Vocabulary : Corrade to Correct

Corrade : To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume. ;; To erode, as the bed of a stream. See Corrosion.
Corradial : Radiating to or from the same point.
Corradiate : To converge to one point or focus, as light or rays.
Corradiation : A conjunction or concentration of rays in one point.
Corral : 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. ;; 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.

Corraled : of Corral
Corralling : of Corral
Corrasion : 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.
Corrasive : Corrosive.
Correct : 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. ;; To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles. ;; To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked). ;; To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying. ;; To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations.

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