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Show CO CL ecorrival. Corrr'vALRY. 7. /i [fro Competition; oppofition Corro'BORANT Metals Co'rroODY. 7. /. [from corrodo, Latin.] defalcation from an allowance or falary for fome other than the original purpofe erant, corroboranty and aperient. Bacon's Nar. Hift an Befides thefe floating burgefies of the ocean there are certain flying citizens of the air, whic prefcribe for a corrody therein Carew In thofe days even noble perfons, and othe meanet men, ordered corrodics and penfions to thei chaplains and fervants out of churches Machiavel well noteth, though in an ill-favoure inftance, there is no trufting to the force of nature nor to the bravery of words, except it be corroborat Bacon tby cuftem Ayliffe's Parergon 2. To ftrengthen ; to make ftrong To fortify imagination there be three ways ; th authority whence the belief is derived, means t clean.sh data import.tsv out README quicken and corroborate the imagination, and mean Bacon to repeat it and refrefh it it was faid that the prince himfelf had, by th fight of foreign courts, and obfervations on th different natures of people, and rules of government much excited and awake corroborated his judgment As any limb well an {ftronger, the nerves of th thereby dul bod his fpirits an Worton exercifed grow are correborate Watts CorRROBORA'TION. 7. /. [from corroborate.] 'The a&t of ftrengthening or confirming; confirmation by fome additional fecurity; addition of firength The lady herfelf procure corraboration of the marriage a bull, for the bette Bacon's Henry VII CoRrRROBORATIVE. adj. [ from corroborate. Having the power of increafing firength In the cure of an ulcer, with a moift intemperies, as the heart is weakened by too much hu midity, you are to mix corroboratives of an aftringent faculty; and the ulce dried alfo requireth to b Wifeman's Surgery 70 CORRO'DE. «@. a. [corrods, Latin. To eat away by degrees, as a menftruum; to prey upon; to confume ; t wear away gradually Statefmen purge vice with vice, and may corrod The bad with bad, a fpider with a toad Tor fo ill thralls not them, but they tame ill And make her do much good againft her will Donge We know that aqua- fortis corroding copper which is it that gives the-colour to verdigreafe, i avont to reduce it to a green-blue folution Hale's Origin of Mankind Hannibal the Pyreneans paft And freepy Alps, the mounds that nature caft And with corroding juices, as he went A paffage through the living rock he rent Dryden's Fuwvenal Fithes, which neither chew their meat, nor grin it in their ftomachs, do, by a diffolvent liquor ther provided, corrode and reduce it into a chylus Ray on the Creation The blood turning acrimonious, corrodes th " weflels, producing almoft all the difeafes of th infiammator kind Arbuthnot Should jealoufy its venom once diffufe "Corroding every thought, and blafting al Love's paradife i Thomfon's Spring Corro'DENT. adj. [from corrode.] Having the power of corroding or waftin any thing away Corropisr'LiT Y. 2, /. [from corrodible. The quality of being corrofible; pofiibility to be confumed by a menftruum Corro'DIBLE. adj. [from corrode.] Poffible to be confumed or corroded Wyor. CorRO'SIBLE. adj. [from corrode.] Poflibl to be confumed by a menftruum Thi ought to be corradible CorRROSIBLENESS. 7. /. [from corrofible. Sufceptibility of corrofion : rather corrodibility CorRrO's10N. 7. /. [corrodo, Latin. power of eating or wearin degrees Dié Th away b Corrofion is a particular fpecies of diffolution o bodies, either by an acid or a faline menftruum It is almoft wholly defigned for the refolution o badies moft rongly compacted, as bones and me tals; fo that the menftruums here employe have a confiderable moment or force Thefe liquors, whether acid or urinous, are nothing bu falts diffolved in a little phlegm5 therefore thef being folid, and confequently containing a confiderable quantity of matter, do both attract on another more, and are alfo more attraéted by th particles of the body to be diffolved: fo when th more {olid bodies are put into faline menftruums the attraction is ftronger than in other folutions and the motion, which is always proportional t the attrattion, is more violent: fo that we ma eafily conceive, when the motion is in fuch a manner increafed it thoul pores of the bodies driv and ope th an falt int loofe th thei cohefion, though ever fo firm LRuinc A kind of poifon worketh either by corrofion, o by a fecret malignity and enmity to nature Bacon's Natural Hiftory That corrofion and diffolution of bodies, even th moft folid and durable, which is vulgarly afcribe to the air, is caufed merely by the aétion of wate upon them; the air being {o far from injuring an preying upon the bodies it environs, that it contributes to their fecurity and prefervation Woodward CoRRO'SIVE Boyle on Colours The nature of mankind, left to itfelf, woul Aoon have fallen into diflolution, without the in <eflant and corroding invafions of fo long a time the powerfulleft hea Brown's Vulgar Evrours There be divers forts of bracelets fit to comfor the fpirits; and they be of three intentions, refri fro communicable unto that element Having the power to give ftrength [co although corrodible by waters, yet wil not fufter a liquatio adj, [from corroborate. 72 CORRO'BORATE. «. a roboro, Latin. 1. To confirm; to eftablifh CO adj. [from corrods, Latin I was anciently pronounced with the accent on the firft fyllable, now indifferently. 1. Having the power of confuming o /" wearing away Gold, after it has been divided by corrofive li quors info invifible parts, yet may prefently b precipitated, {o as to appear again in its own form Grew's Cofmologia The facred fons of vengeance, on whofe courf Corrgfiwe famine waits, and kills the year Thomfow's Spring 2. Having the quality to fret or vex If the maintenance of ceremonies be a corrofi to fuch as oppugn them, undoubtedly to fuch, a maintain them it can be no great pleafure, whe they behold that which they reverence is oppugned Hooker CorRrO'SIVE. 7. / 1. That which has the quality of waftin any thing away, as the fleth of an ulcer He meant his corrgfiwes to apply And with ftrict diet tame his fubborn malady Fairy Queen z. That which has the power of fretting or of giving pain Suc fpeeches favour not of Go i hi tha ufeth them, and unto virtuoufly difpofed mind they are grievous corroffves Hooker Away ! though parting be a fretful corrofive It is applicd to a deathful wound Shakefp. H. Vi Care is no cure, but rather corrofive For things that are not to be remedied Shakefpeare's Henry V1 CorRr0's1VELY adv [from corrofive. 1. Like a corrofive At firft it tafted fomewhat corrofively Boyle on Saltpetre 2. With the power of corrofion Corro'siVENESS. 7 /. [from corrgfive. The quality of corroding or eatin acrimony away We do infufe, to what he meant for meat Dennz Corrofivenefs, or intenfe cold or heat Saltpetre betrays upon the tongue no heat no corrofivenefs at all, but coldnefs, mixt with a fome wha languid relifh retaining to bitternefs Boy/z adj. [ from corrugate. Co'rRrUGANT Having the power of contralting int wrinkles 70 CO'RRUGATE. @. a. [corrugo, Lat. To wrinkle or purfe up, as the fkin i drawn into wrinkle other caufe by cold or an Duincy The cramp cometh of contraction of finews i cometh either by cold or drynefs; for cold an drynefs do both of them contraét and corrugare Bacon's Natural Hiftory CorruGa''rion. 7. /. [fro Contraction into wrinkles corrugate. The pain of the folid parts is the corrugation o violent agitation of fibres, when the {pirits are irri tated by fharp humours Floyer on the Hunours w. a. [corrumpo 7o CORRUPT corrup tus, Latin. 1. To turn from a found to a putrefcen ftate; to infect 2. To deprave ; to deftroy integrity; t vitiate; to bribe 1 fear left by any means, as the ferpent beguile Eve through his fubtilty, fo your minds thould b corrupted from the fimplicity that is in Chrift 2 Corinthians, Xi. 3 Evil communications corrupt good mannes 1 Corinthiansy XV 3 All that have mifcarrie By underhand, corrupted, foul injuftice I have hear Shakefpeare's Richard 111 it faid, the fitteft time to corrup a man's wife, is when fhe's fallen out with he huiband Shake[peare's Coriolasiis But ftay, I fimell 2 man of middle earth With trial fire touch me his finger-en If he be chafte, the flame will back defcend, And turn him to no pain; but if he ftart 1t is the fleth of a corrupted heart Shakefpeare's Merry Wives of Windfor Language being the conduit whereby men convey their knowledge, he that makes an ill ufe o it, though he does not corrupt the fountains o knowledge, whic are in things, yet he ftops th pipes Locke Hear the black trumpet thro' the world proclaim That not to be corrupted is the thame Pope 3. To {poil ; to do mifchief 7o CorrU'PT. w. 7. To become putrid to grow rotten ; to putrefy ; to lofe pu- rity The aptnefs or propenfion of air or water t corrépt or putrefy, no doubt, is to be found befor it brea forth int blafting, or the like manifef effeét of difeafes CorrU‘PT. adj. [from To corrupt. 1. Spoiled lities Bacon tainted; vitiated in its qua3 Coarf |