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Webster 1913 Edition
Cortile
Cor′tile
(k?r′t?l; It. k?r-t?′l?)
, Noun.
[It., fr.
corte
court.] An open internal courtyard inclosed by the walls of a large dwelling house or other large and stately building.
☞ The name
corundum
is sometimes restricted to the non-transparent or coarser kinds. Emery
is a dark-colored granular variety, usually admixed with magnetic iron ore.