Part 2446

<hw>Cor*rec"tion*er</hw> <tt>(-?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Corrective</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*rect"ive</hw> <tt>(k?rr-r?k"t?v)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>correctif</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; <as>as, <ex>corrective</ex> penalties</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Mulberries are pectoral, <b>corrective</b> of billious alkali. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Qualifying; limiting.</def> "The Psalmist interposeth . . . this <i>corrective</i> particle."

<i>Holdsworth.</i>

<h1>Corrective</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*rect"ive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; <as>as, alkalies are <ex>correctives</ex> of acids; penalties are <ex>correctives</ex> of immoral conduct.</as></def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Limitation; restriction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<h1>Correctly</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*rect"ly</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?kt"l?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.</def>

<h1>Correctness</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*rect"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being correct; <as>as, the <ex>correctness</ex> of opinions or of manners; <ex>correctness</ex> of taste; <ex>correctness</ex> in writing or speaking; the <ex>correctness</ex> of a text or copy.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- Accuracy; exactness; precision; propriety.</syn>

<h1>Corrector</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*rect"or</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?kt"?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who, or that which, corrects; <as>as, a <ex>corrector</ex> of abuses; a <ex>corrector</ex> of the press; an alkali is a <ex>corrector</ex> of acids.</as></def>

<h1>Correctory</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*rect"o*ry</hw> <tt>(-?-r?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Containing or making correction; corrective.</def>

<h1>Correctress</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*rect"ress</hw> <tt>(-r?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A woman who corrects.</def>

<h1>Corregidor</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*reg"i*dor</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?j"?-d?r; Sp. k?r-r?`h?-d?r")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp., orig., a corrector.]</ety> <def>The chief magistrate of a Spanish town.</def>

<h1>Correi</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor"rei</hw> <tt>(k?r"r?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Scot., perh. fr. Celt. <ets>cor</ets> a corner.]</ety> <def>A hollow in the side of a hill, where game usually lies.</def> "Fleet foot on the <i>correi</i>."