A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Corageus], adj. courageous, S2, MD; corageous, C2.—OF. corageus.

[ Coral], sb. coral, MD; coralle, Prompt.; corall, Palsg., Manip.; curall, S3.—OF. coral; Lat. corallum, corallium; Gr. κοράλλιον.

[ Corasiue], sb. a corrosive, S3; see [Corosif].

[ Coraye], v. to curry a horse, MD; see [Curry].

[ Corbel], sb. raven, MD; corbyal, S2; corby, S3.—OF. corbel (F. corbeau); Late Lat. corvellum (acc.), from Lat. coruus.

[ Cordewane], sb. Spanish leather, C2; cordewan, MD; cordewayne, Voc.; cordwane, Prompt.; corduane, Voc.; corden, MD.—OF. cordouan, corduan, Prov. cordoan, Sp. cordován, cordovan leather (Minsheu), from Cordova, name of a town in Andalusia.

[ Cordwaner], sb. a worker in leather, Prompt.; cordwainer, SkD.—AF. cordewaner. See above.

[ Core], sb. the heart, central part of fruit, Prompt., MD.—OF. cor; Lat. cor.

[ Coriour], sb. currier, W; curiour, W. See [Curry].

[ Corn], sb. a grain, corn, MD, S, C3; coren, S; cornys, gen., S3; corns, pl., S2; cornes, S2, PP, C2, W.—AS. corn, Goth. kaurn; cp. Lat. grānum; see Brugmann, § 306.