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Core, n. [Heb. kōr: cf. Gr. ko`ros.] A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer. Num. xi. 32 (Douay version).

Core, n. [OF. cor, coer, cuer, F. cťur, fr. L. cor heart. See Heart.] 1. The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince.

A fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. Byron.

2. The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

3. The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject.

4. (Founding) The portion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern.

5. A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

6. (Anat.) The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.

Core box (Founding), a box or mold, usually divisible, in which cores are molded. -- Core print (Founding), a projecting piece on a pattern which forms, in the mold, an impression for holding in place or steadying a core.

Core, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cord (kōrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Coring.] 1. To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple.

He's like a corn upon my great toe . . . he must be cored out. Marston.

2. To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.

Co-re"gent (k?-r?"jent), n. A joint regent or ruler.

Co`-re*la"tion (k?`r?-l?"sh?n), n. Corresponding relation.

Co`-re*li"gion*ist (-l?j"?n-?st), n. One of the same religion with another.

||Co`re*op"sis (k?`r?-?p"s?s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; bug + &?;&?;&?; appearance.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. C. tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing.

Cor"er (k?rr"?rr), n. That which cores; an instrument for coring fruit; as, an apple corer.

Co`-re*spond"ent (k?`rr?-sp?nd"ent), n. (Law) One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.

Corf (k˘rf), n.; pl. Corves (k˘rvz). [Cf. LG. & D. korf basket, G. korb, fr. L. corbis.] 1. A basket.

2. (Mining) (a) A large basket used in carrying or hoisting coal or ore. (b) A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.

{ Cor"fi*ote (k˘r"f?-?t), Cor"fute (k?r"f?t), } n. A native or inhabitant of Corfu, an island in the Mediterranean Sea.

Co`ri*a"ceous (k?`r?-?"sh?s), a. [L. coriaceous, fr. corium leather. See Cuirass.] 1. Consisting of or resembling, leather; leatherlike; tough.

2. (Bot.) Stiff, like leather or parchment.

Co`ri*an"der (k?`r?-?n"d?r), n. [L. coriandrum, fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;&?;, perh. fr. &?;&?;&?; bug, on account of the buglike or fetid smell of its leaves: cf. F. coriandre.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant, the Coriandrum sativum, the fruit or seeds of which have a strong smell and a spicy taste, and in medicine are considered as stomachic and carminative.

Co"ri*dine (k?"r?-d?n; 104), n. [From L. cortium leather.] A colorless or yellowish oil, C10H15N, of a leathery odor, occuring in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded as an organic base, homologous with pyridine. Also, one of a series of metameric compounds of which coridine is a type. [Written also corindine.]

Co*rin"don (k?-r?n"d?n), n. (Min.) See Corrundum.

||Co`rinne" (k?`r?n"), n. (Zo÷l.) The common gazelle (Gazella dorcas). See Gazelle. [Written also korin.]

Cor"inth (k?r"?nth), n. [L. Corinthus, Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;. Cf. Currant.] 1. A city of Greece, famed for its luxury and extravagance.