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od of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice. Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled. Goldsmith.

pt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint. You are coquetting a maid of honor. Swift.

r Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens.

asten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.

Sincere affection and kindness; warmth of regard; heartiness. Motley.

, C10H15N, of a leathery odor, occuring in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded as an organic base, homologous with pyridine. Also, one of a series of metameric compounds of which coridine is a type. [Written also corindine.]

& Fl. Corn ball, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. -- Corn bread, bread made of Indian meal. -- Corn cake, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. -- Corn cockle (Bot.), a weed (Agrostemma or Lychnis Githago), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. -- Corn fla…

an edifice; hence, that which is fundamental importance or indispensable. "A prince who regarded uniformity of faith as the corner stone of his government." Prescott. -- Corner tooth, one of the four teeth which come in a horse's mouth at the age of four years and a half, one on each side of the upper and of the lower…

Tipsy. [Vulgar, Eng.] Forby.

That which is given beyond what is actually due, as a garland of flowers in addition to wages; surplus; something added or superfluous. [Obs.] Now come, my Ariel; bring a corollary, Rather than want a spirit. Shak.

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

A crown; wreath; garland. Spenser.

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.

word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown. Without a star, a coronet, or garter. Goldsmith.

In, or as regarda, the body. Fabyan.

flame of a candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp 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.

heir own condition, could not refuse a portion of their pittance to one whom they still regarded as their rightful lord. Macaulay.

The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.

One of the small chips or slices into which beets are cut in sugar making.

A garden plant (Chrysanthemum Balsamita) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also alecost.