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C-Ol Ü~HI!, or RECULUS, in altronomy, a·6xed .ílar
of the firíl magnitude in the tonílellation leo.
CORACO.BRACHIALIS,· iD aDatomy. See Vol. 1.
p. 196.
CORACOlDES, io anatomy. See Vol 1. p. 177.
CORACOMANTES, in antiquity, perfons who fore·
told evenl! from lheir ohlcrvations 00 crOW!.
CORACO·RADIALlS, ·in analomy. Sce Vol. 1. p.
t97· .'
CORALLINA, or CORAL" in zoology, a geous be·
longiog tO tbe order of yermes zoophyta. The trunk
is radicated, joioted, aod calcarious. The fpecies are
eight, diílinguilhed by Ihe form of their braoches,
and are found in Ihe OteaD adberiog to ílones, bODes,
lllells, tic.Thecorals were formerly believed 10 be ve·
getable fubílances hardened by the air; bUI are geoe·
rally believed to be compofed of a congeries ofanimals,
wbich are even endued with the facuhy of moviog
fpontaneoufly. Lionzus's order óÍ zoophyta is como
pored of animals of this kind', as the fpoogia, fertula.
ria, &c. See NATURAL HISTORV.
CORALLODENDRON, iobotany. See ERYTHRINA.
(;OUL fiJlm). · Red cOI'al is found in the Mediterra·
oean, on ·the Ihores of Proveoce, from Cape de la
CouroDDc to that of St Tropez ; about the iOes of
Majorca and Minorca; 00 the fouth of Sicily; 00 the
toafi! o( ACrica; and, laflly, in Ihe Elhiopic otean,
aboul cape Negro. The divers fay, tbat the litde
-branches are found only in the caveros whofe útuatiOD
is parallcl to the,arth's furface, and open to the fouth.
The manner of 6lhing being nearly the fame where·
ever coral is fQuod, it will fuffice tO iollance the me·
.thod ufed at the baílioo of France, under the direc·
rionof the company eílablilhed at Marfeilles for that
6lhery. Seven or eight meo go io a boat cOlllmanded
by the patron or proprietor, and when tlle net is
'thrown by the cafier, ,the .refi work the veITel, and
belp to draw the net in. The Det is compofed of two
rafters of wood ried crofs·wife, with beis fixed to
them: to thefe tbey fafien a quantity of hemp twiíled
Joofely rouod, aod iotermingled with fome large Det·
ting. Tbis iDnrUmeDt is let down where they thiDk
thm is coral, aDd pulled up agaio, wheo the coral is
ílroDgly intangled in me hemp and nmiog. For this
purpofe, Gx boals are fometimes required; and if in
hauliDg io, the rope bappens to break, the 6lhermen
run the hamd of being loíl. Before the filhers go
to fee, tbey agree for the price of the coral, which is
fometimes m,ore, fometimes lefs a pouDd; and they
eDgage, on pain of corporal pnoilhmeot, thu oeilher
tbey nor their crew Ihall embetzle aoy, but deliver
the wbole to the propRetors. When the filhery is
eoded, whicb amouots ooe year wilh another to twenly'
five quintals for each boat, it is divided iOlO thimen
']larlS, of which the proprietor hath four, the caílm
tWO, and the other fiK men ODe each, the thirteeoth
belongs to the company fOr paymeot of the boat furo
nilhed them.
, or Al.rouN. See ALoCO UN.
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CORAX, inornithology, the trivial Dame of a fpeci~
vf corvus. See CORVUS.
CORBAN, a fcripture term of an o/Fering which had
life, in oppofition to the minchab which had 00 life.
CO RBAN i! alfo a ceremooywhich the Mabomelaos pero
form at tbe foot of 1Il0unt Ararat, itÍ Arabia, near
Mecca. lt conJiíls in killing a great oumber of Iheep,
aod diílributiog them among dIe po~r.
CORBEILS, in fortificatibn. See BASKET.
CORBE'L, inarchite8~re, a reprefentation of abaJket,
fon\etimes feeo on the heads of th, caryatid~.
CORBY, a towo of Germany,' tbirty miles eaíl of PiI·
derborn, io Weílphalia: Ea(l loog. 9° 20', N. lat.
51° 40"
CORCHORUS, ] EWHULAD, in botany, a geDus of
tbe polyandria monogynia clafs. The corolJa coofilh
of five pelals; the caliK Í6 deciduous, and confiíls of
five leaves; and the capCule has many cells and valves.
The fpecies are fiK, none of Ibem oatives of Bri·
taiD'.
CORO ,¡vmd, a certaiu quaotity ofwood for buroing,
fo called becaufe formerly tm:afured with a cord. TIte
dimenfions of a ílalute cord of wood are eight feet
long, four feei high, aDd four feet broad.
CO RD'\vOOD, is oew wood, aod fuch as, when brought
by water, comes on board a veITel, in oppofition 10
that which is 1I0ated.
CORDAGE, a term ufed, io general, for all forts of
cord, whether fmall, middJing, or . See RoPE.
CORDATED, an appellatioD frequently given by Datu·
rali(ls 10 things lomewhat refelllbling a heart.
CORDED, in heraldry. A crofs corded fome ¡Othon
take for a crofs wound or wreoched about with cords.
See CABLE~· CROSS.
Others, with more probabi!ity, take it for a erofs
made of two pieces of cord.
CORDELERAS, mountaiDs of fouth America, olber·
wiCe caBed Andes. See ANDES.
CORDELlER, in (lory, a Francifcan or re·
ligious of the order of St Fraocis.
COROlA, in botany, a genus of the peDtandria mono·
gyoia clafs. The corolla is tunod.lhaped, aDd bas
but one petal ; the aylus is dichotomous; and 'tbe
fruil is a bilocular drupa. The fpecies are five,
none of them natives of Britain.
CORDIAL, iD medicine, whate_er raifes the fpirits,
and gives thema fuddeo ílrength and chearfulnefs, as
wine, Cpirits, the e/lluvia of ¡¡owers, fruit, maDy
other fubaances.
CORDON, in fonification, a row of ílones, made
round on theoutfide, and fet belween l~e wall of ~e
fonrtfs which lies anope, and the parapet whlc.h
fiands perpeDdicular, after [uch a manner, tbat lbls
dilference may not be olfenfive tO tbe eye: wb8~ce
the cordons ferve only as ao ornament, nng~ng
round about :he place, being only ufed in forttficatton
of ílone·work. For in thofe made with earlb, tbe
_oid fpace is filled up with pointed aakes.. .
CORDOUa, CO RDO,VA, a ci'yof Andalufia, ln SpatO,
fitualed