corpuscule (korpuskul)

[F. corpuscule, IMG:content-1347.png:[blocks in formation] lum , dim. of corpus , a body: see corpus .] 1. A minute particle, molecule, or atom of matter. puscule .] Same as corpuscle . can be discovered by microscopes. Newton, Opticks. corracle, n. See coracle . 2. In zoöl . and an at ., some small body regard- ed by itself and characterized by a qualifying term: usually a body of microscopic size; a cell. See phrases below.-3. In bot . , specifi- cally, one of several large cells within the endo- sperm and near the summit of the embryo sac in gymnosperms, from which after fertiliza- tion an embryo is developed: so named by R. Brown. They are styled by Sachs archegonia , and are corradet (ko-rad'), v. t. [L. corradere, con- radere , scrape or rake together, com- , together, + radere , scrape, scratch, rub, graze: see rase .] To scrape or rake together; accumulate labor i- ously. Wealth corraded by corruption. Dr. R. Clarke , Sermons, p. 480. corradial (ko-rā'di-al), a . [L. com- , together, + radius , a ray: see ray , radius .] Radiating corradial from or to the same center or point. Cole ridge. [Rare.] cor radiate (ko-rā'di-āt), v. t.; pret. and pp. cor radiated, ppr. cor radiating. [L. com-, together, + radiatus, pp. of radiare, beam: see radiate.] To converge to one point, as rays of light. cor radiation (ko-rā-di-a's hon), n. [ On the hillsides a round corral for herds would occasionally be seen. Lathrop , Spanish Vistas, p. 73. About a hundred horses were driven into a large corral , IMG:content-1348.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Specifically-( a ) To note or mark errors or defects in, as a printer's proof, a book, a manuscript, etc., by marginal or interlinear writing. (b) To make alterations in, as type set for printing, according to the marking on a proof taken from it; make the changes required by: as, to correct a page or a form; to correct a proof. [The latter phrase is used both of the marking of the errors in a proof and of making the changes in the type indicated by the marks; but in the first sense printers usually speak of reading or marking proofs.] 3. To point out and remove, or endeavor to remove, an error or fault in: as, to correct an as some on foot, exhibited their skill with the la o. Lady Bra ey , Voyage of Sunbeam, I. vi. 2. An inclosure, usually a wide circle, formed of the wagons of an oxor mule-train by emigrants cro ing the plains, for encampment at night, or in case of attack by Indians, the horses and cattle grazing within the circle. See corral , v . t . [Western U. S.] -3. A strong stockade or inclosure for capturing wild elephants in Ceylon.