Part 2458

<hw>Cor`t\'82ge"</hw> <tt>(k?r`t?zh")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. It. <ets>corteggio</ets> train, fr. <ets>corte</ets> court. See <er>Court</er>.]</ety> <def>A train of attendants; a procession.</def>

<h1>Cortes</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cor"tes</hw> <tt>(k?r"t?s)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[Sp. & Pg., fr. <ets>corte</ets> court.]</ety> <def>The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain.</def>

<h1>Cortex</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cor"tex</hw> <tt>(k?r"t?ks)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cortices</plw> <tt>(-t<?/-s<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L., bark. Cf. <er>Cork</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The outer or superficial part of an organ; <as>as, the <ex>cortex</ex> or gray exterior substance of the brain</as>.</def>

<h1>Cortical</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cor"ti*cal</hw> <tt>(k?r"t?-k<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cortex</ets> bark: cf. F. <ets>cortical</ets>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; <as>as, the <ex>cortical</ex> substance of the kidney</as>.</def>

<h1>Corticate krt-kt, Corticated</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw><hw>Cor"ti*cate</hw> <tt>(k?r"t?-k?t)</tt>, <hw>Cor"ti*ca`ted</hw> <tt>(-k?`t?d)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>corticatus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part.</def>

<h1>Corticifer</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cor*tic"i*fer</hw> <tt>(k?r-t?s"?-f?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the <spn>Gorgoniacea</spn>; -- so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark.</def>

<h1>Corticiferous</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cor`ti*cif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(k?r`t?-s?f"?r-?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cortex</ets>, <ets>corticis</ets>, bark -- <ets>-ferous</ets>: cf. F. <ets>corticif<?/re</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Producing bark or something that resembling that resembles bark.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a barklike c<?/nenchyms.</def>

<h1>Corticiform</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cor*tic"i*form</hw> <tt>(k?r-t?s"?-f?rm)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cortex</ets>, <ets>corticis</ets>, bark + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>corticiforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling, or having the form of, bark or rind.</def>

<h1>Corticine</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cor"ti*cine</hw> <tt>(k?r"t?-s?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>cortex</ets>, <ets>corticis</ets>, bark.]</ety> <def>A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground cork and caoutchouc or India rubber.</def>

<h1>Corticose</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cor"ti*cose`</hw> <tt>(-k?s`)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>corticosus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Abounding in bark; resembling bark; barky.</def>

<h1>Corticous</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cor"ti*cous</hw> <tt>(-k?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to, or resembling, bark; corticose.</def>

<h1>Cortile</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cor"tile</hw> <tt>(k?r"t?l; It. k?r-t?"l?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It., fr. <ets>corte</ets> court.]</ety> <def>An open internal courtyard inclosed by the walls of a large dwelling house or other large and stately building.</def>

<h1>Corundum</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Co*run"dum</hw> <tt>(k?-r?n"d?m)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Corundums</plw> <tt>(-d<?/mz)</tt>.</plu> [Also <ets>corindon</ets>.] <ety>[From Hind. <ets>kurand</ets> corundum stone.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including <i>sapphire</i>, which is the fine blue variety; the <i>oriental ruby</i>, or red sapphire; the <i>oriental amethyst</i>, or purple sapphire; and <i>adamantine spar</i>, the hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native, next to the diamond.</def>