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"Section C"


This is the lightest and most ornamental of the
three orders used by the Greeks.

Parker.


3. Debauched in character or practice;
impure.
Milton.


4. Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor
or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the
contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.)


Co*rin"thi*an, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of
Corinth.


2. A gay, licentious person.
[Obs.]


||Co"ri*um (k?"r?-?m), n. [L.
corium leather.] 1. Armor made of
leather, particularly that used by the Romans; used also by
Enlish soldiers till the reign of Edward I.

Fosbroke.


2. (Anat.) (a)
Same as Dermis. (b) The
deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the epithelium.


Co*ri"val (k&osl;*rī"val),
n. A rival; a corrival.


Co*ri"val, v. t. To rival; to
pretend to equal.
Shak.


{ Co*ri"val*ry, Co*ri"val*ship },
n.


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