core wheel (korhwel)

A wheel having rece es into which the cogs of another wheel may be inserted, or into which cogs may be driv en. It is made by placing cores in the mold in which it is cast, which form the openings or rece es. corf (kôrf), п. [A var. of corb1, a basket: see corb1.] 1. In coal- mining, a box in which coals are conveyed from the working place to the shaft. This was formerly done in wicker baskets, whence the name. Also cauf. [Eng.]-2. A local English measure of coal. In Core-wheel. Durham it is 4 bushels, or 34 hundredweight; in Derby shire, 24 level bushels, or 2 hundredweight. Also corve. corf-house (kôrf'hous), n. In Scotland, a temporary shed where the nets and other material used in salmon-fishing are stored, and where the fish are cured and packed. Corfiote, Corfute (kôr fi-ōt, kôr'fūt), n. A native or an inhabitant of Corfu, the most northerly of the Ionian islands in Greece.