Core

·noun A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer.

II. Core ·noun A miner's underground working time or shift.

III. Core ·vt To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.

IV. Core ·noun A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver.

V. Core ·noun A body of individuals; an Assemblage.

VI. Core ·noun The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square.

VII. Core ·noun The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.

VIII. Core ·noun The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject.

IX. Core ·vt To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an Apple.

X. Core ·add. ·noun A mass of iron, usually made of thin plates, upon which the conductor of an armature or of a transformer is wound.

XI. Core ·noun The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, ·etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince.

XII. Core ·noun The prtion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern.