Part 2452

<h1>Corrode</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*rode"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.</def>

<cs><col>Corroding lead</col>, <cd>lead sufficiently pure to be used in making white lead by a process of corroding.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To canker; gnaw; rust; waste; wear away.</syn>

<h1>Corrodent</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*rod"ent</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?"d<it>e</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>corrodens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>corrodere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Corrosive.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bp. King.</i>

<h1>Corrodent</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*rod"ent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Anything that corrodes.</def>

<i>Bp. King.</i>

<h1>Corrodiate</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*ro"di*ate</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?"d?-?t)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Corrode</er>.]</ety> <def>To eat away by degrees; to corrode.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sandys.</i>

<h1>Corrodibility</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*ro`di*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?`d?-b?l"?-t?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The qualityof being corrodible.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Corrodible</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*rod"i*ble</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?"d?-b'l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being corroded; corrosible.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Corrosibility</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*ro`si*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?`s?-b?l"?-t?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Corrodibility.</def> "<i>Corrosibility</i> . . . answers corrosiveness."

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Corrosible</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*ro"si*ble</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?"s?-b'l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Corrodible.</def>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Corrosibleness</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*ro"si*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being corrosible.</def>

<i>Bailey.</i>