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'Gt~ated

the river Guadalquivir, feveo\y·two miles

oonh·eafl of Seville, and feventy.five

oort~

of Mala·

ga : W. long.

4S',

and

lat.

37·

4S'.

COREA, ao iOand or peninfuJa on the nonh·eafl coafl

of China, benveen

36.

and

42.

lat.

CORDWA[NEll S

term whereby lhoeDlakers are de·

nominated inl¡aluteS. By a flatute of Jac.

the nla·

ller aod wardens of the eordwaincrs company)'

óc.

are to appoint' fearcbers aod triers of

le'athe~;

and no

lealher is to be fold before 'fearched, fealed,

&C.

CORDYLINA, in. botany. See Y.UCCA.

CORDYLVS, the trivial name of a fpecies

Lacena.

See LACERTA.

COREGQNUS, in ichmyology, a lY,noolme

a fpe·

eies of Salmo. See S.uMO.

COREIA, io aotiquity, a {eaival in booour of Profer·

pinto

COREOPSIS,

botaoy, a genus of me

fy~genefia

polygamia frullranea

~Iafs.

The receptacle is paleace.

OIlS,

tbe pappus has two double borns; the calix

e·

reé!. aud co06f1s of maoy leaves. There are eleven

fpecies, oone of thelll oatives of' Bruaio.

CORFE.CASTLE, a borough·town of Dorfetlbire, a·

bout twdve miles eafl of

Dorchefl~,

near !he fea:

W. long.

2· 10',

and

lat.

50·

36'. !t

feods two

members to Parliameot.

CORFU, ao iIland fubjeé! to tbe Veoetiaos, filuated in

Ihe Mediterraoeao, oear tbe entrance of the gulph of

Venice.

Co HU is alfo the capital of tbe above iIlaod: E. long.

20·

4d,

aodN.lat.

39°

40'

CORIA, a!city of Ellremadura, io Spain, tbirty·Jive

miles oonh of Alcantara: W. loog

6· 40',

aod.

lat.

39°

SS'.

bi(hop's fee.

CORIANDIWM, in b.otany, a genus of tbe.peotanaria

digynia dafl. Tbe coralla is radialed; the iovolu·

cruDllUniverfale confiils of ooe leaf, and the paniale

dimidialed; and the fruit is fpherical. The fpecies

ate two, ooly O!1e of which,

viz.

'tbe fátivom, or co·

riander, is

oative of Britaio. The {eeds are ufed

as a Ilomacbic.

CORIARlA, "YlTL2tS,UMACH,

botany, a genus of

the dioecia decandria clafs. The calix of both male

and female ' confifls o( 6ve leaves, and the corolla of

each has five petals.

T.he

antherz are divided ioto

two pans: The female has five

ayli,

and five feeds.

Tbe fpecies are two, none of Ihem natives of Bti·

taio.

CORINDUM, in bOlany. See CAROt·OIPEUtUN.

CORlNT.H, a city of European T.urky, fituated .oear

the ifihmus into tbe Morea, about

fifey

miles wefl of

Atheos, iO '23° E. loog. and

37· 30' N.

lat.

CO~IH:r HIAN

ORDEa, in arcbiteélure. See Vol.

P· 3p·

CO~IS,

in hntany,

genu! of the 1leDtanQria mODogy–

Dta clarl. The coroUa has but one irregular leaf;

lhe calix is prickly, and the capfule has 6vc valves.

Tbere is but oae fpecin,

native of Montpelier.

CO~IS~.ERMUM,

in botany, a genus of the monan·

d"a digynia clafs of plants, whofe corolla confifls oí

VOL.U. No.

41.

two comprelTed,

cr~ked,

,poioted petals, equal in fize,

and placed oppofite oae aóother: its fruit is a roundifh

capfule, oomprtlred, bilocular, aód havioR

~ f\lr~wed

e¡lge;

th~

feeds are of an oblong

6gu~e,

aód ' fland

fingle. There are two fpecics, nene of tbem naiives

of Hritaio.

COItK, 'or CORK'TREE, iri bolany.

Sée~ER cus.

CORK, or

QORlI~G

a jaddl.,

the pieces ·to<wmch

the bolfiers 'are'lltadc fafl; fo catléd aS ' hUving ;for–

metly

htC<1

made of cork.

CORK, in geography, the capital of aeounty of thefame

name, in Ireland, and proolnce of Munfler,: fituáted

on tbe river Lee, abont fifty miles foutb of Lilllerick :

Jong.

S·

29',

andN. lat. s'r

40"

CORMANDEL.C()'AST, comprehends the calIern

coall of the hitber India, hottoded by

eo1condá

the

Donh, the bay of I\engal on the

eal!',

'Madura on the

footh, and Bifnagar on the wefl: i/ 'líe;

~et\veen

10Q

and

20°

lat.

CORMORANT, . in oroilhology. See

'f,'~T'LUS.

CORN, in country

affa~rs,

the grain or feeds of plants,

feparated from the,Eplca, or ear, aod "fed for making

bread.

There are feveral fpecies of corn, ¡¡¡eh

-as

IYheat,

rye aod barley,' millet and rice, oalS, 'maize and Jen–

tils, peafe, and a number of other kinds, each of

,,:hich has its

ufe~ulnefs

..od Pl·opriety. Corn is very

dlifereot from frum, IVlth refpeé! tO the manner of itl

preferoation; and is capable of being prefemd in pu–

blie granaries, for preffiog oecafions,

and.of

being kept

for feveral centuries.

The

6ra

method is tO let it remain io the.fpike;

th~

only expedieot for cooveying it tO Ihe illands and pro–

vinces of America. Tbe inhabitants of thofe

couotrie~

fave it inthe ear, and raife it to maturity by that pre–

ciUllion : but this metbod

preferving it, is auended

with fevera!

ioconveoie~cies

among us; corq is ' apt to

rot or fprou\, if aóy the lean moiflure is, in ¡he heap;

the rats likewife infea it, and our wanl of.llra.w alfo

obliges us to feparare 'tbe graio from the

eiITP!~

The

fecond is to turn and wionow it

frequent.ly

or'to.~Our

Utrough atroughorruill·bopper, from

nne

ftool'ltllano–

tber; being thus moved and aired every fi(teca

~ays,

for .be

6ra

Ílx monlhs, it will require lifs li\Illlur fQr

Ute future, if lodged in a dry place : but if, th'rou&h

negleét, mues Ihould .be allowed to

md~

Utto the

heap, they. wil! fooo reduce ¡he coro "to .

aJ ;

heap

of dua·: Lbis mua be aooided .by moving the coro a–

new, and rubbiog the places adjaceot with oils and

herbs, wbofe lIrong ocIour may chace them away; fQr

which gatlic and Dwarf·elder are very effeélual:, they

may likewife be cxpofed tO the opeo fun; which im.

mediatel

.kills them, Wheo the corn has beea pre.

ferved from alJ"impnrities for the fpace of two years,

and

Ims

e~hal~

its fires, it mar .be kept for fifty

or even

bnfldred years,

lodgiog it in piu, covered

witb flrong plaob, c10fely joined together: but tbe

{afer way is tO caver tbe heap with quick.lime, which

(hould be diITolved by fprinkling li[ over wilh

fmall

quantity of water; this caufes the grains

(hOO[ to

the