coquimbite

[Ger coquimbit, from Coquimbo, a department or province of Chili in which it is found. Min .: A hexagonal mineral with a hardne of 2-2.5, a specific gravity of 2-21, a white, yellow, brown, or slightly violet color, and an astringent taste. Composition: Sulphuric acid, 427; sesquioxide of iron, 28:5; water, 28 8=100. (Dana.) cor (1), s. [Fr.] A horn. (1) Cor de cha e : A hunting horn. (2) Cor de vaches : Cow-horn, used in many places abroad to call the cattle home, and formerly employed to rouse the laborers to their work. (3) Cor de dejeuner : A horn to summon the farm or plantation laborers of the South to meals. It was made of a cow's horn, and the operative was generally a diminutive negro, who being too small to work, was thus early utilized for the general good. ( Colloq . jocose .) tcor (2), s. [Lat.] The heart. (1) Cor Caroli (the Heart of Charles): Astron.: A name given by Halley, in memory of Charles 1.. to a star of the third, or intermediate between the second and third, magnitude, situated on the neck of the Lower Dog in the constellation Canes Venatic i (the Hunting Dogs). When symbolically drawn, it was represented as a heart sur IMG:content-0924.png:[blocks in formation] , fat, färe, amidst, what, fall, father; we, wet, here, camel, her, there; wöre, wolf, wõrk, whô, sốn; müte, cub, cüre, unite, cûr, rûle, füll; try, Syrian. œ = ē; ey = cor (3) Cor Leonis (the Lion's Heart): Astron.: The name of the star Alpha Leonis, generally known as Regulus, the bright star in the zodiacal constellation Leo, the Lion. (4) Cor Serpent is (the Serpent's Heart): Astron.: The star Unukalkay, also called Alpha Serpent is.