2. Proper noun. (surnames male given name). ¹
3. Proper noun. (qualifier rare compared to male name) (surnames female given name). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Corey
1. cory [n -S] - See also: cory
Medical Definition of Corey
1. R.B., U.S. Chemist, 1897-1971. See: Pauling-Corey helix. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corey
Literary usage of Corey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"Giles Corey, go not hence. You are yourself Accused of Witchcraft and of Sorcery By
... Corey I know my death is foreordained by you, — Mine and my wife's. ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of by George Caines, William G. Banks, New York (State). Supreme Court (1883)
"Corey & LIVERMORE, impleaded, dtc. \ note drawn payable at the bank of A., ...
Corey hesitated some about endorsing, but whether before or after being ..."
3. Reports of Cases in Law and Equity in the Supreme Court of the State of New York by Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court (1866)
"Corey r. The People. things in the house, on the land of which Nelson Corey died
seised, and Brown kept the door of the house locked, and he occasionally ..."
4. A National Register of the Society, Sons of the American Revolution by Sons of the American Revolution (1902)
"Son of John and Nancy (Ward) Corey; grandson of Ebenezer and Anna ... (9745)-
Son of Eben and Elizabeth (Sawyer) Corey; grandson of John and Nancy (Ward) ..."
5. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"Nurse They were thoroughly well-bred and tha Corey f well-educated ladies, ...
Martha Corey was third wife of Giles Corey, a farmer eighty years old, ..."
6. The Boston Directory (1862)
"H. Locke), coppersmiths and founders, 178 and 180 Commercial and 155 Fulton Core
John, laborer, house 343 Harrison avenue Corey Augustus A. house 33 East ..."
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