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One who denies the reality of spiritual existences; a materialist. Some corporealists pretended . . . to make a world without a God. Bp. Berkeley.

The state of having a body; the state of being corporeal; materiality. The one attributed corporeity to God. Bp. Stillingfleet. Those who deny light to be matter, do not therefore deny its corporeity. Coleridge.

mp places, superstitiously regarded as portending death. -- Corpse gate, the gate of a burial place through which the dead are carried, often having a covered porch; -- called also lich gate.

ick, coarse paper corrugated in order to give it elasticity. It is used as a wrapping material for fragile articles, as bottles.

A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground cork and caoutchouc or India rubber.

ure and parts of the system of creation, the elements of bodies, the modifications of material things, the laws of motion, and the order and course of nature.

s globe, on which are depicted the stars and constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe.

A kind of woolen material for women's skrits.

Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.

One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel. The King found his counsel as refractory as his judges. Macaulay.…

s; afterward, the holder of a fief, to whom was granted the right to exercise certain imperial powers within his own domains. [Germany]

; to equiponderate; to balance. The remaining air was not able to counterbalance the mercurial cylinder. Boyle. The cstudy of mind is necessary to counterbalance and correct the influence of the study of nature. Sir W. Hamilton.

To put, or throw, one's self upon the country, to appeal to one's constituents; to stand trial before a jury.

A grallatorial bird of Europe (Cursorius cursor), remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running birds of the Ostrich family.

r for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes.

A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law.

- called also funny bone. -- Crazy quilt, a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully stitched together without definite plan or arrangement.

Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.

An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions. Starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus. Milton. As a cresset true that darts its length Of beamy luster from a tower of strength. W…

Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen.