Cor"o*net*ed (-n?t-?d), a.Wearing, or entitled to wear, a coronet; of noble birth or rank.
Co*ron"i*form (k?-r?n"?-f?rm or k?-r?"n?-), a. [L. corona crown + -form.] Having the form of a crown or coronet; resembling a crown.
Cor`o*nil"la (k?r`?-n?l"l?), n. [NL., fr. L. corona crown: cf. F. coronille.] (Bot.) A genus of plants related to the clover, having their flowers arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets.
Co*ro"nis (k?-r?"n?s), n. [Gr. korwni`s anything curved. See Cornice.] 1. In Greek grammar, a sign ['] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable. W. W. Goodwin.
2. The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end. [R.] Bp. Hacket.
Cor"o*noid (k&obreve;r"&osl;*noid), a. [Gr. korw`nh crow + -oid: cf. F. corono´de.] (Anat.) Resembling the beak of a crow; as, the coronoid process of the jaw, or of the ulna.
Cor"o*nule (k?r"?-n?l), n. [L. coronula, dim. of corona crown.] (Bot.) A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus. Martyn.
Co*roun" (k?-roun"), v. & n. Crown. [Obs.] Chaucer.
{ ||Co*ro"zo ||Co*ros"so } (k?-r?"th? or - s?), n. [Cf. Sp. cerozo a kind of palm tree.] The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut.
Cor"po*race (k?r"p?-r?s), n. See Corporas.
Cor"po*ral (k˘r"p&osl;*ral), n. [Corrupted fr. F. caporal, It. caporale, fr. capo head, chief, L. caput. See Chief, and cf. Caporal.] (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels.
Corporal's guard, a detachment such as would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty, etc.; hence, derisively, a very small number of persons. -- Lance corporal, an assistant corporal on private's pay. Farrow. -- Ship's corporal (Naut.), a petty officer who assists the master at arms in his various duties.
Cor"po*ral, a. [L. corporalis, fr. corpus body. See Corpse.] 1. Belonging or relating to the body; bodily. "Past corporal toil." Shak.
Pillories and other corporal infections.
Milton.
Corporal punishment (law), punishment applied to the body of the offender, including the death penalty, whipping, and imprisonment.
2. Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal. Milton.
A corporal heaven . . . .where the stare are.
Latimer.
What seemed corporal melted
As breath into the wind.
Shak.
Syn. -- Corporal, Bodily, Corporeal. Bodily is opposed to mental; as, bodily affections. Corporeal refers to the whole physical structure or nature, of the body; as, corporeal substance or frame. Corporal, as now used, refers more to punishment or some infliction; as, corporal punishment. To speak of corporeal punishment is an error. Bodily austerities; the corporeal mold.
{ Cor"po*ral (k˘r"p&osl;*ral), ||Cor`po*ra"le (-r?"l?), } n. [LL. corporale: cf. F. corporal. See Corporal,a.] A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth.
Corporal oath, a solemn oath; -- so called from the fact that it was the ancient usage for the party taking it to touch the corporal, or cloth that covered the consecrated elements.
Cor`po*ral"i*ty (k?r`p?-r?l"l?-t?), n.: pl. Corporalities (-t&?;z). [L. corporalitas: cf. F. corporalit&?;.] 1. The state of being or having a body; bodily existence; corporeality; -- opposed to spirituality. Dr. H. More.