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To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Capable of being confuted and disproved by argument; refutable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

pertaining to a feast or to festivity; convivial. [Obs.] "A convival dish." Sir T. Browne.

Having a high crown, or a point or peak at top. [Obs.] A copatain hat made on a Flemish block. Gascoigne.

l. -- Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust. under Coralloid. -- Coral snake. (Zo) (a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake (Elaps co…

resembling coral; coralloid. Sir T. browne.

had any respect of cordiality or reference unto the heart, will much be doubted. Sir T. Browne.

th the addition of acetone and pressed out into cords (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A variety containing less nitroglycerin than the original is known as cordite M. D.

Of a texture resembling horn; horny; hard. Sir T. Browne.

Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house. Gwilt. Cornice ring, the ring on a cannon next behind the muzzle ring.

A little horn. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Horned; having horns; as, cornigerous animals. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.

Of or pertaining to a king's crown, or coronation. The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon. Milton.

Of or pertaining to a crown; ferming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland. "Coronary thorns." Bp. Pearson. The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus. Sir T. Browne.

Having or wearing a crown.

The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.

at the place where the death occurred. [In England formerly also written and pronounced crowner.]

An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown. Without a star, a coronet, or garter. Goldsmith.

Having the form of a crown or coronet; resembling a crown.