Part 2431

<h1>Cornercap</h1> <Xpage=324>

<hw>Cor"ner*cap`</hw> <tt>(-k?p`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The chief ornament.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Thou makest the triumviry the <b>cornercap</b> of society. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cornered</h1> <Xpage=324>

<hw>Cor"nered</hw> <tt>(-n?rd)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>1 Having corners or angles.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.</def>

<h1>Cornerwise</h1> <Xpage=324>

<hw>Cor"ner*wise`</hw> <tt>(-w?z`)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.</def>

<h1>Cornet</h1> <Xpage=324>

<hw>Cor"net</hw> <tt>(k?r"n?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cornet</ets>, m. (for senses 1 & 2), <ets>cornette</ets>, f. & m. (for senses 3 & 4), dim. of <ets>corne horn</ets>, <ets>L</ets>. <ets>cornu</ets>. See <er>Horn</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. <i>Zinken</i>), of the oboe family.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras.</cd> See <er>Cornet-\'85-piston</er>. <sd>(c)</sd> A certain organ stop or register.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares.</def>

<i>Cotgrave.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "A body of five <i>cornets</i> of horse." <i>Clarendon</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The standard of such a troop.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A headdress</def>: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <ety>[Cf. <er>Coronet</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>See <er>Coronet</er>, 2.</def>

<h1>Cornet-\'85-piston</h1> <Xpage=324>

<hw>Cor"net-\'85-pis`ton</hw> <tt>(k?r"n?t-?-p?s"t?n; F. k?r`n?`?p?s`<er>t?n</er>")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cornets-\'85-piston</plw>.</plu> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet.</def>

<h1>Cornetcy</h1> <Xpage=324>

<hw>Cor"net*cy</hw> <tt>(k?r"n?t-s?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The commission or rank of a cornet.</def>

<h1>Corneter</h1> <Xpage=324>

<hw>Cor"net*er</hw> <tt>(k?r"n?t-?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who blows a cornet.</def>

<h1>Corneule</h1> <Xpage=324>

<hw>Cor"neule</hw> <tt>(k?r"n?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., dim. of <ets>corn<?/e</ets> the cornea.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the corneas of a compound eye in the invertebrates.</def>

<i>Carpenter.</i>

<h1>Cornfield</h1> <Xpage=324>

<hw>Corn"field`</hw> <tt>(k?rn"f?ld`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn.</def>

<h1>Cornfloor</h1> <Xpage=324>

<hw>Corn"floor`</hw> <tt>(-fl?r`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A thrashing floor.</def>