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'dimes ^s>ve, and Workman's Fan

It gives Title to an Officinal Condon, calfd Syruff ^<&E±£** " ""*" *""■ " -

Coral, often prefcrib'd by |W«-»P» f^ and The under Parr of the End thus flicking our, isf orn

Coral finely ground, and after levigated on * MarM^a fom rf & n f of an

made up into a proper form. But there are lew ^ excxp f p y according to the Workma

thore who are fonS of Medicines with Pearls in m t th« feme mes ^ =, O ^ ^

make ufe hereof. By means of its. waring ™^£ ^ f g^ are ufual, , d for s h;

is fufpcSed to take away with it a gteat deal ot the leviga ^^ ^ Semi-girders of a Platform, and fometimes „„]

ting Stone. ' jx— .*.ri™« » re der the Ends of Chamber-Beams : in which latter CaSe

The Virtues attributed to Coral an '«*$£££■ « th are commonly pla ced a Poor or two below the Beat'

that it is Cardiac and therefore of ufe in Djh« s t^ y ^Timber Banding upright dole, £

large Fluxes of the Menftrua, and Flood.ngs ot ierv.ee m £ ^ ^ Beam

the 8 Fluor Mm, ^*F^J*fZ?ffil&J^j& Corbel is alfo ufed by feme Architefts for the hollo w

ufe in common as a Teflaceous Pouder in Ch.ldrens JJil ^^ ^ ^^ ^ in WaUs for Image5) ^^ ^ ^

e ^f^4^rf^h£L & °&4 tU CO R ror n CHO R S:r Airemblage of feveral Thrcads

ItfjfftStiS&S. gSft De e n!f P n. J^g"*- or twilled together by means of a «*

-A added, that Coral appears redder wore or, a! Man Mew • ^ & .^ which pro petly

SS, V WAT, "JTST £"<£ ft5 ^0^^ " ^ "" ^ ^ ^ mV '

Flanrcorrefpondwith thofe in the Difeafe. But. fathefc, See^CHORD-

Cor'dV S. Francis, a kind of Rope adorn'd with Knots, wore by the Brothers of the Fraternity inflitutcd in honour

of that Saint. See Fr ancis c an.

Some, as the Cordeliers, Capuchins, Minorites, and Re colets wear it white; others, as the Pique Puces, black.

Its defign is to commemorate the Bonds wherewith Jefa Chrift was bound.

The Society of the Cord, includes

great Number of

r ant correipona wicu muis. m i»~ ~" —,—,..'

and many more Fancies of the fame .kind, Credit J^f Apclla.— -Its chief Ufe we know of, is in Chaplets, Beads, and other Toys. . ,

Coral Fifhery. The Time for fifhing Coral is from jftril to TWv : The Places are the Terjiaa Gulf, Red Sea, Coafls of Africa towards the Safiion of R«m», the Mes of Majorca and OJ&tf, and the Coafts of Provence and Ca-

talonia. , . . „ n, „„ PeoDle befide Religious. To obtain Indulgences, they are

The Method of fifhing is nearly the fame in all Places : People ^^behde Kel.| ^ 6 ^ ye

That ufed at the Safiion t&Fraace, where there is an efta- ™^s Ind » we» > which muft ^ been

blifh'd Fifhery, under the Direction of a Company (fee Com- ggi t,i aM to ^ rf ^ ^^

PANT) at Marseilles, is as follows. - ^ . in Quantity of Wood for burning j

Seven or eight Men go in a Boat, commanded by the Pa- WED oj » ^, mtafur'd with a Or* SeeM E4 -

tron or Proprietor; the Caller throws his Net if we may fo o called, becaule torme y

call theMachine wherewith he ufes to tear up the Coral from ra* (wo Stakes ofWood) ^^

the bottom of the Sea; and the other fix manage the Boat. JUS now - m«

WeNeti.com^Mof.-oB^.t.rf^w.th^en »»& ^ .. Footap ^ w

Weight to prefs 'em down : To the Beams is fatten a a. r r oppolition to that which is

greaf quantity of Hemp loofely tw.fted round, among which WaK* comet m, ^ .^ W^^ jg Inches h ^

they mix feme flrong Nets. ., ^„mfrrence is deem'd Cord-Wood.

In this Condition the Machine is let down into he Sea 5 cumftrti.ee ^" ^ See Chord.

and when the to/ is pretty ftrongly embarrafs d in the Cord m Ueome y ■ ufed in fa

Hemp and the Nets, draw it out by a Rope; which they W H^TiSarvft, big and Snail, ufed in the Rig.

unwind according to the Depth, and. whkS .fometimes re- .1 *• ^E^* rf Tvefel. See R.oo.bg.

quires half a dosen Boats to draw. If the Cord happen to g.ng and f. tmg out t. ^ ^^

break, the Fifhermen are in great danger of drowning i I", V Vord ^ alio u.e

Before the Fifhers go out, they agree on the Price of the fiifttring the Ropes W ^ ^

Coral, which is ordinarily at the Rate of 4 S. Si.** Pound. Tfte ^WJ^ » d, (is drain . d ' of all its M^e.

When the Fifhery is over, which in a Seafon ufually Stove or <*£***£ "^ ltch>A Cordage fitcVih

amounts to, 5 Quintals of OmI each Boat; it ,s divided ^™^ X h is 4.d P ,hro' hot Pitch af it come S

into, 3 Parts;.the Patron whereof or Matter Coraller, has rte »««, Kthat w V rf m ^

four, theCafter two, and each of the fix Companions one = out of the Stove ^ g^^ ^

the rsth be ng referv'd for the Company, (gc. acout ^, 1 o"!" b

Artificial Coral, is made of Cinnabar; well beaten; a in the Thread. , ., ,. ,

Lay whereof is applied on a piece of Wood well dried, and rjolifh'd, firft moiflen'd with Size : The L, i jr.

— wh ofe is again po- lifh'd; and for varnifh, rubb'd over with the White of an

B CORALLlNE, or Sea Mofs, a Plant found adhering to Rocks, Shells, and even to Coral.

It has no Stem, but its Branches ftioot immediately out of the Root. Its Ufe in Medicine is not very considerable : yet 'tis fuppos'd of feme effea to deftroy Worms in Chil- dren when raken in Pouder; and is alfo ufed as an Orna. mem in Rock-work. The heft is greenifh; the worft alh- colour'd; the red is not much better.

CORAM non Judice, in Law, is when a Caule is brought into a Court where rhe Judges have no Jurifdiaion.

CORBAN, a Scripture Term, fignifying an Oblation, or Offering to God on the Altar. See Offering, i$c.

The Word is Hebrew, pip.

Corban is alfo a Ceremony in ufe among rhe Mahome- tans; yearly perform'd at the foot of Mount Ararat in Arc

tans; yearly perrorma at the ioui oi m Uu ... j*. <*,«* ... ^- .- ~

Via, near Mecca. It confifts in flaying a great Number of placed paralie

When a Cordage is faid to be of fix Inches, 'tis under- stood of fix Inches around, or in Circumference. The Com- merce of Cordage is very considerable at Amfterdam : That made of Omingsierg Hemp is valued at 20 per Cent, man than that of Mtlfcovy Hemp. They are fold by weight.

The Number of Ropes requir'd in fitting out of a VeBel is almoft inconceivable : Each has its particular Name and Ufe. Sec Cable, Halser, (So.

The Spaniards make a kind of Shoes of Cordage, wn.cn they call Alpargates, whereof they ufe great Quantities at home, and yet drive a very considerable Commerce to the Indies ■ fe as to fend away whole Ship-loads thereof.

The' Indians make rheir Cordage of the Bark of Cocttt, Maenay, and other Trees.

As to the Strength of Ropes or Cordage, M. Reaumur takes occafion, in rhe Memoirs of rhe French Academy, to consider the QueStion, whether a Rope compos'd of feveral Twills or Strands inrerwoven, v.g. ten, have more force to fuftain a Weight, than the ten TwiSts would have Separately,

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Sheep, and diflributing 'em among the Poor.

CORBEILS, in Fortification, little Bafkets, about a Foot and an half high, eight Inches broad at the bottom, and twelve at the top; which being fill'd wirh Earth, ate fre- quently fet one againlt another upon the Parapcr, or elfe- wherc - leaving certain Port-holes, from whence to fire upon the Enemy under covert, without being feen by them.

CORBEL, in Architeflure, the Representation of a Bafket fometimes feen on the Heads of Cariarides. See

The Word is alfo ufed for the Vafe or Tambour of the Corinthian Column; fo call'd from its refemblance of a Baf- ket ■ or becaufe it was firft form'don the Model of a Bafket. See Corinthian Order.

Corbell, Corbil, or Corbel, is alfo ufed in Building for a Short Piece of Timber placed in a Wall, with its End

placed paranei over one onumv-i. »■) w«.w. .- — thing, whether if each Twill be capable of fuftaming the weight of a Pound, the whole Cord be able to fuftain mote than ten? „ r

There, indeed, appears no great difficulty in the (mei- tion; the Evidence Seems flrong on the fide of the Affirma- tive : For, ill, by Virtue of the Twilling, the Diameter ot the Rope is made larger than are thofe of the ten Twitts to- gether; but, 'tis apparency by its thicknefs that a Rope fuftains a Weight or refifts a Fracture.

2d, Twilled' Strands have not all, as when parallel, a_ver- tical Direaion with regard to the Weight : Several of em, and even the greateft Part, have oblique Direaions, and ot confequence don't bear all the Share of rhe Burden they would otherwise bear. In effea, they are inclined Pla»= s that are only prefs'd with a parr of the Load. r

Hence it would follow, that the Surplus of the Strength 01 the Twifts, might be cmploy'd in raifing a larger Weighty