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Coro Encyclopedia Britannica

CORO, or Santa-Ana de Coro, a maritime town of Venezuela, South America, and capital of the province of Falcon, is situated in a sandy plain at the inner angle of a peninsula, dividing the Gulf of Venezuela from the Caribbean Sea, 155 miles W.N.W. of Valencia. It is ill built, the streets are unpaved, and there are no public buildings of consequence except two churches. The climate is hot but not unhealthy. The water-supply is brought by mules from springs at some distance from the town. About seven miles to the north-east is the port, near the mouth of the little Rio Coro. The export trade with the West Indies, in mules, goats, hides, cheese, pottery-ware, indigo, and cochineal, is considerably less than formerly. Coro is one of the oldest settlements of the Spaniards on the north coast of S. America. It was founded on the 26th July 1527 (St Ann’s day), by Juan de Ampués, who named it Santa Ana de Coriana after the Indian tribe inhabiting the spot. It came also to be known as Venezuela (or Little λ 7 enice), which was the name given originally to an Indian village founded on piles in the water on the east side of the lake of Maracaibo. In 1578 Carácas was made the seat of the government of the country instead of Coro, and in 1583 the bishopric of Coro, founded in 1536, was transferred thither. In 1815 Coro was made the chief town of a province. It suffered greatly in the Venezuelan war of independence. Population about 7000.

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Corocore [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A kind of boat of various forms, used in the Indian Archipelago.

Corody [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. An allowance of meat, drink or clothing, due to the king from an abbey or other religious house, for the sustenance of such one of his servants, as he thinks good to bestow on it. An allowance for the maintenance of any of the kings servants living in an abbey.

2. Corodies are a right of sustenance, or to receive certain allotments of victuals and provision for ones maintenance. In lieu of which, a pension or sum of money is sometimes substituted.

3. The king is entitled to a corody out of every bishopric, that is, to send one of his chaplains to be maintained by the bishop, or to have a pension allowed, till the bishop promotes him to a benefice. [This has fallen into disuse.] According to the Italian, the latter word is the correct orthography.

Corody [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey or other religious house for the sustenance of such of the king's servants as he may designate to receive it.

Corol [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In botany, the inner covering of a flower. The corol surrounds the parts of fructification, and is composed of one or more flower leaves, called petals. It is distinguished from the perianth, by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors; but there are many exceptions. It is sometimes inaccurately called blossom and flower.

Corol [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A corolla.

Corolla [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

COROL, COROLLA noun [Latin , a little crown.] In botany, the inner covering of a flower. The corol surrounds the parts of fructification, and is composed of one or more flower leaves, called petals. It is distinguished from the perianth, by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors; but there are many exceptions. It is sometimes inaccurately called blossom and flower.

Corolla [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors. See the Note under Blossom.

Corollaceous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Pertaining to a corol; inclosing and protecting like a wreath.

2. A corrollaceous covering.

Corollaceous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to, or resembling, a corolla; having the form or texture of a corolla.

Corollaries [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Corollary

Corollary [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. [Latin , coronet, a crown.

2. A conclusion or consequence drawn from premises, or from what is advanced or demonstrated. If it is demonstrated that a triangle which has equal sides, has also equal angles, it follows as a corollary that a triangle which has three equal sides, has its three angles equal.

3. A corollary is an inference from a preceding proposition.

4. A surplus.

Corollary [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. That which is given beyond what is actually due, as a garland of flowers in addition to wages; surplus; something added or superfluous.

2. Something which follows from the demonstration of a proposition; an additional inference or deduction from a demonstrated proposition; a consequence.

Corollate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Corollated

Corollated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having a corolla or corollas; like a corolla.

Corollet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One of the partial flowers which make a compound one; the floret in an aggregate flower.

Corollet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A floret in an aggregate flower.

Corollifloral [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Corolliflorous

Corolliflorous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having the stamens borne on the petals, and the latter free from the calyx. Compare Calycifloral and Thalamifloral.

Corolline [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to a corolla.

Corollule [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

COROLLET, COROLLULE noun One of the partial flowers which make a compound one; the floret in an aggregate flower.

Coromandel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal.

Coromandel coast Encyclopedia Britannica

COROMANDEL COAST, the eastern seaboard of India between Cape Calimere, in 10° 17' N. lat. and 79° 56' E. long., and the mouths of the Kistnah or Krishnah. The shore, which is shallow, is without a single good natural harbour, and is at all times beaten by a heavy sea. Communication with ships can be effected only by catamarans and flat-bottomed surf-boats. The north-east monsoon, which lasts from October till April, is exceedingly violent for three months after its commencement. From April till October hot southerly winds blow by day; at night the heat is tempered by sea-breezes. The principal places frequented by shipping are Pulicat, Madras, Sadras, Pondicherri, Cuddalor, Tranquebar, Nagore, and Naga-patnam. The name Coromandel is said to be derived from Cholamandal, the mandal or region of the ancient dynasty of the Chola.

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Corona [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In architecture, a large flat member of a cornice, crowning the entablature, and the whole order; called by workmen the drip.

2. In anatomy, the upper surface of the molar teeth or grinders.

3. In botany, the circumference or margin of a radiated compound flower. Also, the appendage to the top of seeds, which enables them to disperse.

4. In optics, a halo or luminous circle around the sun, moon or stars.

Corona [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.

2. The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column.

3. The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown.

4. The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin.

5. A peculiar luminous appearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.

6. An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil.

7. Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ.

8. A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon.

9. A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle.

10. A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis.

11. A character [/] called the pause or hold.

Corona Encyclopedia Britannica

CORONA, in astronomy, the name given to the phenomenon seen round the sun during a total eclipse. This phenomenon is doubtless a complex one, and comprises effects due (1) to the sun’s surroundings or the various layers of its atmosphere, (2) to the sunlight falling on something between us and the sun, and (3) to certain physiological effects in the eye. These effects will be discussed under the heading Sun. In the meantime it may be stated that the solar part of the phenomenon comprises the chromosphere, the layer of brightly incandescent hydrogen, with other included metallic vapours, which lies immediately over that interior part of the sun which we ordinarily see; the prominences or red flames, which are local uprisings of the chromosphere; and outside all, the coronal atmosphere, which consists, so far as is yet known, of hydrogen less brightly incandescent than that in the chromosphere, and of an unknown substance, the vapour density of which appears to be less than that of hydrogen.

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Coronach [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Coranach.

Coronae [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Corona