Webster's Dictionary 1913

7993

Corking pin

Cork″ing pin′ (kôrk″ĭng pĭn′). A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman's headdress to a cork mold. Swift.

7994

Corkscrew

Cork″screw′ (–skrṳ′), n. An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles.Corkscrew stairs, a spiral staircase around a solid newel.

7995

Corkscrew (2)

Cork″screw′, v. t. To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd. Dickens.

7996

Corkwing

Cork″wing′ (–wĭng′), n.(Zoöl.) A fish; the goldsinny.

7997

Corkwood

Cork″wood′ (kôrk″wo͝od′), n. 1. The wood of the cork oak.2. Any one of several trees or shrubs having light or corky wood; esp.: (a) In the United States, the tree Leitneria flo...

7998

Corky

Cork″y (–y̆), a. 1. Consisting of, or like, cork; dry shriveled up.Bind fast hiss corky arms.Shak.2. Tasting of cork.

7999

Corm

Corm (kôrm), n. [See Cormus.] 1. (Bot.) A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb.2. (Biol.) Same as Cormus, 2.

8000

Cormogeny

Cor‐mog″e‐ny (kôr‐mŏj″ē̍‐ny̆), n. [Gr. κορμόσ trunk of a tree + root of γίγνεσθαι to be born.] (Biol.) The embryological history of groups or families of individuals.

8001

Cormophylogeny

Cor′mo‐phy‐log″e‐ny (k?r′m?–f?–l?j″?–n?), n. [Gr. κορμόσ trunk of a tree + E. phylogeny.] (Biol.) The phylogeny of groups or families of individuals. Haeckel.

8002

Cormophytes

{ Cor″mo‐phytes (kôr″mō̍‐fīts), ‖Cor‐moph″y‐ta (kŏr‐mŏf″ĭ‐tȧ), } n. pl. [NL. cormophyta, fr. Gr. κορμόσ trunk of a tree + φυτόν plant.] (Bot.) A term proposed by Endlicher to in...

8003

Cormorant

Cor″mo‐rant (kôr″mō̍‐rant), n. [F. cormoran, fr. Armor. mōr-vran a sea raven; mōr sea + bran raven, with cor, equiv. to L. corvus raven, pleonastically prefixed; or perh. fr. L....

8004

Cormoraut

Cor″mo‐raut, a. Ravenous; voracious.Cormorant, devouring time.Shak.

8005

Cormus

‖Cor″mus (kôr″mŭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. κορμόσ the trunk of a tree (with the boughs cut off), fr. κείρειν to shear.]1. (Bot.) See Corm.2. (Biol.) A vegetable or animal made up of a...

8006

Corn

Corn (kôrn), n. [L. cornu horn: cf. F. corne horn, hornlike excrescence. See Horn.] A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is...

8007

Corn (2)

Corn, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. kaúrn, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. Grain, Kernel.] 1. A single seed of certain plants, as whea...

8008

Corn (3)

Corn, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Corned (k?rnd); p. pr. & vb. n.Corning.] 1. To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to...

8009

Cornage

Cor″nage (k?r″n?j), n. [OF.,, horn-blowing, tax on horned cattle, fr. F. corne a horn, L. cornu.] (Law) An ancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an ...

8010

Cornamute

Cor″na‐mute (k?r″n?–m?t), n. A cornemuse.

8011

Cornbind

Corn″bind′ (k?rn″b?nd′), n.(Bot.) A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis, Polygonum Convolvulus.

8012

Corncob

Corn″cob′ (k?rn″k?b′), n. The cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow.

8013

Corncrake

Corn″crake′ (–kr?k′), n.(Zoöl.) A bird (Crex crex or C. pratensis) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; — called also corn bird.

8014

Corncrib

Corn″crib′ (k?rn″kr?b′), n. A crib for storing corn.

8015

Corncutter

Corn″cut′ter (–k?t′t?r), n. 1. A machine for cutting up stalks of corn for food of cattle.2. An implement consisting of a long blade, attached to a handle at nearly a right angl...

8016

Corndodger

Corn″dodg′er (–d?j′?r), n. A cake made of the meal of Indian corn, wrapped in a covering of husks or paper, and baked under the embers. Bartlett.

8017

Cornea

Cor″ne‐a (k?r″n?–?), n.; pl.Corneas (–�z). [Fem. sing., fr. L. corneus horny, fr. cornu a horn. See Horn.] (Anat.) The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers t...

8018

Corneal

Cor″ne‐al (–al), a.(Anat.) Pertaining to the cornea.

8019

Cornel

Cor″nel (–n?l), n. [OF. cornille, cornoille, F. cornouille, cornel berry, LL. cornolium cornel tree, fr. L. cornus, fr. cornu horn, in allusion to the hardness of the wood. See ...