Part 2459

<note>&hand; The name <i>corundum</i> is sometimes restricted to the non-transparent or coarser kinds. <i>Emery</i> is a dark-colored granular variety, usually admixed with magnetic iron ore.</note>

<h1>Coruscant</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Co*rus"cant</hw> <tt>(k?-r?s"k<it>a</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>coruscans</ets>, p. pr. See <er>Coruscate</er>.]</ety> <def>Glittering in flashes; flashing.</def>

<i>Howell.</i>

<h1>Coruscate</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cor"us*cate</hw> <tt>(k?r"?s-k?t &or; k?-r?s"k?r)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>coruscare</ets> to flash, vibrate.]</ety> <def>To glitter in flashes; to flash.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To glisten; gleam; sparkle; radiate.</syn>

<h1>Coruscation</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cor`us*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(k?r`?s-k?"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>coruscatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>coruscattion</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sudden flash or play of light.</def>

<blockquote>A very vivid but exceeding short-lived splender, not to call <?/t a little <b>coruscation</b>. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A flash of intellectual brilliancy.</def>

<blockquote>He might have illuminated his times with the incessant <b>cor<?/<?/cations</b> of his genius. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Flash; glitter; blaze; gleam; sparkle.</syn>

<h1>Corve</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Corve</hw> <tt>(k?rv)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Corf</er>.</def>

<h1>Corvee</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cor`vee"</hw> <tt>(k?r`v" &or; -v?")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>corv\'82e</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>corvada</ets>, <ets>corrogata</ets>, fr. L. <ets>corrogare</ets> to entreat togetther; <ets>cor-</ets> + <ets>rogare</ets> to ask.]</ety> <fld>(Feudal Law)</fld> <def>An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign.</def>

<h1>Corven</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cor"ven</hw> <tt>(k?r"v<it>e</it>n)</tt>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Carve</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Corvet krvt, Corvette</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw><hw>Cor"vet</hw> <tt>(k?r"v?t)</tt>, <hw>Cor*vette"</hw> <tt>(k?r-v?r")</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>corvette</ets>, fr. Pg. <ets>corveta</ets> or Sp. <ets>corbeta</ets>, fr. L. <ets>corbita</ets> a slow-sailing ship of burden, fr, <ets>corbis</ets> basket. Cf. <er>Corbeil</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having usually only one tier of guns; -- called in the United States navy a <i>sloop of war</i>.</def>

<h1>Corvetto</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cor*vet"to</hw> <tt>(-v?t"t?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A curvet.</def>

<i>Peacham.</i>

<h1>Corvine</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cor"vine</hw> <tt>(k?r"v?n)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>corvinus</ets>, fr. <ets>corvus</ets> crow.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the crow; crowlike.</def>

<h1>Corvorant</h1> <Xpage=328>