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<h1>Corpuscule</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*pus"cule</hw> <tt>(k?r-p?s"k?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A corpuscle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Corpusculous</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*pus"cu*lous</hw> <tt>(-k?-l?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Corpuscular.</def>

<i>Tyndall.</i>

<h1>Corrade</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*rade"</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?d")</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>corradere</ets>, <ets>-rasum</ets>; <ets>cor-</ets> + <ets> radere</ets> to rub.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dr. R. Clerke.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>To erode, as the bed of a stream. See <er>Corrosion</er>.</def>

<h1>Corradial</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*ra"di*al</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?"d?-a]/>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Radiating to or from the same point.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Corradiate</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*ra"di*ate</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?"d?-?t)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To converge to one point or focus, as light or rays.</def>

<h1>Corradiation</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*ra`di*a"tion</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?`d?-?"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A conjunction or concentration of rays in one point.</def>

<i>Bacom</i>

<h1>Corral</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*ral"</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?l"; Sp. k?r-r?l")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp., a yard, a yard for cattle, fr. <ets>corro</ets> a circle or ring, fr. L. <ets>currere</ets> to run. Cf. <er>Kraal</er>.]</ety> <def>A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, etc.</def>

<h1>Corral</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*ral"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Corraled</er> <tt>(-r?ld" &or; -r?ld")</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Corralling</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To surround and inclose; to coop up; to put into an inclosed space; -- primarily used with reference to securing horses and cattle in an inclosure of wagons while traversing the plains, but in the Southwestern United States now colloquially applied to the capturing, securing, or penning of anything.</def>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<h1>Corrasion</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*ra"sion</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?"zh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Corrade</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water.</def>

<h1>Corrasive</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*ra"sive</hw> <tt>(-s?v)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Corrosive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Corrasive</b> sores which eat into the flesh. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Correct</h1> <Xpage=326>