Part 2419

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>An ornament in a building; a corbel.</def>

<h1>Corban</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cor"ban</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb. <ets>qorb\'ben</ets>, akin to Ar. qurb\'ben.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>(Jewish Antiq.) An offering of any kind, devoted to God and therefore not be appropriated to any other use; esp., an offering in fulfillment of a vow.</def>

<note>&hand; In the old Testament the hebrew word is usually translated "oblation" as in <i>Numb. xviii. 9, xxxi. 50.</i></note>

<note>&hand; 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 <i>corban</i>.</note> <i>Dr. W. Smith.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.</def>

<h1>Corbe</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Corbe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>corbe</ets>, fr. L. <ets>curvus</ets>. See <er>Cuve</er>.]</ety> <def>Crooked.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Corbe</i> shoulder."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Corbell</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cor"bell</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>corbeile</ets>, fr. L. <ets>corbicula</ets> a little basket, dim. of <ets>corbis</ets> basket. Cf. <er>Corbel</er>, <er>Corb</er>, <er>Corvette</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>Small gabions.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Corbel</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cor"bel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>corbeau</ets>, for older <ets>corbel</ets>, dim. of L. <ets>corbis</ets> basket. (Corbels were often in the form of a basket.) See <er>Corbeil</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.</def>

<note>&hand; A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next below it.</note>

<h1>Corbel</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cor"bel</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.</def>

<cs><col>To corbel out</col>, <cd>to furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one next below it.</cd></cs>

<h1>Corbel-table</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cor"bel-ta`ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used to include the stringcourse on them.</def>

<h1>Corbie &or; Corby</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw><hw>Cor"bie</hw> &or; <hw>Cor"by</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Corbies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>corbeau</ets>, OF. <ets>corbel</ets>, dim. fr. L. <ets>corvus</ets> raven.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The raven.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(her.)</fld> <def>A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge.</def>

<cs><col>Corbie crow</col>, <cd>the carrion crow. <mark>[Scot.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Corbiestep</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cor"bie*step`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called <altname>crowstep</altname>.</def>

<h1>Corchorus</h1> <Xpage=319>