Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CORV'US, n. [L. corvus, a raven.]

1. In astronomy, a constellation of the southern hemisphere, containing nine stars.
2. A military engine or galley used by the Romans for boarding ships in war. It was a strong platform of boards at the prow, movable as on a spindle, and thrown over the side of the enemy's vessel when grappled. – Encyc.

COR-Y-BAN'TIC, a.

Madly agitated; inflamed like the Corybantes, the frantic priest of Cybele. – Cudworth.

COR-Y-DAL'IN-A, n. [or COR-Y-DA'LIA, or COR-YD'A-LINE.]

An alkaloid obtained from the root of Corydalis tuberosa.

COR'YMB, n. [L. corymbus; Gr. κορυμβος.]

Primarily, a top, head, or cluster. In modern botany, a species of inflorescence, in which the lesser or partial flower stalks are produced along the common stalk on both sides, and though of unequal length, rise to the same highth, so as to form an even surface; as in Spirræa opulifolia, scurvy-grass, &c. – Milne. Martyn.

CO-RYM'BI-A-TED, a.

Garnished with corymbs.

CO-RYM-BIF'ER-OUS, a. [L. corymbifer; corymbus and fero, to bear.]

Producing corymbs; bearing fruit or berries in clusters, or producing flowers in clusters. – Milne.

CO-RYM'BOUS, a.

Consisting of corymbs; in clusters. – Barton. Lee.

CO-RYM'BU-LOUS, a.

Having or consisting of little corymbs. – Barton.

COR'Y-PHENE, n.

A fish with a sloping truncated head, and the dorsal fin extending the whole length of the back. – Pennant.

COR-Y-PHE'US, n. [Gr. κορυφαιος.]

The leader of a chorus; the chief of a chorus; the chief of a company; any chief or leader. – South.

COS-CI-NOM'AN-CY, n. [Gr. κοσκινον, a sieve, and μαντεια, divination.]

The art or practice of divination, by suspending a sieve and taking it between two fingers, or by fixing it to the point of a pair of shears, then repeating a formula of words, and the names of persons suspected. If the sieve trembles, shakes or turns, when any name is repeated, the person is deemed guilty. This divination is mentioned by Theocritus, and is said to be still practiced in some parts of England. The practice and the name are strangers in America.

CO-SE'CANT, n. [See Secant.]

In geometry, the secant of an arc which is the complement of another to ninety degrees. – Encyc.

CO-SEN'TIENT, a.

Perceiving together.

CO'SIER, n. [Fr. cousu, coudre.]

A botcher. [Not used.] – Shak.

COS'IN-AGE, n. [s as z. Fr. cousinage, kindred. See Cousin.]

In law, a writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered and abated, after the death of the tresail, or the grandfather's grandfather, or other collateral relation. – Blackstone.

CO'-SINE, n. [See Sine.]

In geometry, the sine of an arc which is the complement of another to ninety degrees.

COS-MET'IC, a. [s as z. Gr. κοσμητικος, from κοσμος, order, beauty.]

Beautifying; improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the skin.

COS-MET'IC, n.

Any preparation that renders the skin soft, pure and white, and helps to beautify and improve the complexion. – Encyc.

COS'MIC, a.

Cosmical; relating to the universe.

COS'MIC-AL, a. [s as z. Gr. κοσμικος, from κοσμος, order, the world.]

1. Relating to the world, or to the whole system of visible bodies, including the earth and stars.
2. In astronomy, rising or setting with the sun; not acronical. – Encyc.

COS'MIC-AL-LY, adv.

With the sun at rising or setting; a star is said to rise or set cosmically, when it rises or sets with the sun.

COS-MOG'O-NIST, n. [See Cosmogony.]

One who treats of the origin or formation of the universe. – Enfield.

COS-MOG'O-NY, n. [s as z. Gr. κοσμογονια; κοσμος, world, γονη, generation.]

The generation, origin or creation of the world or universe. In physics, the science of the origin or formation of the universe. – Enfield. Encyc.

COS-MOG'RA-PHER, n. [See. Cosmography.]

One who describes the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth.

COS-MO-GRAPH'IC, or COS-MO-GRAPH-IC'AL, a.

Relating to the general description of the universe.