Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CORN'-CUT-TER, n. [corn and cut.]

One who cuts corns, or indurations of the skin.

CORN'E-A, n. [from L. cornu, a horn.]

The transparent membrane in the fore part of the eye, through which the rays of light pass; situated in the sclerotica, and considered by some as a portion of it.

CORN'ED, pp.

Sprinkled with salt.

CORN'EL, n. [or CORN'EL-TREE, or COR-NEL'IAN-TREE.]

L. cornus, from cornu, a horn, or its root, from the hardness of the wood; Sp. corno; It. corniolo; Fr. cornouiller.] The cornelian cherry or dog-wood, the popular name of a species of Cornus. The Cornus mascula, or cornelian cherry-tree, has a stem of twenty feet high, branching and forming a large head, garnished with oblong leaves and small umbels of yellowish-green flowers, succeeded by small, red, acid, eatable, cherry-like fruit. – Encyc.

COR-NEL'IAN, n. [See CARNELIAN.]

CORN'E-MUSE, or CORN'A-MUTE, n. [Fr. cornemuse; corne, a horn, and muse; It. cornamusa.]

A kind of rustic flute. – Drayton.

CORN'E-OUS, a. [L. corneus, from cornu, a horn. See Horn.]

Horny; like horn; consisting of a horny substance, or substance resembling horn; hard. – Brown.

CORN'ER, n. [W. cornel, from corn, a point or projection, a horn; Corn. kornal; Arm. corn; Ir. cearna; Sw. hörn. See Horn and Grain. Qu. Heb. Ch. Syr. and Ar. קרון karan, to shoot.]

1. The point where two converging lines meet; properly, the external point; an angle; as, we met at the corner of the state-house, or at the corner of two streets.
2. The interior point where two lines meet; an angle.
3. The space between two converging lines or walls which meet in a point. Hence,
4. An inclosed place; a secret or retired place. This thing was not done in a corner. – Acts xxvi.
5. Indefinitely any part; a part. They searched every corner of the forest. They explored all corners of the country.
6. The end, extremity or limit; as, the corners of the head or beard. – Lev. xxi. xix. Corner-teeth of a horse, the fore teeth between the middling teeth and the tushes, two above and two below, on each side of the jaw, which shoot when the horse is four years and a half old. – Farrier's Dict.

CORN'ER-ED, a.

Having corners; having three or more angles.

CORN'ER-STONE, n.

The stone which lies at the corner of two walls, and unites them; the principal stone, and especially the stone which forms the corner of the foundation of an edifice. Who laid the corner-stone thereof? – Job xxxviii. Christ himself being the chief corner-stone. – Eph. ii.

CORN'ER-TEETH, n.

The four teeth of a horse between the middle teeth and the tushes.

CORN'ER-WISE, adv.

Diagonally; with the corner in front; not parallel.

CORN'ET, n. [Fr. cornet, cornette; It. cornetta, cornetto; Sp. corneta, from L. cornu, a horn. See Horn.]

1. An instrument of music, in the nature of a trumpet, sounded by blowing with the mouth. It was of a winding shape like a horn; used in armies and on occasions of joy. David played before the Lord on cornets. – 2 Sam. vi.
2. In modern usage, an officer of cavalry, who bears the ensign or colors of a troop. He is the third officer in the company. – Encyc.
3. A company of cavalry; a troop of horse. [Not used.] – Clarendon. Bacon.
4. The cornet of a horse [coronet] is the lowest part of his pastern, that runs round the coffin and is distinguished by the hair that joins and covers the upper part of the hoof. – Farrier's Dict.
5. A little cap of paper in which retailers inclose small wares.
6. A scarf anciently worn by doctors. – Dict.
7. A head-dress. – Dict.

CORN'ET-CY, n.

The commission or rank of a cornet. – Chesterfield. Stephens.

CORN'ET-TER, or CORN'ET-ER, n.

One who blows a cornet. – Hakewill.

CORN'FIELD, n.

A field where corn is growing.

CORN'FLAG, n.

The popular name of a genus of plants, the Gladiolus, of several species, bearing red or white flowers.

CORN'FLOOR, n.

A floor for corn, or for thrashing corn. – Is. xxi. Hos. ix.

CORN'FLOW-ER, n.

A flower or plant growing among corn; as, the blue-bottle, wild poppy, &c. – Bacon.

CORN'HEAP, n.

A heap of corn. – Hall.

COR'NICE, n. [It. cornice; Fr. corniche; Sp. cornisa; from L. coronis, Gr. κορωνις, κορωνη, a summit, a crown.]

1. In architecture, the uppermost member of the entablature of a column, or the highest projecture; that which crowns an order. – Johnson. Encyc.
2. A little projecture in joinery or masonry; as, the cornice of a chimney. – Encyc. Cornice-ring of a cannon, is the ring next from the muzzle-ring backward. – Encyc.

CORN'I-CLE, n. [L. corniculum, from cornu; a horn.]

A little horn. – Brown.

COR-NIC'U-LATE, a. [from L. cornu, a horn.]

1. Horned; having horns. – More.
2. In botany, producing horned pods; bearing a little or horn. – Chambers.

CORN-IF'IC, a.

Producing horns.

CORN'I-FORM, a.

Having the shape of a horn.