| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| corage | noun | See Courage |
| corant | noun | Alt. of Coranto |
| corban | noun | 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., An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited. |
| corbel | noun | A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture., To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel. |
| corbie | noun | Alt. of Corby |
| corcle | noun | Alt. of Corcule |
| corded | imp. & past participle | of Cord, Bound or fastened with cords., Piled in a form for measurement by the cord., Made of cords., Striped or ribbed with cords; as, cloth with a corded surface., Bound about, or wound, with cords. |
| cordal | noun | Same as Cordelle. |
| cordon | noun | A cord or ribbon bestowed or borne as a badge of honor; a broad ribbon, usually worn after the manner of a baldric, constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary order. Cf. Grand cordon., The cord worn by a Franciscan friar., The coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyong the face of the wall a few inches., A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing., A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state. |
| coring | present participle & vb. noun | of Core |
| corves | plural | of Corf |
| corium | noun | Armor made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans; used also by Enlish soldiers till the reign of Edward I., Same as Dermis., The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the epithelium. |
| corked | imp. & past participle | of Cork, having acquired an unpleasant taste from the cork; as, a bottle of wine is corked. |
| cormus | noun | See Corm., A vegetable or animal made up of a number of individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a process of budding from a parent stalk wherre the buds remain attached. |
| corned | imp. & past participle | of Corn |
| cornea | noun | The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye. |
| cornel | noun | The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries., Any species of the genus Cornus, as C. florida, the flowering cornel; C. stolonifera, the osier cornel; C. Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry. |
| corner | noun | The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal., The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner., An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part., A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook., Direction; quarter., The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock., To drive into a corner., To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument., To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one’s own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum. |
| cornet | noun | An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family., A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-a-piston., A certain organ stop or register., A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares., A troop of cavalry; — so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player., The standard of such a troop., The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871., A headdress, A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions., A part of a woman’s headdress, in the 16th century., See Coronet, 2. |
| cornic | adjective | Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, the dogwood (Cornus florida). |
| cornin | noun | A bitter principle obtained from dogwood (Cornus florida), as a white crystalline substance; — called also cornic acid., An extract from dogwood used as a febrifuge. |
| cornua | plural | of Cornu |
| corody | noun | An allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey or other religious house for the sustenance of such of the king’s servants as he may designate to receive it. |
| corona | noun | A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services., The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column., The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown., The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin., A peculiar luminous appearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon., An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil., Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ., A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon., A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle., A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis., A character [/] called the pause or hold. |
| coroun | verb & noun | Crown. |
| corozo | noun | Alt. of Corosso |
| corpse | noun | A human body in general, whether living or dead; — sometimes contemptuously., The dead body of a human being; — used also Fig. |
| corpus | noun | A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. |
| corral | noun | 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., 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. |
| correi | noun | A hollow in the side of a hill, where game usually lies. |
| corrie | noun | Same as Correi. |
| corsac | noun | The corsak. |
| corsak | noun | A small foxlike mammal (Cynalopex corsac), found in Central Asia. |
| corset | noun | In the Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women., An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays., To inclose in corsets. |
| cortes | noun pl. | 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. |
| cortex | noun | Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering., Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark., The outer or superficial part of an organ; as, the cortex or gray exterior substance of the brain. |
| corvee | noun | An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign. |
| corven | p. p. of Carve. | |
| corvet | noun | Alt. of Corvette |
| corymb | noun | 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., Any flattish flower cluster, whatever be the order of blooming, or a similar shaped cluster of fruit. |
| coryza | noun | Nasal catarrh. |