Part 2424

<hw>Core</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>cor</ets>, <ets>coer</ets>, <ets>cuer</ets>, F. <ets>c<?/ur</ets>, fr. L. <ets>cor</ets> heart. See <er>Heart</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, the <ex>core</ex> of an apple or quince</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A fever at the <b>core</b>, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The center or inner part, as of an open space; <as>as, the <ex>core</ex> of a ssquare</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The most important part of a thing; the essence; <as>as, the <ex>core</ex> of a subject</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>The prtion 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.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.</def>

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

<h1>Core</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Core</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cord</er> <tt>(k?rd)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Coring</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To take out the core or inward parts of; <as>as, to <ex>core</ex> an apple</as>.</def>

<blockquote>He's likee a corn upon my great toe . . . he must be <b>cored</b> out. <i>Marston.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.</def>

<h1>Co-regent</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Co-re"gent</hw> <tt>(k?-r?"j<it>e</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A joint regent or ruler.</def>

<h1>Co-relation</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Co`-re*la"tion</hw> <tt>(k?`r?-l?"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Corresponding relation.</def>

<h1>Co-religionist</h1> <Xpage=323>

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

<h1>Coreopsis</h1> <Xpage=323>

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

<h1>Corer</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cor"er</hw> <tt>(k?rr"?rr)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which cores; an instrument for coring fruit; <as>as, an apple <ex>corer</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Co-respondent</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Co`-re*spond"ent</hw> <tt>(k?`rr?-sp?nd"<it>e</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.</def>

<h1>Corf</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Corf</hw> <tt>(k?rrf)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Corves</plw> <tt>(k<?/rvz)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Cf.LG. & D. <ets>korf</ets> basket, G. <ets>korb</ets>, fr. L. <ets>corbis</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A basket.</def>