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a. Radiating to or from the same point. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To converge to one point or focus, as light or rays. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A conjunction or concentration of rays in one point. Bacom [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Corraled p. pr. & vb. n. Corralling. ] To surround and inclose; to coop up; to put into an inclosed space; -- primarily used with reference to securing horses and cattle in an inclosure of wagons while traversing the plains, but in the Southwestern United States now colloquially applied to the capturing, securing, or penning of anything. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp., a yard, a yard for cattle, fr. corro a circle or ring, fr. L. currere to run. Cf. Kraal. ] A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Corrade. ] (Geol.) The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Corrosive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Corrasive sores which eat into the flesh. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. correctus, p. p. of corrigere to make straight, to correct; cor- + regere to lead straight: cf. F. correct. See Regular, Right, and cf. Escort. ] Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views. [ 1913 Webster ]

Always use the most correct editions. Felton.

Syn. -- Accurate; right, exact; precise; regular; faultless. See Accurate. [ 1913 Webster ]