a marsh; _e.g._ Corse (the marsh); Corston, Corsby, Corsenside (the dwelling or settlement on the marsh); Corscombe (marsh dingle), in England. In Ireland: Cork, anc. _Corcach-mor-Mumham_ (the great marsh of Munster); Curkeen, Corcaghan (little marsh); Curragh-more (great marsh); Currabaha (the marsh of birches). Perhaps Careby and Carton, in Lincoln, part of the Danish district, may be marsh dwelling. [Sidenote: CORNU (Lat.), KERNE, CERYN (Cym.-Cel.), CEARN (Gael.),] a horn, a corner--in topography, applied to headlands; _e.g._ Corneto (the place on the corner), in Italy; Corné, Cornay, Corneuil, etc., in France, from this root, or perhaps from _Cornus_ (the cornel cherry-tree); Cornwall, Cel. _Cernyu_, Lat. _Cornubiæ_, A.S. _Cornwallia_ (the promontory or corner peopled by the _Weales_, Welsh, or foreigners); Cornuailles, in Brittany, with the same meaning--its Celtic name was _Pen-Kernaw_ (the head of the corner). [Sidenote: COTE (A.S.), COITE (Gael.), CWT (Welsh), KOTHE (Ger.),] a hut; _e.g._ Cottenham, Cottingham, Coatham (the village of huts); Chatham, A.S. _Coteham_, with the same meaning; Bramcote (the hut among broom); Fencotes (the huts in the fen or marsh; Prescot (priest’s hut); Sculcoates, in Yorkshire, probably from the personal Scandinavian name _Skule_; Saltcoats, in Ayrshire (the huts occupied by the makers of salt, a trade formerly carried on to a great extent at that place); Kothendorf (the village of huts); Hinter-kothen (behind the huts), in Germany. [Sidenote: COTE, COTTA (Sansc.),] a fortress; _e.g._ Chicacotta (little fortress); Gazacotta (the elephant’s fortress); Jagarcote (bamboo fort); Islamcot (the fort of the true faith, _i.e._ of Mahomet); Noa-cote (new fort); Devicotta (God’s fortress); Palamcotta (the camp fort). [Sidenote: CÔTE (Fr.), COSTA (Span. and Port.),] a side or coast; _e.g._ Côte d’Or (the golden coast), a department of France, so called from its fertility; Côtes-du-Nord (the Northern coasts), a department of France; Costa-Rica (rich coast), a state of Central America. [Sidenote: COURT (Nor. Fr.), CWRT (Cym.-Cel.), CORTE (It., Span., and Port.),]