Definition of Cortinas

1. cortina [n] - See also: cortina

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cortinas

corticotropic hormone
corticotropin
corticotropin-like intermediate-lobe peptide
corticotropin-releasing factor
corticotropin-releasing hormone
corticotropins
corticous
corticoviridae
cortile
cortiles
cortili
cortina
cortinar
cortinars
cortinas (current term)
cortins
cortisol
cortisol acetate
cortisol delta 4-reductase
cortisol lyase
cortisol suppression test
cortisols
cortisone
cortisone reductase
cortisones
cortodoxone
coruler
corulers
corundom

Literary usage of Cortinas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of Robert E. Lee: His Military and Personal History, Embracing a by Armistead Lindsay Long, Marcus Joseph Wright (1886)
"The cortinas Raid. — Return to Arlington. A^TER the conclusion of the treaty negotiations with Mexico, Colonel I/ee returned home with the ..."

2. Twenty Years Among the Mexicans: A Narrative of Missionary Labor by Melinda Rankin (1875)
"... the work—Severe affliction and sickness—Touching fidelity of a Mexican woman—The bandit cortinas—Brownsville invaded—Four weeks absence in Matamoras—A ..."

3. Regimental History: Three Hundred and Forty-first Field Artillery, Eighty by Robert Davis, John Joseph Pershing (1919)
"... Jose L. cortinas, Hans Hanson, Jesse L. Hays and Ora C. Triplett. To Battery C, then, belongs the record of having occupied more positions on the front, ..."

4. Maximilian in Mexico: The Story of the French Intervention (1861-1867) by Percy Falcke Martin (1914)
"... increasing difficulties—General Vidaurri—United States Government assists Liberals—Facilities for importing arms—General cortinas and the United States— ..."

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