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Webster 1913 Edition

(k?r′t?l; It. k?r-t?′l?)

Noun.

[It., fr.

corte

court.]

An open internal courtyard inclosed by the walls of a large dwelling house or other large and stately building.

☞ The name

corundum

is sometimes restricted to the non-transparent or coarser kinds.

Emery

is a dark-colored granular variety, usually admixed with magnetic iron ore.