a body of individuals; an assemblage.-a miner's underground working time or shift.-a hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer.-the heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince.-the center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square.-the most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject.-the prtion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern.-a disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver.-the bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.-to take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple.-to form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.