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-no, move, nor, nôt;-tube, tub, bull;-bil;-pound ;-thin, THIS.

that has a share in some common stock

or affair.

COPARTNERSHIP, kó-pårt'nůr-ship. s. The state of bearing an equal part, or possessing an equal share. COPATAIN, kop'a-tin. a. (208). High raised, pointed. Obsolete. COPAYVA, ko-pà'vå. s. (92). A gum

which distils from a tree in Brasil.

COPE, kope. s. Any thing with which the head is covered; a sacerdotal cioak, worn in sacred ministration; any thing which is spread over the head. To COPE, kope. v. a. To cover, as with a cope; to contend with, to oppose. To COPE, kópe. v. n. To contend, to struggle, to strive.

COPIER, kop'pé-ůr. s. One that copies, a transcriber; a plagiary, an imitator. COPING, ko'ping. s. The upper tire of masonry which covers the wall. COPIOUS, ko'pé-us. a. Plentiful, abundant, abounding in words or images. COPIOUSLY, ko'pè-us-lè. ad. Plentifully, abundantly, in great quantities; at large, dinusely. COPIOUSNESS, ko'pé-is-nès. s. Plenty, abundance; exuberance of style. COPLAND, kôp'lând. s. A piece of ground which terminates with an acute angle.

COPPED, kôp'ped, or kôpt. a. (366). Rising to a top or head.

COPPEL, koppel. s. An instrument used in chymistry. Its use is to try and purify gold and silver.

COPPER, kôp'pår. s. (98). One of the six primitive metals. COPPER, kop'půr. s. than a moveable pot. COPPER-NOSE, kôp'pår-nòse. s. A red

nose.

COPPLEDUST, kop'pl-důst. s. Powder used in purifying metals. COPPLED, kôp'pid. a. (359). Rising in

a conick form.

COPSE, kôps. s. Short wood.
To COPSE, kôps. v. a. To preserve

underwoods.

COPULA, kôp'ů-Ìâ. s. (92). The word which unites the subject and predicate of a proposition.

To COPULATE, kôp'ů-låte. v. a. To unite, to conjoin.

To COPULATE, kôp'ù-låte. v. n. Το come together as different sexes. CoPULATION, hộp-u-là shủn. s.

The congress or embrace of the two sexes. COPULATIVE, kôp'u-la-tiv. a. (157). A term of grammar.

COPY, köp'pè. s. (482). A transcript from the archetype or original; an individual book, as, a good and fair copy; the original, the archetype; a picture drawn from another picture. COPY-BOOK, kop'pé-book. s. A book in which copies are written for learners to imitate. A tenure, for which the tenant hath nothing to show but the copy of the rolls made by the steward of his lord's court.

COPYHOLD, kôp'pé-hold. s.

COPYHOLDER, kôp'pè-hòl-dür. s. One that is possessed of land in copyhold. TO COPY, kôp'pè. v. a. To transcribe, to wate after an original; to imitate, to propose in imitation. To COPY, kôp'pé. v. n. thing in imitation of something else. COPYER, kôp'pé-år. 2 COPYIST, kôp'pé-ist.

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To Coquet, kó-ket'. v. a. (415). To treat with an appearance of amorous tenderness.

COQUETRY, ko-kèt'rè. s. Affectation of amorous advances.

COQUETTE, ko-kết.s. A gay, airy girl,

who endeavours to attract notice. CORACLE, kor'â-kl. s. A boat used in Wales by fishers. CORAL, koral. a. Red coral is a plant of great hardness and stony nature while growing in the water, as it is after long exposure to the air; the piece of coral which children use as a plaything.

We sometimes hear this word pronounced Curral; but this is contrary to all our pronouncing Dictionaries, and ought to be avoided.

(559).-Fate, får, fåll, fât;-me, mêt ;-pine, pin ;—

CORALLINE, koral-in. a. (150). Con-]
sisting of coral.

CORALLINE, kôr′âl-in. s. Coralline is
a sea-plant used in medicine.
CORALLOID, or CORALLOIDAL, kôr'ai-

loid, kör-al-loid'âl. a. Resen biing

coral.

COKANT, ko-rant'. s. A nimble spright

ly dance

CORBAN, korban. s. (168). An ains
basket, a gift, an almis.

CORBEILS, korbélz. s. Little baskets
used in fortification, filled with earth.
CORBEL, kor'bél. s. In architecture, the
representation of a basket.
CORD, kord. s. A rope, a string; a
quantity of wood for fuel; a pile eight
feet long, four high, and four broad.
CORD-MAKER, kórd'må-kůr. s. One
whose trade is to make ropes, a ropemaker.
CORD-WOOD,
kord'wůd. S. Wood piica
up for fuel.
To CORD, kord. v. a. To bind with ropes.
CORDAGE, korʼdidje. s. (90). A quan-
tity of cords.

part of any thing; the inner part of a fruit, which contains the kernel; the matter contained in a boil or sore. CORIACEOUS, kò-ré-á'shủs. a. Consisting of leather; of a substance resembling leather. CORIANDER, ko-ré-ân'dür. s. (98). A s. CORINTH, kůr'rân. s. plant.

A small fruit commonly called currant, which see. CORINTHIAN, ko-rin'th-an. s. Is gene

raily reckoned the fourth of the five or-
ders of architecture.

CORK, kork. S. A glandiferous tree, in
all respects like the ilex, excepting the
bark; the bark of the cork tree used for
stopples; the stoppie of a bottle.
To CORK, körk. v. a. To put corks

imo bottles.

CORKING-PIN, kor-king-pin'. s. A pin of the largest size. CokKY, hol'ke. a. Consisting of cork. CORMORANT, kor'mo-rånt. s. - A bird that preys upon fish; a glutton. CORN, korn. s. The seeds which grow in ears, not in pods; grain unreapéd; grain in the ear, yet unthreshed; an excrescence on the foot, hard and painful. To CORN, korn. v. a. To salt, to sprinkle with salt; to form into small grains. ACORN-FIELD, korn'fèeld. s. A field where corn is growing. CORN-FLAG, kumlag. s. A plant; the

CORDED, kor'dêd. a.
Made of ropes.
CORDELIER, kòr-dé-lèèr'. s. (275). A
Franciscan friar, so named from the cord
which serves him for a cincture.
CORDIAL, kor'je-âl. s. (294) (376).

medicine that increases the force of the

leaves are like those of the fleur-de-lis. CORN-FLOOR, koin'flore. s. The Loor where corn is stored.

CORN-FLOWER, kom'fioù-ûr. s.

blue-bottle.

The

CORN-LAND, Korn'iând. s. Land appropriated to the production of grain.

grind corn into neal.

heart, or quickens the circulation; any medicine that increases strength; any thing that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates. There is certainly a tendency in the das well as in the t to slide into a soft hissing sound when preceded by the accent, and followed by a diphthong or a diphthongal vowel, commencing with the sound of e. This is evident by the current pronunciation of immediate, verdure, &c. as it writORN-MILL, korn'mil. s. A n.ill to ten inmejiate, verjure, &c. (294); and this pronunciation is so agreeable to the genius of our language, that the organs slide into it insensibly. Mr. Sheridan, in order to mark this sound, has adopted the spelled the word Cor-dyal: and if y is here articulated as a consonant, as is inter ded, its connexion with d produces a sound so near the hiss in Cor-je-al, as to be with ifliculty distinguished from it. CORDIAL, korje-ål. a. Reviving, invigorating; sincere, hearty. CORDIALITY, kor-jè-âl'é-té. s. Relation to the heart; sincerity.

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CORDIALLY, korje-al-lè. ad. Sincerely,

heartily.

CORE, kore. s. The heart; the inner

CORN-PIPE, korn'pipe. s. A pipe made by slitting the joint of a green stalk of

corn.

korn'tshånd-lür.

CORNCHANDLER,
One that retails corn.

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A man

CORNCUTTER, körnʼkút-tůr. s.
whose profession it is to extirpate corns
from the foot.

CORNEL, körʼněl.
CORNELIAN-TREE, kòr-né'lé-ân-tr¿¿.
s. The Cornel-tree beareth the fruit com-
monly called the cornelian cherry.

CORNEOUS, kor'né-us. a. Herney, of a
substance resen.bling horn.

CORNER, kor'nůr. s. (98). An angle;

no, move, nor, not ;-tube, tub, büll ;-ỏil ;-pound;—thin, THIS.

a secret or remote place; the extremities, the utmost limit. CORNER-STONE, kórʼnûr-stóne'. s. The stone that unites the two walls at the cor

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CORNIGEROUS, kor-nidje'è-rûs. a. Horned, having horns.

CORNUCOPIA, kór-nů-ko'pé-è. s. The horn of plenty.

Italian. A

To CORNUTE, kor-nute'. v. a. To be-
stow horns, to cuckold.
CORNUTED, kor-nu'téd. a. Grafted with
Iorns, cuc olded.
CORNUTO, kor-ni’tỏ. 5.
man horned, a cuckold.
CORNY, kor'ně. a. Strong or hard like
horn, horny; producing grain or corn.
COROLLARY, kor'ò-lár-é. s. (168). The
conclusion; an inference.

Dr. Johnson, Mr. Sheridan, Dr. Ash, W. Johnston, Buchanan, Entick, and Smith, accent this word on the first; and Dr. Kenrick, Scott, Perry, and Bailey, on the second syllable. The weight of authority is certainly for the accentuation I have adopted, and analogy seems to confirm this authority. For as the word is derived from Corollarium, with the accent on the antepenultimate, our pronunciation of this word generally lays an additional accent on the first syllable, which, when the word is shortened by dropping a syllable in Corollary, becomes the principal accent, as in a thousand other instances.-See

ACADEMY.

CORONAL, kôr'ò-nál. s. (168). A crown, a garland.

CORONAL, kor-o'nál. a. Belonging to
the top of the head.

CORONARY, kôr'ò-nâr-é. a. Relating to
a crown; it is applied in anatomy to ar-
teries fancied to encompass the heart in
the manner of a garland.
CORONATION, kôr-b-na'shun. s. The act

or solemnity of crowning a king; the pomp or assembly present at a coronation. An officer CORONER, kor'o-nůr. s.

whose duty it is to inquire how any violent death was occasioned. CORONET, kôr'ó-nêt. s. An inferior crown worn by the nobility.

CORPORAL, korpo-räl. s. (168). The
lowest officer of the infantry; a low sea-
officer.

CORPORAL, kor'po-râl. a. Relating to
the body, belonging to the body; materi-
al, not spiritual.
CORPORALITY, kör-pò-râl'è-tè. s. The
quality of being embodied.
CORPORALLY, kór'po-rai-é. ad. Bodily.
CORPORATE, kor'po-råte. a. (91). Unit-
ed in a body or community.
CORPORATION, kòr-po-rà'shún. s. A
body politick.

CORPOREAL, kór-po'rẻ-âl. a. Having a
body, not immaterial.
CORPOREITY, kór-pó-rè'è-tè. s. Mate-
riality, body.iness.

CORPS, kore. s. Plural, korz. A body

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dead body, a corse.
CORPULENCE, kor'pu-lênse.
CORPULENCY, kor'pu-lén-sé."
kiness of body, fleshiness.
CORPULENT, kor'pú-lent. a. Fleshy,
bulky.

CORPUSCLE, kòr'půs-sl. s. (351) (405).
A small body, an atom.
CORPUSCULAR, kor-pås'ku-lâr.
CORPUSCULARIAN, kör-pûs-ku-
la'ré-ân.

a.

Relating to bodies, comprising bodies. To CORRADE, kôr-råde'. v. a. (168). To rub off, to scrape together. CORRADIATION, kör-ra-de-a'shůn.s. A conjunction of rays in one point. To CORRECT, kôr-rêkt'. v. a. To punish, to chastise; to amend; to obviate the qualities of one ingredient by another. Revised or CORRECT, kor-rekt'. a.

finished with exactness. CORRECTION, kôr-rêk'shůn. s. Punishment, discipline; amendment; that which

COR

(559)-Fate, får, fåll, fât;-mè, mêt;-pine, pin ;

is substituted in the place of any thing CORRIVAL,kör-ri'val.s.Rival,competitor. wrong; reprehension; abatement of nox- CORRIVALRY, kör-rı'väl-rè. s. Competi ious qualities, by the addition of something

contrary. CORRECTIONER, kôr-rêk'shûn-ůr. s. A jail-bird. Obsolete. CORRECTIVE, kôr-rêk'tiv.

tion.

CORROBORANT, kôr-rôb'ò-rânt. a. Having the power to give strength. TO CORROBORATE, kôr-rôb'o-råte. v. a. a. (157). Having the power to alter or obviate any To confirm, to establish; to strengthen, bad qualities. to make stong. CORRECTIVE, kôr-rèk'tiv. s. That which. CORROBORATION, kôr-rûb-d-rá'shůn. s. has the power of altering or obviating any CORROBORATIVE, kōr-rôb'o-rà-uv. a. The act of strengthening or confirming. thing amiss; limitation, restriction. CORRECTLY, kôr-rékt'lė. ad. Accu-To CORRODE, kûr-ròde'. v. a. Having the power of increasing strength. rately, exactly. To eat

CORRECTNESS, kôr-rêkt'nês. s. Accu-
racy, exactness.
CORRECTOR, kôr-rêk'tår. s. (98). He
that amends or alters, by punishment; he
that revises any thing to free it from faults;
such an ingredient in a composition as
guards against or abates the force of an-
other.

TO CORRELATE, kôr-rè-låte'. v. n. To
have a reciprocal relation, as father and
son. See COUNTERBALANCE.
CORRELATE, kôr're-låte. s.
stands in the opposite relation.

One that

CORRELATIVE, kôr-rẻl'a-tîv. a. Having a reciprocal relation. CORRELATIVENESS, kôr-rêl'â-tiv-nês. s. The state of being correlative. CORREPTION, kor-rep'shin. s. Chiding, reprehension, reproof.

TO CORRESPOND, kör-rẻ-spond'. v. n. To suit, to answer, to fit; to keep up commerce with another by alternate letters. CORRESPONDENCE, kor-rèspon'dense. CORRESPONDENCY, kôr-rdspon'den-se.

s. Rela

tion, reciprocal adaptation of one thing to another; intercourse, rici cal intelli

gence; friendship, interchange of offices

or civilities.

CORRESPONDENT, kôr-rẻ-spôn'dént. a.
Suitable, adapted, answerable.-See To
COLLECT.

a.

CORRESPONDENT, kôr-rè-spôn'dênt. s. One with whom intelligence or commerce is kent up by mutu 1 messages or letters. CORRESPONSIVE, kôr-r-spon'siv. Answerable, adapted to any thing. CORRIDOR, Kor-re-dore'. s. The covert way lyne round a fortification: a gallery or long isle round about a building. CORRIGIBLE, horrẻ-iề-bl. a. (405). That which may be altered or amended; unishable.-See To COLLECT.

away by degrees, to wear away gradually. CORRODENT, kôr-ro'dent. a. Having the power of corroding or wasting. CORRODIBLE, kôr-ro’dé-bi. a. (405).

Possible to be consumed.

S.

CORROSIBILITY, kôr-ro-se-bil'è-tè.
Possibility to be consumed by a menstruum.
CORROSIBLE, kôr-ro'sè-bl. a. (405).
Possible to be consumed by a menstruum.
CORROSIBLENESS, kör-ro'sé-bl-nés.
Susceptibility of corrosion.
CORROSION, kôr-ro'zhůn. s. (451). The
power of eating or wearing away by degrees.
CORROSIVE, kôr-ro'siv. a. (428). Hav-

S.

ing the power of wearing away; having the quality to fret or vex. CORROSIVE, kor-rò'siv. s. (140). That which has the quality of wasting any thing away; that which has the power of giving pain.

CORROSIVELY, kôr-ro'siv-lė. ad. Like a
corrosive; with the power of corrosion.
CORROSIVENESS, kôr-ro'siv-nës. s. The
quality of corroding or eating away, acri-
mony.

CORRUGANT, kor'rù-gânt. a. (503). Hav-
To CORRUGATE, kôr'rù-gåte. v. a. (91).
ing the power of contracting into wrinkles.
CORRUGATION, kôr-ru-ga'shun. s. Con-
To wrinkle or purse up.

traction into wrinkles.
TO CORRUPT, kôr-růpt'.v.a. Toturn from
a sound to a putrescent state, to infect; to
deprave, to destroy integrity, to vitiate.
TO CORRUPT, kôr-råpt'. v. n. To become
putrid, to grow rotten.-See To COLLECT.
CORRUPT, kôr-rûpt'. a. Vicious, taint-
ed with wickedness.
CORRUPTER, kôr-růp'tůr. s. He that
taints or vitiates.

CORRUPTIBILITY, kôr-rûp-té-Lil'è-të. s.
Possibi: ty to be corrupted.
CORRUPTIBLE, kôr-rûp'tè-bl. a. (405).
Susceptibility of corruption; possible to
be vitiated.

solete.

COSMETICK, kôz-měť'ik. a. Beautifying. COSMICAL, kôz'me-kâl. a. Relating to the world; rising or setting with the sun.

—nỏ, mỏve, nor, nôt ;-tube, tåb, båll ;—ôll ;—pound;-thin, THIS. Some affected speakers have done all in CoSIER, koʻzhċ-ůr. s. A botcher. Ob. their power to remove the accent of this word from the second to the first syllable; thanks to the difficulty of pronouncing it in this manner, they have not yet effected their purpose. Those who have the least! regard for the sound of their language, ought to resist this novelty with all their might; for if it once gain ground, it is sure to triumph. The difficulty of pronouncing it, and the ill sound it produces, will recommend it to the fashionable world, who are as proud to distinguish

COSMICALLY, kûz'mé-kâl-¿. ad. With

the sun.

COSMOGONY, köz-môg'go-né. (518).

The rise or birth ofthe world, the creation. COSMOGRAPHER, kôz-môg'grå-fir. s. (518). One who writes a description of the world.

(509). Relating to a general description of the world.

themselves by an oddity in language as in COSMOGRAPHICAL, kôz-mo-grâfè-kâl.a. dress. See INCOMPARABLE. CORRUPTIBLENESS, kôr-rup'tè-bl-nės. s. Susceptibility of corruption. CORRUPTIBLY, kôr-rap'té-blé. ad. such a manner as to be corrupted.

In

CORRUPTION, kôr-råp'shin. s. The principle by which bodies tend to the separation of their parts; wickedness, perversion of principles; putrescence; matter or pus in a sore; the means by which any thing is vitiated, depravation. CORRUPTIVE, kôr-růp'tiv. a. Having the quality of tainting or vitiating. CORRUPTLESS, kôr-růpt'lės. a.

COSMOGRAPHICALLY,

kôz-mo-graf'¿kal-e. ad. In a manner relating to the structure of the world.

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S.

COSMOGRAPHY, kôz-môg'grâ-fè. s. The science of the general system of the world; COSMOPOLITAN, kôz-mo-pôl'ê-tân. a general description of the universe.(518). COSMOPOLITE, kôz-môp'o-lite. (156). A citizen of the world, one who is at home in every place. Insus-COST, kost. s. The price of any thing; charge, expense; loss, detriment. To COST, kôst. v. n. To be bought for, COSTAL, kôs'tal. a. Belonging to the ribs. to be had at a price. COSTARD, kôs'tård. s. A head, an ap→

ceptible of corruption, undecaying. CORRUPTLY, kor-ript'lè. ad. With corruption, with taint; viciously, contrary to purity. CORRUPTNESS, kôr-ript'nês. s. The quality of corruption, putrescence; vice. CORSAIR, kor'såre. s. (168). A pirate. CORSE, korse. s. Poetically. A dead body, a carcass.

ple round and bulky like the head. COSTIVE, kos'tiv. a. (157). Bound in the body; close. COSTIVENESS, kôs'tiv-nês. s. The state of the body in which excretionis obstructed. CoSTLINESS, kost'lé-nès. s. Sumptuousness, expensiveness.

COSTLY.kost'le.a. Sumptuous,expensive. Re-Cor, kôt. s. A small house, a hut, a

CORSLET, kors'let. s. A light armour
for the fore-part of the body.
CORTICAL, kor'té-kál. a. Barky, be-
longing to the rind.
CORTICATED, kor'tè-kà-têd. a.
sembling the bark of a tree.
CORTICOSE, kor-té-kose'. a. Full of bark.
CORVETTO, kôr-vět'tó. s. The curvet.
CORUSCANT, ko-rus'kânt. a. Glittering
by flashes, flashing.
CORUSCATION, kôr-is-ka'shun. s. Flash,
quick vibration of light.

CORYMBIATFD, ko-rim'bé-a-têd.

a.

a.

Garnished with branches of berries. CORYMBIFEROUS, kôr-im-bif'êr-is. Bearing fruit or berries in bunches. CORYMBUS, ko-rim'bus. s. Amongst

ancient botanists, clusters of berries: amongst modern botanists, a compounded

discous flower; such are the flowers of daisies and common marygolds.

The tan

mean habitation. COTANGENT, kỏ-tân'iênt. s. gent of an arch which is the complement COTEMPORARY, kò-têm'pó-râ-rẻ. of another to ninety degrees. COTILLION, kỏ-til-yồng'. s. Living at the same time, coetaneous.

a.

French.

A club, a so

A l'ind of dance. See ENCORE. COTERIE, ko-tur-ré'. s. ciety. Ash. COTLAND, kôt'lånd. s. Land appendant to a cottage.

COTQUEAN, kôt'kwène. s.

A man who busies himself with women's affairs.

COTTAGE, kôt'tåge. s. (90). A hut, a

mean habitation.

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