Part 2425

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

<h1>Corfiote krf-t, Corfute</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw><hw>Cor"fi*ote</hw> <tt>(k?r"f?-?t)</tt>, <hw>Cor"fute</hw> <tt>(k?r"f?t)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or inhabitant of Corfu, an island in the Mediterranean Sea.</def>

<h1>Coriaceous</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Co`ri*a"ceous</hw> <tt>(k?`r?-?"sh?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>coriaceous</ets>, fr. <ets>corium</ets> leather. See <er>Cuirass</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Consisting of or resembling, leather; leatherlike; tough.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Stiff, like leather or parchment.</def>

<h1>Coriander</h1> <Xpage=323>

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

<h1>Coridine</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Co"ri*dine</hw> <tt>(k?"r?-d?n; 104)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>cortium</ets> leather.]</ety> <def>A colorless or yellowish oil, <chform>C10H15N</chform>, 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.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>corindine</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Corindon</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Co*rin"don</hw> <tt>(k?-r?n"d?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See <er>Corrundum</er>.</def>

<h1>Corinne</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Co`rinne"</hw> <tt>(k?`r?n")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The common gazelle (<spn>Gazella dorcas</spn>). See <er>Gazelle</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>korin</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Corinth</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cor"inth</hw> <tt>(k?r"?nth)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Corinthus</ets>, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/. Cf. <er>Currant</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A city of Greece, famed for its luxury and extravagance.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A small fruit; a currant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Broome.</i>

<h1>Corinthiac</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Co*rin"thi*ac</hw> <tt>(k?-r?n"th?-?k)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Corinthiacus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to Corinth.</def>

<h1>Corinthian</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Co*rin"thi*an</hw> <tt>(-<it>a</it>n)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or relating to Corinth.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture, invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans.</def>

<blockquote>This is the lightest and most ornamental of the three orders used by the Greeks. <i>Parker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Debauched in character or practice; impure.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; <as>as, a <ex>corinthian</ex> race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs</as>.)</def>

<h1>Corinthian</h1> <Xpage=323>