Part 2439

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hacket.</i>

<h1>Coronoid</h1> <Xpage=325>

<hw>Cor"o*noid</hw> <tt>(k?r"?-noid)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/ crow + <ets>-oid</ets>: cf. F. <ets>corono<?/de</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Resembling the beak of a crow; <as>as, the <ex>coronoid</ex> process of the jaw, or of the ulna</as>.</def>

<h1>Coronule</h1> <Xpage=325>

<hw>Cor"o*nule</hw> <tt>(k?r"?-n?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>coronula</ets>, dim. of <ets>corona</ets> crown.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See <er>Pappus</er>.</def>

<i>Martyn.</i>

<h1>Coroun</h1> <Xpage=325>

<hw>Co*roun"</hw> <tt>(k?-roun")</tt>, <tt>v. & n.</tt> <def>Crown.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Corozo Corosso</h1> <Xpage=325>

<hw><hw>Co*ro"zo</hw> <hw>Co*ros"so</hw><hw> <tt>(k?-r?"th? &or; -s?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Sp. <ets>cerozo</ets> a kind of palm tree.]</ety> <def>The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See <er>Ivory nut</er>.</def>

<h1>Corporace</h1> <Xpage=325>

<hw>Cor"po*race</hw> <tt>(k?r"p?-r?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Corporas</er>.</def>

<h1>Corporal</h1> <Xpage=325>

<hw>Cor"po*ral</hw> <tt>(k?r"p?-r<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted fr. F. <ets>caporal</ets>, It. <ets>caporale</ets>, fr. <ets>capo</ets> head, chief, L. <ets>caput</ets>. See <er>Chief</er>, and cf. <er>Caporal</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncomissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels.</def>

<cs><col>Corporal's guard</col>, <cd>a detachment such as would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty, etc.; hence, derisively, a very small number of persons.</cd> -- <col>Lance corporal</col>, <cd>an assistant corporal on private's pay. <i>Farrow</i>.</cd> -- <col>Ship's corporal</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a petty officer who assists the master at arms in his various duties.</cd></cs>

<h1>Corporal</h1> <Xpage=325>

<hw>Cor"po*ral</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>corporalis</ets>, fr. <ets>corpus</ets> body. See <er>Corpse</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Belonging or relating to the body; bodily.</def> "Past <i>corporal</i> toil."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Pillories and other <b>corporal</b> infections. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Corporal punishment</col> <fld>(law)</fld>, <cd>punishment applied to the body of the offender, including the death penalty, whipping, and imprisonment.</cd></cs>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written <i>corporeal</i>.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>A <b>corporal</b> heaven . . . .where the stare are. <i>Latimer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>What seemed <b>corporal</b> melted As breath into the wind. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Corporal</er>, <er>Bodily</er>, <er>Corporeal</er>.</syn> <usage> <i>Bodily</i> is opposed to <i>mental</i>; as, <i>bodily</i> affections. <i>Corporeal</i> refers to the whole physical structure or nature, of the body; as, <i>corporeal</i> substance or frame. <i>Corporal</i>, as now used, refers more to punishment or some infliction; as, <i>corporal</i> punishment. To speak of <i>corporeal</i> punishment is an error. <i>Bodily</i> austerities; the <i>corporeal</i> mold.</usage>

<h1>Corporal krp-r<it>a</it>l, Corporale</h1> <Xpage=325>