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To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related. Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice. Tylor.

prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline. -- Executive council, a body of men elected as advisers of the chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.] -- Legislative council, the upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate. -…

A marine plectognath fish (Ostracoin quadricorne, and allied species), having two projections, like horns, in front; -- called also cuckold, coffer fish, trunkfish.

A marine shell of the genus Cypræa.

One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body.

from the latter by the action of acids, and occurring naturally in muscle tissue and in urine. [Written also kretinine.]

The doctrine that a soul is specially created for each human being as soon as it is formed in the womb; -- opposed to traducianism.

and Meyer, are more than any others to be credited with the clear enunciation of this doctrine. Newman.

To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.

Hairiness. [R.]

ob. To fool the crowd with glorious lies. Tennyson. He went not with the crowd to see a shrine. Dryden.

and crypts the few fossils of antique learning. Motley. My knees are bowed in crypt and shrine. Tennyson.

The doctrine or science of crystallization, teaching the system of forms among crystals, their structure, and their methods of formation.

An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size.

A group of passerine birds, including the creepers and nuthatches.

A large, edible, marine fish (Brosmius brosme), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- called also tusk and torsk.

y; to injure; to wound; as, to cut up a book or its author by severe criticism. "This doctrine cuts up all government by the roots." Locke. (c) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax. Cutlass fish, (Zoöl.), a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish (Trichirus lepturus) of the southern United States and West Indies; -- called also saber fish, silver eel, and, improperly, swordfish.

A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service; -- also called revenue cutter.

A genus of marine univalve shells; the gondola.