CORIAT (Thomas) died 1617, author of a book called Crudities.

  Besides, ’tis known he could speak Greek,
  As naturally as pigs do squeak.

  Lionel Cranfield, Panegyric Verses on T. Coriat

  But if the meaning was as far to seek
  As Coriat’s horse was of his master’s Greek,
  When in that tongue he made a speech at length,
  To show the beast the greatness of his strength.

  G. Wither, Abuses Stript and Whipt (1613).

COREY (Bromfield).  An amiable Boston aristocrat in W. D. Howells’s story, The Rise of Silas Lapham.  His father complains of his want of energy and artistic tastes, but allows him “to travel indefinitely.”  He remains abroad ten years studying art, comes home and paints an amateurish portrait of his father, marries and has a family, but continues a dilettante, never quite abandoning his art, but working at it fitfully.  He does nothing especially clever, but never says anything that is not clever, and is as much admired as he is beloved.  At heart he is true, however cynical may be his words, and throughout he is the gentleman in grain, and incorruptible (1885).

CORIN, “the faithful shepherdess,” who, having lost her true love by death, retired from the busy world, remained a virgin for the rest of her life, and was called “The Virgin of the Grove.”  The shepherd Thenot (final t pronounced) fell in love with her for her “fidelity,” and to cure him of his attachment she pretended to love him in return.  This broke the charm, and Thenot no longer felt that reverence of love he before entertained.  Corin was skilled “in the dark, hidden virtuous use of herbs,” and says: 

  Of all green wounds I know the remedies
  In men and cattle, be they stung by snakes,
  Or charmed with powerful words of wicked art,
  Or be they love-sick.

—­John Fletcher, The Faithful Shepherdess, i. 1, (1610).

Cor’in, Corin’eus (3 syl.), or Corine’us (4 syl.) “strongest of mortal men,” and one of the suite of Brute (the first mythical king of Britain.) (See CORINEUS.)

From Corin came it first? [i.e., the Cornish hug in wrestling].

M. Drayton, Polyolbion, i. (1612).

CORINEUS (3 syl).  Southey throws the accent on the first syllable, and Spenser on the second.  One of the suite of Brute.  He overthrew the giant Goem’agot, for which achievement he was rewarded with the whole western horn of England, hence called Corin’ea, and the inhabitants Corin’eans. (See CORIN).

Corineus challenged the giant to wrestle with him.  At the beginning of the encounter, Corineus and the giant standing front to front held each other strongly in their arms, and panted aloud for breath; but Goemagot presently grasped Corineus with all his might, broke three of his ribs, two on his right side and one on his left.  At which Corineus, highly enraged, roused up his whole strength, and snatching up the giant, ran with him on his shoulders to the neighboring shore, and getting on to the top of a high rock, hurled the monster into the sea ...  The place where he fell is called Lam Goemagot or Goemagot’s Leap, to this day.—­Geoffrey, British History, i. 16 (1142).