Corahanó, fem. Corahaní. Rom. A Moor. See Corahai.
Corchete. Span. and Port. A catchpoll. Lit. a clasp; corchetes are “hooks and eyes.”
Corço. Gal. A stag, or deer.
Cordoves. Span. Of or belonging to Cordova.
Corregidor. Span. A municipal magistrate. Orig. a co-regidor, or joint administrator of the law; not, as Midshipman Easy and the Boatswain decided, a corrector, though the word also has that signification in Spanish. As regards the magistrate, the second r is superfluous and etymologically deceptive.
Corrida. Span. and Port. A racecourse; bull-fight.
Cortamanga. The word is not given in any dictionary that I have consulted. Borrow evidently alludes to a vulgar and obscene gesture, usually called un corte de mangas. It is made by bringing down the right hand on the left forearm, and raising the left forearm, with the middle finger of the left hand raised and the other fingers bent. It is not under corte or manga either in Covarrubia or the 1730 edit. of the Dic. Acad. Esp., or more recent ones, probably on account of its indecent signification. I have never seen it written. The finger part of the business is of course as old as the Romans, and survives still in Italy.
Corte. Span. and Port. The king’s court; more particularly the city where the court resides—thus the capital. Applied colloquially and in commercial correspondence to Madrid, Lisbon, Rio Janeiro, etc.
Cortejo. Span. and Port. A lover. Orig. courtesy or homage. Cortejar = to do homage to.
Cortes. Span. and Port. The estates of the realm, parliament.