Corium, n.
- 1. Leather cuirass.
- 2. (Anat.) Inner skin, true skin, cutis vera (in mammalia).
Cork, n.
- 1. Bark of the Quercus suber, or cork-tree, epiphlœum.
- 2. Stopple or stopper (made of cork).
- 3. Frost-nail (in a horse-shoe).
Cormorant, n.
- 1. Pelican-like sea-bird (Phalacrocorax carbo).
- 2. Glutton, greedy fellow, belly-god, greedy-gut.
Cormorant, a. Greedy, rapacious, all-devouring.
Corn, n.
- 1. Cereal grain.
- 2. Maize, Indian corn.
- 3. Horny excrescence.
Corn, v. a.
- 1. Salt moderately, sprinkle with salt.
- 2. [U. S., Scotch, and provincial.] Intoxicate, fuddle, muddle, inebriate, make drunk, make tipsy.
Corn-crake, n. Daker-hen, land-rail (Crex pratensis).
Corneous, a. Horny, corny.
Corner, n.
- 1. Angle, bend, elbow, crotch, knee, cusp.