corral (koral)

t.; pret. and pp. corralled, ppr. corralling. [ stock. Their cultivated farms and corralled cattle were appropriated as though the Indian owners had been so many wild beasts. New Princeton Rev. , II. 228. 2. To capture; make prisoner of; take po e ion of; appropriate; scoop: as, they corralled the whole outfit-that is, captured them all. [Colloq., western U. S.] The disposition to corral everything, from quicksilver to wheat, from the Com stock lode to the agricultural lands, is a great obstacle to California's healthy developS. Bowles, in Merriam, II. 387. ment. 3. Figuratively, to corner; leave no escape to in discu ion; corner in argument. [Colloq., western U. S.] -4. To form into a corral; form a corral or inclosure by means of. See extract. They corral the waggons; that is to say, they set them in the form of an ellipse, open only at one end, for safety; each waggon locked against its neighbour, overlapping it by a third of the length, like scales in plate armour; this ellipse being the form of defence against Indian attack which long experience in frontier warfare had proved to the old Mexican traders in these regions to be the most effective shield. When the waggons are corralled the oxen are turned loose to graze. W. Hepworth Dizon , New America, xiii. corrasivet, a . and n. [Formerly also corasive ; appar. orig. an error for corrosive , but in form corradere , scrape or rake together (see corrade ), + -ive .] I. a. Corrosive. II. n. A corrosive. 1st M. Come on, Sir, I will lay the law to you. 2d M. O, rather lay a corrasive ; the law will eat to the bone. Webster, Duche of Malfi, iv. 2. corrasivet, v. t. [ Till irksome noise have cloy'd your ears, And corrasiv'd your hearts. Webster, Duche of Malfi, iv. 2. correal (kor'ē-al), a . [ * cor real is , conreus , a partaker in guilt, an accomplice, com- , together, + reus , one accused, res , a thing, case, cause: see real , res .] Having joint obligation or guilt.- Correal obligations, in Rom . law , obligations where, notwithstanding a plurality of creditors or debtors, there exists but one debt, so that, while each creditor has the right to ask payment of the whole debt and each debtor is bound to pay it, payment to only one discharges the others. They were generally founded by expre stipulation, as, in the absence of such stipulation, the general rule was that each party had only to pay or could only ask his proportionate share of the whole debt. trate; remove or counteract the operation or effects of, especially of something that is undesirable or injurious; rectify: as, to correct abuses; to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations. Heaven has corrected the boundle ne of his voluptu ous desires by stinting his strength. Steele, Tatler, No. 211. There was a time when it was the fashion for public men to say, "Show me a proved abuse, and I will my best to correct it." Lord Palmers ton , 5. Specifically, in optics, to eliminate from (an eyepiece or object-gla ) the spherical or chromatic aberration which tends to make the image respectively indistinct or discolored. See aberration, 4. With respect to chromatic aberration, the gla is said to be over-corrected or under - corrected, according as the red rays are brought to a focus beyond or within that of the violet rays. If we suppose a person to be blind to the extreme blue and the violet rays only of the spectrum, to him an over corrected object-gla would be perfect. Science, III. 487. 6. To endeavor to cause moral amendment in; especially, punish for wrong-doing; discipline. Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest. Prov. xxix. 17. "Speak cleanly, good fellow," said jolly Robin, "And give better terms to me; Else Ile thee correct for thy neglect, And make thee more mannerly." Robin Hood and the Tanner (Child's Ballads, V. 225). =Syn. Improve , Better. See amend . correct (ko-rekt'), a. [= D. Dan. Sw. korrekt = G. correct = F. correct = Sp. Pg. correcto = It. corretto (obs.), Felton , On Reading the Cla ics. Mr. Hunt is, we suspect, quite correct in saying that Lord Byron could see little or no merit in Spenser. Macaulay , Moore's Byron. If the code were a little altered, Colley Cibber might be a more correct poet than Pope. Macaulay , Moore's Byron. Correct inference. See inference . =Syn, Exact , Precise , etc. (see accurate ), right, faultle , perfect, proper. correctt (ko-rekt'), n. [ v .] Correc tion. Past the childish fear, fear of a stripe, Or school's correct with deeper grave impre ion. Ford, Fame's Memorial. correctable, correctible (ko-rek'ta-bl, -ti-bl), a. [ The coldne e and wind in e e, easily correctable with spice. Fuller , Worthies, Gloucestershire. correct ant (ko-rek'tant), a . and n . [ a . Corrective. [Rare.] II. n. A correcting agent. It [creasote] is not only a correct ant of the salicylic acid, but also the best adjuvant we can find. Med. News , XLIX. 437. correctible, a. See correctable. make right, make better, improve, correct, It is not to be a justice of peace, To pick natural philosophy out of bawdry, When your worship's pleas'd to cor rectify a lady. see regular , rector , right .] 1. To make straight or right; remove error from; bring into acc or- dance with a standard or original; point out ing manner; by way of correction. errors in. Retracts his Sentence, and corrects his count, Makes Death go back for fifteen yeers. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Decay. "Matthew Moon, mem," said Henry Fray, cor rec tingly. T. Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd, x.