corrugant (korogant)

[L. corrugan ( t- ) s, ppr. of corrugare, wrinkle: see corrugate, v.] Having the power of corrugating, or contracting into wrinkles or folds. Johnson. 1282 organic body), as by a natural proce , accompanied by a fetid smell; change from a good to a bad physical condition, in any way.-4. To vitiate or deprave, in a moral sense; change from good to bad; infect with evil; pervert; debase. What force ill companie hath, to corrupt good wittes, the wisest men know best. Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 52. Evil communications corrupt good manners. 1 Cor. xv. 33. Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel just; And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted. IMG:content-1356.png:[blocks in formation] Extended views a narrow mind extend; Push out its corrugate , expansive make. Young , Night Thoughts, ix. 1384. 2. In zoöl . and bot . , having a wrinkled appearance: applied to a surface closely covered with parallel and generally curved or wavy sharp ridges which are separated by deep and often depre ed lines. corrugated (kor'ö-ga-ted), p. a. [ Not level and smooth, but corrugated ; to ed into mountains and reefs of sand, seamed with shallow ravines, and enclosing in the sweep of the sand-hills immense plains. W. H. Ru ell , Diary in India, I. 34. Corrugated iron. See iron. corrugation (kor-ö-gā'shon), n. [F.corruga tion , L. as if * corrugatio ( n- ), corrugare , wrinkle: see corrugate .] A wrinkling; contraction into wrinkles; a wrinkled, furrowed, or puckered state or condition. corrugator (kor'ö-ga-tor), n.; pl. cor ruga to res (kor ö-ga-tōrēz). [= F. corrugateur = Sp. corrugador = It. corrugatore,