; con- + seure to sew. See Sew to stitch.]
Defn: A tailor who botches his work. [Obs.] Shak.
COSIGNIFICATIVE Co`sig*nif"i*ca*tive (k`s"), a.
Defn: Having the same signification. Cockerham.
COSIGNITARY Co*sig"ni*ta*ry (k-sg"n-t-r), a. Etym: [Pref. co- + sign. Cf. Signatory.]
Defn: Signing some important public document with another or with others; as, a treaty violated by one of the cosignitary powers.
COSIGNITARY Co*sig"ni*ta*ry, n.; pl. Cosignitaries (-r.
Defn: One who signs a treaty or public document along with others or another; as, the cosignitaries of the treaty of Berlin.
COSILY Co"si*ly (k"z-l), adv.
Defn: See Cozily.
COSINAGE Cos"in*age (ks"'n-j), n. Etym: [See Cousinage.] (Law) (a) Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity. Burrill. (b) A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the grandfather's grandfather, or other distant collateral relation. Blackstone.
COSINE Co"sine (k"sn), n. Etym: [For co. sinus, an abbrev. of L. complementi sinus.] (Trig.)
Defn: The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
COSMETIC; COSMETICAL Cos*met"ic (kz-mt"k), Cos*met"ic*al (—kal), a. Etym: [Gr. kosmitiko`s skilled in decorating, fr. ko`smos order, ornament: cf. F. cosmétique. See Cosmos.]
Defn: Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion; as, a cosmetical preparation. First, robed in white, the nymph intent adores, With head uncovered, the cosmetic powers. Pope.
COSMETIC Cos*met"ic, n.
Defn: Any external application intended to beautify and improve the complexion.
COSMIC; COSMICAL Cos"mic (kz"mk), Cos"mic*al (-m-kal), a. Etym: [Gr. kosmiko`s of the world, fr. ko`smos: cf. F. cosmique. See Cosmos.]
1. Pertaining to the universe, and having special reference to universal law or order, or to the one grand harmonious system of things; hence; harmonious; orderly.
2. Pertaining to the solar system as a whole, and not to the earth alone.
3. Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast; as, cosmic speed. "Cosmic ranges of time." Tyndall.
4. (Astron.)
Defn: Rising or setting with the sun; — the opposite of acronycal.
COSMICALLY Cos"mic*al*ly, adv.
1. With the sun at rising or setting; as, a star is said to rise or set cosmically when it rises or sets with the sun.
2. Universally. [R.] Emerson.
COSMOGONAL; COSMOGONIC; COSMOGONICAL Cos*mog"o*nal (kz-mg"-nal), Cos`mo*gon"ic (kz`m-gn"k), Cos`mo*gon"ic*al (-gn"-kal), a.
Defn: Belonging to cosmogony. B. Powell. Gladstone.
COSMOGONIST Cos*mog"o*nist (kz-mg"-nst), n.
Defn: One who treats of the origin of the universe; one versed in cosmogony.
COSMOGONY Cos*mog"o*ny (-n), n.; pl. Cosmogonies (-n. Etym: [Gr. kosmogoni`a; ko`smos the world + root of gi`gnesthai to be born: cf. F. cosmogonie.]
Defn: The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato. The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled philosophers of all ages. Goldsmith.
COSMOGRAPHER Cos*mog"ra*pher (-r-fr), n.
Defn: One who describes the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth. The name of this island is nowhere found among the old and ancient cosmographers. Robynson (More's Utopia).
COSMOGRAPHIC; COSMOGRAPHICAL Cos`mo*graph"ic (kz`m-grf"k), Cos`mo*graph"ic*al (—kal), a. Etym: [Cf. F. cosmographique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to cosmography.
COSMOGRAPHICALLY Cos`mo*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a cosmographic manner; in accordance with cosmography.
COSMOGRAPHY Cos*mog"ra*phy (kz-mg"r-f), n.; pl. Cosmographies (-f. Etym: [Gr. cosmographie.]
Defn: A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts.
COSMOLABE Cos"mo*labe (kz"m-lb), n. Etym: [Gr. cosmolade.]
Defn: An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; — called also pantacosm.
COSMOLATRY Cos*mol"a*try (kz-ml"-tr), n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Worship paid to the world. Cudworth.
COSMOLINE Cos"mo*line (kz"m-ln), n. Etym: [Prob. fr. cosmetic + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.)
Defn: A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffines; a kind of petroleum jelly.
COSMOLOGICAL Cos`mo*log"ic*al (kz`m-lj"-kal), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to cosmology.
COSMOLOGIST Cos*mol"o*gist (kz-ml"-jst), n.
Defn: One who describes the universe; one skilled in cosmology.
COSMOLOGY Cos*mol"o*gy (kz-ml"-j), n. Etym: [Gr. ko`smos the world + -logy: cf. F. cosmologie.]
Defn: The science of the world or universe; or a treatise relating to the structure and parts of the system of creation, the elements of bodies, the modifications of material things, the laws of motion, and the order and course of nature.
COSMOMETRY Cos*mom"e*try (kz-mm"-tr), n. Etym: [Gr. ko`smos the world + -metry.]
Defn: The art of measuring the world or the universe. Blount.
COSMOPLASTIC Cos`mo*plas"tic (kz`m-pls"tk), a. Etym: [Gr. ko`smos the world + pla`ssein to form.]
Defn: Pertaining to a plastic force as operative in the formation of the world independently of God; world-forming. "Cosmoplastic and hylozoic atheisms." Gudworth.
COSMOPOLITAN; COSMOPOLITE Cos`mo*pol"i*tan (-pl"-tan), Cos*mop"o*lite (kz-mp"-lt), n. Etym: [Gr. cosmopolitain, cosmopolite.]
Defn: One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.
COSMOPOLITAN; COSMOPOLITE Cos`mo*pol"i*tan, Cos*mop"o*lite, a.
1. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal. In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite. Sir W. Hamilton.
2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world. The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan. R. Owen.
COSMOPOLITANISM Cos`mo*pol"i*tan*ism (kz`m-pl"-tan-z'm), n.
Defn: The quality of being cosmopolitan; cosmopolitism.
COSMOPOLITE Cos*mop"o*lite (-mp"-lt), a. & n.
Defn: See Cosmopolitan.
COSMOPOLITICAL Cos`mo*po*lit"ic*al (kz`m-p-lt"-kal), a.
Defn: Having the character of a cosmopolite. [R.] Hackluyt.
COSMOPOLITISM Cos*mop"o*li*tism (kz-mp"-l-tz'm), n.
Defn: The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.
COSMORAMA Cos`mo*ra"ma (kz`m-r"m or -r"m), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Defn: An exhibition in which a series of views in various parts of the world is seen reflected by mirrors through a series of lenses, with such illumination, etc., as will make the views most closely represent reality.
COSMORAMIC Cos`mo*ram"ic (kz`m-rm"k), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a cosmorama.
COSMOS Cos"mos (kz"ms), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. ko`smos order, harmony, the world (from its perfect order and arrangement); akin to Skr. to distinguish one's self.]
1. The universe or universality of created things; — so called from the order and harmony displayed in it.
2. The theory or description of the universe, as a system displaying order and harmony. Humboldt.
COSMOSPHERE Cos"mo*sphere (kz"m-sfr), n. Etym: [Gr. sphere.]
Defn: An apparattus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars and constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe.
COSMOTHEISM Cos"mo*the`ism (kz"m-th`z'm), n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Same as Pantheism. [R.]
COSMOTHETIC Cos`mo*thet"ic (kz`m-tht"k), a. Etym: [Gr. (Metaph.)
Defn: Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world. Cosmothetic idealists (Metaph.), those who assume, without attempting to prove, the reality of external objects as corresponding to, and being the ground of, the ideas of which only the mind has direct cognizance. The cosmothetic idealists . . . deny that mind is immediately conscious of matter. Sir W. Hamilton.
COSOVEREIGN Co*sov"er*eign (k-sv"r-n or k-sv"-), n.
Defn: A joint sovereign.
COSS Coss (ks), n. Etym: [Cf. Pers. k a road measure of about two miles; or Skr. kr.]
Defn: A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles. Whitworth.
COSS Coss, n. Etym: [It. cosa.]
Defn: A thing (only in phrase below). Rule of Coss, an old name for Algebra. Etym: [It. regola di cosa rule of thing, the unknown quantity being called the cosa, or the thing.]
COSSACK Cos"sack (ks"sk), n. Etym: [Russ. kozak', kazak': cf. Turk. kaz.]
Defn: One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions.
COSSACK POST Cos"sack post. (Mil.)
Defn: An outpost consisting of four men, forming one of a single line of posts substituted for the more formal line of sentinels and line of pickets.
COSSAS Cos"sas (ks"ss), n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Plain India muslin, of various qualities and widths.
COSSET Cos"set (ks"st), n. Etym: [Cf. AS. cotsetla cottager, G. kossat, kothsasse, fr. kot, koth E. (cot) hut, and cf. also E. cade, a., cot a cade lamb.]
Defn: A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general.
COSSET Cos"set, v. t.
Defn: To treat as a pet; to fondle. She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made much of. O. W. Holmes.
COSSETTE Cos*sette", n. [F.]
Defn: One of the small chips or slices into which beets are cut in sugar making.
COSSIC; COSSICAL Cos"sic (ks"sk), Cos"sic*al (-s-kal), a. Etym: [It. cossico. See 2d Coss.]
Defn: Of or relating to algebra; as, cossic numbers, or the cossic art. [Obs.] "Art of numbers cossical." Digges (1579).
COST Cost (kst; 115), n. Etym: [L. costa rib. See Coast.]
1. A rib; a side; a region or coast. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Betwixt the costs of a ship. B. Jonson.
2. (Her.)
Defn: See Cottise.
COST Cost (kst; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cost; p. pr. & vb. n. Costing.] Etym: [OF. coster, couster, F. co, fr. L. constare to stand at, to cost; con- + stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Constant.]
1. To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket cost a dollar; the effort cost his life. A d'amond gone, cost me two thousand ducats. Shak. Though it cost me ten nights' watchings. Shak.
2. To require to be borne or suffered; to cause. To do him wanton rites, whichcost them woe. Milton. To cost dear, to require or occasion a large outlay of money, or much labor, self-denial, suffering, etc.
COST Cost, n. Etym: [OF. cost, F. co. See Cost, v. t. ]
1. The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, etc., is requisite to secure benefitt. One day shall crown the alliance on 't so please you, Here at my house, and at my proper cost. Shak. At less cost of life than is often expended in a skirmish, [Charles V.] saved Europe from invasion. Prescott.
2. Loss of any kind; detriment; pain; suffering. I know thy trains, Though dearly to my cost, thy gins and toils. Milton.
3. pl. (Law)
Defn: Expenses incurred in litigation.
Note: Costs in actions or suits are either between attorney and client, being what are payable in every case to the attorney or counsel by his client whether he ultimately succeed or not, or between party and party, being those which the law gives, or the court in its discretion decrees, to the prevailing, against the losing, party. Bill of costs. See under Bill. — Cost free, without outlay or expense. "Her duties being to talk French, and her privileges to live cost free and to gather scraps of knowledge." Thackeray.
COSTA Cos"ta (ks"t), n. Etym: [L., rib. See Coast.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: A rib of an animal or a human being.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) The anterior rib in the wing of an insect. (b) One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior of many corals.
COSTAGE Cost"age (kst"j; 115), n. Etym: [OF. coustage.]
Defn: Expense; cost. [Obs.] Chaucer.
COSTAL Cos"tal (ks"tal), a. Etym: [Cf. F. costal. See Costa.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the ribs or the sides of the body; as, costal nerves.
2. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Defn: Relating to a costa, or rib. Costal cartilage. See Cartilage, and Illust. of Thorax.
COSTAL-NERVED Cos"tal-nerved` (ks"tal-nrvd`), a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having the nerves spring from the midrib.
COSTARD Cos"tard (ks"trd), n. Etym: [Prob. fr. OF. coste rib, side, F. côte, and meaning orig., a ribbed apple, from the ribs or angles on its sides. See Coast.]
1. An apple, large and round like the head. Some [apples] consist more of air than water . . . ; others more of water than wind, as your costards and pomewaters. Muffett.
2. The head; — used contemptuously. Try whether your costard or my bat be the harder. Shak.
COSTARDMONGER Cos"tard*mon`ger (-mn`gr), n.
Defn: A costermonger.
COSTATE; COSTATED Cos"tate (ks"tt), Cos"ta*ted (-t-td), a. Etym: [L. costatus, fr. costa rib.]
Defn: Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs; (Bot.) having one or more longitudinal ribs.
COSTEAN Cos"tean` (ks"tn`), v. i. Etym: [Cornish cothas dropped + stean tin.]
Defn: To search after lodes. See Costeaning.
COSTEANING Cos"tean`ing, n.
Defn: The process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consist in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veins between the two pits.
COSTELLATE Cos*tel"late (ks-tl"lt), a. Etym: [L. costa rib.]
Defn: Finely ribbed or costated.
COSTER Cos"ter (ks"tr), n.Etym: [Abbrev. of costermonger.]
Defn: One who hawks about fruit, green vegetables, fish, etc.
COSTERMONGER Cos"ter*mon`ger (ks"tr-mn`gr), n. Etym: [See Costard.]
Defn: An apple seller; a hawker of, or dealer in, any kind of fruit or vegetables; a fruiterer. [Written also costardmonger.]
COSTIFEROUS Cos*tif"er*ous (ks-tf"r-s), a. Etym: [Costa + -ferous.] (Anat.)
Defn: Rib-bearing, as the dorsal vertebræ.
COSTIVE Cos"tive (ks"tv), a. Etym: [OF. costev, p. p. of costever, F. constiper, L. constipare to press closely together, to cram; con- + stipare to press together, cram. See Stipulate, Stiff, and cf. Constipate.]
1. Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated.
2. Reserved; formal; close; cold. [Obs.] "A costive brain." Prior. "Costive of laughter." B. Jonson. You must be frank, but without indiscretion; and close, but without being costive. Lord Chesterfield.
3. Dry and hard; impermeable; unyielding. [Obs.] Clay in dry seasons is costive, hardening with the sun and wind. Mortimer.
COSTIVELY Cos"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In a costive manner.
COSTIVENESS Cos"tive*ness, n.
1. An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation.
2. Inability to express one's self; stiffness. [Obs.] A reverend disputant of the same costiveness in public elocution with myself. Wakefield.
COSTLESS Cost"less (kst"ls; 115), a.
Defn: Costing nothing.
COSTLEWE Cost"lewe (-l), a.
Defn: Costly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
COSTLINESS Cost"li*ness (-l-ns), n.
Defn: The quality of being costy; expensiveness; sumptuousness.
COSTLY Cost"ly (kst"l; 115), a. Etym: [From Cost expense.]
1. Of great cost; expensive; dear. He had fitted up his palace in the most costly and sumptuous style, for the accomodation of the princess. Prescott.
2. Gorgeous; sumptuous. [Poetic.] To show how costly summer was at hand. Shak.
COSTMARY Cost"ma*ry (kst"m-r), n. Etym: [L. costum an Oriental aromatic plant (Gr. kost, kust) + Maria Mary. Cf.Alecost.] (Bot.)
Defn: A garden plant (Chrysanthemum Balsamita) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also alecost.
COSTON LIGHTS Cos"ton lights.
Defn: Signals made by burning lights of different colors and used by vessels at sea, and in the life-saving service; — named after their inventor.
COSTOTOME Cos"to*tome (ks"t-tm), n. Etym: [Costa + Gr.
Defn: An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections. Knight.
COSTREL Cos"trel (ks"trl), n. Etym: [CF.W. costrel, OF. costrel, LL. costrellum, a liquid measure, costrellus a wine cup.]
Defn: A bottle of leather, earthenware, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side. [Archaic] A youth, that, following with a costrel, bore The means of goodly welcome, flesh and wine. Tennyson.
COSTUME Cos"tume` (ks"tm` or ks-tm"), n. Etym: [F. costume, It. costume custom, dress, fr. L. consuetumen (not found), for consuetudo custom. See Custom, and cf. Consuetude.]
1. Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period.
2. Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a picture, statue, poem, or play, as is appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances represented or described. I began last night to read Walter Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel . . . .I was extremely delighted with the poetical beauty of some parts . . . .The costume, too, is admirable. Sir J. Mackintosh.
3. A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic purposes.
COSTUMER Cos"tum`er (-tm`r), n.
Defn: One who makes or deals in costumes, as for theaters, fancy balls, etc.
CO-SUFFERER Co-suf"fer*er (k-sf"fr-r), n.
Defn: One who suffers with another. Wycherley.
COSUPREME Co`su*preme" (k`s-prm"), n.
Defn: A partaker of supremacy; one jointly supreme. Shak.
COSURETY Co*sure"ty (k-shr"t; 136), n.; pl. Cosureties (-t.
Defn: One who is surety with another.
COSY Co"sy (k"z), a.
Defn: See Cozy.
COT Cot (kt), n. Etym: [OE. cot, cote, AS. cot, cote, cottage; akin to D. & Icel. kot, G. koth, kot, kothe. Cf. Coat.]
1. A small house; a cottage or hut. The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm. Goldsmith.
2. A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.
3. A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger.
4. Etym: [Cf. Ir. cot.]
Defn: A small, rudely-formed boat. Bell cot. (Arch.) See under Bell.
COT Cot (kt), n. Etym: [AS. cot cottage, bedchamber; or cf. OF. coite, F. couette (E. quilt), LL. cottum, cottus, mattress. See Cot a cottage.]
Defn: A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed. [Written also cott.]
COTANGENT Co*tan"gent (k-tn"jent), n. Etym: [For co. tangens, an abbrev. of L. complementi tangens. See Tangent.] (Trig.)
Defn: The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
COTARNINE Co*tar"nine (k-tr"nn or -nn), n. Etym: [F., fr. narcotine, by transposition of letters.] (Chem.)
Defn: A white, crystalline substance, C12H13NO3, obtained as a product of the decomposition of narcotine. It has weak basic properties, and is usually regarded as an alkaloid.
COTE Cote (kt), n. Etym: [See 1st Cot.]
1. A cottage or hut. [Obs.]
2. A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, In hurdled cotes. Milton.
COTE Cote, v. t. Etym: [Prob. from F. c sode, OF. costet, LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F. c to go or keep at the side of. See Coast.]
Defn: To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare. [Obs.] Drayton. We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming. Shak.
COTE Cote, v. t. Etym: [See Quote.]
Defn: To quote. [Obs.] Udall.
COTEAU Co`teau", n.; pl. Coteaux (#). [F., a hill.] [Canada & U. S.]
1. A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys; a divide.
2. The side of a valley.
COTEMPORANEOUS Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous (k-tm`p-r"n-s), a. Etym: [See Contemporaneous.]
Defn: Living or being at the same time; contemporaneous. — Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. — Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.
COTEMPORARY Co*tem"po*ra*ry (k-tm"p-r-r), a.
Defn: Living or being at the same time; contemporary.
COTEMPORARY Co*tem"po*ra*ry, n.; pl. Cotemporaries (-r.
Defn: One who lives at the same time with another; a contemporary.
COTENANT Co*ten"ant (k-tn"ant), n.
Defn: A tenant in common, or a joint tenant.
COTERIE Co`te*rie" (k`Te-r"; 277), n. Etym: [F., prob. from OF. coterie servile tenure, fr. colier cotter; of German origin. See 1st Cot.]
Defn: A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique. "The queen of your coterie." Thackeray.
COTERMINOUS Co*ter"mi*nous (k-tr"m-ns), a. Etym: [Cf. Conterminous.]
Defn: Bordering; conterminous; — followed by with.
COTGARE Cot"gare` (kt"gr`), n.
Defn: Refuse wool. [Obs. or Prov.]
COTHURN Co"thurn (k"thrn), n. Etym: [L. cothurnus, Gr. Cothurnus.]
Defn: A buskin anciently used by tragic actors on the stage; hence, tragedy in general. The moment had arrived when it was thought that the mask and the cothurn might be assumed with effect. Motley.
COTHURNATE; COTHURNATED Co*thur"nate (k-thr"nt), Co*thur"na*ted (-n-td), a.
1. Wearing a cothurn.
2. Relating to tragedy; solemn; grave.
COTHURNUS Co*thur"nus (-ns), n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: Same as Cothurn.
COTICULAR Co*tic"u*lar (k-tk"-lr), a. Etym: [L. coticula a small touchstone, dim. cos, cotis, whetstone.]
Defn: Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones.
COTIDAL Co*tid"al (k-td"al), a.
Defn: Marking an equality in the tides; having high tide at the same time. Cotidal lines (Phys. Geog.), lines on a map passing through places that have high tide at the same time.
COTILLON; COTILLION Co`til`lon" (k`t`yn" or k`tl`-;277), Co*til"lion (k-tl"yn), n. Etym: [F. cotillon, fr. OF. cote coat, LL. cotta tunic. See Coat.]
1. A brisk dance, performed by eight persons; a quadrille.
2. A tune which regulates the dance.
3. A kind of woolen material for women's skrits.
COTINGA Co*tin"ga (k-tn"g), n. Etym: [Native South American name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A bird of the family Cotingidæ, including numerous bright- colored South American species; — called also chatterers.
COTISE Cot"ise (kt"s), n. (Her.)
Defn: See Cottise.
COTISED Cot"ised (-st), a. (Her.)
Defn: See Cottised.
COTLAND Cot"land (kt"lnd), n.
Defn: Land appendant to a cot or cottage, or held by a cottager or cotter.
COTQUEAN Cot"quean` (kt"kwn`), n. Etym: [Cot a cottage + quean.]
1. A man who busies himself with affairs which properly belong to women. Addison.
2. A she-cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy. [Obs.] What, shall a husband be afraid of his wife's face We are a king, cotquean, and we will reign in our pleasures. B. Jonson.
COTQUEANITY Cot*quean"i*ty (kt-kwn"-t), n.
Defn: The condition, character, or conduct of a cotquean. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
COTRUSTEE Co`trus*tee" (k`trs-t"), n.
Defn: A joint trustee.
COTSWOLD Cots"wold` (kts"wld`), n. Etym: [Cot a cottage or hut + wold an open country.]
Defn: An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire, England. Cotswold sheep, a long-wooled breed of sheep, formerly common in the counties of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester, Eng.; — so called from the Cotswold Hills. The breed is now chiefly amalgamated with others.
COTTA Cot"ta, n. [LL. See Coat.]
1. (Eccl.)
Defn: A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.
2. A kind of very coarse woolen blanket.
COTTAGE Cot"tage (kt"tj; 48), n. Etym: [From Cot a cotttage.]
Defn: A small house; a cot; a hut.
Note: The term was formerly limited to a habitation for the poor, but is now applied to any small tasteful dwelling; and at places of summer resort, to any residence or lodging house of rustic architecture, irrespective of size. Cottage allotment. See under Alloment. [Eng.] — Cottage cheese, the thick part of clabbered milk strained, salted, and pressed into a ball.
COTTAGED Cot"taged (-tjd), a.
Defn: Set or covered with cottages. Even humble Harting's cottaged vale. Collins.
COTTAGELY Cot"tage*ly (-tj-l), a.
Defn: Cottagelike; suitable for a cottage; rustic. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
COTTAGER Cot"ta*ger (kt"t-jr), n.
1. One who lives in a cottage.
2. (Law)
Defn: One who lives on the common, without paying any rent, or having land of his own.
COTTER; COTTAR Cot"ter, Cot"tar (kt"tr), n. Etym: [LL. cotarius, cottarius, coterius. See Cot.]
Defn: A cottager; a cottier. Burns. Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow to the cotter. Whittier.
COTTER Cot"ter (kt"tr), n.
1. A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts.
Note: [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key.
2. A toggle.
COTTER Cot"ter, v. t.
Defn: To fasten with a cotter.
COTTIER Cot"ti*er (-t-r), n. Etym: [OF. cotier. See Coterie, and cf. Cotter.]
Defn: In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in the work of the landlord's farm. [Written also cottar and cotter.]
COTTISE Cot"tise (kt"ts), n. Etym: [Cf. F. c side, L. costa rib.] (Her.)
Defn: A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend. When a single cottise is used alone it is often called a cost. See also Couple-close.
COTTISED Cot"tised (-tst), a. (Her.)
Defn: Set between two cottises, — said of a bend; or between two barrulets, — said of a bar or fess.
COTTOID Cot"toid (kt"toid), a. Etym: [NL. cottus sculpin + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like a fish of the genus Cottus. — n.
Defn: A fish belonging to, or resembling, the genus Cottus. See Sculpin.
COTTOLENE Cot"to*lene`, n.
Defn: A product from cottonseed, used as lard.
COTTON Cot"ton (kt"t'n), n. Etym: [F. coton, Sp. algodon the cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr. Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. Acton, Hacqueton.]
1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
2. The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
3. Cloth made of cotton.
Note: Cotton is used as an adjective before many nouns in a sense which commonly needs no explanation; as, cottton bagging; cotton clotch; cotton goods; cotton industry; cotton mill; cotton spinning; cotton tick. Cotton cambric. See Cambric, n., 2. — Cotton flannel, the manufactures' name for a heavy cotton fabric, twilled, and with a long plush nap. In England it is called swan's- down cotton, or Canton flannel. — Cotton gin, a machine to separate the seeds from cotton, invented by Eli Whitney. — Cotton grass (Bot.), a genus of plants (Eriphorum) of the Sedge family, having delicate capillary bristles surrounding the fruit (seedlike achenia), which elongate at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton. — Cotton mouse (Zool.), a field mouse (Hesperomys gossypinus), injurious to cotton crops. — Cotton plant (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gossypium, of several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing the cotton of commerce. The common species, originally Asiatic, is G. herbaceum. — Cotton press, a building and machinery in which cotton bales are compressed into smaller bulk for shipment; a press for baling cotton. — Cotton rose (Bot.), a genus of composite herbs (Filago), covered with a white substance resembling cotton. — Cotton scale (Zoöl.), a species of bark louse (Pulvinaria innumerabilis), which does great damage to the cotton plant. — Cotton shrub. Same as Cotton plant. — Cotton stainer (Zoöl.), a species of hemipterous insect (Dysdercus suturellus), which seriously damages growing cotton by staining it; — called also redbug. — Cotton thistle (Bot.), the Scotch thistle. See under Thistle. — Cotton velvet, velvet in which the warp and woof are both of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made wholly of cotton. — Cotton waste, the refuse of cotton mills. — Cotton wool, cotton in its raw or woolly state. — Cotton worm (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect (Aletia argillacea), which in the larval state does great damage to the cotton plant by eating the leaves. It also feeds on corn, etc., and hence is often called corn worm, and Southern army worm.
COTTON Cot"ton, v. i.
1. To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does. [Obs.] It cottons well; it can not choose but bear A pretty nap. Family of Love.
2. To go on prosperously; to succeed. [Obs.] New, Hephestion, does not this matter cotton as I would Lyly.
3. To unite; to agree; to make friends; — usually followed by with. [Colloq.] A quarrel will end in one of you being turned off, in which case it will not be easy to cotton with another. Swift. Didst see, Frank, how the old goldsmith cottoned in with his beggarly companion Sir W. Scott.
4. To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; — used with to. [Slang]
COTTONADE Cot"ton*ade` (kt"t'n-d`), n. Etym: [F. cottonade.]
Defn: A somewhat stoun and thick fabric of cotton.
COTTONARY Cot"ton*a*ry (—r), a.
Defn: Relating to, or composed of, cotton; cottony. [Obs.] Cottomary and woolly pillows. Sir T. Browne.
COTTON BATTING Cot"ton bat"ting.
Defn: Cotton prepared in sheets or rolls for quilting, upholstering, and similar purposes.
COTTONOUS Cot"ton*ous (-s), a.
Defn: Resembling cotton. [R.] Evelyn.
COTTON SEED; COTTONSEED Cotton seed, or, usually collectively, Cot"ton*seed`, n.
Defn: The seed of the cotton plant.
COTTONSEED MEAL Cottonseed meal.
Defn: A meal made from hulled cotton seeds after the oil has been expressed.
COTTONSEED OIL Cottonseed oil.
Defn: A fixed, semidrying oil extracted from cottonseed. It is pale yellow when pure (sp. gr., .92-.93). and is extensively used in soap making, in cookery, and as an adulterant of other oils.
COTTON STATE Cotton State.
Defn: Alabama; — a nickname.
COTTONTAIL Cot"ton*tail` (kt"t'n-tl`), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The American wood rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus); — also called Molly cottontail.
COTTONWEED Cot"ton*weed` (-wd`), n. (Bot.)
Defn: See Cudweed.
COTTONWOOD Cot"ton*wood` (-wd`), n. (Bot.)
Defn: An American tree of the genus Populus or polar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the P. monilifera and P. angustifolia of the Western United States.
COTTONY Cot"ton*y (-), a.
1. Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly.
2. Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton.
COTTREL Cot"trel (kt"trl), n.
Defn: A trammel, or hook to support a pot over a fire. Knight.
COTYLA; COTYLE Cot"y*la (kt"-l), Cot"y*le (kt"-l), n. Etym: [Gr. cotyla a measure.] (Anat.)
Defn: A cuplike cavity or organ. Same as Acetabulum.
COTYLEDON Cot`y*le"don (kt`-l"dn), n. Etym: [Gr.Cotyle.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: One of the patches of villi found in some forms of placenta.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo; a seed leaf.
Note: Many plants, as the bean and the maple, have two cotyledons, the grasses only one, and pines have several. In one African plant (Welwitschia) the cotyledons are permanent and grow to immense proportions.
COTYLEDONAL Cot`y*led"on*al (kt`-ld"n-al), a.
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cotyledon.
COTYLEDONARY Cot`y*led"on*a*ry (—r), a.
Defn: Having a cotyledon; tufted; as, the cotyledonary placenta of the cow.
COTYLEDONOUS Cot`y*led"on*ous (-s; 277), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a cotyledon or cotyledons; having a seed lobe.
COTYLIFORM Co*tyl"i*form (k-tl"-frm), a. Etym: [Cotyle + -form.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Shaped like a cotyle or a cup.
COTYLIGEROUS Cot`y*lig"er*ous (kt`-lj"r-s), a. Etym: [Cotyle + -gerous.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having cotyles.
COTYLOID Cot"y*loid (kt"-loid), a. Etym: [Cotyle + -oid] (Anat.) (a) Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone. (b) Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity; as, the cotyloid ligament, or notch.
COUCAL Cou"cal (k"kl), n. Etym: [Prob. native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large, Old World, ground cuckoo of the genus Centropus, of several species.
COUCH Couch (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Couched (koucht); p. pr. & vb. n. Couching.] Etym: [F. coucher to lay down, lie down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus.]
1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place. Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain, Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. Shak.
2. To arrauge or dispose as in a bed; — sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun. The waters couch themselves as may be to the center of this globe, in a spherical convexity. T. Burnet.
3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed. It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls. Bacon.
4. (Paper Making)
Defn: To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire clotch mold to a felt blanket, for further drying.
5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly. There is all this, and more, that lies naturally couched under this allegory. L'Estrange.
6. To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs.] Chaucer.
7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; — used with in and under. A well-couched invective. Milton. I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather cool terms. Blackw. Mag.
8. (Med.)
Defn: To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract. To couch a spear or lance, to lower to the position of attack; to place in rest. He stooped his head, and couched his spear, And spurred his steed to full career. Sir W. Scott. To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. Mortimer.
COUCH Couch, v. i.
1. To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie. Where souls do couch on flowers, we 'll hand in hand. Shak. If I court moe women, you 'll couch with moe men. Shak.
2. To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly. We 'll couch in the castle ditch, till we see the light of our fairies. Shak. The half-hidden, hallf-revealed wonders, that yet couch beneath the words of the Scripture. I. Taylor.
3. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch. [Obs.] An aged squire That seemed to couch under his shield three-square. Spenser.
COUCH Couch, n. Etym: [F. couche, OF. colche, culche, fr. colchier. See Couch, v. t. ]
1. A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge. Gentle sleep . . . why liest thou with the vile In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch Shak. Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant.
2. Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.
3. A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.
4. (Painting & Gilding)
Defn: A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc.
COUCHANCY Couch"an*cy (kouch"an-s), n.
Defn: State of lying down for repose. [R.]
COUCHANT Couch"ant (kouch"ant), a. Etym: [F., p. pr. of coucher. See Couch, v. t.]
1. Lying down with head erect; squatting.
2. (Her.)
Defn: Lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; — said of a lion or other beast. Couchant and levant (Law), rising up and lying down; — said of beasts, and indicating that they have been long enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down and rise up to feed, — such time being held to include a day and night at the least. Blackstone.
COUCHE Cou`ché" (k`sh"), a. Etym: [F., p. p. of coucher. See Couch, v. t. ] (Her.) (a) Not erect; inclined; — said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon. (b) Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couché is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.
COUCHED Couched (koucht), a. (Her.)
Defn: Same as Couch.
COUCHEE Cou"chee (k"sh; F. k"sh"), n. Etym: [F. couch a sleeping place from coucher. See Couch, v. t. ]
Defn: A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince. [Obs.] Dryden. The duke's levees and couchees were so crowded that the antechambers were full. Bp. Burnet.
COUCHER Couch"er (kouch"r), n.
1. One who couches.
2. (Paper Manuf.)
Defn: One who couches paper.
3. Etym: [Cf. L. collectarius.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic. Blount. (b) The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts. [Obs.] Cowell.
COUCH GRASS Couch" grass` (grs`). (Bot.)
Defn: See Quitch grass.
COUCHING Couch"ing, n.
1. (Med.)
Defn: The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract.
2. Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.
COUCHLESS Couch"less (kouch"ls), a.
Defn: Having no couch or bed.
COUDEE Cou"dee (k"d; F. k`d"), n. Etym: [F. coud, from coude elbow.]
Defn: A measure of length; the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger; a cubit.
COUGAR Cou"gar (k"gr), n. Etym: [F. couguar, from the native name in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An American feline quadruped (Felis concolor), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the American lion. Called also puma, panther, mountain lion, and catamount. See Puma.
COUGH Cough (kf), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coughed (kft); p. pr. & vb. n. Coughing.] Etym: [Cf. D. kuchen, MHG. k to breathe, G. keuchen to pant, and E. chincough, the first part of which is prob. akin to cough; cf. also E. choke.]
Defn: To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner.
COUGH Cough, v. t.
1. To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; — followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm.
2. To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse. To cough down, to silence or put down (an objectionable speaker) by simulated coughing.
COUGH Cough, n. Etym: [Cg. D. kuch. See Cough, v. i. ]
1. A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc.
2. The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease. Stomach cough, Ear cough, cough due to irritation in the stomach or ear.
COUGHER Cough"er (kf"r), n.
Defn: One who coughs.
COUHAGE Cou"hage (kou"j), n. (Bot.)
Defn: See Cowhage.
COULD Could (kd), imp. of Can. Etym: [OF. coude. The l was inserted by mistake, under the influence of should and would.]
Defn: Was, should be, or would be, able, capable, or susceptible. Used as an auxiliary, in the past tense or in the conditional present.
COULEE Cou`lee" (k`l"), n. Etym: [F. coulée, fr. couler to run or flow.]
Defn: A stream; (Geol.)
Defn: a stream of lava. Also, in the Western United States, the bed of a stream, even if dry, when deep and having inclined sides; distinguished from a cañon, which has precipitous sides.
COULEUR Cou`leur", n. [F.]
1. Color; — chiefly used in a few French phrases, as couler de rose, color of rose; and hence, adjectively, rose-colored; roseate.
2. A suit of cards, as hearts or clubs; —used in some French games.
COULISSE Cou*lisse" (k-ls"; F. k`ls"), n. Etym: [F., fr. couler to flow, glide.]
1. A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.
2. One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes.
COULOIR Cou`loir" (k`lwr"), n. Etym: [F., a strainer.]
1. A deep gorge; a gully.
2. (Hydraul. Engin.)
Defn: A dredging machine for excavating canals, etc.
COULOMB Cou`lomb" (k`ln"), n. Etym: [From Coulomb, a French physicist and electrican.] (Physics)
Defn: The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantitty transferred by one ampère in one second. Formerly called weber.
COULOMB METER Cou`lomb" me"ter. (Elec.)
Defn: Any instrument by which electricity can be measured in coulombs.
COULOMB'S LAW Cou`lomb's" law. (Physics)
Defn: The law that the force exerted between two electric or magnetic charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely to the square of the distance between them.
COULTER Coul"ter (kl"tr), n.
Defn: Same as Colter.
COULTERNEB Coul"ter*neb` (-nb`), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The puffin.
COULURE Cou*lure", n. [F., prop., a dropping.] (Hort.)
Defn: A disease affecting grapes, esp. in California, manifested by the premature dropping of the fruit.
COUMARIC Cou*mar"ic (k-mr"k), a.
Defn: Relating to, derived from, or like, the Dipterix odorata, a tree of Guiana. Coumaric acid (Chem.), one of a series of aromatic acids, related to cinnamic acid, the most important of which is a white crystalline substance, HO.C6H4.C2H2.CO2H, obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, etc., and also produced artifically.
COUMARIN Cou"ma*rin (k"m-rn), n. Etym: [F., fr. coumarou, a tree of Guiana.] (Chem.)
Defn: The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, C9H6O2, of vanilla- like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially.
COUMAROU Cou"ma*rou, n. [See Coumarin.] (Bot.)
Defn: The tree (Dipteryx odorata) which bears the tonka bean; also, the bean itself.
COUNCIL Coun"cil (koun"sl), n. Etym: [F. concile, fr. L. concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. hale, v., haul. Cf. Conciliate. This word is often confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.]
1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case.
2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council. An old lord of the council rated me the other day. Shak.
3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation. Satan . . . void of rest, His potentates to council called by night. Milton. O great in action and in council wise. Pope. Aulic council. See under Aulic. — Cabinet council. See under Cabinet. — City council, the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted. — Common council. See under Common. — Council board, Council table, the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation. — Council chamber, the room or apartment in which a council meets. — Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] Barilett. — Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity. — Ecumenical council (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline. — Executive council, a body of men elected as advisers of the chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.] — Legislative council, the upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate. — Privy council. See under Privy. [Eng.]
Syn. — Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament; convention; convocation; synod.
COUNCILIST Coun"cil*ist (koun"sl-st), n.
Defn: One who belong to a council; one who gives an opinion. [Obs.] I will in three months be an expert counsilist. Milton.