Definition of Corious

1. having a leathery appearance [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corious

corgi
corgis
corgwn
coria
coriaceous
coriander
coriander plant
coriander seed
corianders
coridine
cories
coring
corino
corinos
coriolis force
corious (current term)
corium
corium coronae
corium parietis
coriums
corival
corivals
cork
cork-board
cork jacket
cork oak
cork oaks
cork taint

Literary usage of Corious

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

1. The Yemassee: A Romance of Carolina by William Gilmore Simms (1835)
"... references to the pages of the oldest This is a very corious and interesting ... The work is eminently corious, ..."

2. Italy: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1906)
"The façade is adorned with numerous reliefs in sandstone, in ribbon-like stripes, and a corious gabled gallery. ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1856)
"In the article thus headed in our last No. p. 3j. col. I., is a moot corious and annoying misprint, by which the word not” is substituted fir “most,” and ..."

4. Representative American Plays by Arthur Hobson Quinn (1917)
"... and arter he shown some papers she burst out crying —I yelled; den de corious of little niggers dey set up, den de hull plantation children—de live ..."

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