230 G O R 
rivers. Found “by Mr. Hudfon on Slapham funds, be- 
vond Dartmouth, and near the Star Point. See Ille- 
CEBRUM. 
COR'RIN, a town of Perfia, in the province of Irak : 
eighty miles north-weft of Ifpahan. 
CORRI'RA, the Courier, or Runner, f . in orni¬ 
thology, a genus belonging to the order of grallae ; the 
generic characters of which are : bill lhort, ftraight, 
plain; thighs longer than the body; feet four-toed and 
palmated ; the toes very lhort. Of this genus there is 
yet only one fpeciesknown, viz. Corrira Italica, the Ita¬ 
lian runner; (ize fomewhat lefs than the curlew ; bill 
lhort and yellow, with a black tip ; irides of two co¬ 
lours, firft w hite, furrounded with chefnut; the head and 
all the upper parts of the body and wings are ferruginous; 
the under parts white ; the two middle tail-ieatljers are 
white tipped with black ; the others black. This bird 
is found only in Italy, and is remarkable for running faft ; 
w hence the name given to it. Aldrovandus is the only 
ornithologift who has leen the bird ; and it is from him 
alone that the iucceeding authors have defcribed and 
figured it. 
CORRI'VAI,,/. Rival ; competitor.—They had go¬ 
vernors commonly out of the two families of the Geral¬ 
dines and Butlers, both adverfaries and corrivals one 
againft the other. Spenfer. 
He, that doth redeem her thence, might wear 
Without corrival all her dignities. Shakcfpcare. 
CORRI'VALRY,yi Competition; oppcfition. 
CORRG'BORANT, adj. Having the power to give 
llrength.—There be divers forts of bracelets fit to com¬ 
fort the fpirits ; and they be of three intentions,-refrige¬ 
rant, corroborant, and aperient. Bacon. 
To CORROBORATE, v. a. [con and roboro, Lat.] To 
confirm; to eftablifli.—•Machiavel well noteth, though 
in an ill-favoured inftance, there is no fruiting to the 
force of nature, nor to the bravery of words, except it be 
corroborate by cuftom. Bacon. —To ftrengthen ; to make 
ftrong.—As any limb well and duly exercifed grows 
ftronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby. 
Watts. 
CORROBORA'TION, f. The aft of ftrengthening 
er confirming ; confirmation by fome additional fecurity; 
addition of ftrength.—The lady herfelf procured a bull, 
for the better corroboration of the marriage. Bacon. 
CORROBORATIVE, adj. Having the power of in- 
ereafing ftrength.—In the cure of an ulcer, with a moift 
intemperies, as the heart is weakened by too much hu¬ 
midity, you are to mix corroboratives of an aftringent fa¬ 
culty ; and the ulcer alfo requireth to be dried. Wifeman. 
To CORRO'DE, v. a. [ corrodo , Lat.3 To eat away by 
degrees, as a menftruum; to prey upon ; to confume ; 
to wear away gradually.—The blood turning acrimoni¬ 
ous, corrodes the veftels, producing almoft all the difeafes 
of the inflammatory kind. Arbutknot. 
Statefmcn purge vice with vice, and may corrode' 
The bad with bad, a fpider with a toad ; 
For fo ill thralls not them, but they tame ill, 
And make her do much good againft fier will. Donne. 
Should jealoufy its venom once diflufe. 
Corroding every thought, and blafting all 
Love’s paradife. Thomfon. 
CORRO'DENT, adj. Having the power of corroding 
er wafting any thing away. 
CGRRODIBI'LITY,/; The quality of being corro- 
fiblc ; poflibiiity to be confirmed by a meYiftruum. 
CORRC'DIBLE, adj. PolTible to be confirmed or cor¬ 
roded.—Metals, although corrodible by waters, yet will 
not fuffer a liquation from the powerfullelt heat commu¬ 
nicable unto that element. Brozvn. 
COR'RODY, f . [from corrodo , Lat.3 A defalcation 
from an allowance or falary, for fome other than the ori¬ 
ginal purpofe.—In titofe days even noble perlons, and 
COR 
other meaner men, ordered corrodies and penfions to their 
chaplains and fervants out of churches. Aylijfc. 
COR'ROFIN, a town of Ireland, in the county of 
Clare : feven miles north-north-weft of Ennis. 
CORRO'SIBLE, adj. Poflible to be continued by a 
menftruum. This ought to be corrodible. 
CORRO'SIBLENESS,y. Sulceptibility of corrofion: 
rather corrodibility. 
CORRO'SION, f. [corrodo, Lat.] The power of eat¬ 
ing or wearing away by degrees.— Corrofion is a particular 
f pecies of dilfolution of bodies, either by an acid or a fa- 
line menftruum. It is almoft wholly deligned for the 
refolution of bodies moft ftrongly compacted, as bones 
and metals ; fo that the menftruums here employed have 
a confidefable moment or force. Thefe liquors, whether 
acid or urinous, are nothing but falts dillblved in a little 
phlegm ; therefore thefe being folid, and confequently 
containing a confiderable quantity of matter, do both at¬ 
tract one another more, and are alfo more attracted by 
the particles of the body to be diffol ved: fo when the 
more folid bodies are put into faline menftruums, the 
attraction is ftronger than in other folutions; and the 
motion, which is always proportional to the attraction, 
is more violent: fo that we may ealily conceive, when 
the motion is in fuch a manner increafed, it fnould drive 
the falts into the pores of the bodies, and open and loofeti 
their cohefion, though ever fo firm. Quincy. 
CORRO'SIVE, adj. [trom corrodo, Lat. It was an¬ 
ciently pronounced with the accent on the firft fyllable, 
now indifferently.] Having the power of confuming or 
wearing away : 
The facred fons of vengeance, on whofe co.urfe 
Correfive famine waits, and kills the year. Thomfon. 
Having the quality to fret or vex.—If the maintenance 
of ceremonies be a corrofve to fuch as oppugn them, un¬ 
doubtedly to fuch as maintain them it can be no great 
pleafure, when they behold that which they reverence 
is oppugned. Hooker. 
CORRO'SIVE, f . That which has the quality of 
wafting any thing away, as the flelh of an ulcer : 
He meant his corrofves to apply,. 
And with ftrift diet tame his llubborn malady. Spenfer . 
That which has the power of fretting, or of giving pain: 
Care is no cure, but rather corrcrfve, 
For things that are not to be remedied. Skakcfpeare. 
CORRO'SIVE-SUBLIMATE, f. A combination of 
mercury with aerated marine acid. 
CORRO'SIVELY, adv. Like a corrolive.—At firft it 
tailed fomewhat corrofvely. Boyle. —Having the power of 
corrofion. 
CORRO'SIVENESS,y. The quality of corroding or 
eating away ; acrimony. — Saltpetre betrays upon the 
tongue no heat nor corrofivcncfs at all, but coldnefs, mixt 
with a fomewhat languid reiifti retaining to bitternefs. 
Boyle. 
We do infufe to what he meant for meat, 
Corrofvenefs, or intenfe cold or heat. Donne. 
COR'RUDA, f. in botany. See Asparagus. 
COR'RUGANT, adj. Having the power of contract¬ 
ing into wrinkles. 
COR'RUGATE, v. a. [corrugo, Lat.] To wrinkle or 
purle up, as the fkin is drawn into wrinkles by cold, or 
any other caufe. Quincy .— The cramp cometh of con¬ 
traction of linews : it cometh either by cold or drynefs ; 
for cold and drynefs do both of them contract and corru¬ 
gate. Bacon. 
CORRUGA'TION,y. Contraction into wrinkles.— 
The pain of the folid parts is the corrugation or violent 
agitation of fibres, when the fpirits are irritated by ftiarp 
humours. Flayer. 
To CORRU'PT, v. a. \corrumpo ) corruptus , Lat.] To 
turn 
