02319 Cor"bie atau Cor"by (?), n.; pl. Corbies (#). [F. corbeau, OF. corbel, dim. fr. L. corvus raven.] 1. (Zo\'94l.) The raven. mark [Scot.]2. (her.) A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge.Corbie crow, the carrion crow. mark [Scot.]
02311 Con"tact (?), n. [L. contactus, fr. contingere, -tactum, to touch on all sides. See Contingent.] 1. A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.2. (Geom.) The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction.3. (Mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.Raymond.Contact level, a delicate level so pivoted as to tilt when two parts of a measuring apparatus come into contact with each other; -- used in precise determinations of lengths and in the accurate graduation of instruments.
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