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CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)

CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

CATERINA CORNARO (1454-1510)

LUIGI CORNARO (1457–1566)

PIERRE CORNEILLE (1606–1684)

THOMAS CORNEILLE (1625-1709)

CORNELIA (end cent. Bc.)

CORNELIUS DE HEEM

CARL AUGUST PETER CORNELIUS (1824-1874)

PETER VON CORNELIUS (1784–1867)

CORNELL UNIVERSITY

CORNETO TARQUINIA (anc. Tarquinii)

CORNICE (Fr. corniche, Ital. cornice)

ERASTUS CORNING (1794-1872)

LUCIUS ANNAEUS CORNUTUS

CHARLES CORNWALLIS CORNWALLIS

SIR WILLIAM CORNWALLIS (1744-1819)

COROMANDEL COAST

CORONA (Lat. for " crown ")

CORONACH (a Gaelic word, from comh, with, and ranach, wailing)

FRANCISCO VASQUEZ DE CORONADO (c. 1500-c. 1545)

CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

CORPSE (Lat. corpus, the body)

CORPULENCE (Lat. corpus, body), or OBESITY (Lat. ob, against, and edere, to eat)

FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI (Lat. festum corporis Christi, i.e. festival of the Body of Christ, Fr. fete-Dieu or f ete du sacrement, Ger. Frohnleichnamsfest)

CORRAL (Span. from corro, a circle)

JOSE FRANCISCO CORREA DA SERRA (1750-1823)

CORREGGIO, or COREGGIO

CESARE CORRENTI (1815-1888)

CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

CORRIDOR (Fr. corridor, from Ital. corridore, Med. Lat. corridorium, a " running-place," from currere, to run)

CORRIE (Gaelic coire, cauldron; hence whirlpool, or circular hollow)

CORRIENTES (San Juan de Corrientes)

MICHAEL AUGUSTINE CORRIGAN (1839-1902)

MERCURIC CHLORIDE CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE

CORRUPT PRACTICES

CORSAIR (through the Fr. from the Med. Lat. cursarius, a pirate; cursus, or cursa, from currere, to run, being Late Latin for a plundering foray)

CORSICA (Fr. Corse)

HIRAM CORSON (1828— )

WILHELM PAUL CORSSEN (1820–1875)

CORNELIS CORT (1536-1578)

COUNT LODOVICO CORTI (1823–1888)

CORUNNA (Span. La Coruna; Fr. La Corogne; Eng. formerly often The Groyne)

JANOS [JOHN] CORVINUS (1473–1504)

MARCUS VALERIUS CORVUS (c. 370–270 B.C.)

CORWEN (" the white choir ")

THOMAS CORWIN (1794-1865)

THOMAS CORY ATE (1577 ?-1617)

WILLIAM JOHNSON CORY (1823-1892)

CORYBANTES (Gr. Kopb(3avrer)

CORYPHAEUS (from Gr. Kopvil, the top of the head)

COS, or STANKO (Ital. Stanchio, Turk. Islan-keui, by corruption from Etc rav KW)

ENRICO COSENZ (1812–1898)

COSENZA (anc. Consentia)

JOHN COSIN (1594–1672)

COSMIC (from Gr. Kovµos, order or universe)

COSMOGONY (from Gr. K6Qµos, world and yiyvevGay to be born)

COSMOPOLITAN (Gr. Kbvµos, world, and IroXirgs, citizen)

LUIGI COSSA (1831-1896)

PIETRO COSSA (183o-188o)

COSSACKS (Russ. Kazak; plural, Kazaki, from the Turki quzzaq, " adventurer, free-hooter ")

COSSIMBAZAR, or KASIMBAZAR

GIOVANNI COSTA (1826–1903)

LORENZO COSTA (146o-r535)

SIR MICHAEL ANDREW AGNUS COSTA (1808-1884)

ANTHOPOULOS COSTAKI (1835-1902)

ANGELO DI COSTANZO (c 1507-1591)

DUDLEY COSTELLO (1803-1865)

COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

RICHARD COSWAY (c. 1742-1821)

RODRIGO COTA DE MAGUAQUE (d. c. 1498)

ROGER COTES (1682-1716)

RANDLE COTGRAVE (?-1634)

JOHN SELL COTMAN (1782-1842)

COTRONE (anc. Croto, Crotona)

BERNHARD VON COTTA (1808—1879)

GAIUS AURELIUS COTTA (c. 124—73 B.c.)

COTTABUS (Gr. Kb-rra(3os)

CHARLES CHRISTOPHER PEPYS COTTENHAM

COTTER, COTTAR, or COTTIER

COTTESWOLD HILLS, or COTSWOLDS

CHARLES COTTET (1863– )

MARIE [called Sarum] COTTIN (1770-1807)

BARON FRANCIS COTTINGTON COTTINGTON (1578-1652)

COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)

COTTON GOODS AND

COTTON MANUFACTURE

CHARLES COTTON (163o–1687)

GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH COTTON (1813–1866)

JOHN COTTON (1585–1652)

SIR ROBERT BRUCE COTTON

DARIUS NASH COUCH (1822-1897)

LE CHATELAIN DE COUCY

ELLIOTT COUES (1842—1899)

COULISSE (French for " groove," from couler, to slide)

CHARLES AUGUSTIN COULOMB (1736-1806)

C9H602 COUMARIN

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

COUNSEL AND COUNSELLOR

COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

COUNT KAROLY ZICHY (1753—1826)

COUNTERFEITING (from Lat. contra-facere, to make in opposition or contrast)

COUNTERFORT (Fr. contrefort)

COUNTERPOINT (Lat. contrapunctus, " point counter point," " note against note ")

COUNTERSCARP (_" opposite scarp," Fr. contrescarpe)

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

COUNTS AND DUKES OF BAR

COUNTS AND DUKES OF NEVERS

COUNTS OF CLERMONT

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

COUPE (French for " cut off ")

COUPON (from Fr. cooper, to cut)

COURANTE (a French word derived from courir, to run)

PIERRE FRANCOIS LE COURAYER (1681-1776)

GUSTAVE COURBET (1819-1877)

JOHN DE COURCI (d. 1219?)

COURIER (from the O. Fr. courier, modern courrier, from Lat. currere, to run)

PAUL LOUIS COURIER (1773`1825)

COURLAND, or KURLAND

ANTOINE AUGUSTIN COURNOT (1801-1877)

COURSING (from Lat. cursus, currere, to run)

COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)

ANTOINE COURT DE GEBELIN (1728-1784)

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

COURT OF REQUESTS

COURT OF STAR CHAMBER

ANTOINE COURT (1696-176o)

RICHARD COURTENAY (d. 1415)

WILLIAM COURTENAY (c. 1342—1396)

COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)

WILLIAM JOHN COURTHOPE (1842— )

BARON LEONARD HENRY COURTNEY COURTNEY

JACQUES COURTOIS (1621–1676)

JEAN JOSEPH ANTOINE COURVOISIER (1775-1835)

COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)

JEAN COUSIN (1500-1590)

VICTOR COUSIN (1792–1867)

SAMUEL COUSINS (18o1-1887)

WALTER OF COUTANCES (d. 1207)

GEORGES COUTHON (1755-1794)

THOMAS COUTTS (1735-1822)

THOMAS COUTURE (1815-1879)

COUVADE (literally a "brooding," from Fr. couver, to hatch, Lat. cubare, to lie down)

COVENANT (an O. Fr. form, later convenant, from convenir, to agree, Lat. convenire)

SIR JOHN COVENTRY (d. 1682)

SIR WILLIAM COVENTRY (c. 1628-1686)

1ST BARON THOMAS COVENTRY COVENTRY (2578–1640)

COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

MILES COVERDALE (1488 ?-1569)

COVERTURE (a covering, an old French form of the modern couverture)

COVILHAM (COVILHAO, COVIIIIX), PERO

JOHN COWELL (1554—1611)

FREDERIC HYMEN COWEN (1852— )

JOSEPH COWEN (1831—1900)

COWL (through Fr. coule, from Lat. cucullus or cuculla, a covering; the word is found in various forms in most European languages, cf. Ger. Kugel or Kigel, Dutch kovel, Irish cochal or cochull ; the ultimate origin may be the root kal, found in Lat. clam,

ABRAHAM COWLEY (1618-1667)

HANNAH COWLEY (1743-1809)

HENRY RICHARD CHARLES WELLESLEY COWLEY

WILLIAM COWPER (1731-1800)

1ST EARL WILLIAM COWPER COWPER (c. 1665-1723)

DAVID COX (1783-1859)

JACOB DOLSON COX (1828-1900)

KENYON COX (1856– )

RICHARD COX (I3oo ?–1581)

SAMUEL COX (1826–1893)

SAMUEL HANSON COX (1793-1880)

SIR GEORGE WILLIAM COX (1827-1902)

MICHAEL COXCIE (1499–1592)

HENRY OCTAVIUS COXE (1811–1881)

WILLIAM COXE (1747-1828)

COXSWAIN (properly " cockswain," and pronounced cox'n, usually shortened to " cox "; from " cock," a small boat, and swain, a servant)

HENRY TRACEY COXWELL (1819–1900)

GEORGE CRABBE (1754-1832)

CRACKER (from " crack," a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. krachen, Dutch kraken, meaning to break with a sharp sound)

CRACOW (Pol. Krakov; Ger. Krakau)

CHARLES EGBERT CRADDOCK (1850– )

CRADLE (of uncertain etymology, possibly connected with " crate " and " creel," i.e. basket; the derivation from a Celtic word, with a sense of rocking, is scouted by the New English Dictionary)

CRAFT (a word common to Teutonic languages for strength, or power; cf. Ger. Kraft)

CRAG (a Celtic word, cf. Gael. creag, Manx creg, and Welsh and modern Scots craig)

JAMES CRAGGS (1657–1721)

JOHN CRAIG (1512 ?-1600)

SIR THOMAS CRAIG (c. 1538–1608)

PEARL MARY TERESA CRAIGIE (1867–1906)

DINAH MARIA CRAIK (1826-1887)

GEORGE LILLIE CRAIK (1798-1866)

CRAILSHEIM, or KRAILSHEIM

CRAIOVA, or KRAJOVA

JOHANN BAPTIST CRAMER (1771—1858)

JOHN ANTONY CRAMER (1793—1848)

KARL VON CRAMER (1818—r9o2)

CHARLES HENRY CRAMP (1828— )

LUCAS CRANACH (1472-1553)

GATHORNE CRANBROOK

PRUDENCE CRANDALL (1803-1889)

CRANE (in Dutch, Kraan; O. Ger. Kraen; cognate, as also the Lat. grus, and consequently the Fr. grue and Span. grulla, with the Gr. dpavos)

STEPHEN CRANE (1870-1900)

WALTER CRANE (1845– )

WILLIAM HENRY CRANE (1845– )

CRANES (so called from the resemblance to the long neck of the bird, cf. Gr. 'y pavor, Fr. grue)

CRANKCASE SUSPENSION PLATE

THOMAS CRANMER (1489-1556)

CRANNOG (Celt. crann, a tree)

BARON ROBERT MONSEY ROLFE CRANWORTH (1790-1868)

CRAPE (an anglicized version of the Fr. crepe)

RICHARD CRASHAW (1613-165o)

CRASSUS (literally " dense," " thick," " fat ")

CRATINUS (c. 520—423 B.C.)

CRATIPPUS (fl. c. 375 B.c.)

CRAU (from a Celtic root meaning " stone ")

GUSTAVE CRAUCK (1827-1905)

QUINTIN CRAUFURD (1743-1819)

ROBERT CRAUFURD (1764-1812)

CRAVAT (from the Fr. cravate, a corruption of " Croat ")

PAULINE MARIE ARMANDE AGLAE CRAVEN (18o8—189r)

EARL WILLIAM CRAVEN CRAVEN

EARLS OF CRAWFORD

FRANCIS MARION CRAWFORD (1854–1909)

THOMAS CRAWFORD (1814–1857)

WILLIAM HARRIS CRAWFORD (1772–1834)

JOHN CRAWFURD (1783-1868)

GASPARD DE CRAYER (1582-1669)

CRAYFISH (Fr. ecrevisse)

CRAYON (Fr. craie, chalk, from Lat. creta)

SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY (1812-1878)

CREATIANISM AND TRADUCIANISM

PROSPER JOLYOT DE CREBILLON (1674-1762)

CRECHE (Fr. for a " crib " or cradle)

CREDENCE, or CREDENCE TABLE

CREDENTIALS (lettres de creance)

LORENZO DI CREDI (1459-1537)

CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

CREDIT MOBILIER OF AMERICA

CARL FRIEDRICH HEINRICH CREDNER (1809-1876)

THOMAS CREECH (1659-1700)

CREEDS (Lat. credo, I believe), or CONFESSIONS OF FAITH

CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

CREEK OLDEST LATIN

THOMAS CREEVEY (1768—1838)

CREFELD, or KREFELD

MANDELL CREIGHTON (1843—1901)

CRELL (or KRELL), NICHOLAS (c. 1551–1601)

CREMATION (Lat. cremare, to burn)

JAKOBUS JAN CREMER (1837-188o)

CREMERA (mock: Fosso della Valchetta)

LUIGI CREMONA (1830-1903)

CREMORNE GARDENS

CRENELLE (an O. Fr. word for " notch," mod. creneau; the origin is obscure; cf. " cranny ")

CREOLE (the Fr. form of criollo, a West Indian, probably a negro corruption of the Span. criadillo, the dim. of criado, one bred or reared, from criar, to breed, a derivative of the Lat. creare, to create)

CREASOTE CREOSOTE

CREPUSCULAR (from Lat. crepusculum, twilight)

MARQUISE DE RENEE CAROLINE DE FROULLAY CREQUY (1714-1803)

HASDAI BEN ABRAHAM CRESCAS (1340-1410)

CRESCENT (Lat. crescens, growing)

GIOVANNI MARIO CRESCIMBENI (1663-1728)

DANIELE CRESPI (1590-1630)

GIOVANNI BATTISTA CRESPI (1557-1663)

GIUSEPPE MARIA CRESPI (166 1747)

CHARLES CRESSENT (1685-1768)

SIR CRESSWELL CRESSWELL (1794-1863)

HUGH PAULINUS DE CRESSY (c. 1605-1674)

CREST (Lat. crista, a plume or tuft)

THOMAS CRESWICK (1811-1869)

CRETACEOUS SYSTEM

CRETE (Gr. Kp;rrrr; Turk. Kirid, Ital. Candia)