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C010~A f,/iJ, iD bOlany. See HELIÁNTHUS.
CORO S",j'lI . See Jus.
CORONAL, iD analomy. See Vol. 1. p. Ip.
CORONALE .1, io anatomy, lhe fame Wilh lbe os
frontis. See Vol. 1. p. 112.
CORONARI:\, io bonny. See AGROSTE"!.
CORONARY vefe/¡, io analUmy. See ANATOMv,
Pan 111. and IV.
CORONEOLA, in bqtaoy. See LV SIM AC H lA.
CORONER, ao ancienl oflieer of Ihis kingdom, fo eall·
ed beedufe he is wholly employed for lhe king ~od
crown.
The olliee of coronm efpecially coocerns the pleas
of the ero",o; and they are confervalors of lbe peace
in the couoly where eletled, being ufually two for
eaeh county. Tbeir authorilY is judicial and minie·
terial: judicial, where a per[oo comes to a violeot
death; to lake aod ~Oler appeals of lIIurder, plonouoee
judgmenlon outlawne.s, 6c. and lO inqwre iOlO Ihe
lands, goods, aod efeape of murders, treaftte tro.e,
wreek of tRe fca, deodaods, 6c. The miniflerial
powe~ is wheo eorooers exccute the kiog's ",,,ilS, on
exception taken 10 the Iheriff, liS being pmyin a fuil,
of kin to eilber of the panits, or 00 lhe d~fJult of the
Iheriff, ec. The aUtnOrilY of ¡he coroner does 00\
terminale on the demi{e of Ihe king, as lhat of judges,
6c. does, who aa by Ihe Iting's eOOlOlilliun. On
default of (heri!!'s, coroners are tOimpannel juries, and
tOreturo ilTues on juries not appearing, ec.
CORONE r. Sce CRO,"S.
CORON ET, or CROHT of a horfo, the lowefi pan of
lhe pofiern, which runs round the collin, and is di·
fiinguilhed by lhe hair joiniog aod covering lbe upper
pan of lhe hoof.
CORONILLA, io bouny, a genus of lhe diadelphia
dmndria clafs. The ealix is bilabialed, and
xillum is hardly longer lhao the ala:. There are 1I
fpecies, none of tbemoalives of Britain.
CORONOPUS, io botany. See PL~STAG~.
CORPORA cavunofa, in aoatomy. See Vol. L
p. l72.
CORPORA o/i•.,i., in anatomy. See Vol. 1. p. 287.
COR>POU pyramidaJia¡ in aoatomy. See Vol, ¡'.
p. 287.
CO~PORA flri.,a·. in anatomy. See Vol. t. p.286.
CORPORAL, an inferior o/licer under a ferjeant, in a
oompany of foot, who has eharge over one of lhe di·
lifion!, places and relieves eentinels, and keeps good
order in the eorps de g¡u-de: he ~Ifo receives the word'
from ¡he inreriot rounds,. whieb palT~9 by his corps de
garde. This offieer earries a fufte, and j¡ commonly
an old foldier.: there ale geoenlly mree eorporals in
each company.
CORPORAL 'l' /hip, an o/licer who has tbe charge of
feuing aod relie.ing the ",atches and cenlrie., and
"bo fees ¡har the foldim and failors keep lheir arms
neal aod clcan: he tcachu lbem how 10 ufe ilieir
arms. and has a mate uoder him .
CORPORATION, a body politic, or incorporale, fo.
called, beeaufe tbe perfoos or membm are joioed io·
10 ODe bcdy, ¡¡¡d are 'lualiúed 10 tae ¡od grant, &c.
. Corporati~ns ..re eilher [piritua! or temporal: fp¡'
ntual, as blfhops, deans, archdeaeons, parfoos, vi–
ears, ec. Temporal, as mayor, eommonahy, bailiff,
bu~ge{[es, &c. And (ome corporations are of a mixed
oature, enmpofed of fpirilual and temporal perfoos,
fuch as headsof coHeges and hofpiláls, 6c. AU eor·
porarioos are faid 10 be ecclefiaUieal nr lay : eceleG·
.fiieal are eitber regular, as abbeys, priories, ehaplers,
6c. or fecular, as bilhopriQJ, deaories, archdeacon·
ries, &c. lay, as lhofe of cilies, 10WOS, . compaoies,
or eommuDitics of eommerce, ec.
CORPOREAL, thofe qualities wbieh deoominale abo·
dy. See QUALITV, Boov, and INc'ORPO~EAL.
CORPULENCY, iD medicine, me fiare of a perfoo 100
much loaded with flefh or falo
CORPUS cal/ojulR, in analomy. See VoL 1. p. 285.
CORPUS cavtrllofuln, in anatomy. See Vol. 1. P. 212.
CORPUS " ,íeu/u". See RET tCU LAR!:.
COR PUS Chrij7i, a fefiival of lhe chureh, kepl 00 lhe
next Thurfday after Trioity.fundaYr ioUituted in ha·
nour of tbeeuehariU; tO which alfo one of tbe eolJeges
in Oxford is dedieated.
CORPUSCLE, io phyfies, a mioule particle, or phy.
fical atom, bcing fuch as a oatural body is made up 0(,
By lhis word is oot meaot the elemeolary parlicles,
oor lhe hypofiatieal.principies of ehemifls; byt fueh
panicles, whelher of a fimple orocompound nalure,
whofe pans wiJl oot be dilTol~ed nor diffipaled by oro
di~ary degrees of heat.
CORPUSCULAR ph¡lcfophJr Ihal way oC philofo.
phiriog whieh. endeavours 10 explainlhiogs, and 10 ae·
counl for the phenomena o( nalure by lhe motioo, n–
gure, reU, poGtioo, ec. of the corpufcles, 01 tbe mi–
Du'te parcicles of maner.
Mr Boyle fums up the cbief principies of the eor·
pufeul.r hypotbefis, whieh 0011' 1I0urilhes uoder lhe me·
ehanieal philofophy, in lhefe partieulars :
h. They fuppo[e lhat lhere is bUl one catholie or
uni,erfal marterr ",hich is an extended, impeneuable,.
and divifoble fubfiaoee, eommoo tOall bodioo, aod ca·
pable of all fonlls. :z: That lhis matrer, in order lO
furm tbe vafi variety of oatural bodies, muU hare mo·
non io fome or all irs allignable pam i aod tbat this
mOlion was given 10 mamr by Oad the Creator of all
thing6, and has all manner of diretlions and teodeneies.
3. Mmer mufi alfo be alIually di.ided inlo parr., a~d
eaeh of thefe primitive particles, fragm:OIs,. 01 aloms–
of maller, mufi have io¡ proper magnitude or foz!.', as
alfo its peculiar figure or Ihape. 4. 1b~y fuppofe al·
fo, 16at ¡heCe differeptly fizul and Ihaped panicles may
havna differeol order·s aod policiolU, whereof great
variety may arife in lhe eompofolioo of bodies.
<i:ORRECTlON, in princil!g, ,tlle. FOio\ing di/'.
eoveriog lhe faulu in a prioted Iheer, io order to be–
amend<d by the compofolJlr before it be priDled off.
See PRl<MTIMG.
CORRECTOR,. in .general, deoote$ fomething lhav
meods lhe faults or bad qualities of others.
CO~RH1' OR ~/lhejlapl" a c1erk belooging to the U.,.
pie, ",hofe bufinefs js lO write dowo aod record' t6e
bargains that merchaou make there.