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a. [ L. corallum coral + -ferous. ] Containing or producing coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corallum coral + -form. ] resembling coral in form. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. corallum coral + root of gignere to produce. ] (Zool.) Same as Anthozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. producing coral; coralligerous; coralliferous. Humble. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corallum coral + -gerous. ] Producing coral; coralliferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named in allusion to the color of red corallin, fr. L. corallum coral. ] (Chem.) A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Red corallin, a red dyestuff which is obtained by treating aurin or rosolic acid with ammonia; -- called also pæonin. --
Yellow corallin. See Aurin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. L. corallinus coralred. ] Composed of corallines; as, coralline limestone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. coralline. ] 1. (Bot.) A submarine, semicalcareous or calcareous plant, consisting of many jointed branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Formerly any slender coral-like animal; -- sometimes applied more particulary to bryozoan corals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paleon.) A fossil coralline. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. corallum coral. ] 1. (Min.) A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the individual members of a compound coral; or that part formed by a single coral animal. [ Written also corallet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. capturing interest as if by a spell; as, an enthralling book.
Syn. -- bewitching, captivating, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Grallæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Grallæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Hydra, and Coral. ] (Zool.) A division of Hydroidea, including those genera that secrete a stony coral, as Millepora and Stylaster. Two forms of zooids in life project from small pores in the coral and resemble those of other hydroids. See Millepora. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of wood common in Demerara, durable in salt water, because not subject to the depredations of the sea worm and barnacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. raliance. See Rally to reunite. ] The act of rallying. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who rallies. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ F., p. p. pl. See Rally, v. t. ] A French political group, also known as the Constitutional Right from its position in the Chambers, mainly monarchists who rallied to the support of the Republic in obedience to the encyclical put forth by Pope Leo XIII. in Feb., 1892. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]