cort

n. pl. [ Sp. & Pg., fr. corte court. ] The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ Pg. ] See Legislature, Portugal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Cortices [ L., bark. Cf. Cork. ] 1. Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) The outer or superficial part of an organ; as, the cortex or gray exterior substance of the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cortex bark: cf. F. cortical. ] Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. corticatus. ] Having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Gorgoniacea; -- so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cortex, corticis, bark -- -ferous: cf. F. corticif&unr_;re. ] 1. Producing bark or something that resembling that resembles bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having a barklike c&unr_;nenchyms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cortex, corticis, bark + -form: cf. F. corticiforme. ] Resembling, or having the form of, bark or rind. [ 1913 Webster ]