Part 2428

<h1>Cormophytes krm-fts, Cormophyta</h1> <Xpage=324>

<hw><hw>Cor"mo*phytes</hw> <tt>(k?r"m?-f?ts)</tt>, <hw>Cor*moph"y*ta</hw> <tt>(k?r-m?f"?-t?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>cormophyta</ets>, fr. Gr. <ets><?/<?/<?/</ets> trunk of a tree + <?/<?/<?/ plant.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A term proposed by Endlicher to include all plants with an axis containing vascular tissue and with foliage.</def>

<h1>Cormorant</h1> <Xpage=324>

<hw>Cor`mo*rant</hw> <tt>(k?r"m?-r<it>a</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cormoran</ets>, fr. Armor. <ets>m<?/r-vran</ets> a sea raven; <ets>m<?/r</ets> sea + <ets>bran</ets> raven, with <ets>cor</ets>, equiv. to L. <ets>corvus</ets> raven, pleonastically prefixed; or perh. fr. L. <ets>corvus marinus</ets> sea raven.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any species of <spn>Phalacrocorax</spn>, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called <i>sea ravens</i>, and <i>coalgeese</i>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>corvorant</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Cormoraut</h1> <Xpage=324>

<hw>Cor"mo*raut</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ravenous; voracious.</def>

<blockquote><b>Cormorant</b>, devouring time. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cormus</h1> <Xpage=324>

<hw>Cor"mus</hw> <tt>(k?r"m?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ the trunk of a tree (with the boughs cut off), fr. <?/<?/<?/ to shear.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Corm</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A vegetable or animal made up of a number of individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a process of budding from a parent stalk wherre the buds remain attached.</def>

<h1>Corn</h1> <Xpage=324>

<hw>Corn</hw> <tt>(k?rn)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cornu</ets> horn: cf. F. <ets>corne</ets> horn, hornlike excrescence. See <er>Horn</er>.]</ety> <def>A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toees, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.</def>

<blockquote>Welkome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes Unplagued with <b>corns</b>, will have a bout with you. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The substance of a corn usually resembles horn, but where moisture is present, as between the toes, it is white and sodden, and is called a <i>soft corn</i>.</note>

<h1>Corn</h1> <Xpage=324>

<hw>Corn</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>corn</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>korn</ets>, D. <ets>koren</ets>, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. <ets>korn</ets>, Goth. <ets>ka<?/rn</ets>, L. <ets>granum</ets>, Russ. <ets>zerno</ets>. Cf. <er>Grain</er>, <er>Kernel</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.</def>

<note>&hand; In Scotland, <i>corn</i> is generally restricted to <i>oats</i>, in the United States, to maize, or <i>Indian corn</i>, of which there are several kinds; as, <i>yellow corn</i>, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; <i>white</i> or <i>southern corn</i>, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; <i>sweet corn</i>, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; <i>pop corn</i>, any small variety, used for popping.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing.</def>

<blockquote>In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the <b>corn</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A small, hard particle; a grain.</def> "<i>Corn</i> of sand." <i>Bp. Hall</i>. "A <i>corn</i> of powder." <i>Beau & Fl.</i>

<cs><col>Corn ball</col>, <cd>a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar.</cd> -- <col>Corn bread</col>, <cd>bread made of Indian meal.</cd> -- <col>Corn cake</col>, <cd>a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake.</cd> -- <col>Corn cockle</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a weed (<spn>Agrostemma &or; Lychnis Githago</spn>), having bright flowers, common in grain fields.</cd> -- <col>Corn flag</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant of the genus <spn>Gladiolus</spn>; -- called also <altname>sword lily</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Corn fly</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called "gout," on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is <spn>Chlorops t\'91niopus</spn>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A small fly (<spn>Anthomyia ze</spn>) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted.</cd> -- <col>Corn fritter</col>, <cd>a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter.</cd> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> -- <col>Corn laws</col>, <cd>laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate.</cd> -- <col>Corn marigold</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Marigold</er>.</cd> -- <col>Corn oyster</col>, <cd>a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <col>Corn parsley</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant of the parsley genus (<spn>Petroselinum ssegetum</spn>), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia.</cd> -- <col>Corn popper</col>, <cd>a utensil used in popping corn.</cd> -- <col>Corn poppy</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the red poppy (<spn>Papaver Rh\'d2as</spn>), common in European cornfields; -- also called <altname>corn rose</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Corn rent</col>, <cd>rent paid in corn.</cd> -- <col>Corn rose</col>. <cd>See <cref>Corn poppy</cref>.</cd> -- <col>Corn salad</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a name given to several species of <spn>Valerianella</spn>, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. <spn>V. olitoria</spn> is also called <stype>lamb's lettuce</stype>.</cd> -- <col>Corn stone</col>, <cd>red limestone.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> -- <col>Corn violet</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a species of <spn>Campanula</spn>.</cd> -- <col>Corn weevil</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A small weevil which causes great injury to grain.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>In America, a weevil (<spn>Sphenophorus ze\'91</spn>) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See <cref>Grain weevil</cref>, under <er>Weevil</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Corn</h1> <Xpage=324>

<hw>Corn</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Corned</er> <tt>(k?rnd)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Corning</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; <as>as, to <ex>corn</ex> beef; to <ex>corn</ex> a tongue.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To form into small grains; to granulate; <as>as, to <ex>corn</ex> gunpowder</as>.</def>