\Co"ri*dine\ (k?"r?-d?n; 104), n. [From L. cortium
leather.]
A colorless or yellowish oil, {C10H15N}, of a leathery odor,
occuring in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc.,
regarded as an organic base, homologous with pyridine. Also,
one of a series of metameric compounds of which coridine is a
type. [Written also {corindine}.]