n. [ alcoran, fr. Ar. al-qorān, orig. the reading, the book, fr. qaraa to read. Cf. Koran. ] The Muslim Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form). [ Spelt also Alkoran. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Koran. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Malay kurakura. ] A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) The Arabian gazelle (Gazella Arabica), found from persia to North Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an East Indian cereal grass (Eleusine coracana) whose seeds yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
Syn. -- finger millet, ragi, ragee, African millet, corakan, kurakkan, Eleusine coracana. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the type genus of the Coraciidae.
Syn. -- genus Coracias. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) a family of birds comprising the rollers.
Syn. -- family Coraciidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) an order of birds including the rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee-eaters; todies.
Syn. -- order Coraciiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ W. corwgl, cwrwgl, fr. corwg, cwrwg, any round body or vessel, the trunk of the body, carcass. ] A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Tibet and in Egypt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The coracoid bone or process. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; ko`rax crow + e'i^dos form. ] 1. Shaped like a crow's beak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Courage [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To Canterbury with full devout corage. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. kōrā virgin, plain. ] Plain; undyed; -- applied to Indian silk. -- n. Corah silk. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. same as coracan.
Syn. -- finger millet, ragi, ragee, African millet, coracan, kurakkan, Eleusine coracana. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium, fr. Gr. kora`llion. ] 1. (Zool.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to various genera of Madreporaria, and to the hydroid genus, Millepora. The red coral, used in jewelry, is the stony axis of the stem of a gorgonian (Corallium rubrum) found chiefly in the Mediterranean. The fan corals, plume corals, and sea feathers are species of Gorgoniacea, in which the axis is horny. Organ-pipe coral is formed by the genus Tubipora, an Alcyonarian, and black coral is in part the axis of species of the genus Antipathes. See Anthozoa, Madrepora. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their color. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brain coral, or
Brain stone coral. See under Brain. --
Chain coral. See under Chain. --
Coral animal (Zool.), one of the polyps by which corals are formed. They are often very erroneously called coral insects. --
Coral fish. See in the Vocabulary. --
Coral reefs (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent, made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation. They are classed as fringing reefs, when they border the land; barrier reefs, when separated from the shore by a broad belt of water; atolls, when they constitute separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll. --
Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust. under Coralloid. --
Coral snake. (Zo) (a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake (Elaps corallinus), coral-red, with black bands. (b) A small, harmless, South American snake (Tortrix scytale). --
Coral tree (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds. The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron. --
Coral wood, a hard, red cabinet wood. McElrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a North American deciduous shrub (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus) cultivated for its abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits.
Syn. -- Indian currant, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. shrub (Ardisia crenata) with coral-red berries; it is found from Japan to northern India.
Syn. -- spiceberry, Ardisia crenata. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having coral; covered with coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) Any bright-colored fish of the genera Chætodon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which live among reef corals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like coral, or partaking of its qualities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geol.) A deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of the middle division of the oolite; -- called also coral-rag. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corallum coral + -ferous. ] Containing or producing coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corallum coral + -form. ] resembling coral in form. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. corallum coral + root of gignere to produce. ] (Zool.) Same as Anthozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. producing coral; coralligerous; coralliferous. Humble. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corallum coral + -gerous. ] Producing coral; coralliferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named in allusion to the color of red corallin, fr. L. corallum coral. ] (Chem.) A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Red corallin, a red dyestuff which is obtained by treating aurin or rosolic acid with ammonia; -- called also pæonin. --
Yellow corallin. See Aurin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. L. corallinus coralred. ] Composed of corallines; as, coralline limestone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. coralline. ] 1. (Bot.) A submarine, semicalcareous or calcareous plant, consisting of many jointed branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Formerly any slender coral-like animal; -- sometimes applied more particulary to bryozoan corals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paleon.) A fossil coralline. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. corallum coral. ] 1. (Min.) A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the individual members of a compound coral; or that part formed by a single coral animal. [ Written also corallet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corallum coral + -oid: cf. F. coralloïde. ] Having the form of coral; branching like coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. resembling coral; coralloid. Sir T. browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips; it is widely distributed in temperate regions.
Syn. -- genus Corallorhiza. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Zool.) The coral or skeleton of a zoophyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound. See Coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (geol.) Same as Corallian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a European bittercress (Dentaria bulbifera) having a knotted white rootstock.
Syn. -- coral-root bittercress, coralwort, Cardamine bulbifera, Dentaria bulbifera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an East Indian tree (Adenanthera pavonina) with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental.
Syn. -- red sandalwood, Barbados pride, peacock flower fence, Adenanthera pavonina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria; -- called also toothwort, tooth violet, or pepper root. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gael. coranach, or corranach, a crying, the Irish funeral cry (the keen), a dirge; comh with + ranaich a roaring, ran to roar, shriek. ] A lamentation for the dead; a dirge. [ Written also coranich, corrinoch, coronach, cronach, etc. ] [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ See Courant. ] A sprightly but somewhat stately dance, now out of fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is harder to dance a corant well, than a jig. Sir W. temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dancing a coranto with him upon the heath. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. decoramentum. See Decorate, v. t. ] Ornament. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Decorated p. pr. & vb. n. Decorating ] [ L. decoratus, p. p. of decorare, fr. decus ornament; akin to decere to be becoming. See Decent. ] To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets decorated her arms. Thackeray.

Syn. -- To adorn; embellish; ornament; beautify; grace. See Adorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Decorated style (Arch.), a name given by some writers to the perfected English Gothic architecture; it may be considered as having flourished from about a. d. 1300 to a. d. 1375. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having decorations. [ Narrower terms: beaded, beady, bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly; bedaubed; bespectacled, monocled, spectacled; braided; brocaded, embossed, raised; buttony; carbuncled; champleve, cloisonne, enameled; crested, plumed having a decorative plume); crested, top-knotted, topknotted, tufted; crested; embellished, ornamented, ornate; embroidered; encircled, ringed, wreathed; fancied up, gussied, gussied up, tricked out; feathery, feathered, plumy; frilled, frilly, ruffled; fringed; gilt-edged; inflamed; inlaid; inwrought; laced; mosaic, tessellated; paneled, wainscoted; studded; tapestried; tasseled, tasselled; tufted; clinquant, tinseled, tinselly; tricked-out ] Also See: clothed, fancy. Antonym: unadorned.
Syn. -- adorned. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ LL. decoratio: cf. F. décoration. ] 1. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hall was celebrated for . . . the richness of its decoration. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

. a day, May 30, originally appointed for decorating with flowers the graves of the Union soldiers and sailors, who fell in the Civil War in the United States; -- now called Memorial Day, and established as the last Monday in May, and designated as a day for commemorating those who died in all wars of the United States. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. [ Cf. F. décoratif. ] Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning. -- Dec"o*ra*tive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

Decorative art, fine art which has for its end ornamentation, rather than the representation of objects or events. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. décorateur. ] One who decorates, adorns, or embellishes; specifically, an artisan whose business is the decoration of houses, esp. their interior decoration. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. dedecoratus, p. p. of dedecorare to disgrace. See Decorate. ] To bring to shame; to disgrace. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dedecoratio. ] Disgrace; dishonor. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]