Corinthian 
human ngurrs, rosrtlrs, ronw-ntioriali/i''! foli;ii;r, aii'l tin- 
liki painli-il iii lihn-k ami 'lull ml or vinli-t up"" the clay 
l.l till- V;lsr as a iiniUllil. 
II. n. 1. An inhabitant of Corinth. Hence 
2. A gay, licentious person; an adventur- 
er; arufllaii; a bully. [Old slang.] 
A Ci.i'i' nll.nni. a l;l nf ..... till-. Slink., I lien. IV., II. 4. 
Who is till* xalltmt, hiiiu-st Mike? -is he a Corinthian 
:l .-utter Ilk. tlusi-ir; N< ". Ki-nilwiirth. ill. 
3. A member o r tin- m-istocracy; specifically, 
:i <;entleni:in who steers Ins own yacht or rides 
his own horses. [ Kng. slaug.] Hence 4. An 
amateur ; specifically, an amateur sailor. 
It is t" i-.niiii i-ts . . . that the yachtsman may look for 
......... r tin- must valuable additions to the ranks of Co- 
/ i nt It "i IK, as Ihi'.sr \s 1 1" follow canoeingdo so from pure love 
ofspiirt. fiiri'xt ini'l Hti-fHin, XXI. 
Epistles to the Corinthians, the two epistles written by 
Hit- apo-,11.- 1',-iul t" tin- i-hiiivh tit Corinth. The first epls- 
II. I.. I In- Corinthians uiu-su.-li-arrr insight than any other 
portion of tin- New Testament into the institution, fci'l- 
ings, and opinions of the church of the earlier pt-rioil of 
the apostolic age. The second epistle is equally impor- 
tant in relation t o the history of the apostle himself. Often 
abbreviated Cur. 
Corinthianize (ko-rin'thi-an-iz), c. ;'.; pret. and 
pp. <'oriiitliiiinized,pi>r. Corintiii<i>ii~in(i. [< Co- 
riiitliiuu + -ice.] To live like the Corinthians ; 
hence, to lead a life of licentiousness and de- 
bauchery. 
The sensuality and licentiousness which had made the 
word ri<riHtliinui:r a synonym for self-indulgence and 
wantonness became roots of bitterness, strife, and immo- 
rality. /-.'/I.-.VI-. Brit., VI. 399. 
coriourt. An obsolete form of currier. 
CoriphilUS (ko-rif 'i-lus), . [NL. (Waglor, 
1830); more correctly Coriophilus, Sundevall, 
1873; also Coryjihilus, Gould, and Corythojthi- 
IHH, Agassiz; < Gr. icAptf, a bedbug, + 07/loj-, 
fond.] A genus of diminutive parrots, of the 
subfamily Lorina; or lories, of brilliant colora- 
tion. The leading species is C. tmtienms of Tahiti in the 
Society islands ; C. vtnaragdinijt of the Marquesas islands 
is HllothiT. 
Ooris (kor'is), n. [NL., < Gr. KO/uf, a bedbug, 
also a kind of St. Jolm's-wort, and a kind of 
fish.] 1. A genus of plants, natural order I'ri- 
mnlacew. There Is only one species, the blue maritime 
coris, C. Monxpelifiiaiji, which grows in the Mediterranean 
region. It is a thyme-like plant with a dense terminal 
raceme of purplish flowers. 
2. [/. c.] A plant of the genus Coris. 
Corisa (kor'i-sft), n. [NL. (Amyot and Serville, 
1843), irreg. <Gr. utipic,, a bedbug.] The typi- 
cal genus of r'&rwtVfe ; a 
large genus of aquatic 
bugs, including a ma- 
jority of the family. C. 
interrupts is a common 
American species, found 
in pools from New York 
to Brazil. 
Corisidae (ko-ris'i-de), 
M. pi. [NL., < Corisa + 
-iila!.] A family of het- 
eropterous hemipterous 
insects, the most aber- 
rant group of Heteropte- 
ra, typified by the genus 
Corisa. The head overlaps 
the front of tlu- prothorax, the 
two parts being closely map 
tatea ; the fore tarsi or palre are blade-like, beset with 
bristles on the edge, and ending in a slender claw ; and 
the short flat mouth is directed obliquely backward and 
ilowmvard. 
COrium (ko'ri-um), . ; pi. curia (-a). [< L. co- 
riiun, a hide, leather. Hence ult. E. coriaceous, 
ciiirtisii, quarry'*, q. v.] 1. In a>Mt., the inner- 
most layer of the skin ; the cutis vera or true 
skin, as distinguished from the cuticle or scarf- 
skin ; the derma, as distinguished from the epi- 
dermis ; the enderon, as distinguished from the 
ocderon. See cut under skin. 2. In entimt., 
the basal portion of the hemelytron of a het- 
oroptprous insect, distinguished by its horny 
texture from the terminal portion or membrane. 
S ...... ut under clarus. 
corival (ko-ri'val), n. [< co- 1 + rival, n. Cf. 
riirrii-nl.] A rival or fellow-rival; acompetitor; 
a corrival. 
\ ' "i!ip<-tit*>r and en-rival with the king. 
Bafim, Charge at Session for the Verge. 
Co-rii<ti[, though u*,-.l a^ synonymous with rival and cor- 
rival. is a different word. Two persons or more rivalling 
another ar. tin- only true co-rimli. Latham. 
Corisa interrtipta. 
( Line shows natural size. ) 
COrivalt, c. t. See nir 
corivalryt, corivalshipt. See corrivalry, cor- 
rivalsltfp. 
cork 1 (kork), . and a. [< ME. cork (in comp. 
frk-hark, fork-trc) = D. kork, kurk (T. kork^= 
Dan. Sw. kork, < Sp. corcho, cork, < L. cortex 
1267 
(rortie-), hark, particularly the bark of the cork- 
tree (which was called suber, > suber, cork) : we 
rorti'f,] I. M. 1. A species of oak, l^nrn-us Siibi-r, 
growing in the south of Kurope (especially in 
Spain and Portugal) and in the north of Africa, 
having a thick, rough bark, for the sake of which 
it is often planted. It grows to the height of from 
20 to 40 feet, and yields bark every 6 to 10 yen rs 
for 150 years. 2. The outer bark of this oak. 
which is very light aiid elastic, and is used for 
many purposes, especially for stoppers for bot- 
tles and casks, for artificial legs, for inner soles 
of shoes, for floats of nets, etc. it growa to a 
tliii-kiirs* "f "in- <>r two inches, and after removal is re- 
placed by a gradual annual growth from the original i-nrk 
cambium. Burnt cork or Spanish black in used an an 
artiste' pigment, and was formerly employed lu incilii im . 
Finely powdered cork has been used as an absorbent, 
under the name of tuberin. 
3. In hot., a constituent of the bark of most 
phtenogamous plants, especially of dicotyle- 
dons. It constitutes the inner growing layer knon n as 
cork cambium, cork meristem, or phellogen, the outer 
dead portion constituting the bulk of the bark. (Si-i- 
tmrk-.) It may also occur within the stem itself, and is 
often formed in the repair of wounds lu plant*. 
4. Something made of cork. Specifically (a) A 
cork heel or sole in a shoe. 
When she gaed up the tolbooth stairs. 
The corla frae her heels did flw. 
The Qiirens Marie (Child's Ballads, HI. 118). 
t '>) A stopper or bung for a bottle, cask, or other vessel, cut 
out of cork ; also, by extension, a stopper made of some 
other substance : as, a rubber corlc. (c) A small float of 
cork used by anglers to buoy up their flshiug-lines or to 
indicate when a flsh bites or nibbles ; by extension, any 
such float, even when not made of cork. Fossil cork. 
See foiiril. Mountain cork, a variety of asbestos. Vel- 
vet cork, the best quality of cork-bark. It is of a pale- 
reddish color and not less than an inch and a half thick. 
II. a. Made of or with cork ; consisting wholly 
or chiefly of cork. cork carpet. See kamptuliron. 
Cork jacket, a contrivance in the form of a jacket 
without sleeves, padded with pieces of cork, designed to 
buoy up a person in the water. Cork lace. See larr. 
cork 1 (k&rk), r. t. [< corfcl, .] 1. To stop or 
bung with a piece of cork, as a bottle or cask ; 
confine or make fast with a cork. 2. To stop 
or check as if with a cork, as a person speak- 
ing; silence suddenly or effectually: generally 
with up : as, this poser corked him up ; cork 
(yourself) up. [Humorous slang.] 3. To 
blacken with burnt cork, as the face, to repre- 
sent a negro. 
cork 2 t, [Sc. corkie ; < ME. corke.] A bristle ; 
in the plural, bristles ; beard. 
His licnlr was brothy and blake, that title his brest rechede, 
Crassede as a mereswyne with eorkei fulle huge. 
Marie Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1091. 
cork 3 (k6rk), n. A corruption of caW. fU. 8.] 
cork 4 (kdrk), n. [Also written korker; < Norw. 
korkje ; supposed to be a corruption of orchil : 
see orchil.] The name given in the Highlands 
of Scotland to the lichen Lccanora tartarca, 
yielding a crimson or purple dye. See cudbear. 
corkage (k6r'kaj),n. [< cork 1 + -age.] 1. The 
corking or uncorking of bottles; hence, the 
serving of wine or other bottled beverages in 
hotels and inns. Specifically 2. A charge 
made by hotel-keepers and others (a) for the 
serving of wine and liquors not furnished by 
the house, or (6) for the corking and re-serving 
of partly emptied bottles. 
cork-bark (k6rk'biirk), it. [ME. corkbarke; < 
fork 1 + bark 2 .] Same as cork 1 , 2. 
cork-black (kdrk'blak), n. See black. 
cork-board (kork'bord), . A kind of straw- 
board or cardboard in which ground cork is 
mixed with the paper-pulp. It is light, elastic, 
and a non-conductor of heat and sound. 
corkbrain (kdrk'bran), n. A light, empty-head- 
ed person. Nares. 
\\ . iire slightly esteem'd by some giddy-headed cork- 
brniiu. John Taylor, Works (1030). 
cork-brained (kdrk'brand), a. Light-headed; 
empty-headed; foolish. John Taylor. 
COrk-CUtter (kork'kut'er), n. 1. One whose 
trade is the making of corks. 2. A tool for 
cutting cork; specifically, a hard brass tube 
sharpened at one end for cutting corks from 
sheet-cork. 
corked (k&rkt), p. a. [< corkl -4- -rf2.] 1. 
Stopped with a cork. 2. Fitted with cork; 
having a cork heel or sole. 
A corked shoe or slipper. Huloet. 
And tread on corktd stilt* a prisoner's pace. 
Bp. Hall, Satires, iv. 6. 
3. Having acquired the taste of cork ; corky : 
as, corked wine. 
A bottle of claret was brought. . . . Philip, tasting his 
glass, called out, "Faugh! It's corktd!" "So it is, and 
very badly corked." growls my lord. 
Thackeray, Philip, xviii. 
corm 
corker (kor'ker), H. 1. One who or that which 
corks. 2. In miimif., an iiistriinn-iit to stretch 
women's shoes. 3. [Literally, th:il whieh rorks 
or stops the discussion.] An unanswerable fact 
or argument ; that which makes further <li- 
gion or action unnecessary or impossible ; a set- 
tler. [Slang.] 4. A successful examination ; 
a "rush." [College slang, U. 8.] 
cork-fossil (kork'fos'il), n. A variety of am- 
liliiliole or hornblende, resembling vegetable 
eork. It is (lie lightest of all minerals. 
corkiness (kor'ki-ues), n. [< corky + -ness.] 
The quality of being like cork; lightness with 
elasticity. 
corking-pin (k6r'king-pin), n. A pin of a large 
si/e, said to have been formerly used for fixing 
a woman's head-dress to a cork mold. 
She took a large corking-pin out of her sleeve, and with 
the point directed towards her, pinned the plaits all fast 
together a little above the hem. Sterne. 
cork-leather (kork'leTH'er), . Afabric formed 
of two sheets of leather with a thin layer of 
cork between them, the whole being glued and 
pressed together. 
cork-machine (kork'ma-shen'), n. A machine 
for making corks. 
cork-oak (k6rk'6k'), n. See cork-tree. 
cork-press, cork-presser (kfirk'pres, -pres'er), 
n. A device for compressing corks, to cause 
them to enter the necks of bottles easily. 
cork-pull (kork'pul), n. A device for extract- 
ing corks from bottles when they have fallen 
below the neck. 
corkscrew (kork'skro), n. and a. I. n. A tool 
consisting of a helicoidal piece or "screw" of 
steel, with a sharp point and a transverse han- 
dle, used to draw corks from bottles. 
II. n. Having the form of a corkscrew; spi- 
ral : as, a corkscrew curl. 
She came down the corkxcrew stairs, and found Phoebe 
in the parlor arranging the tea-things. 
.i/<-.. (iaxkell, Sylvia's Lovers, xxxii. 
corkscrew (kork'skro), v. t. [< corkscrew, n.] 
To cause to move like a corkscrew ; direct or 
follow out in a spiral or twisting way. 
Catching sight of him, Mr. Bantam corktcrtvxd his way 
through the crowd, and welcomed him with ecstasy. 
Dickent, Pickwick, xxxv. 
cork-tree (kdrk'tre), n. [< ME. cork-tre.] The 
(fuercus Suber, the outer bark of which is the 
substance cork. Also called cork-oak. Brazil- 
ian cork-tree, a Mgnoniaceous shrub, Tabebuia vliyinota, 
the soft wood of which is used as a substitute for cork. 
East Indian cork-tree, Millingtonia horttnuu, a large 
tree of the same order, with large white fragrant flowers, 
cultivated in avenues and gardens. 
corkwood (kork'wud), n. One of several West 
Indian trees with light or porous wood, as the 
Anona paluKtris, Ochroma Lagopus, Paritium tili- 
aceum, and I'isonia obtusata Corkwood cotton. 
See cottonl. 
corky (kor'ki), a. [< corfci -I- -yi.] 1. Of the 
nature of cork ; resembling cork ; hence, shriv- 
eled; withered. 
Bind fast his corky arms. Shak., I/ear, ill. 7. 
The layers of the bark are rarely well marked, and 
they generally become soon obliterated by irregular corky 
growths In the substance of the bark itself. 
Bejuey, Botany, p. 448. 
2. Tasting of cork; corked: usually said of 
wines : as, a corky flavor, 
corlewt, " An obsolete form of curlew. 
COrm (kdrm), n. [< NL. cormus, < Gr. Kop/i6f, 
the trunk of a tree with the boughs lopped off, < 
utipeiv (/ "xtp, *itop), cut, lop, shear: see shear.] 
Conn of Crocus, entire and cut longitudinally. 
1. In hot., a bulb-like, solid, fleshy subterra- 
nean stem, producing leaves and buds on the up- 
