Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Guiana, a dugout canoe pointed at both ends.
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Examples
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“In a — a corial like this —” She regarded the sketch gravely, thrust a hand down into her girdle and brought forth a keen-bladed poniard; cut
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He swept the corial to the left, away from the temple approach.
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Smiling, Rador stopped the corial just beneath the arch and beside one of the piers.
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The coppery ramparts were close, not more than three or four miles distant; in front of us the plain lifted in a long rolling swell, and up this the corial essayed to go — with a terrifying lessening of speed.
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We passed through the lines to the corial standing like
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The green dwarf turned the corial slowly to the edge at the right; crept cautiously on toward where, not more than a hundred feet from the barrier, a low, wide entrance opened in the fort.
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We passed through the lines to the corial standing like a great shell at the end of the runway leading into the green road.
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The coppery ramparts were close, not more than three or four miles distant; in front of us the plain lifted in a long rolling swell, and up this the corial essayed to go -- with a terrifying lessening of speed.
The Moon Pool 1919
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"In a-- a corial like this --" She regarded the sketch gravely, thrust a hand down into her girdle and brought forth a keen-bladed poniard; cut Larry's markings out and placed the fragment carefully aside.
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"The corial does not touch the road," explained Rador.
The Moon Pool 1919
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