Coquimbite Co·quim"bite noun A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of iron; white copperas; -- so called because found in the province of Coquimbo , Chili.

Coquina Co·qui"na noun [ Spanish , shellfish, cockle.] A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida.

Cor Cor (kôr) noun [ Hebrew kōr .] A Hebrew measure of capacity; a homer. [ Written also core .]

Cor- Cor- (kŏr-). A prefix signifying with , together , etc. See Com- .

Cora Co"ra noun (Zoology) The Arabian gazelle ( Gazella Arabica ), found from persia to North Africa.

Coracle Cor"a·cle noun [ W. corwgl , cwrwgl , from corwg , cwrwg , any round body or vessel, the trunk of the body, carcass.] A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt.

Coracoid Cor"a·coid adjective [ Greek ...; ko`rax crow + e'i^dos form.] 1. Shaped like a crow's beak.

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals.

Coracoid Cor"a·coid noun The coracoid bone or process.

Corage Cor"age noun See Courage [ Obsolete]

To Canterbury with full devout corage .
Chaucer.

Corah Co"rah noun [ Hind. kōrā virgin, plain.] Plain; undyed; -- applied to Indian silk. -- noun Corah silk.

Coral Cor"al noun [ Of. coral , F, corail , Latin corallum , coralium , from Greek kora`llion .] 1. (Zoology) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa.

» The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to various genera of Madreporaria , and to the hydroid genus, Millepora . The red coral, used in jewelry, is the stony axis of the stem of a gorgonian ( Corallium rubrum ) found chiefly in the Mediterranean. The fan corals , plume corals , and sea feathers are species of Gorgoniacea , in which the axis is horny. Organ-pipe coral is formed by the genus Tubipora , an Alcyonarian, and black coral is in part the axis of species of the genus Antipathes . See Anthozoa , Madrepora .

2. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their color.

3. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.

Brain coral , or Brain stone coral . See under Brain . -- Chain coral . See under Chain . - - Coral animal (Zoology) , one of the polyps by which corals are formed. They are often very erroneously called coral insects . -- Coral fish . See in the Vocabulary. -- Coral reefs (Physics Geology) , reefs, often of great extent, made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation. They are classed as fringing reefs , when they border the land; barrier reefs , when separated from the shore by a broad belt of water; atolls , when they constitute separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll . -- Coral root (Botany) , a genus ( Corallorhiza ) of orchideous plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust. under Coralloid . -- Coral snake . (Zo) (a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake (Elaps corallinus) , coral-red, with black bands. (b) A small, harmless, South American snake ( Tortrix scytale ). -- Coral tree (Botany) , a tropical, leguminous plant, of several species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds. The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron . -- Coral wood , a hard, red cabinet wood. McElrath.

Coral fish Cor"al fish` (Zoology) Any bright-colored fish of the genera Chætodon , Pomacentrus , Apogon , and related genera, which live among reef corals.

Coral-rag Cor"al-rag` noun (geol.) Same as Corallian .

Coraled Cor"aled adjective Having coral; covered with coral.

Corallaceous Cor`al·la"ceous adjective Like coral, or partaking of its qualities.

Corallian Co·ral"li·an noun (Geol.) A deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of the middle division of the oölite; -- called also coral- rag.

Coralliferous Cor`al·lif"er·ous adjective [ Latin corallum coral + -ferous .] Containing or producing coral.

Coralliform Cor"al·li·form adjective [ Latin corallum coral + -form .] resembling coral in form.

Coralligena Cor`al·lig"e·na noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin corallum coral + root of gignere to produce.] (Zoology) Same as Anthozoa .

Coralligenous Cor`al·lig"e·nous adjective producing coral; coralligerous; coralliferous. Humble.

Coralligerous Cor`al·lig"er·ous adjective [ Latin corallum coral + -gerous .] Producing coral; coralliferous.

Corallin Cor"al·lin noun [ So named in allusion to the color of red corallin, from Latin corallum coral.] (Chemistry) A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin , and Rosolic acid under Rosolic .

Red corallin , a red dyestuff which is obtained by treating aurin or rosolic acid with ammonia; -- called also pæonin . -- Yellow corallin . See Aurin .

Coralline Cor"al·line adjective [ Confer Latin corallinus coralred.] Composed of corallines; as, coralline limestone.

Coralline Cor"al·line noun [ Confer French coralline .] 1. (Botany) A submarine, semicalcareous or calcareous plant, consisting of many jointed branches.

2. (Zoology) Formerly any slender coral-like animal; -- sometimes applied more particulary to bryozoan corals.

Corallinite Cor"al·lin·ite noun (Paleon.) A fossil coralline.

Corallite Cor"al·lite noun [ Latin corallum coral.] 1. (Min.) A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral.

2. (Zoology) One of the individual members of a compound coral; or that part formed by a single coral animal. [ Written also corallet .]

Coralloid Cor"al·loid adjective [ Latin corallum coral + -oid : confer French coralloïde .] Having the form of coral; branching like coral.

Coralloidal Cor`al·loid"al adjective resembling coral; coralloid. Sir T. browne.

Corallum Co·ral"lum noun [ Latin ] (Zoology) The coral or skeleton of a zoöphyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound. See Coral .

Coralwort Cor"al·wort` noun (Botany) A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria ; -- called also toothwort , tooth violet , or pepper root .

Coranach Cor"a·nach noun [ Gael. coranach , or corranach , a crying, the Irish funeral cry (the keen ), a dirge; comh with + ranaich a roaring, ran to roar, shriek.] A lamentation for the dead; a dirge. [ Written also coranich , corrinoch , coronach , cronach , etc.] [ Scot.]

Corant, Coranto Co·rant, Co·ran"to noun [ See Courant .] A sprightly but somewhat stately dance, now out of fashion.

It is harder to dance a corant well, than a jig.
Sir W. temple.

Dancing a coranto with him upon the heath.
Macaulay.

Corb Corb (kôrb) noun [ Latin corbis basket. Confer Corbeil , Corp .] 1. A basket used in coal mines, etc. see Corf .

2. (Architecture) An ornament in a building; a corbel.

Corban Cor"ban (kôr"băn) noun [ Hebrew qorbān , akin to Arabic qurbān.] 1. (Jewish Antiq.) An offering of any kind, devoted to God and therefore not to be appropriated to any other use; esp., an offering in fulfillment of a vow.

» In the old Testament the hebrew word is usually translated "oblation" as in Numb. xviii. 9, xxxi. 50.

» The traditionists laid down that a man might interdict himself by vow, not only from using for himself, but from giving to another, or receiving from him, some particular object, whether of food or any other kind. A person might thus exempt himself from assisting parents in distress, under plea of corban . Dr. W. Smith.

2. An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.

Corbe Corbe (kôrb) adjective [ Old French corbe , from Latin curvus . See Cuve .] Crooked. [ Obsolete] " Corbe shoulder." Spenser.

Corbeil Cor"beil (kôr"bĕl) noun [ French corbeille , from Latin corbicula a little basket, dim. of corbis basket. Confer Corbel , Corb , Corvette .] 1. (Architecture) A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel. [ Obsolete]

2. plural (Fort.) Small gabions. Brande & C.

Corbel Cor"bel (kôr"bĕl) noun [ French corbeau , for older corbel , dim. of Latin corbis basket. (Corbels were often in the form of a basket.) See Corbeil .] (Architecture) A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.

» A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next below it.

Corbel Cor"bel transitive verb To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.

To corbel out , to furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one next below it.

Corbel-table Cor"bel-ta`ble noun (Architecture) A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used to include the stringcourse on them.

Corbeling, Corbelling Cor"bel·ing, Cor"bel·ling noun Corbel work or the construction of corbels; a series of corbels or piece of continuous corbeled masonry, sometimes of decorative purpose, as in the stalactite ornament of the Moslems.

Corbie Cor"bie or Cor"by (kôr"bȳ) noun ; plural Corbies (-bĭz). [ French corbeau , Old French corbel , dim. from Latin corvus raven.] 1. (Zoology) The raven. [ Scot.]

2. (her.) A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge.

Corbie crow , the carrion crow. [ Scot.]

Corbiestep Cor"bie·step` noun (Architecture) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep .

Corchorus Cor"cho·rus (kôr"ko*rŭs) noun [ Nl., from Latin corchorus a poor kind of pulse, Greek ko`rchoros a wild plant of bitter taste.] (Botany) The common name of the Kerria Japonica or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens.

Corcle Cor"cle (kôr"k'l), Cor"cule (- kul) , noun [ Latin corculum a little heart, dim. of cor heart.] (Botany) The heart of the seed; the embryo or germ. [ Obsolete]

Cord Cord (kôrd) noun [ French corde , Latin chorda catgut, chord, cord, from Greek chordh` ; confer chola`des intestines, Latin harus pex soothsayer (inspector of entrails), Icelandic görn , plural garnir gut, and English yarn . Confer Chord , Yarn .] 1. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

2. A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; -- originally measured with a cord or line.

3. Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.

The knots that tangle human creeds,
The wounding cords that bind and strain
The heart until it bleeds.
Tennyson.

4. (Anat.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic , Spinal , Umbilical , Vocal .

5. (Mus.) See Chord . [ Obsolete]

Cord wood , wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet (when of full measure).

Cord Cord (kôrd) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Corded ; present participle & verbal noun Cording .] 1. To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.

2. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

Cordage Cord"age (kôrd"aj) noun [ French cordage . See Cord .] Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.

Cordal Cord"al (kôrd" a l) noun Same as Cordelle .

Cordate Cordate (kôr"dat) adjective [ Latin cor , cordis , heart.] (Botany) Heart- shaped; as, a cordate leaf.

Cordately Cor"date·ly adverb In a cordate form.

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