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Operating together; as, coöperant forces.

A lamentation for the dead; a dirge. [Written also coranich, corrinoch, coronach, cronach, etc.] [Scot.]

A sprightly but somewhat stately dance, now out of fashion. It is harder to dance a corant well, than a jig. Sir W. temple. Dancing a coranto with him upon the heath. Macaulay.

pecies of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese. [Written also corvorant.]

Anything which gives strength or support; a tonic. The brain, with its proper corroborants, especially with sweet odors and with music. Southey.

See Cormorant.

Living or being at the same time; contemporaneous. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.

Running in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coast of arms.

A piece of music in triple time; also, a lively dance; a coranto.

A sprightly dance; a coranto; a courant.

A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel. [Scot.] H. Miller.

The liberty of using a crane, as for loading and unloading vessels.

etc.; also, the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to distinguish it.

See Craunch.

To dress with a crandall.

A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity betwe…

The geranium; -- so named from the long axis of the fruit, which resembles the beak of a crane. Dr. Prior.

See Krang.

A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the cranium or skull.

Of or pertaining to the cranium.