||Co"ri*um (k?"r?-?m), n. [L. corium leather.] 1. Armor made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans; used also by Enlish soldiers till the reign of Edward I. Fosbroke.
2. (Anat.) (a) Same as Dermis. (b) The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the epithelium.
Co*ri"val (k&osl;*rī"val), n. A rival; a corrival.
Co*ri"val, v. t. To rival; to pretend to equal. Shak.
{ Co*ri"val*ry, Co*ri"val*ship }, n. Joint rivalry.
Cork (k˘rk), n. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. kork, D. kurk; all fr. Sp. corcho, fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark, rind. Cf. Cortex.] 1. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.