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2. (her.) A raven, crow, or
chough, used as a charge.

Corbie crow, the carrion crow.
[Scot.]

Cor"bie*step` (?), n.
(Arch.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is
often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called
crowstep.

Cor"cho*rus (kôr"k&oal;*rŭs),
n. [Nl., fr. L. corchorus a poor kind of
pulse, Gr. ko`rchoros a wild plant of bitter taste.]
(Bot.) The common name of the Kerria Japonica
or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous
plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens.

{ Cor"cle (kôr"k'l), Cor"cule (-
k&usl;l) }, n. [L. corculum a little
heart, dim. of cor heart.] (Bot.) The heart of
the seed; the embryo or germ. [Obs.]

Cord (kôrd), n. [F.
corde, L. chorda catgut, chord, cord, fr. Gr.
chordh`; cf. chola`des intestines, L.
haruspex soothsayer (inspector of entrails), Icel.
görn, pl. garnir gut, and E. yarn. Cf.
Chord, Yarn.


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