Part 2426

<hw>Co*rin"thi*an</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A native or inhabitant of Corinth.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A gay, licentious person.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Corium</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Co"ri*um</hw> <tt>(k?"r?-?m)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>corium</ets> leather.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Armor made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans; used also by Enlish soldiers till the reign of Edward I.</def>

<i>Fosbroke.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Same as <er>Dermis</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the epithelium.</def>

<h1>Corival</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Co*ri"val</hw> <tt>(k?-r?"v<it>al</it>)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A rival; a corrival.</def>

<h1>Corival</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Co*ri"val</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To rival; to pretend to equal.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Corivalry, Corivalship</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw><hw>Co*ri"val*ry</hw>, <hw>Co*ri"val*ship</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Joint rivalry.</def>

<h1>Cork</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cork</hw> <tt>(k?rk)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. <ets>kork</ets>, D. <ets>kurk</ets>; all fr. Sp. <ets>corcho</ets>, <ets>fr</ets>. <ets>L</ets>. <ets>cortex</ets>, <ets>corticis</ets>, bark, rind. Cf. <er>Cortex</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (<spn>Quercus Suber</spn>), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See <er>Cutose</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Cork</i> is sometimes used wrongly for <i>calk</i>, <i>calker</i>; <i>calkin</i>, a sharp piece of iron on the shoe of a horse or ox.</note>

<cs><col>Cork jackets</col>, <cd>a jacket having thin pieces of cork inclosed within canvas, and used to aid in swimming.</cd> -- <col>Cork tree</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the species of oak (<spn>Quercus Suber</spn> of Southern Europe) whose bark furnishes the cork of commerce.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cork</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cork</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Corked</er> <tt>(k?rkt)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Corking</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To stop with a cork, as a bottle.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.</def>

<blockquote>Tread on <b>corked</b> stilts a prisoner's pace. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; To <i>cork</i> is sometimes used erroneously for to <i>calk</i>, to furnish the shoe of a horse or ox with sharp points, and also in the meaning of cutting with a calk.</note>

<h1>Corkage</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cork"age</hw> <tt>(-?j)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest.</def>

<h1>Corked</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Corked</hw> <tt>(k?rkt)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>having acquired an unpleasant taste from the cork; <as>as, a bottle of wine is <ex>corked</ex></as>.</def>