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2421. corbet n.

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(a) ?A raven; corbet clapses, ?clasps in the form of ravens; (b) a corbel.

2422. corbī̆n n.

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(a) A raven [the Cursor quots. refer to Noah's raven]; (b) corbin(s bon, the end of a deer's breastbone [cp. corbeles fee].

2423. corce n.

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Bark or skin used to wrap butter.

2424. cordāǧe n.

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Coll. cords, ropes.

2425. cordāl n.

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A cord or rope.

2426. cō̆rde n.

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(a) A rope, line, cord, or string, esp. one made of several twisted strands; contextually: a bow string, a hangman's rope, a nautical line, a plumb line, a length of binding twine, etc.; (b) cord [of…

2427. cordelẹ̄r n.

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(a) A Franciscan friar; --so called for wearing a cord for a girdle; (b) fig. one who weaves a cord.

2428. cō̆rden v.(2)

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To string (a bow).

2429. cō̆rdẹ̄r n.

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(a) A ropemaker; (b) fig. one who weaves a cord.

2430. cordewān(e n.

Additional spellings: cordewane
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Cordovan leather, or a skin of it.

2431. cordewānẹ̄̆r n.

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(a) A worker in cordovan leather; one who makes shoes of cordwain; cordwainer, member of a cordwainers' guild; (b) cordewaner craft; cordewaner skin; cordeners wax; thred of cordewaner.

2432. cordewānerīe n.

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The cordwainers' quarter.

2433. cō̆rdọ̄n n.

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A cord or fillet worn in token of victory.

2434. cōre n.(1)

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(a) The core of an apple, pear, quince, etc.; (b) the center (of sth.); core hete, the middle of the fire.

2435. coria(u)ndre n.

Additional spellings: coriaundre
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(a) The plant coriander (Coriandrum sativum) or its seed; coriandre sed, sed coriandre; (b) red coriandre, ?some similar plant with red flowers.

2436. corigiōle n.

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Some kind of plant, prob. the common knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).

2437. Corinthoise adj.

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Corinthian.

2438. coriun n.

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A string instrument, a crowd; ?a bagpipe. [F. W. Galpin, Old Engl.Instruments 78; W. Apel, Harv.Dict.of Music, under chorus].

2439. cormeraunt n.

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The cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo); also [quot.WBible(1)], some other water bird.

2440. cornāǧium n.

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A rent fixed by the number of horned cattle; horngeld. [See N. Neilson Cust.Rents in OSSLH 2 (1910) 120-2.]