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as it rifes, till it fends forth its branches at the top ; 
from the bafe it fends forth branched tubes,‘by which 
it adheres ; thefe tubes do not lelfen as they extend, but 
have an equal diameter their whole length. When the 
branches at the’ top are magnified, their calcareous emit, 
full oi pores, may be diftinguiftied. It is found in the 
American leas, many growing together, particularly near 
the Bahama iflands. 
37. Corallina nodulofa, the knotted coralline ; tricho- 
tomous, with very numerous knotted branches, and thick 
wedge-fhaped joints ; thofe at the divifions are broaded; 
the terminal ones tricufpidate or ovate. It is a foot and 
a half high, very bufhy, ftrong, and white : native of the 
Mediterranean Sea. 
3S. Corallina terredris, the land coralline ; this is very 
minute, hath oppofite branches, and cylindrical joints, 
with the appearance of lateral peduncled tranfverl'ely 
wrinkled fructifications. It is found in the woods of 
Friefland, only a few lines in height; and, being far re¬ 
moved from the fea, has induced molt naturalibs to con- 
lider it as a fpecies of flirubby lichen. It is, however, 
very polfible, that this may be the lab bage of animal 
nature, fo mixed or connected with the vegetable mat¬ 
ter, as thus i nfen.fi bly to unite the two moll noble de¬ 
partments of the creation. 
Many of our readers, perhaps, may be defirous of 
collecting fpme of the corallines for examination. The 
greateb variety are to be found on what are generally 
called rock-oyders, or upon thofe beds of oyfters that 
have been for lome time dmuled or negledted. Upon 
Tuch they feem to grow, as it were, in little groves. As 
foon as they are taken out of the fea, let them be put 
into fea-water; for the animals are of fo delicate a na¬ 
ture, that the air foon fhrivels them up. They mull be 
gently pulled from the (hells with a pair of pincers, 
taking hold of them where they adhere to the fliells; 
then put them into white earthen plates full of clear 
fea-water; and in about an hour, or perhaps lefs, they 
will recover, and begin to extend themfelves, and will 
fliew various incontellible proofs of animal life. For 
thefe obfervations a good magnifier will be necelfary. 
The annexed engraving exhibits a correCt view of feven 
of the molt rare and curious fpecies of coralline. Fig. 1. 
the trident; 2, the crefted or cock’s-comb coralline ; 3, 
the conglutinated, and 4, the large fan-lliaped coralline ; 
5, the graniferous coralline, greatly magnified to Ihew its 
egg-fhaped ovaries; 6, the flelhy coralline, bearing a 
nelt of i life ft s of the polype kind on the extremity of 
each branch ; 7, the mop-like coralline. 
CO'RALLINE, adj. [ corallinus , Lat.] Confiding of 
coral ; approaching, to coral.—At fuch time as the fea 
is agitated, it takes up into itfelf terreftrial matter of all 
kinds, and in particular the coralline matter, letting it fall 
again, as it becomes calm. Wood-ward. 
' CO'R ALLOTD, or Coralloidal, adj. [ jiopaAAoEi^Sjf, 
Gr.] Refembling coral.—The pentadrous, columnar, 
ccratloid bodies, that are compofed of plates let length¬ 
ways of the body, and palling from the furfa.ee to the 
axis of it. Woodward. 
COR ALLOI'DES. f. in botany. See Dentaria. 
CORALLORHI'ZA, /’. in botany. See Ophrys. 
CO'R AM (Captain Thomas), a gentleman remark¬ 
ably diftinguilhed by his urbanity, born about the year 
*668, and fpent tlie early part of his life in the dation of 
mader of a velfel trading to our colonies. Afterwards 
redding in the eadern part of the metropolis, among lea-^ 
faring people, where budnefs often obliged him to go 
early into the city, and return late, he frequently faw 
young children expofed in the dreets through the indi¬ 
gence or cruelty of their parents. This excited his 
compalfion, and induced him to project the foundation 
of an hefpital for foundlings. In this humane defign he 
laboured with indefatigable dilgence for feventeen years; 
and by his application procured a number of the nobility 
and gentry to patronize and carry the fcheme into execu¬ 
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tion, and at length obtained the royal charter for it. He 
•was highly inllrumental ih promoting the trade of Amc- 
, rica, by procuring a bounty upon naval bores, imported 
from our colonies. He was likewife eminently concerned 
in 'fetting on foot the colonies of Georgia and Nova Sco¬ 
tia. His lad charitable defign, in which he lived to 
make fome progrefs, was a fcheme for uniting the North 
American Indians more clofely to the Britilh intered, by 
an edablidiment for the education of Indian girls. In 
lhort, he fpent the greateft part of life in labouring for 
the public, and experienced a fate too common in thofe 
who devote their talents to fuch laudable purpofes, be¬ 
ing at laft indebted for fubfiftence to voluntary fubferip- 
tions. He died in 1751, aged 84; and v/as interred, at 
bis own defire, in awault under the chapel of the Found- 
ling-hpfpital. 
CO'RAM, a poft-town of the American States, in 
Suffolk county, Long-illand, New York. It lies ftxty-two 
mile$. eaftvvard ofNewYork, and ten from Smith town. 
CO'fyAM NON JU'DICE, in law) is when a caufe is 
brought and determined in a court, whereof the judges 
have not any jurifdijSHon; then it is faid to be coram non 
judice, and void. iCro. 351. 
CO'RAN, the Koran of Mahomet- See Alcoran. 
CO'RANICH, f. A cuftom among the Scots and Irilh 
of bilging at funerals, anciently very prevalent in thofe 
countries, and ftill praCtifed in the remoter parts. Mr. 
Pennant lays, he never was prefent at any in North Bri¬ 
tain ; but alftfted at one' in the fouth of Ireland, where 
it was performed in the fullnefs of horror. The cries 
are called by the Irifii the ulogohne and liullulu, two words 
expredive of the found uttered on thefe occafions; and 
being of Celtic dock, etymolygids would fuppofe them 
to be the oAoA-/jy&)v of the Greeks, and ululatus of the Latins. 
It is the ceremony vulgarly called the Irijli-howl. 
CORA'NT, or Coranto,/. \_courant , Fr.] A lofty 
fprightly dance.—ft is harder to dance a corant well 
than a jigg; fo in converfation, even, ealy, and agree¬ 
able, more than points of wit. Temple. 
CORA'Y, a town of France, in the department of 
Finiderre, and chief place of a canton, in the dillririt of 
Carhaix : four leagues wed-north-wed of Quimper. 
CORAZAN', fee Chorasan. 
COR'BACH, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
the Upper Rhine, and principality of Waldeck, of which 
it is the capital. It was formerly Imperial. In 1760, 
the Hanoverians were defeated by the French near this 
town : twelve miles north-wed of Waldeck, and feventy 
ead of Cologn. Lat. 51. 8. N. Ion. 26. 16. E. Ferro. 
COR'BAN, f. [imp] An alms-balket; a receptacle 
of charity; a gift; an alms.—They think to fatisfy all 
obligations to duty by their corban of religion. King Charles . 
—Corban bands for an offering or gift made to God,’ or 
his temple. The Jews fometimes (wore by corban, or the 
gifts offered unto God. If a man made all his fortune 
corban, or devoted it to God, he was forbidden to ufe it. 
If ail that he was to give his wife, or his father and mo¬ 
ther, was declared corban, he was no longer permitted to 
allow them necelfary lubfidence. Even debtors were 
permitted to defraud their creditors by confecrating their 
debt to God. Our Saviour reproaches the Jews, in the 
gofpel, with thefe uncharitable and' irreligious vows. 
By this word fuch perfons were likewife meant, as de¬ 
voted themfelves to the fervice of God and his tepiple. 
Corban lignifies alfo the treafury of the temple, where the 
offerings, which were made in money, were depofited. 
Calmet. 
COR'BE, adj. [cotirbe, Fr.] Crooked: 
For liker thy head very tottie is, 
So thy corbe llioulder it leans amifs. Spe?t/er. 
CORBEIL', a town of France, and principal place of 
a di brief, in the department of the Seine and Oife, fitu- 
ated on both ddes of the Seine, at its conflux with the 
Juine. It contains three fauxbourgs, and four churches. 
The 
