Corah

Corah
Corah Co"rah, n. [Hind. k[=o]r[=a] virgin, plain.] Plain; undyed; -- applied to Indian silk. -- n. Corah silk. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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  • corah — (entrée créée par le supplément) (ko ra) s. m. Foulard écru ou imprimé de l Inde, qui est un tissu de pure soie. •   Elle [l Angleterre] a le monopole du tissu de soie dit corah de l Inde, Enquête, Traité de comm. avec l Anglet. t. V, p. 583.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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  • Nathaniel Corah — (1777 1832) Manufacturer of Hosiery and Textiles Born in Barlestone, Leicestershire he trained as a framesmith and first produced garments on a knitting frame on his farm. An early textile business he formed folded with debts and this resulted in …   Wikipedia

  • CORE vel CORAH — CORE, vel CORAH sil. Izhar, filii Caath, ob seditionem contra Mosen excitatam, hiatu terrae cum tabernaculo absorptus est. Ioseph. l. 4. Iud. Ant. Torniel. Salian. in Annal. circa A. M. 2548. Numer. c. 16. v. 1. s. Item. fil. Hebron. 1. Paral. c …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Caurah — Recorded as Carah, Caurah, Corah, Corra, Cura, and possibly others, this is believed to be a Scottish or Irish locational surname, although one which is not recorded in any of the standard dictionaries of surnames of either country. It is quite… …   Surnames reference

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