A bridge ybullt In goodly !/ 
With curious Carvel and pendants graven falre. 
HMT, K. (i., IV. X.O. 
An abbreviated form of cor- 
Coralliophila 1261 
branchiate gastropodous nmllusk-, of the fam- coral-stitch (kor'al-stich), n. A stitch used in 
ilv f ;,riilli,n,l,ni,l,i: embroidery, which gives an irregular branched 
Ooralliophilidae (kor'a-H-o-firi-do), . ;./. appearance like that of fine coral, the thread 
[NL., < CoraUtopMla + -/.] A family of gas- being laid upon the surface and held in place "* T 
tropods, typified by the g.-n us <; vi//m/''"'"- by stitches taken at mtervals. corban (kor'ban), n. [Heb. korban, an offer- 
corallite (kor'u-lit), . [< coral (LL. coralhun) coral-tree (kor'al-tre), n. A plant of the legu- a 8 = cri(i < % araf l approach bring, offer. 
+ -itA] 1. Same as corallinite. 2. The cal- minous genus hruthrtna. , Tliere areeverl specie^ cf' W>r0( ,, m .j i. j,, ./, !,..,. : , M ,,1T( Ting ..f 
CMIVOIIS secretion or hard skeleton of a single 5f^r wlttiSSttlSSe lives Mid^-arlet spfkes'orpa- any sort to God, particularly in fulfilment of a 
individual coral polyp in a composite rural . )ili()lla ',.,. ()U]( dowers, followed 'by long constricted pods vow . TO the rules laid down in Lev. xxvii. and Num. 
mass, compound coral, or coral polypidom. ESSaf bright-red seeds. The coral-tree of India Is 
Also called cup-mnil. K- '<"''" ; ' the West Indies, K. CoraUadendron. 
The skeleton II,,,. forme,!, freed of its soft parts, U COral-WOpd (kor'al-wud), . A fine hard cab,- 
,,, coral and receives the name of a coraUite. . . . net-wood of bouth American origin, suscepti- 
The ooraUUu may be distinct and connected only by a ble of a fine polish. When first cut it is yel- 
sulistancc formed by calcilication of the c.cnosarc, which j ow jjut j t goon changes to a beautiful red or 
is termed ccenciicliyma ; or the tbecie may be imperfectly '. 
.1, icloiic, 1, and the septa of adjacent corallitc* run Into < 
,. another Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. is. coralwort (kor ' al-wert), n. 1. The popular 
iu*i n, n , lit'iki . r< wrallitr 4- id name of Z>e torm fr/frt/<?ra, a cruciferous plant 
coralhtic (kor-a-ht ik), a. [< * -c.J found ^ W0 ods and coppices in the southeast of 
Also called toothtcort or tooth^violet. 
( '(niainiiig or resembling coral. 
1 'I, e cum/;/ iV | marl ib |resi milling ivory, from AsiaMinor. 
C. O. M I'll' i. Manual of Archicol. (tram.), 309. 
Corallium (ko-ral'i-um), . [NL. (Lamarck, 
1801) (cf. LL.' ciiriilliiui, L. cordliitni, curalium). 
< Gr. MI/HI' '/.tov, Ionic novpaAiov, coral, esp. red 
coral: see coral.] The typical genus of corals 
of the family Coralliidw, containing only one 
species, C. rubrum, the red coral of commerce. 
See cut under {';///</'"" 
coralloid (kor'a-loid), a. and . [< coral + 
-aiil.] I. a. Resembling coral in form; branch- 
it, tfor otherwise shaped like coral ; eoralliform. 
Also cnrallhioid, coralloidal. 
II. . A polyzoan or moss-animalcule, as 
England. 
2. Same as coralroot. 
coral-zone (kor'nl-z6n),n. The depth of the 
sea at which corals abound ; a sea-zone in which 
corals flourish. 
coraml (ko-ra'mi), n. pi. [It., pi. of coram (> 
ML. coramen), orig. a hide, < L. curium, leather: 
see corium.] Wall-hangings of leather. They 
were in general use in the fifteenth and sixteenth cen- 
turies, and also at an earlier period. Such hangings are 
sometimes decorated with stamped patterns similar to 
those used for lxx>kbindings, and sometimes are richly 
embossed with a pattern in relief, colored, gilded, and 
silvered. The separate pieces of leather are necessarily 
xxx. concerning vows, the rabbins added the rule that a 
man might Interdict himself by vow not only from using 
for himself any particular object, for example food, but 
also from giving or receiving it. The thing thus inter- 
dicted was considered as corban. A person might thus 
release himself from any inconvenient obligation under 
plea of corban a practice which Christ reprehended, as 
annulling the spirit of the law. 
But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother It 
Is Corban, that Is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou might- 
est be profited by me ; he shall be free. Mark vli. 11. 
Orlgen's account of the cordon system ls tliat children 
sometimes refused assistance to parents on the ground that 
they had already contributed to the poor fund, from which 
they alleged their parents might be relieved. 
W. Smith, Bible Diet, 
2t. Same as corbana. 
The ministers of religion, who derive then- portion of 
temporals from his title, who live upon the corban, and 
eat the meat of the altar. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 18S5), I. 64. 
3. In the Coptic liturgy, the eucharistic oblate 
or host, divisible into nine parts, the central 
one of which is called the spoudicon. See des- 
poticon and pearl. 
-al.] Same as coralloid'. Sir T. Browne. 
Corallorhiza (kor"a-lo-ri'za), n. [NL., < LL. 
corallum (Gr. Ko/Mtiov), coral (see coral), + Gr. 
pif,a, a root.] A small genus of plants, natu- 
ral order Orchidaceas, consisting of brown or 
yellowish leafless herbs, parasitic on roots, and 
fo 
mua'to secure them at the corners by cbrbana (k6r-ba'na), n. [ML., var. of LL. cor- 
bond, perhaps < fleb. kvrbdn : see corban, 2.] 
In the early church, the treasury of the basilica, 
into which the alms and offerings of the faith- 
small, and it is common to secure them at the corners ny 
a boss or nail-head, which holds the corners of four squares 
at once. 
coram judice (ko'ram jo'di-se). [L. : coram, wm| 
prep., before the eyes, in presence, m sight, ful were c&rried and whence tfiey were trang . 
perhaps < c-, appar a relic of some prep., at or f d t fa bishop's house, 
'before,' + os (or-), the mouth, face, or the re- - - 
lated ora, edge, border (orig. lip, mouth T) (see 
era/) ; judice, abl. otjudex (judic-), a judge : see 
judicial, judge, n., etc.] Before a judge naving 
mill IM'lllTIB HIM, ITUIVU 1V illcwmv** 
zones, suggesting the color of coral, (n) Th 
cies of the genus Jalap*, as E. fulviu*, the harle 
icspe- 
fore ; nobis, abl. of nos, we, pi. of ego, I : see co- 
iuon" European 'species, Awhile C. multijlora and C. odonto. ram judice and ego.] Before us (that is, eon- 
riiim are frequent in the United states. structively, the king or queen) : a term used in 
corallum (ko-ral'um), n. [LL., red coral: see certain writs issued by the English Court of 
coral.] Coral; a coral; the skeleton of a coral King's or Queen's Bench. 
polypidom; the calcified tissue of the coralli- coram non judice (ko'ram nou jo" di-se). [L. : 
genous actinozoans. see coram judice and non.] Before one not the 
coral-mud (kor'al-mud), . Decomposed coral; proper judge; before one who has not legal ju- 
the sediment or mud formed by the disintegra- risdiction of the matter: a law term. 
tion of coral. COramparibus (ko'ram par'i-bus). [L.: coram, 
coral-plant (kor 'al -plant), . The Jatropha before; paribus, abl. pi. of par, equal: see 
iniillijidn, a tall 'euphorbiaceous plant, fre- coram. judice, and par, peer.] Before equals ; 
quently cultivated in the gardens of India for before one's peers : formerly used of the attes- 
its handsome scarlet flowers and deeply cut tation of deeds, which could be done in this 
foliage. way only. 
coral-rag (kor'al-rag), n. In geol., a provincial C0 ram populo (ko'ram pop'u-16). [L. : coram, 
term for the highest member of the middle before ; populo, abl. of popul'us, people : see co- 
ob'litic series, a variety of limestone containing ram judice and popular.] Before the people ; 
an abundance of petrified corals. in sight of spectators. 
coralroot (kor'al-rot), n. A plant of the genus C0 ran' t, . See currant 2 . 
Ci>rllrlii;ii. Also called coralwort. Goran 2 , . See Koran. 
coral-snake (kor'al-snak), n. One of many dif- coranach, See coronach. 
ferent serpents, some of which are venomous coranceHi /' Same as crants. 
and others not, which are marked with red when tnou hadst stolen her ,5^,,^ ,...,. 
Chapman (jf), Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany, v. 2. 
C0rance 2 t, See currant 2 . 
CorantM, a. and n. See couranfl, current 1 . 
corant 2 ti n. See couranf 2 . 
C0rant 3 t, An obsolete form of currant 2 . 
coranto 1 t, See courant 2 . 
coranto 2 , See conrnnt 3 . 
Coraz (ko'raks), n. [NL., <L. corax, < Gr. nopal-, 
a raven or crow, akin to L. corcus, a crow : see 
Corrus, corbie.] 1. A genus of ravens ; the spe- 
cific name of the common raven, Corrus corax, 
made a generic name by Bonaparte, 1850. See 
cut under raven. 2. A provisional genus name 
applied to certain minute triangular solid fossil 
sharks' teeth, chiefly of the Cretaceous age. 
Agassis, 1843. 3. In entom., same as Steropus. 
coray. . See korni/. 
corazint, corazinet (kor'a-zin), n. [< ML. cora- 
:ina,<. It. i-i>rd;-fi = F. cuirasse, cuirass: see 
cuirass.] A defensive garment for the body; 
the broigne or the gambeson. See these words. 
corb 1 (korb), n. [= D. korf= OHG. corfi, clinrb, 
cnrii, chorp, MHG. chorb, choreb, korp, G. korb 
= Dan. kurr = S\v. kr<j, perhaps < L. corWa, a 
basket.] If. A basket ; an alms-basket. Spe- 
cifically 2. In mining, a vessel of sheet-iron 
used iii raising coal from the bottom of the 
shaft ; a corf. 
[Also corbe, abbr. of corbel^, 
q. v.] In arch., a corbel. 
Walcott. 
An 
n. See corfc 2 . 
(kor'bel), n. [< F. corbeille, OF. cor- 
beille, f. (OF. also corbeil, m.), < LL. corW- 
cuhi, dim. of L. corbis, a basket: see corb 1 , 
' " ' 1. In fort., a small basket 
and cf. 
or gabion, to be 
filled with earth 
and set upon a 
parapet, to shel- 
ter men from the 
fire of besiegers. 
2. In arch, and 
decorative art, an 
ornament in the 
form of a basket 
containing flow- 
ers, fruits, etc. 
(kdr'- 
n. [F.] 
W 
3**- 
Coral-snake (Elaft ceratti*a). 
sn:ike of the southern I nitnl stat<-s, heantifiilly ringed 
with red, yellow, :ind black, and especially H. fnrnlliiiii. 
These sei-|>ents arc ]niison<ins. (/>) Various innocuous coin. 
Urine serpents, as of the genera Oxj/rhopm, Ouhibotu*, ___v2 VVAl-V.^ , 
and I'liocmut. (c) Some tortncine ser- C rD _l 
l-nts, as T,, tin's <.-ilt<tlr of South America. 
[Also 
corbeil, corbil, 
corbill (cf. cor- 
beil), < OF. cor- 
bel, F. corbeau, a 
corbel, prop, a 
little basket, = 
Pg. corbelha, f., 
ML. corbellu.i, 
m., corbella, t. 
(also corbuluM, 
m.), dim. of L. 
corbis, a basket: 
see corb 1 , core 2 , 
corbeil. Cf. cor- 
bet.] 1. Inarc/i., 
a piece of stone, 
wood, or iron 
projecting from 
the vertical face of a wall to support some su- 
perincumbent object. Corbels are of great variety 
in form, and are ornamented in many ways. They arc 
much used in medieval architecture, forming supports for 
the beams of floors and of roofs, the machicolations of 
fortresses, the labels of doors and windows, etc. 
The corbetU were carved grotesque and grim. 
Scott, U of L M., it 9. 
From the grinning eorbdi that support the balconies 
hang tufts of gem-bright ferns and glowing clove pinks. 
J. A. Symondt, Italy and Greece, p. 199. 
2. The vase or drum of the Corinthian column : 
so called from its resemblance to a basket. 3. 
In entom., the truncated oval tip of the tibia, 
when, as in many Itln/iiclii>i>hora, the insertion of 
the tarsus is a little above the tip on the inner 
side. The corbel is fringed with stiff hairs, and takes va- 
rious forms, which are important characters In ela- 
tion. It is said to be oprn when it is broken on the inner 
2 
Corbels. 
i, from palace of St. Louis, Paris. 13th 
century ; z. from church of Saint-Gilles-lez- 
Arlcs, France, tsth century. 
