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A kind of castanet used by the Corybantes.

A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.

A number of small cords rove through a long block, or euphroe, to suspend an awning by.

essful effort; a reward. "An olive branch and laurel crown." Shak. They do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptiblle. 1 Cor. ix. 25. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Rev. ii. 10.

A coroner. [Prov. Eng. or Scot.]

A coronet. [R.] P. Whitehead.

A coronet. [Poetic] Sir W. Scott.

The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes. Tennyson.

See Corriestep.

The Lotus corniculatus. Dr. Prior.

d ducked; -- called also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool. Sir. W. Scott.

The stamping of pigs of tin, by the proper officer, with the arms of the duchy of Cornwall.

Growing upward, as distinguished from a laterral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals. Dana.

d Keppel as one of the greatest and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated him accordingly. Burke.

Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower. The cowslip's golden cup no more I see. Shenstone.

A liqueur, or cordial, flavored with orange peel, cinnamon, and mace; -- first made at the island of Curaçcao.

eetles, and billbugs. Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc.

Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact. [Obs.] Little curious in her clothes. Fuller. How shall we, If he be curious, work upon his faith Bean &

A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form. Under a coronet, his flowing hair In curls on either cheek played. Milton.

Running or moving rapidly. [Archaic] Like the current fire, that renneth Upon a cord. Gower. To chase a creature that was current then In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns. Tennyson.