Cor*rode", v. i. To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
Corroding lead, lead sufficiently pure to be used in making white lead by a process of corroding.
Syn. -- To canker; gnaw; rust; waste; wear away.
Cor*rod"ent (k?r-r?"dent), a. [L. corrodens, p. pr. of corrodere.] Corrosive. [R.] Bp. King.
Cor*rod"ent, n. Anything that corrodes. Bp. King.
Cor*ro"di*ate (k?r-r?"d?-?t), v. t. [See Corrode.] To eat away by degrees; to corrode. [Obs.] Sandys.
Cor*ro`di*bil"i*ty (k?r-r?`d?-b?l"?-t?), n. The quality of being corrodible. [R.] Johnson.
Cor*rod"i*ble (k?r-r?"d?-b'l), a. Capable of being corroded; corrosible. Sir T. Browne.
Cor*ro`si*bil"i*ty (k?r-r?`s?-b?l"?-t?), n. Corrodibility. "Corrosibility . . . answers corrosiveness." Boyle.
Cor*ro"si*ble (k?r-r?"s?-b'l), a. Corrodible. Bailey.
Cor*ro"si*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being corrosible. Bailey.
Cor*ro"sion (k?r-r?"zh?n), n. [LL. corrosio: cf. F. corrosion. See Corrode.] The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion.
Corrosion is a particular species of dissolution of bodies, either by an acid or a saline menstruum.
John Quincy.
Cor*ro"sive (k?r-r?"s?v), a. [Cf. F. corrosif.] 1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid. "Corrosive liquors." Grew. "Corrosive famine." Thomson.