||Cor*nic"u*lum (k?r-n?k"?-l?m), n.; pl. Cornicula (- l&?;). [L. corniculum little horn.] (Anat.) A small hornlike part or process.
Cor*nif"er*ous (k?r-n?f"?r-?s), a. [L. cornu horn + -ferous.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called from the numerous seams of hornstone which characterize the later part of the period, as developed in the State of New York.
Cor*nif"ic (k?r-n?f"?k), a. [L. cornu horn + facere to make.] Producing horns; forming horn.
Cor`ni*fi*ca"tion (k?r`n?-f?-k?"sh?n), n. Conversion into, or formation of, horn; a becoming like horn.
Cor"ni*fied (k?r"n?-f?d), a. [L. cornu horn + -fy.] (Anat.) Converted into horn; horny.
Cor"ni*form (-f?rm), a. [L. cornu horn + -form.] Having the shape of a horn; horn-shaped.
Cor*nig"er*ous (k?r-n?j"?r-?s), a. [L. corniger; cornu horn + gerere to bear.] Horned; having horns; as, cornigerous animals. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Cor"nin (k?r"n?n), n. (Chem.) (a) A bitter principle obtained from dogwood (Cornus florida), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also cornic acid. (b) An extract from dogwood used as a febrifuge.
Cor"ni*plume (k?r"n?-pl?m), n. [L. cornu horn + pluma feather.] (Zo÷l.) A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
Cor"nish (k?r"n?sh), a. Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England.
Cornish chough. See Chough. -- Cornish engine, a single-acting pumping engine, used in mines, in Cornwall and elsewhere, and for water works. A heavy pump rod or plunger, raised by the steam, forces up the water by its weight, in descending.
Cor"nish, n. The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall.
Cor"nist, n. A performer on the cornet or horn.
Corn"loft` (k?rn"l?ft`), n. A loft for corn; a granary.
Corn"muse (-m?z), n. A cornemuse.
||Cor"no di bas*set"to (k?r"n? d? b?s-s?t"t? or b?s- s?t"t?); pl. Corni (-n&?;) di basseto. [It.] (Mus.) A tenor clarinet; -- called also basset horn, and sometimes confounded with the English horn, which is a tenor oboe.
||Cor"no In*gle"se (?n-gl?"z?); pl. Corni Inglesi (-z&?;). [It.] (Mus.) A reed instrument, related to the oboe, but deeper in pitch; the English horn.
Cor*no"pe*an (k?r-n?"p?-an), n. (Mus.) An obsolete name for the cornet-Ó-piston.
Corn"shell`er (k?rn"sh?l`?r), n. A machine that separates the kernels of corn from the cob.
Corn"shuck` (-shŭk`), n. The husk covering an ear of Indian corn. [Colloq. U.S.]
Corn"stalk` (-st&add;k`), n. A stalk of Indian corn.
Corn"starch` (-stńrch`), n. Starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used for puddings, etc.
||Cor"nu (k˘r"n&usl;), n.; pl. Cornua (-n&usl;*&adot;). [L.] A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
Cor"nu Am*mo"nis (ăm*mō"n&ibreve;s); pl. ||Cornua Ammonis. [L., horn of Ammon. See Ammonite.] (Paleon.) A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name for an ammonite.
Cor`nu*co"pi*a (k˘r`n&usl;*kō"p&ibreve;*&adot;), n.; pl. Cornucopias (- &adot;z). [L. cornu copiae horn of plenty. See Horn, and Copious.] 1. The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance.
2. pl. (Bot.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form.
&fist; Some writers maintain that this word should be written, in the singular, cornu copiŠ, and in the plural, cornua copiŠ.
{ Cor"nute (k?r"n?t or k?r-n?t"), Cor*nut"ed (k?r-n?"t?d), } a. [L. cornutus horned, from cornu horn.] 1. Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped.