Part 582

Cor`y*ban"ti*asm (-b?n"t?-?z'm), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; a corybantic frenzy.] (Med.) A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep. Dunglison.

Cor`y*ban"tic (k?r`?-b?n"t?k), a. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;, fr. &?;&?;&?;&?; a Corybant.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Corybantes or their rites; frantic; frenzied; as, a corybantic dance.

Cor"ymb (k?r"?mb or -?m; 220), n. [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.

Cor"ymbed (k?r"?mbd), a. (Bot.) Corymbose.

Cor`ym*bif"er*ous (k?r`?m-b?f"?r-?s), a. [L. corymbifer; corymbus a cluster of flowers + ferre to bear&?; cf. F. corimbif&?;re.] (Bot.) Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit.

Co*rym"bose (k?-r?m"b?s or k?r"?m-b?s`), a. (Bot.) Consisting of corymbs, or resembling them in form. [Written also corymbous.]

Co*rym"bose*ly, adv. In corymbs.

Cor`y*phŠ"noid (k&obreve;r`&ibreve;*fē"noid), a. [NL. coryphaena + -oid.] (Zo÷l.) Belonging to, or like, the genus CoryphŠna. See Dolphin.

||Co`ry`phÚe" (k&osl;`r&esl;`f&asl;"), n. [F.] (Drama) A ballet dancer.

Cor"y*phene` (k?r"?-f?n`), n. [NL. coryphena, fr. Gr. koryfh` head, summit, peak: cf. F. coryphŔne.] (Zo÷l.) A fish of the genus CoryphŠna. See Dolphin. (2)

Cor`y*phe"us (k?r`?-f?"?s), n.; pl. E. Corypheuses (-&ebreve;z), L. Coryphei (-f&?;"&?;). [L. coryphaeus, fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;, fr. koryfh` head.] (Gr. Antiq.) 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.

||Co*ryph"o*don (k?-r?f"?-d?n), n. [Gr. koryfh` head, peak + &?;&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, tooth.] (Palen.) 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.

Co*ryph"o*dont (-d?nt), a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Coryphodon.

||Co*ry"za (k?-r?"z?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; catarh.] (Med.) Nasal catarrh.

Cos*cin"o*man`cy (k?s-s?n"?-m?n`s? or k?s"s?-n?-), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; sieve + -mancy.] Divination by means of a suspended sieve.

||Cos`co*ro"ba (k?s`k?-r?"b?), n. [Native name.] (Zo÷l.) A large, white, South American duck, of the genus Cascoroba, resembling a swan.

Co*se"cant (k?-s?"k?nt), n. [For co. secans, an abbrev. of L. complementi secans.] (Trig.) The secant of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

Cos"en (k?z"'n), v. t. See Cozen.

Cos"en*age (k?z"'n-?j), n. See Cozenage.

Cos"en*ing, n. (O. Eng. Law) Anything done deceitfully, and which could not be properly designated by any special name, whether belonging to contracts or not. Burrill.

Co*sen"tient (k?-s?n"shent), a. Perceiving together.

Co"sey (k?"z?), a. See Cozy. Dickens.

Cosh"er (k?sh"?r), v. t. [Ir. cosair a feast, a banquet? or cf. F. coucher to lie. Cf. Couch, Coshering.] 1. (Old Law) 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]

Cosh"er*er (k?sh"?r-?r), n. One who coshers.

Cosh"er*ing, n. (Old Law) 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.