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Seas are mostly composed of coral covered 

 with earth, and many more are in process 

 of being formed. 



CORALLIF'ERI, an order of coral-bearing 

 (coraUium and fero) polypi. The coralli- 

 feri constitute that numerous suite of 

 species which were long considered as 

 marine plants, and of which the indivi- 

 duals are in fact united in great numbers, 

 to constitute compound animals, mostly 

 fixed like plants, cither forming a stem 

 or simple expansions, by means of a solid 

 internal substance. Their volition and 

 their nourishment are in common ; what- 

 ever is eaten by one goes to the nutrition 

 of the general" body and all the other 

 polypi. 



CORAL'LINA, a generic name given by 

 Linnaeus to certain bodies which exist in 

 th? ocean, resembling the corals or poly- 

 piurs, both in substance and general form, 

 but in which polypi have not yet been dis- 

 covered. Some consider them as plants, 

 but others regard them, and with more 

 probability, as being inhabited by coral- 

 liferous polypi. 



CORALLINE. 1. The animal which se- 

 cretes and inhabits coral. 2. The coral- 

 Una officinalis, or C. alba, administered in 

 medicine as an anthelmintic, and popu- 

 larly known as sea-moss, white worm- 

 S'.-e.i, &c. 



COR'AL-RAG. In geology, a member of 

 the middle division of oolite. 



COR'AL-REEF, CORAL-ISLAND, a reef or 

 island formed chiefly of coral (q. v.), but 

 usually containing a large variety and 

 amount of shells and other marine mat- 

 tors. 



CO'RAM NO'BIS (Lat.) , before us : a law- 

 phrase. 



CORE, contracted from corban, an alms 

 basket ; a basket used in collieries. 



COR'BEIL, from Fr. corbeille, a basket. 

 In architecture, corbeils are sculptured 

 baskets of flowers or fruit sometimes 

 placed on the heads of caryatides. 



COH'BELS. In architecture, a row of 

 stones projecting from the wall to sup- 

 port the parapet in castellated and gothic 

 edifices, instead of brackets or modillions. 

 The term is also applied to a horizontal 

 row of stones and timber in a wall or 

 vault, to sustain the roof or floor ; also to 

 denote the vases of Corinthian capital 

 Corbel is moreover frequently used in the 

 same sense as corbtil (q. v.). 



COR'BEL-TABLE. In architecture, a series 

 of semicircular arches which cut one 

 another in a wall, supported by timbers 

 with their ends projecting out, and carved 

 into heads, faces, lion's heads, &c. 



CORCLE, Lat. corculum, a little heart 

 (cor, a heart) ; that point of a seed front 

 ivnich the life and organisation of the fu 

 ture plant originate, called also the em 

 bryo, or germ. 



CORD (Welsh). 1. A string or tmall rope 



2. A pile of firewood containing 128 



cubic feet, originally measured with a 



cord or line. The cord is 4 feet high, 4 



:eet broad, and 8 feet long. 



CORDELI'ERS, an order of friars so named 

 'rom the knotted card worn about their 

 middle. 



COR'DON. 1. In architecture, the edge 

 of a stone at the outside of a building. 

 2. In fortification, a row of stones 

 made round on the outside, and set be- 

 ween the wall of the fortress which lies 

 aslope, and the parapet which stands per- 

 pendicular. 



CORDOVAN*, a sort of leather made of 

 goatskin at Cordova in Spain. 



CORD'WAINER, Fr. cordonnier, a shoe- 

 maker, from cordovan (q. v.). Cordwainers 

 is the title under which the shoemakers 

 are incorporated. 



CORIA'CEOUS, Lat. coriaceus, leathery , 

 applied to leaves and pods that are thick 

 and tough without being pulpy or succu- 

 lent. 



CORIAN'DER, a name applied to both 

 species of the genus Coriandrum, but es- 

 pecially the C. sativum. 



CORIAN'DRUM, a genus of annual plants. 

 PentandriaDigynia. The C. sativum is a 

 native of Britain. Name xtfiavov, from 

 ;, a bug, which the fresh plant re 

 sembles in smell. 



CORIN'THIAN OR'DER. In architecture, 

 the noblest, richest, and most delicate 

 of the five orders, and so named because 

 first erected at Corinth. 



CORK, the outer bark (cortex) of a 

 species of oak, the Quercus suber, a tree 

 Men grows abundantly in the southern 

 provinces of France, Italy, Soain, Portu- 

 gal, and Barbary. 



CORK-JACKET, a jacket lined with thin 

 layers of cork, used by persons learning 

 to swim. 



CORK-TREE, the Quercus suber, which 

 closely resembles the Quercus ilex, or 

 evergreen oak. It lives to a great 

 age, and is periodically barked. See 

 CORK. 



COR'MORANT, a bird ; the pelicanus carlo, 

 Lin., and aquatic crow of Aristotle. Its 

 size is that of a goose. It breeds among 

 the rocks by the sea, and feeds on fish. 

 The name is corrupted from corpus mari- 

 nus, sea-raven. The French call it cor- 

 moran, a corruption of corbeau marin, on 

 account of its black colour. The "Welsh 

 call it morvran, sea-crow. 



CORN'AOE, from cornit, a horn ; an an- 

 cient tenure of lands which obliged the 

 occupant to give notice of an invasion by 

 blowing a horn. 



CORN'BRUSH, a provinciil name for a 

 coarse, shelly limestone, which occur* 

 Abundantly in Wiltshire. 



