CPage 434
- English Word Corruption Definition The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language.
- English Word Corruptionist Definition One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption.
- English Word Corruptive Definition Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption.
- English Word Corruptless Definition Not susceptible of corruption or decay; incorruptible.
- English Word Corruptly Definition In a corrupt manner; by means of corruption or corrupting influences; wrongfully.
- English Word Corruptness Definition The quality of being corrupt.
- English Word Corruptress Definition A woman who corrupts.
- English Word Corsac Definition The corsak.
- English Word Corsage Definition The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as, a low corsage.
- English Word Corsage Definition a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special occasions (as, at a ball or an anniversary celebration), a corsage may be worn pinned to the chest, or tied to the wrist. It is usually larger or more elaborate than a boutonniere.
- English Word Corsair Definition A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land.
- English Word Corsair Definition A piratical vessel.
- English Word Corsak Definition A small foxlike mammal (Cynalopex corsac), found in Central Asia.
- English Word Corse Definition A living body or its bulk.
- English Word Corse Definition A corpse; the dead body of a human being.
- English Word Corselet Definition Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together; -- also, used for the entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece.
- English Word Corselet Definition The thorax of an insect.
- English Word Corsepresent Definition An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body.
- English Word Corset Definition In the Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women.
- English Word Corset Definition An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.
- English Word Corset Definition To inclose in corsets.
- English Word Corseted Definition of Corset
- English Word Corseting Definition of Corset
- English Word Corslet Definition A corselet.
- English Word Corsned Definition The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt.
- English Word Cortege Definition A train of attendants; a procession.
- English Word Cortes Definition The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain.
- English Word Cortex Definition Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering.
- English Word Cortex Definition Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark.
- English Word Cortex Definition The outer or superficial part of an organ; as, the cortex or gray exterior substance of the brain.