Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CORS'ET, n. [Fr. from corse.]

A bodice; jumps; something worn to give shape to the body; used by ladies and dandies.

CORS'ET, v.t.

To inclose in corsets.

CORS'ET-ED, pp.

Confined in corsets.

CORS'ET-ING, n.

The act or practice of binding with corsets.

CORS'ET-ING, ppr.

Confining in corsets.

CORS'LET-ED, pp.

Encircled with a corselet.

CORS'LET-ING, ppr.

Encircling with a corselet.

CORS'NED, n. [Sax. corsnæde, comp. of corse, curse, and snæd, a mouthful, piece or bit. It is called also ned-bread, need-bread, bread of necessity.]

The morsel of execration, or curse; a piece of bread consecrated by exorcism, and to be swallowed by a suspected person, as a trial of his innocence. If guilty, it was supposed that the bread would produce convulsions and paleness, and find no passage. If innocent, it was believed it would turn to nourishment. – Blackstone.

COR-TEGE, n. [Fr. from the It. corteggio, from corte, court.]

A train of attendants.

COR'TES, n. [plur. from corte, court.]

The Spanish name of the States of the kingdom, composed of nobility, clergy and representatives of cities; the assembly of the States, answering, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain.

COR'TEX, n. [L.]

Bark, as of a tree.

COR'TIC-AL, a. [from L. cortex, bark. See Chart.]

Belonging to bark; consisting of bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; belonging to the external covering; as, the cortical part of the brain. – Cheyne. A cortical bud in plants proceeds from the scales of the bark. – Martyn.

COR'TI-CATE, or COR'TI-CA-TED, a. [L. corticatus, from cortex, bark.]

Resembling the bark, or rind of a tree. – Brown.

COR-TI-CIF'ER-OUS, a. [cortex and fero, to produce.]

Producing bark, or that which resembles it. Dict.

COR-TIC'I-FORM, a. [cortex and form.]

Resembling bark.

CORT'I-COSE, or CORT'I-COUS, a.

Barky; full of bark. – Dict.

COR'TILE, n. [It.]

The area or court-yard of a dwelling house. – Elmes.

CO-RUND'UM, n.

The corindon-harmophane of Haüy, corindon-adamantin of Brongniart, the korund of Werner, and the adamantine spar of Kirwan. It is octahedral, rhomboidal or prismatic. – Cleaveland. Ure.

CO-RUS'CANT, a. [See Coruscate.]

Flashing; glittering by flashes.

COR'US-CATE, v.i. [L. corusco, to flash.]

To flash; to lighten; to glitter. – Barlow.

COR-US-CA'TION, n. [L. coruscatio.]

1. A flash; a sudden burst of light in the clouds or atmosphere. – Bacon.
2. The light produced by the combustion of inflammable gas in the earth. – Newton. Artificial coruscations are produced by phosphorus and sulpharic acid, or by sulphuric acid and iron filings. – Encyc.

COR'VET, n. [Fr. corvette; Sp. corveta, a leap, a curvet, a boat.]

A sloop of war; an advice boat.

COR-VET'TO, n.

See CORVET.

COR'VINE, a. [From corvus.]

Pertaining to the crow.

COR'VO-RANT, n.

See CORMORANT.