Coprolites
Coprolites. The Name Was Originally Given By Dr. Wil Liam Buckland To Certain Bodies In The Lias Of Gloucestershire Which Formerly Had Been Considered Fossil Fir Cones. He Showed That They Possessed Characters Which Could Be Best Explained On The Supposition That They Were The Fossilized Excreta Of Reptiles (from ...
Coptic Language
Coptic Language. Amongst The Egyptian Natives, Coptic, The Descendant Of The Ancient Egyptian Language (q.v.), Survived The Formidable Inroads Of Greek Both In Its Pagan And Christian Forms, And Only Succumbed At Length To The Overwhelm Ing Influence Of Arabic, Dying Out Finally In The 16th Century. Early In The ...
Coptos
Coptos, The Modern Kuft (a Village Near The East Bank Of The Nile About 25m. N.e. Of Thebes), An Ancient City, Capital Of The Fifth Nome Of Upper Egypt, And The Starting-point Of Several Roads To The Red Sea, Particularly The Route To Berenice (q.v.). The Trade With Arabia And ...
Copts
Copts, The Early Native Christians Of Egypt And Their Suc Cessors Of The Monophysite Sect, Now Racially The Purest Repre Sentatives Of The Ancient Egyptians. The Name Is A Europeanized F Orm, Dating Perhaps From The I4th Century, Of The Arabic Kibt (or Kubt), Which, In Turn, Is Derived From ...
Copyhold
Copyhold, In English Law, An Ancient Form Of Land Tenure, Legally Defined As A "holding At The Will Of The Lord According To The Custom Of The Manor." Its Origin Is To Be Found In The Occupa Tion By Villani, Or Non-freemen, Of Portions Of Land Belonging To The Manor ...
Copyright
Copyright, The Right Now Secured By The Law Of Every Civilized Country To Authors Of Literary, Musical And Artistic Works, To Prevent Any Reproduction Of Their Works Without Their Consent. The Growth Of The Law Of Copyright Protection Has Closely Followed The Development Of Mechanical Means Of Reproduction. Literary Copyright ...
Coquet
Coquet (pronounced Cocket), A River Of Northumberland, Draining A Beautiful Valley About 4om. In Length. Rising In The Cheviot Hills, It Follows A Course Generally Easterly, Past Roth Bury, Brinkburn Priory (with Its Fine Transitional Norman Church) And Warkworth. A Short Distance Below This The Coquet Has Its Mouth In ...
Coquet_2
Coquet, To Simulate The Arts Of Love-making, From Motives Of Vanity, To Flirt; Figuratively, To Trifle With Anything (from Fr. Coqueter, To Strut Like A Cock). The French Substantive, Coquet, In The Sense Of "beau" Was Once Common In English, But Only The Feminine Form, Coquette, Has Survived, In The ...
Coquimbo
Coquimbo, City And Port Of The Province Of Coquimbo And Department Of La Serena, Chile. Pop. (1930), 17,121. The Extension Northward Of Chile's Railway System Has Brought Coquimbo Into Direct Communication With Santiago. The City Has A Good Well-sheltered Harbour, Reputed The Best In Northern Chile, And Is The Port ...
Corabecan
Corabecan, A Small Group Of Tribes Of South American Indians, Regarded On Very Meagre Evidence, As Constituting An Independent Linguistic Stock. The Corabecas And Other Tribes Of The Group Lived In Eastern Bolivia On The Border Of The Chaco, Be Tween The Lago De La Concepcion In 18° S. Lat. ...
Coraciiformes
Coraciiformes, An Order Of Birds Comprising 14 Fam Ilies Of Doubtful Mutual Affinities, And Including The Oil-bird, Frog Mouths, Kingfishers, Rollers, Bee-eaters, Motmot, Hoopoes; Horn Bills, Nightjars, Swifts And Hummingbirds (qq.v.). In The Most Recent Classifications, The Oil-bird, Frogmouths And Nightjars Are Separated As The Order Caprimulgi F Ormes And ...
Coral Gables
Coral Gables, A Residential City On The East Coast Of Florida, U.s.a., Adjoining Miami (q.v.), And Served By The Florida East Coast Railway. It Has An Area Of About 16sq.m., Laid Out In Advance On A Comprehensive Plan, And Developed In Spanish And Moorish Architecture, With 6m. Of Venetian Water-ways. ...
Coral Reefs
Coral Reefs Are Formed Of The Whitish Calcareous Frame Work Of Various Marine Organisms, Of Which Corals (q.v.) And Nullipores Are The Two Most Important. These Reef-builders Flourish Only At Moderate Depths—the Nullipores Usually Not Below So Fathoms And The Corals Not Below 25—in The Warmer Oceans. The Minute Larval ...
Coral
Coral. The Hard Skeletons Of Various Marine Organisms. It Is Chiefly Carbonate Of Lime, And Is Secreted From Sea-water And Deposited In The Tissues Of Anthozoan Polyps, The Principal Source Of The Coral-reefs Of The World (see Anthozoa), Of Hydroids (see Hydrozoa), Much Less Important In Modern Reef-building, But Extremely ...
Coraopolis
Coraopolis, A Borough Of Allegheny County, Pennsyl Vania, U.s.a., Iom. N.w. Of Pittsburgh, On The West Bank Of The Ohio River, And Served By The Pittsburgh And Lake Erie Railroad. The Population In 1930 Was 10,724. It Is In An Oil And Gas Field, And Has Steel And Iron Foundries, ...
Corato
Corato, A City Of Apulia, Italy, In The Province Of Bari, 26m. W. Of Bari By Steam Tramway. Pop. (1931) 44,139. It Is Situated In The Centre Of An Agricultural District. ...
Corban
Corban (w I), An Aramaic Word Meaning "a Consecrated Gift." Josephus Uses The Word Of Nazirites And Of The Temple Treasure Of Jerusalem. Such A Votive Offering Lay Under A Curse If It Were Diverted To Ordinary Purposes, Like The Spoil Of Jericho Which Achan Appropriated (josh. Vii.), Or The ...
Corbeil
Corbeil, A Town Of Northern France, Capital Of An Arron Dissement In The Department Of Seine-et-oise, At The Confluence Of The Essonne With The Seine, 21 M. S. By E. Of Paris. Pop. From The Loth To The 12th Century Corbeil Was The Chief Town Of A Powerful Courtship, But ...
Corbel
Corbel, In Architecture, A Means Of Supporting A Projecting Weight ; A Bracket Or Weight-carrying Member, Built Deeply Into The Wall So That The Pressure On Its Embedded Portion Counter Acts Any Tendency To Overturn Or Fall Outwards. Corbels May Be Either Individual Pieces Of Stone, Separated From Each Other ...
Corbridge
Corbridge, A Market Town, Northumberland, England; 31m. E. Of Hexham, On The North Bank Of The River Tyne, Which Is Here Crossed By A Fine Seven-arched Bridge Dating From 1674. Pop. (1921) 2,415. Its Name Is Derived From The Small River Cor, A Tributary Of The Tyne. The Roman Station ...
Cord
Cord, A Length Of Twisted Or Woven Strand (lat. Chorda, The String Of A Musical Instrument). From The Use Of Such A Cord For Measuring, The Word Is Applied To A Quantity Of Cut Wood. For "vocal Chords" See Phonetics; Voice; Singing. For "umbilical Cord" See Infancy; Placenta. ...
Cordele
Cordele, A City Of Georgia, U.s.a., 14om. S. By E. Of Atlanta; The County Seat Of Crisp County. It Is On Federal High Way 41, And Is Served By The Atlanta, Birmingham And Coast, The Georgia South-western And Gulf, The Seaboard Air Line And The Southern Railways. The Population In ...
Cordes
Cordes, A Town Of Southern France, In The Department Of Tarn, 15 M. N.w. Of Albi. Pop. (1931), 1,ogr. It Was A Bastide Founded By Raymond Vii., Count Of Toulouse, In 1222, And Was Named Cordua After The Spanish City Cordova. A Large Number Of Houses Of The I3th And ...
Cordierite
Cordierite, A Silicate Of Magnesia, Alumina And Ferrous Oxide (2 [mg,fe0]•2a1,03.5si02) Occasionally Cut As A Gem Stone, And Named In 1813 By Flatly In Honour Of P. L. Cordier, Who Dis Covered Its Remarkable Pleochroism, Or Exhibition Of Varying Col Ours Viewed From Different Directions. The Natural Mineral Com Monly ...
Cordillera
Cordillera, A Spanish Term For A Range Or Chain Of Mountains, Derived From The Old Spanish Cordilla, The Diminutive Of Cuerda, A Cord Or Rope. The Name First Given To Certain Moun Tain-ranges Of South America, Las Cordilleras De Los Andes, Was Applied To The Extension Of The System Into ...
Cordite
Cordite, A Propellant Employed In Various Military Serv Ices, So Called Because Of Its Usual Cord-like Form. It Is Also Made Up Into Other Shapes Such As Flakes, Ribbons Or Tubes With One Or More Perforations. Cordite Is Essentially A Thoroughly Blended Mixture Of Nitro-glycerine And Gun-cotton Gelatinized Effectively By ...
Cordoba
Cordoba, A Large Central Province Of The Argentine Repub Lic. Pop. Estimate) 970,971; Area, 66,912 Square Miles. The Greater Part Of The Province Belongs To The Pampas, Though Less Fertile And Grassy Than The Plains Farther East And South. It Likewise Includes Large Saline And Swampy Areas. The North-west Part ...
Cordoba_2
Cordoba, A City In The Central Part Of The Argentine Re Public, Capital Of The Above Province, On The Rio Primero, 435 M• By Rail North-west Of Buenos Aires By Way Of Rosario, 246 M. From The Latter. Pop. Suburbs Having Some 20,000 More-1926 Estimate 200,000. The City Is Connected ...
Cordoba_3
Cordoba, A Town Of The State Of Veracruz, Mexico, 55m. W.s.w. Of The Port Of Veracruz, In A Highly Fertile Valley, Near The Volcano Of Orizaba, And 2,88oft. Above Sea-level. Pop. (1921), 10,295. The Surrounding District Produces Sugar, Tobacco And Coffee, Cordoba Being One Of The Principal Coffee-producing Cen Tres ...
Cordon
Cordon, A Word Used In Many Applications Of Its Meaning Of "line" Or "cord," And Particularly Of A Cord Of Gold Or Silver Lace Worn In Military And Other Uniforms. The Word Is Especially Used Of The Sash Or Ribbon Worn By Members Of An Order Of Knighthood, Crossing From ...
Cordova
Cordova, A Province Of Southern Spain, Bounded On The North-east By Ciudad Real, East By Jaen, South-east By Granada, South By Malaga, South-west And West By Seville, And North-west By Badajoz. Pop. (1930) 668,862; Area, 5,299 Sq.miles. The River Guadalquivir, Flowing Through The Province From East-north East To West-south-west, Divides ...
Cordova_2
Cordova, Capital Of The Spanish Province Described Above; On The Southern Slopes Of The Sierra De Cordova, And The Right Bank Of The River Guadalquivir; On The Junction Of The Main Ma Drid-seville Railway With Branch Lines To Almorchon, Utrera And Malaga. Pop. (1930), 103,106. Cordova Is An Episcopal See. ...
Cordova_3
Cordova, A Town Of South-western Alaska Within The Em Bayment Known As Prince William's Sound; Situated In Lat. 6o° 31' N., Long. 45' W., About 1,5oo M. N.w. Of Seattle. Pop. (1930) 980. Although An Old Town In Name And Place And An Old Fishing Centre, Its Present Importance Lies ...
Corduroy
Corduroy, A Cotton Cloth Of The Fustian Kind, Made Like A Ribbed Velvet. It Is Generally A Coarse Heavy Material And Is Used Largely For Workmen's Clothes, But Some Finer Kinds Are Used For Ladies' Dresses, Upholstery, Etc. According To The New English Dictionary The Word Is Understood To Be ...
Corfe Castle
Corfe Castle, A Small Town Of Dorsetshire, England, In The District Called The Isle Of Purbeck, I29-m. S.w. By W. From London By The Southern Railway. Pop. (1921) 1,4o2. The Castle Guarded A Gap In The Line Of Hills Which Rise In The Centre Of Pur Beck. It Is Strongly ...
Corfinium
Corfinium, In Ancient Italy, The Chief City Of The Paeligni, 7m. N. Of Sulmona In The Valley Of The Aternus, Near The Modern Village Of Pentima. It Does Not Appear In Roman History Before The Social War (90 B.c.), In Which It Was Adopted By The Allies As The Capital ...
Corfu
Corfu (anc. And Mod. Gr. Kilicvpa Or Koptcypa, Lat. Cor Cyra), An Island Of Greece, In The Ionian Sea, Separated From The Coast Of Epirus By A Strait From 2 To 15 M. Broad. The Name Corfu Is An Italian Corruption Of The Greek Kopmkat (crests, Byz. Kopvcg)). Its Length ...
Cori
Cori (anc. Cora), A Town And Episcopal See Of The Province Of Rome, Italy, 36m. S.e. By Rail From The Town Of Rome, On The Lower Slopes Of The Volscian Mountains, I,3ooft. Above Sea Level. Pop. 7,534 (town), 8,885 (commune). It Occu Pies The Site Of The Ancient Volscian Town ...
Coriander
Coriander, The Fruit, Improperly Called Seed, Of An Um Belliferous Plant (coriandrum Sativum), A Native Of The South Of Europe And Asia Minor, But Cultivated In The South Of England And On The Continent, Where It Is Also Found As An Escape From Cul Tivation. The Plant Produces A Slender, ...
Coringa
Coringa, A Seaport Of British India, In The District Of Godavari And The Presidency Of Madras, On A Canal From The Godavari To The Sea. The Dutch Were The First To Establish Them Selves At Coringa. In 1759 The English Took Possession Of The Town And Erected A Factory 5 ...
Corinna
Corinna, Surnamed "the Fly," A Greek Poetess, Born At Tanagra In Boeotia, Flourished About 50o B.c. She Was The In Structress Of Pindar, Whom She Defeated In Five Poetical Contests. According To Pausanias (ix. 22. 3), Her Success Was Chiefly Due To Her Beauty, And Her Use Of The Local ...
Corinth
Corinth, A City Of Greece, Situated 12 M. South Of The Isthmus (see Corinth, Isthmus Of) Which Connects Pelopon Nesus And Central Greece, And Separates The Saronic And The Co Rinthian Gulfs. The Citadel, Or Acro-corinthus, Rises Precipitously On The South To A Height Of 1,886 Ft. And Commands All ...
Corinthian Order
Corinthian Order, The Third Of The Greek And The Fourth Of The Roman Orders Of Architecture, Characterized By An Elaborate Capital Decorated With Acanthus Leaves And Scrolls (see ...
Corinth_2
Corinth, A City Of North-eastern Mississippi, U.s.a., On Federal Highways 45 And 72, 9om. E. By S. Of Memphis; The County Seat Of Alcorn County. It Is Served By The Illinois Central, The Mobile And Ohio And The Southern Railways. The Population In 192o Was 5,498 (29% Negroes) And Was ...
Corinto
Corinto, The Chief Seaport Of Nicaragua, Central America, Terminus Of The Pacific Railway, Reaching The Capital And Principal Cities On The Pacific Side Of The Country. Pop. About 3,000. Co Rinto Is Built On A Small Island Of The Same Name At The Entrance Of Realejo Bay, 87m. From Managua. ...
Corioli
Corioli, An Ancient Volscian City In Latium Adiectum, Taken, According To The Roman Annals In 493 B.c., With Longula And Pollusca, And Retaken For The Volsci By Gaius Marcius Corio Lanus, Its Original Conqueror, Who, In Disgust At His Treatment By His Countrymen, Had Deserted To The Enemy. After This ...
Corisco
Corisco, The Name Of A Bay And An Island On The Guinea Coast, West Africa. The Bay Is Bounded North By Cape San Juan (i° Io' N.) And South By Cape Esterias (o° 36' N.), And Is About 31 M. Across, While It Extends Inland Some 15 Miles. The Bay ...
Cork
Cork, A County Of Ireland In The Province Of Munster, Bounded On The South By The Atlantic Ocean, East By The Counties Waterford And Tipperary, North By Limerick, And West By Kerry. It Is The Largest County In Ireland, Having An Area Of 1,843,590 Acres. Pop. (1926), 287,254. The Physical ...
Corkwood
Corkwood, The Name Given To Several Tropical American Trees And Shrubs With Light Porous Wood, Especially To The Alliga Tor-apple Or Pond-apple (anonas Palustris), Found In The Ever Glades Of Florida And Widely In The Tropics; The Magaguabush (hibiscus Tiliaceus), Of The Florida Keys, The West Indies, And Other Warm ...
Cork_2
Cork, County Borough And Seaport Of Co. Cork, Ireland, At The Head Of The Inlet Of Cork Harbour, On The River Lee, 1651 M. S.w. Of Dublin By The Great Southern Railway. Pop. (1926) 78,468. Until The Middle Of The I9th Century It Ranked Second Only To Dublin, But Is ...
Cork_3
Cork, The Outer Layer Of The Bark Of An Evergreen Oak (quercus Sober). The Tree Reaches The Height Of About Soft., .growing In The South Of Europe And On The North African Coasts Generally; But It Is Principally Cultivated In Spain And Portugal. The Outer Layer Of Bark In The ...
Corleone
Corleone, A Town Of Sicily, Province Of Palermo, 42m. S. Of Palermo By Rail And 21m. Direct, 1,949f T. Above Sea-level. Pop. (town), 13,704 (commune). The Town Was A Saracen Settlement, But A Lombard Colony Was Introduced By Frederick Ii. Two Mediaeval Castles And Some Churches Are Of Interest. ...
Corley Mountain Highway
Corley Mountain Highway, A Thoroughfare That Begins At Colorado Springs And Ends At Cripple Creek, Colo., Covers 45m. Of Unusual Mountain Scenery. It Was Built Along The Railroad Bed Of The Old Cripple Creek Short Line, Now Abandoned, And Leads To What Formerly Were The Greatest Gold-mining Camps Of The ...
Cormorant
Cormorant, A Sea-bird Of The Genus Phalacrocorax And The Family Phalacrocoracidae. The Cormorant (p. Carbo) Is Dis Tributed Throughout The World. It Frequents The Sea-coast Of Europe, And Breeds In So Cieties At Various Stations, Generally On Steep Cliffs. The Nest Consists Of A Large Mass Of Sea-weed. The Eggs, ...
Corn Belt
Corn Belt, A Name Applied To That Region Of The United States Where Indian Corn Is The Chief Crop. The Belt, Which Ex Tends Westward From Central Ohio, Includes, Besides The Western Portion Of That State, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, The Southern Third Of Minnesota, Eastern Nebraska, The South-eastern Corner Of ...
Corn Laws In Other
Corn Laws In Other Countries In Europe Generally, The Import And Export Of Corn Was Pro Hibited Until The Rise Of Industrialism In The Beginning Of The I9th Century Caused Many Countries To Take Steps To Maintain Their Food Supplies, Either By Permitting Free Import, And Thus Becom Ing Dependent ...
Corn Laws
Corn Laws. From The Very Earliest Times, States Which Have Attained To Any Degree Of Civilization Have Found It Necessary To Take Measures To Ensure A Sufficient Supply Of Cereals For The Population. In Communities Which Were Wholly Or Mainly Agri Cultural, Such Measures Were Only Of A Temporary Nature, ...
Corn Salad Or Lambs Lettuce
Corn-salad Or Lamb's Lettuce, Valerianella Olitoria (family Valerianaceae), A Weedy Annual, Native Of South Ern Europe, But Naturalized In Cornfields In Central Europe And In Various Parts Of The United States And Canada, And Not In Frequent In Britain. In France It Is Used In Salads During Winter And Spring ...
Corn Syrup
Corn Syrup, A Product Of The Partial Hydrolysis Of Corn Starch. It Is A Yellowish Liquid Which Does Not Easily Crystallize And So Is Valuable In The Manufacture Of Jams, Preserves And Candy. ...
Corn
Corn, Originally Meaning A Small Hard Particle Or Grain, As Of Sand, Salt, Gunpowder, Etc. It Thus Came To Be Applied To The Small Hard Seed Of A Plant, As Still Used In The Words Barleycorn And Peppercorn. In Agriculture It Is Generally Applied To The Seed Of The Cereal ...
Cornelia
Cornelia (2nd Cent. B.c.), Daughter Of Scipio Africanus The Elder, Mother Of The Gracchi And Of Sempronia, The Wife Of Scipio Africanus The Younger. She Was So Devoted To Her Sons Tiberius And Gaius That It Was Even Asserted That She Was Con Cerned In The Death Of Her Son-in-law ...
Cornelis Cort
Cort, Cornelis Dutch Engraver, Was Born At Horn In Holland And Studied Engraving Under Hieronymus Cockx Of Antwerp. About 1565 He Went To Venice, Where He Executed For Titian The Well-known Copperplates Of St. Jerome In The Desert, The Magdalen, Prometheus, Diana And Actaeon, And Diana And Calisto. From Venice ...
Cornelius
Cornelius, Pope, Was Elected In 251 During The Lull In The Persecution By The Emperor Decius. In 253, Under The Emperor Gallus, He Was Exiled To Centumcella (civita Vecchia), Where He Died In The Same Year. He Is Commemorated With His Friend, St. Cyprian, On Sept. 16. ...
Cornell University
Cornell University, An American Institution Of Higher Education, Situated At Ithaca, New York. Its Campus Has A Fine Situation On A Hill 800ft. Above Sea Level And 400ft. Above Cayuga Lake, Between Deep Gorges Cut By Two Creeks, And Com Mands A Wide View Of The Lake And The Town. ...
Corner
Corner. In Commerce, The Manipulation Of A Market To Secure The Monopoly Of The Supply Of A Commodity, Or Such A Degree Of Control Of Supply As Will Enable The Speculator To Raise Prices. From Time To Time Corners Have Been Made In The Shares Of Companies, In Corn And ...
Cornet
Cornet, A Word Having Two Distinct Significations And Two Etymological Histories, Both, However, Ultimately Referable To The Same Latin Origin:— I. (fr. Cornette, Dim. Of Corne, From Lat. Cornu, A Horn), A Small Standard, Formerly Carried By A Troop Of Cavalry, And Similar To The Pennon In Form, Narrowing Gradually ...
Cornflour
Cornflour. The Starch Of Maize (indian Corn) Refined For Use As A Foodstuff . A Grain Of Maize Has A Complicated Struc Ture, Consisting Mainly Of An Em Bryo Plant And Starchy Food To Sustain Its Early Growth. The Endosperm Or Store Of Food Is A Mass Of Minute Granules ...
Cornflower
Cornflower (centaurea Cyanus), A Well-known Plant Of The Family Compositae, Called Also Bluebottle And Bachelor's Button. It Is A Native Of Europe, A Familiar Cornfield Weed In Great Britain, And Has Become Widely Naturalized From Cultiva Tion In Many Parts Of North America From Quebec To The Pacific Coast, Where ...
Cornice
Cornice, In Architecture, The Deco Rated Projection At The Top Of A Wall Pro Vided To Throw Off Rain From The Wall Face Or To Ornament And Finish The Eaves: The Term Is Used As Well For Any Projecting Ele Ment Which Crowns An Architectural Fea Ture. A Cornice Is ...
Cornificius
Cornificius, The Author Of A Work On Rhetorical Figures, And Perhaps Of A General Treatise (ars, ), On The Art Of Rhet Oric (quintilian, Instit., Iii. 1. Ix. 3.). He Has Been Identi Fied With The Author Of The Four Books Of Rhetorica Generally Known As Auctor Ad Herennium. The ...
Corning
Corning, A City Of Steuben County, New York, U.s.a., In The Southern Part Of The State, Iom. W.n.w. Of Elmira, On The Chemung River. It Is Served By The Erie, The Lackawanna And The New York Central Railways. The Population In 193o Federal Census Was 15,777. Corning Is The Trading ...
Cornish Language
Cornish Language. This Extinct Language Belonged To The Brythonic Group Of The Celtic Division Of The Indo-euro Pean Family Of Languages. It Is, Therefore, Akin To Welsh And To Breton—indeed It Is Suggested That Up To I400–i600 A Cornishman Could Understand A Breton Speaker. It Is, However, A Characteris Tic ...
Cornish Literature
Cornish Literature The Earliest Extant Remains Of Cornish Consist Of Proper Names, Loth Century Glosses And A I2th Century Vocabulary. The Names Occur Among Manumissions Of Serfs In The Bodmin Gospels (revue Celtique, I. 232) And In Domesday Book. Glosses Are Found In A Volume At The Bodleian And Also ...
Cornish
Cornish, A Breed Of Poultry Apparently Developed In Eng Land About The Middle Of The I9th Century And First Imported Into America In 1887. It Gained Considerable Popularity Partly Because Of Its Excellent Fleshing Properties And Its Yellow Skin. It Has Close Feathering And A Compact, Heavily-meated Body, The Breast ...
Cornplanter
Cornplanter (1732-1836), An American Indian Chief Of The Seneca Tribe, Was Born In Conewaugus, On The Genesee River, In New York, In 1732, The Half-breed Son Of John O'bail, An Indian Trader. In Alliance With The French Against The English, Cornplanter Became The Leader Of A War-party Of The Senecas, ...
Cornus
Cornus, An Ancient Town Of Sardinia, Of Phoenician Origin, On The West Coast, 18m. From Tharros, And The Same From Bosa. At The Time Of The Second Punic War It Is Spoken Of As The Prin Cipal City Of The District, And Its Capture By The Romans Was The Last ...
Cornwall
Cornwall, The South-westernmost County Of England, Bounded North And North-west By The Atlantic Ocean, East By Devonshire, And South And South-west By The English Channel. Area, 1,356.6 Sq. Miles. The Most Southerly Extension Is Lizard Point, And The Most Westerly Point Of The Mainland Land's End, But The County Also ...
Cornwall_2
Cornwall, The Capital Of The United Counties Of Stormont, Dundas And Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, 67m. South-west Of Mon Treal, On The Left Bank Of The St. Lawrence River. Pop. (193o) 11,126. It Is An Important Station On The Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, And New York Central Railways, And Is A ...
Corn_2
Corn, In Pathology, A Small Local Outgrowth Of The Outer Skin (epidermis) With Great Enlargement Of The Horny Layers (callosity). Most Of The Underlying Nerve-bulbs Waste Away, But, If Only One Or Two Remain, Pressure On The Enlarged Part Causes Acute Pain. The Condition Results From Intermittent Pressure, Par Ticularly ...
Coro
Coro, A Small City And The Capital Of The State Of Falcon, Venezuela, 7m. W. Of La Vela De Coro (its Port On The Caribbean Coast), With Which It Is Connected By Rail, And 199m. W.n.w. Of Caracas. Pop. (1926), 12,354. Coro Stands On A Sandy Plain Between The Caribbean ...
Corollary
Corollary, A Proposition, Geometric Or Not, Incidentally Proved In The Demonstration Of Another Proposition, And Therefore Following From It Without Further Proof. Hence The Significance Of The Word, From Late Latin Corollarium, A Gift, Money Paid For A Corolla, A Garland. Euclid Gave No Corollaries, The Mod Ern Examples Having ...
Coromandel Coast
Coromandel Coast, A Name Formerly Applied Offi Cially To The Eastern Seaboard Of India Approximately Between Cape Calimere, In Io° 17' N., 79° 56' E., And The Mouths Of The Kistna River. The Shore, Which Is Low, Is Without A Single Good Natural Harbour, And Is At All Times Beaten ...
Corona
Corona, A City Of Riverside County, California, U.s.a., 45m. E.s.e. Of Los Angeles, On Temescal Creek, And Served By The Santa Fe Railway. The Population Was 7,018 In 193o. There Are Mineral Springs And Quarries (cement, Lime, Clay And Porphyry) In The Vicinity. Natural Gas Is Used. The City Ships ...
Coronach
Coronach, The Lamentation Or Dirge For The Dead Which Accompanied Funerals In The Highlands Of Scotland And In Ire Land. (a Gaelic Word, From Comb, With, And Ranach, Wailing.) The More Usual Term In Ireland Is "keen," Or "keening." ...
Coronation
Coronation, A Solemnity Whereby Sovereigns Are In Augurated In Office. In Pre-christian Times In Europe The King Or Ruler, Upon His Election, Was Raised On A Shield, And, Standing Upon It, Was Borne On The Shoulders Of Certain Of The Chief Men Of The Tribe, Or Nation, Round The Assembled ...
Corona_2
Corona. During The Period Of Totality Of An Eclipse Of The Sun There Is Seen Surrounding It A Halo, Pearly-white In Colour, Of Irregular Shape, But Roughly Circular In Form, About Twice The Size Of The Sun, With Faint Streamers Extending Several Diameters From The Limb Of The Sun. This ...
Corona_3
Corona, In Architecture The Central Division Of A Classic Cornice, Usually Consisting Of A Projecting Block, With Its Under Side Approximately Flat, And Its Outer Face Vertical, And Forming A Simple, Continuous Band Along The Length Of The Cornice. (see Order.) ...
Coroner
Coroner, An Ancient Office First Referred To, As Custos Placitorum, In S. 20 Of The Articles Of Eyre (1194), Though It Was Probably Instituted Before That Date; Possibly By Henry I. (1 I Oo 31). The Coroner Appears As A Check On The Sheriff In The Royal Interest. Magna Carta ...
Coronium
Coronium, That Constituent (otherwise Unknown) Of The Sun's Corona Which Emits The Characteristic Green Coronal Ray, Of Which The Wave-length Is 5303. It Was First Observed By Young In 186g. ...
Corporal I
Corporal. I. An Adjective Used In Such Expressions As "cor Poral Punishment" (see Flogging), "corporal Works Of Mercy," Acts Of Bodily Kindness, Such As Feeding The Hungry Or Clothing The Naked, Rescuing Captives (lat. Corporalis, To The Body). A "cor Poral Oath" (one Ratified By Touching A Sacred Object, See ...
Corporation Profits Tax
Corporation Profits Tax. A Tax On The Profits Of Companies Enjoying Limited Liability Was Introduced In The British Parliament In The Finance Bill, 1920, And Was Passed Into Law In The Finance Act Of That Year. It Met With Slight Opposition, Partly Because Of The Modesty Of The Rate, But ...
Corporation
Corporation, In English Law, An Association Of Persons Which Is Treated In Many Respects As If It Were Itself A Person. It Has Rights And Duties Of Its Own Which Are Not The Rights And Duties Of The Individual Members Thereof. Thus A Corporation May Own Land, But The Individual ...
Corpse
Corpse, A Dead Human Body. By The Common Law Of Eng Land A Corpse Is Not The Subject Of Property Nor Capable Of Holding Property. It Is Not, Therefore, Larceny To Steal A Corpse, But Any Removal Of The Coffin Or Grave-cloths Is Otherwise, Such Remaining The Property Of The ...
Corpulence Or Obesity
Corpulence Or Obesity, The Over-accumulation Of Fat Under The Skin And Around And Throughout Certain Of The Internal Organs. The Most Celebrated Case Is That Of Daniel Lambert (q.v.) Who Died In 1809 In His 4oth Year. He Is Said To Have Been The Heaviest Man That Ever Lived, His ...
Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, A City In South-eastern Texas, U.s.a., On Corpus Christi Bay, At The Mouth Of The Nueces River; A Port Of Entry And The County Seat Of Nueces County. It Is The Southern Terminus Of Federal Highway 181; Is Served By The Missouri Pacific, The Southern Pacific, And The ...
Corpuscular Theory Of Light
Corpuscular Theory Of Light, The Earliest Theory Of The Nature Of Light (q.v.), Also Known As The Emission Theory, According To Which Luminous Bodies Emit Minute Particles Capable Of Passing Through Transparent Substances And Producing The Sensation Of Light. The Modern Quantum Theory Of Light Is In Part A Return ...
Corral
Corral, A Word Used Chiefly In Spanish America And The United States For An Enclosure For Cattle And Horses, And Also For A Defensive Circle (sp. Corro, A Circle) Formed Of Wagons Against Attacks From Indians. It Is Also Used As A Verb, Meaning To Drive Into A Corral, And ...
Correa
Correa, A Genus Of Australian Plants Belonging To The Family Rutaceae. They Are Evergreen Shrubs, Extremely Useful For Winter Flowering. They Are Increased By Cuttings, And Grown In A Cool Greenhouse In Rough Peaty Soil With A Slight Addition Of Loam And Sand. ...
Correggio Or Coreggio
Correggio Or Coreggio, The Name Given To Antonio Allegri 0494-1534), Italian Painter, One Of The Most Vivid And Impulsive Inventors In Expression And Pose And The Most Consum Mate Executants. His Father Was Pellegrino Allegri Of Correggio, A Small City In The Territory Of Modena; His Mother Bernardina Piazzoli Degli ...
Correlative
Correlative Generally Denotes The Terms Or Partners Of A Relationship. A Relationship Requires At Least Two Terms Be Tween Which It Holds, And They Are Said To Be Correlative Terms. Thus, E.g., "cause" And "effect" Exemplify One Kind Of Relation Ship, "teacher" And "pupil" Another, "north" And "south" Yet Another ...