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A covering for the head. [Obs.] Johnson.

The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping. Gwill.

A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt.

An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.

A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.

A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. In making it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition of acetone and pressed out into cords (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A…

A cake made of the meal of Indian corn, wrapped in a covering of husks or paper, and baked under the embers. [U.S.] Bartlett.

Any species of the genus Cornus, as C. florida, the flowering cornel; C. stolonifera, the osier cornel; C. Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry.

The husk covering an ear of Indian corn. [Colloq. U.S.]

That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. Burke.

Answering; conformable; agreeing; suiting; as, corresponding numbers.

A festivity or social gathering, esp. one of a noisy or uproarious character; hence, tumult; uproar. [Australia]

An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body. Blackstone.

Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering.

Having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part.

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

Glittering in flashes; flashing. Howell.

To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat at the expense of. See Coshering.

ost dear, to require or occasion a large outlay of money, or much labor, self-denial, suffering, etc.

Bordering; conterminous; -- followed by with.