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re or inward parts of; as, to core an apple. He's likee a corn upon my great toe . . . he must be cored out. Marston.

an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.)

ctify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement. Correction and instruction must both work Ere this rude beast will profit. Shak.

rmal; close; cold. [Obs.] "A costive brain." Prior. "Costive of laughter." B. Jonson. You must be frank, but without indiscretion; and close, but without being costive. Lord Chesterfield.

revocation of a former order or command. Have you no countermand for Claudio yet, But he must die to-morrow Shak.

A private signal, word, or phrase, which must be given in order to pass a sentry; a watchword.

Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces. Farrow.

lm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage. Now the time is come That France must vail her lofty plumed crest. Shak.

artially disabled. I am a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my mind, the reader must determine. Dryden.

The point of time when it is to be decided whether any affair or course of action must go on, or be modified or terminate; the decisive moment; the turning point. This hour's the very crisis of your fate. Dryden. The very times of crisis for the fate of the country. Brougham.

n experience of mankind. South. We are both love's captives, but with fates so cross, One must be happy by the other's loss. Dryden.

to interfere with splitting or planing. If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way. Moxon.

o bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe. "A crouching purpose." Wordsworth. Must I stand and crouch Under your testy humor Shak.

ling, a family of plants which have four petals arranged like the arms of a cross, as the mustard, radish, turnip, etc.

The soft part of bread. Dust unto dust, what must be, must; If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust. Old Song. Crumb brush, a brush for sweeping crumbs from a table. -- To a crum, with great exactness; completely.

nd pass into the form of gravel. Arbuthnot. The league deprived of its principal supports must soon crumble to pieces. Prescott.

That crushes; overwhelming. "The blow must be quick and crushing." Macualay.

ntious savage. Addison. The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end. Tillotson.

in check. Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed. Milton. Where pinching want must curbthy warm desires. Prior.

. Then began he to curse and to swear. Matt. xxi. 74. His spirits hear me, And yet I need must curse. Shak.