More than one of these 7 encyclopedias carries each of the following subjects — but every one of them treats it in a sentence or two and then moves on. They are gathered here so the different accounts can sit side by side.
Collier's New Encyclopedia: sulphate of iron or green vitriol (FeSO4.7H2O), a salt of a peculiar astringent taste and of a fine green color. When exposed to the air it assumes a brownish hue. It is much used in dyeing black and in making ink, and in medicine as a tonic. cop copperas of commerce is usually made by the decomposition of iron pyrites.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Vitriol
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Aiton's Encyclopedia: or Cottonmouth, a venomous reptile related to the rattlesnake and the moccasin. Its general color is coppery; top of head, coppery-red; belly, yellowish; length, up to forty inches. It is nowhere abundant. It ranges from New England to Wisconsin south and westward to Texas. The copperhead is an inhabitant of marshes and meadows, woods and rocks. It is not found in a prairie country. It lives on mice, frogs, and birds. During the Civil War, Northern men with Southern sympathies were called "copperheads" as a term of extreme opprobrium. See Moccasin; Rattlesnake
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a venomous serpent, closely allied to the rattlesnake, found in the United States from New England to Florida. It has a thick body from 2 to 3 feet long. Lurking in dark and moist places, and giving no warning, it is more dreaded than the rattlesnake.
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Collier's New Encyclopedia: the dried kernel of the cocoanut, from which the oil has not yet been expressed. COPT [said to have been derived from Kupt (Coptos), a city in Upper Egypt, now Ckooft or Gooft, to which the Christians sometimes fled during persecution by the Romans. The Rev. Dr. John Wilson considers that the Arab Gubt or Gibt is simply Gr. Aigyptos=Egypt], one belonging to the Coptic Church; one of the old Egyptian race.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Cocoanut
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Aiton's Encyclopedia: a range of mountains. The word is Spanish, meaning originally a cord or rope. It is a general word like plateau, and is used by the Spanish to designate a chain of mountains. As a proper name, the term was first applied by the Spaniards to the ranges of the Andes, and was extended to the ranges of Mexico and farther northward. American geographers are now pretty well agreed to confine the term to the vast mountain system embraced by the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada. The Cordilleras, taken in this sense, are a thousand miles in width in the latitude of Colorado, and extend from Central America to Alaska. The Coast Range and the Cascades are included.
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a name applied in America to various chains of mountains. The Cordilleras of South America are described under ANDES; and the Rocky Mountains are the Cordilleras of North America. Those of Central America extend from Darien to the N. of Mexico, and gradually increase in elevation from the Isthmus of Panama, until they form magnificent plateaus, and reach a height of more than 17,000 feet in Mexico.
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Collier's New Encyclopedia: an umbelliferous plant, Coriandrum sativum. It has an erect, leafy stem, the lower leaves bipinnate, the upper more divided, the uppermost of all nearly setaceous. Fruit globose, nearly undivided, with 10 obscure lines or ribs. It has escaped from cultivation and become wild in many places. It is a native of southern Europe and the Levant. The word occurs in Exod. xvi: 31, and Num. xi: 7. It is the rendering of the Hebrew word gad, and the translation is probably correct, for Celsus says that goid is coriander. (kō-rēl-yē-a'nō), a of Cosenza, on a hill above the right bank of the Corigliano, near the site of the ancient Sybaris, of which no vestiges remain. Pop. about 17,000.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: a plant of the parsley family closely related to caraway, but growing taller. It is a native of the Mediterranean region. The seeds contain a strong oil of characteristic taste, and are used to flavor soups, cake, cookies, and confectionery.
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Aiton's Encyclopedia: ko-rin'a, a Greek lyric poetess of the first half of the fifth century B. C. She was born at Tanagara, Boeotia, She is said to have instructed Pindar and to have won the victory over him five times in the public poetic contests. According to Pausanius, she was so beautiful that the judges may have been influenced in her favor. Only a few fragments of her poems are extant.
1000 Classical Characters: A celebrated woman of Thebes , whose father was Archelodorus. It is said that she obtained a poetical prize five times against the competitorship of Pindar. 2026 Editor's Note: Corinna was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Tanagra in Boeotia rather than simply a woman of Thebes. Although ancient sources portray her as a contemporary of Pindar who won poetical prizes against him, modern scholars debate her actual dating, with proposed dates ranging from the early fifth century to the late third century BC. Her surviving poetry reworks well-known myths to include details not known from any other sources, focusing on local Boeotian legends. (Ed: BR 2026-06-01)
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Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Dogwood. Cornelia. See Gracchi Cornell, Ezra (1807-1874), the founder of Cornell University . He was a mechanic of Ithaca, New York . Field, the inventor of the telegraph, laid his wires in a plow furrow. Cornell was the first to suggest stringing them on telegraph poles. He made a fortune by constructing and operating telegraph lines. He gave half a million dollars to erect the first buildings of the institution which bears his name, and enriched it with subsequent gifts and services. The autobiography of Andrew D. White, the first president of Cornell, gives an excellent account of the philanthropist's methods and motives.
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a tree (Cornus sanguinea) fem called the corn-tree, the female cornel , prickwood, dogberry-tree, dogwood-tree, hounds-tree, gaten, and gaten-tree. Its seeds furnish lamp-oil.
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Collier's New Encyclopedia: the horn of plenty, a horn wreathed and filled to overflowing with flowers, fruit, corn, etc. It was the symbol of plenty, peace, and concord. It was fabled to have been a gift from Jupiter to his nurse, the goat Amalthea. It was a frequent attribute of Ceres. In botany, Cornucopiæ is a genus of grasses, tribe Phalereæ. The only known species is the C. cucullata (horn of plenty grass), often cultivated in gardens. It is a native of Greece and Asia Minor.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Amalthea ; Achelous
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