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2. An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.
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Corset (k?rs?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corseted; p. pr. & vb. n. Corseting.] To inclose in corsets.
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Corsica n. 1. an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France.
Syn. -- Corse.
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2. a region of France.
Syn. -- Corse.
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Corsican adj. of or pertaining to Corsica (definition 2).
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Corslet (kôrsl?t), n. A corselet. [Obs.] Hakluyt.
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Corsned (kôrsnĕd), n. [AS. corsnǣd.] (AS. Laws) The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt. Burril.
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cortege, Cortége (kôrt�zh), n. [F., fr. It. corteggio train, fr. corte court. See .] A train of attendants; a group following and attending to some important person.
Syn. -- retinue, suite, entourage.
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2. a procession, especially a funeral procession following the casket carrying a dead person.
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Cortes (kôrtĕs), n. pl. [Sp. & Pg., fr. corte court.] The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain.
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Cortes Geraes (?). [Pg.] See , Portugal.
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Cortex (kôrtĕks), n.; pl. Cortices (-t�-s�z). [L., bark. Cf. .] 1. Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering.
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2. (Med.) Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark.
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3. (Anat.) The outer or superficial part of an organ; as, the cortex or gray exterior substance of the brain.
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Cortical (k?rt?-kal), a. [L. cortex bark: cf. F. cortical.] Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney.
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{ Corticate (k?rt?-k?t), Corticated (-k?t?d), } a. [L. corticatus.] Having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part.
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Corticifer (k?r-t?s?-f?r), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Gorgoniacea; -- so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark.
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Corticiferous (k?rt?-s?f?r-?s), a. [L. cortex, corticis, bark -- -ferous: cf. F. corticif�re.] 1. Producing bark or something that resembling that resembles bark.
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2. (Zoöl.) Having a barklike c�nenchyms.
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Corticiform (k?r-t?s?-f?rm), a. [L. cortex, corticis, bark + -form: cf. F. corticiforme.] Resembling, or having the form of, bark or rind.
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Corticine (k?rt?-s?n), n. [F., fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark.] A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground cork and caoutchouc or India rubber.
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cortico- (?), a. a combining form signifying cortex.
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corticoafferent adj. (Med.) passing toward the cerebral cortex; -- of nerves and nerve impulses.
Syn. -- corticipetal.
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corticoefferent adj. (Med.) directed from the cerebral cortex; -- of nerves and nerve impulses.
Syn. -- corticofugal, corticifugal.
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corticofugal adj. same as ; as, corticofugal discharges.
Syn. -- corticoefferent, corticifugal.
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cortico-hypothalamic adj. of or relating to the cortex and the hypothalamus.
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corticoid n. a steroid compound produced by the adrenal cortex, or a synthetic analog of such a compound.
Syn. -- corticosteroid.
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Corticose (-k?s), a. [L. corticosus.] Abounding in bark; resembling bark; barky.
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corticosteroid n. a steroid compound produced by the adrenal cortex, or a synthetic analog of such a compound.
Syn. -- corticoid.
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corticosterone n. any of several steroid compounds secreted by the adrenal cortex; they are involved in regulating water and electrolyte balance in the body.
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corticotrophin, corticotropin n. a growth hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; it stimulates the adrenal cortex; -- called also adrenocorticotropin and abbreviated ACTH.
Syn. -- adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin, ACTH.
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Corticous (-k?s), a. Relating to, or resembling, bark; corticose.
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Cortile (k?rt?l; It. k?r-t?l?), n. [It., fr. corte court.] An open internal courtyard inclosed by the walls of a large dwelling house or other large and stately building.
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cortina (kôrtīnȧ or kôrtēnȧ), n.; pl. cortinae (kôrtēnē). (Biology) a cobwebby remnant of the partial veil which in some mature mushrooms hang from the edges of the cap.
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Cortinaria n. a large genus of rusty-spored agarics having prominent cortinae.
Syn. -- genus Cortinaria.
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cortisol n. a steroid hormone (C21H30O5) active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism; -- called also hydrocortisone. It is used in medicine as an antiinflammatory agent
Syn. -- hydrocortisone.
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cortisone n. (Chem.) a corticosteroid hormone (C21H28O5) produced by the adrenal cortex. It is used in medicine as an antiinflammatory agent.
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corundom n. a very hard mineral used as an abrasive; same as .
Syn. -- corundum.
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Corundum (k�rŭndŭm), n.; pl. Corundums (k�rŭndŭmz). [Also corindon.] [From Hind. kurand corundum stone.] (Min.) The mineral alumina (Al2O3), as found native in a crystalline state. Transparent varieties are used as gemstones, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the oriental amethyst, or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar, the hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native, next to the diamond.
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☞ The name corundum is sometimes restricted to the non-transparent or coarser kinds. Emery is a dark-colored granular variety, usually admixed with magnetic iron ore.
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Coruscant (k?-r?skant), a. [L. coruscans, p. pr. See .] Glittering in flashes; flashing. Howell.
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Coruscate (k?r?s-k?t or k?-r?sk?r), v. i. [L. coruscare to flash, vibrate.] To glitter in flashes; to flash.

Syn. -- To glisten; gleam; sparkle; radiate.
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Coruscation (k?r?s-k?sh?n), n. [L. coruscatio: cf. F. coruscattion.] 1. A sudden flash or play of light.
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A very vivid but exceeding short-lived splender, not to call �t a little coruscation. Boyle.
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2. A flash of intellectual brilliancy.
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He might have illuminated his times with the incessant cor��cations of his genius. I. Taylor.

Syn. -- Flash; glitter; blaze; gleam; sparkle.
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Corve (k?rv), n. See .
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Corvee (k?rv or -v?), n. [F. corvée, fr. LL. corvada, corrogata, fr. L. corrogare to entreat together; cor- + rogare to ask.] (Feudal Law) An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign.
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Corven (k?rven), obs. p. p. of . Chaucer.
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{ Corvet (k?rv?t), Corvette (k?r-v?r), } n. [F. corvette, fr. Pg. corveta or Sp. corbeta, fr. L. corbita a slow-sailing ship of burden, fr, corbis basket. Cf. .] (Naut.) A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having usually only one tier of guns; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
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Corvetto (-v?tt?), n. (Min.) A curvet. Peacham.
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Corvine (k?rv?n), a. [L. corvinus, fr. corvus crow.] Of or pertaining to the crow; crowlike.
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Corvorant (k?rv?-rant), n. See .
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Coryanthes n. a small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids.
Syn. -- genus Coryanthes.
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Corybant (k?r?-b?nt), n.; pl. E. Corybants (-b�nts), oftener L. Corybantes (-b�nt�z). [L. Corybas, Gr. Korybas.] One of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia. The rites of the Corybants were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc.
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Corybantiasm (-b?nt?-?z'm), n. [Gr. Korybantiasmos a corybantic frenzy.] (Med.) A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep. Dunglison.
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corybantic (k?r?-b?nt?k), a. [Gr. Korybantikos, fr. Korybas a Corybant.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Corybantes or their rites; frantic; frenzied; as, a corybantic dance.
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Corydalidae prop. n. A natural family of insects including the dobsonflies.
Syn. -- family Corydalidae.
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corydalis n. a plant of the genus Corydalis, with beautiful compound foliage and spurred tubular flowers.
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Corydalus prop. n. The type genus of the Corydalidae. It includes the dobsonfly (Corydalus cornutus), whose aquatic larva, the hellgrammite, is used as bait in fishing.
Syn. -- genus Corydalus, genus Corydalis.
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Corylaceae prop. n. A natural family of shrubs or small trees, used in some classification systems for the genus Corylus.
Syn. -- subfamily Corylaceae, family Corylaceae.
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Corylopsis n. small genus of deciduous shrubs of temperate regions of Asia.
Syn. -- genus Corylopsis.
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Corylus n. a genus of deciduous monoecious nut-bearing shrubs or small trees: hazel; sometimes placed in the subfamily or family Corylaceae.
Syn. -- genus Corylus.
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Corymb (k?r?mb or -?m; 220), n. [L. corymbus cluster of flowers, Gr. korymbos.] (Bot.) (a) A flat-topped or convex cluster of flowers, each on its own footstalk, and arising from different points of a common axis, the outermost blossoms expanding first, as in the hawthorn. (b) Any flattish flower cluster, whatever be the order of blooming, or a similar shaped cluster of fruit.
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Corymbed (k?r?mbd), a. (Bot.) Corymbose.
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Corymbiferous (k?r?m-b?f?r-?s), a. [L. corymbifer; corymbus a cluster of flowers + ferre to bear; cf. F. corimbifère.] (Bot.) Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit.
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Corymbose (k?-r?mb?s or k?r?m-b?s), a. (Bot.) Consisting of corymbs, or resembling them in form. [Written also corymbous.]
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Corymbosely, adv. In corymbs.
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corynebacterium (?), n. (MIcrobiol.) Any member of the genus Corynebacterium, consisting of gram-positive usually nonmotile irregularly rod-shaped bacteria, some of which are pathogenic or parasitic in humans and domestic animals, such as Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which causes diphtheria.
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Coryphænoid (kŏrĭfēnoid), a. [NL. coryphaena + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Belonging to, or like, the genus Coryphæna. See .
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Coryphée (k�r�f�), n. [F.] (Drama) A ballet dancer.
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Coryphene (k?r?-f?n), n. [NL. coryphena, fr. Gr. koryfh head, summit, peak: cf. F. coryphène.] (Zoöl.) A fish of the genus Coryphæna. See . (2)
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Corypheus (k?r?-f??s), n.; pl. E. Corypheuses (-ĕz), L. Coryphei (-f��). [L. coryphaeus, fr. Gr. ���, fr. koryfh head.] (Gr. Antiq.) The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest.
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That noted corypheus [Dr. John Owen] of the Independent faction. South.
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Coryphodon (k?-r?f?-d?n), n. [Gr. koryfh head, peak + 'odoys, 'odontos, tooth.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct mammals from the eocene tertiary of Europe and America. Its species varied in size between the tapir and rhinoceros, and were allied to those animals, but had short, plantigrade, five-toed feet, like the elephant.
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Coryphodont (-d?nt), a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Coryphodon.
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Coryza (k?-r?z?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. koryza catarh.] (Med.) Nasal catarrh.
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Coscinomancy (k?s-s?n?-m?ns? or k?ss?-n?-), n. [Gr. koskinon sieve + -mancy.] Divination by means of a suspended sieve.
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Coscoroba (k?sk?-r?b?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A large, white, South American duck, of the genus Cascoroba, resembling a swan.
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Cosecant (k?-s?k?nt), n. [For co. secans, an abbrev. of L. complementi secans.] (Trig.) The secant of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of .
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Cosen (k?z'n), v. t. See .
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Cosenage (k?z'n-?j), n. See .
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Cosening, n. (O. Eng. Law) Anything done deceitfully, and which could not be properly designated by any special name, whether belonging to contracts or not. Burrill.
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Cosentient (k?-s?nshent), a. Perceiving together.
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Cosey (k?z?), a. See . Dickens.
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cosh n. a piece of leather-covered metal with a flexible handle; used for hitting people. [slang]
Syn. -- blackjack, sap.
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cosh v. 1. .
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cosh v. t. to hit (someone) with a cosh or similar bludgeon, usually on the head. [slang]
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Cosher (k?sh?r), v. t. [Ir. cosair a feast, a banquet? or cf. F. coucher to lie. Cf. , .] 1. (Old Law) To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat at the expense of. See .
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2. To treat with hospitality; to pet. [Ireland]
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Cosherer (k?sh?r-?r), n. One who coshers.
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Coshering, n. (Old Law) A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling him to lodging and food at his tenant's house. Burrill.
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Sometimes he contrived, in deflance of the law, to live by coshering, that is to say, by quartering himself on the old tentants of his family, who, wretched as was their own condition, could not refuse a portion of their pittance to one whom they still regarded as their rightful lord. Macaulay.
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Cosier (k?zh?r), n. [Cf. OF. coussier maker of mattresses; or couseor tailor, fr. OF. & F. coudre, p. p. cousu to sew, fr. L. consuere to sew together; con- + seure to sew. See to stitch.] A tailor who botches his work. [Obs.] Shak.
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Cosignificative (k�s�g-n�f�-k�-t�v), a. Having the same signification. Cockerham.
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Cosignitary (k?-s?gn?-t?-r?), a. [Pref. co- + sign. Cf. .] Signing some important public document with another or with others; as, a treaty violated by one of the cosignitary powers.
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Cosignitary, n.; pl. Cosignitaries (-r�z). One who signs a treaty or public document along with others or another; as, the cosignitaries of the treaty of Berlin.
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Cosily (k?z?-l?), adv. See .
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Cosinage (k?s'n-?j), n. [See .] (Law) (a) Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity. Burrill. (b) A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the grandfather's grandfather, or other distant collateral relation. Blackstone.
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Cosine (k?s?n), n. [For co. sinus, an abbrev. of L. complementi sinus.] (Trig.) The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of .
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{ Cosmetic (k?z-m?t?k), Cosmetical (-?-kal), } a. [Gr. kosmitikos skilled in decorating, fr. kosmos order, ornament: cf. F. cosmétique. See .] Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion; as, a cosmetical preparation.
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First, robed in white, the nymph intent adores,
With head uncovered, the cosmetic powers. Pope.
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Cosmetic, n. Any external application intended to beautify and improve the complexion.
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cosmetologist n. an expert in the use of cosmetics.
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{ Cosmic (k?zm?k), Cosmical (-m?-kal), } a. [Gr. kosmikos of the world, fr. kosmos: cf. F. cosmique. See .] 1. Pertaining to the universe, and having special reference to universal law or order, or to the one grand harmonious system of things; hence; harmonious; orderly.
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2. Pertaining to the solar system as a whole, and not to the earth alone.
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3. Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast; as, cosmic speed. “Cosmic ranges of time.” Tyndall.
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4. (Astron.) Rising or setting with the sun; -- the opposite of acronycal.
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5. of unsurpassed size, extent, or significance; vast; as, of cosmic proportions; of cosmic importance.
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Cosmically, adv. 1. With the sun at rising or setting; as, a star is said to rise or set cosmically when it rises or sets with the sun.
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2. Universally. [R.] Emerson.
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{ Cosmogonal (k?z-m?g?-nal), Cosmogonic (k?zm?-g?n?k), Cosmogonical (-g?n?-kal), } a. Belonging to cosmogony. B. Powell. Gladstone.
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Cosmogonist (k?z-m?g?-n?st), n. One who treats of the origin of the universe; one versed in cosmogony.
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Cosmogony (-n?), n.; pl. Cosmogonies (-n�z). [Gr. kosmogonia; kosmos the world + root of gignesthai to be born: cf. F. cosmogonie.] The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato.
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The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled philosophers of all ages. Goldsmith.
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Cosmographer (-r?-f?r), n. One who describes the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth.
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The name of this island is nowhere found among the old and ancient cosmographers. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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{ Cosmographic (k?zm?-gr?f?k), Cosmographical (-?-kal), } a. [Cf. F. cosmographique.] Of or pertaining to cosmography.
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Cosmographically, adv. In a cosmographic manner; in accordance with cosmography.
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Cosmography (k?z-m?gr?-f?), n.; pl. Cosmographies (-f�z). [Gr. kosmografia; kosmos the world + grafein to write: cf. F. cosmographie.] A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts.
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Cosmolabe (k?zm?-l?b), n. [Gr. kosmos the world + lambanein to take: cf. F. cosmolade.] An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; -- called also pantacosm.
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Cosmolatry (k?z-m?l?-tr?), n. [Gr. kosmos the world + latreyein to worship.] Worship paid to the world. Cudworth.
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Cosmoline (k?zm?-l?n), n. [Prob. fr. cosmetic + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffines; a kind of petroleum jelly.
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Cosmological (k?zm?-l?j?-kal), a. Of or pertaining to cosmology.
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Cosmologist (k?z-m?l?-j?st), n. One who describes the universe; one skilled in cosmology.
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cosmology (kŏzmŏl�j�), n. [Gr. kosmos the world + -logy: cf. F. cosmologie.] 1. The branch of science or philosophy dealing with the origin and nature of the universe as a whole. specifically (a) (Philosophy) the branch of metaphysics speculating on the structure and nature of the most fundamental parts of the system of creation, such as space and time, the elements of bodies, the structure of the universe, the modifications of material things, causality, the laws of motion, and the order and course of nature. (b) (Astronomy) the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and structure of the universe, including the evolution of its present observable structure, using the methods of observational astronomy as well as mathematical physics.
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2. a treatise dealing with the original and structure of the universe.
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Cosmometry (k?z-m?m?-tr?), n. [Gr. kosmos the world + -metry.] The art of measuring the world or the universe. Blount.
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cosmonaut n. [Russ. kosmonavt from kosmos universe.] an ; -- a term used by the Soviets and Russians.
Syn. -- astronaut, spaceman.
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Cosmoplastic (k?zm?-pl?st?k), a. [Gr. kosmos the world + plassein to form.] Pertaining to a plastic force as operative in the formation of the world independently of God; world-forming. “Cosmoplastic and hylozoic atheisms.” Gudworth.
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{ Cosmopolitan (-p?l?-tan), Cosmopolite (k?z-m?p?-l?t), } n. [Gr. kosmopoliths; kosmos the world + poliths citizen, polis city: cf. F. cosmopolitain, cosmopolite.] One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.
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{ Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolite, } a. 1. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal.
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In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite. Sir W. Hamilton.
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2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world.
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The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan. R. Owen.
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Cosmopolitanism (k?zm?-p?l?-tan-?z'm), n. The quality of being cosmopolitan; cosmopolitism.
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Cosmopolite (-m?p?-l?t), a. & n. See .
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Cosmopolitical (k?zm?-p?-l?t?-kal), a. Having the character of a cosmopolite. [R.] Hackluyt.
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Cosmopolitism (k?z-m?p?-l?-t?z'm), n. The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.
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Cosmorama (k?zm?-r?m? or -r?m?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kosmos the world + orama a sight, spectacle, fr. ora^n to see.] An exhibition in which a series of views in various parts of the world is seen reflected by mirrors through a series of lenses, with such illumination, etc., as will make the views most closely represent reality.
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