Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 127
Corking pin (n.) A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman's headdress to a cork mold. [Obs.] -- Swift.
Corkscrew (n.) An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles.
Corkscrew (a.) Shaped like a corkscrew; spiral; helical.
Corkscrew stairs, A spiral staircase around a solid newel.
Corkscrew (v. t.) To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd. [Colloq.] -- Dickens.
Corkscrew (n.) A bottle opener that pulls corks [syn: corkscrew, bottle screw].
Corkscrew (v.) Move in a spiral or zigzag course [syn: corkscrew, spiral].
Corkwing (n.) (Zool.) A fish; the goldsinny.
Corky (a.) Consisting of, or like, cork; dry shriveled up.
Bind fast hiss corky arms. -- Shak.
Corky (a.) Tasting of cork.
Corky (a.) (Of wine) Tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin; "a corked port" [syn: corked, corky].
Corm (n.) (Bot.) A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb.
Corm (n.) (Biol.) Same as Cormus, 2.
Corm (n.) Solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure.
Cormogeny (n.) (Biol.) The embryological history of groups or families of individuals.
Cormophylogeny (n.) (Biol.) The phylogeny of groups or families of individuals. -- Haeckel. Cormophytes
Cormophytes (n. pl.) Alt. of Cormophyta.
Cormophyta (n. pl.) (Bot.) A term proposed by Endlicher to include all plants with an axis containing vascular tissue and with foliage.
Cormorant (n.) (Zool.) Any species of Phalacrocorax, 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 sea ravens, and coalgeese. [Written also corvorant.]
Cormorant (n.) A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant. -- B. Jonson.
Cormorant (n.) Large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish [syn: cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo].
Cormorant, () (Lev. 11:17; Deut. 14:17), Heb. shalak, "plunging," or "darting down," (the Phalacrocorax carbo), ranked among the "unclean" birds; of the same family group as the pelican. It is a "plunging" bird, and is common on the coasts and the island seas of Palestine. Some think the Hebrew word should be rendered "gannet" (Sula bassana, "the solan goose"); others that it is the "tern" or "sea swallow," which also frequents the coasts of Palestine as well as the Sea of Galilee and the Jordan valley during several months of the year. But there is no reason to depart from the ordinary rendering.
In Isa. 34:11, Zeph. 2:14 (but in R.V., "pelican") the Hebrew word rendered by this name is _ka'ath_. It is translated "pelican" (q.v.) in Ps. 102:6. The word literally means the "vomiter," and the pelican is so called from its vomiting the shells and other things which it has voraciously swallowed. (See PELICAN.)
Cormoraut (a.) Ravenous; voracious.
Cormorant, devouring time. -- Shak.
Cromulent (a.) (Often Facetious.) 這個單字很特別，它來自於卡通《辛普森家庭》，是裡面的老師用來表示「正確的、正當的」意思，不過最後被《辛普森家庭》用來諷刺一個被當作真實的假象。【延伸單字】-- legitimate (a.) 正當的，合理的；-- spurious (a.) 假的；偽造的；欺騙性的 Acceptable or legitimate: People disagree on using the singular “they,” but it's perfectly cromulent as far as I'm concerned.
Cromulent (a.) (Often Facetious.) Acceptable or legitimate.
// People disagree on using the singular “they,” but it's perfectly cromulent as far as I'm concerned.
Cormus (n.) (Bot.) See Corm.
Cormus (n.) (Biol.) 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.
Indian corn (Bot.), Zea ({Zea Mays"> A cereal plant of the genus Zea ({Zea Mays), also simply called corn, used widely as a food; the maize, a native plant of America; more specifically: a primitive variety of Zea Mays having variegated kernels on each cob, in distinction from the more commonly used yellow corn; it is often used as decoration at Thanksgiving time. See Corn, and Maize.
Note: In modern American usage, the word corn when unmodified usually refers to yellow corn, and Indian corn refers to the variegated variety.
Maize (n.) (Bot.) A large species of American grass of the genus Zea ({Zea Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn, commonly called corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men and animals.
Maize eater (Zool.), A South American bird of the genus Pseudoleistes, allied to the troupials.
Maize yellow, A delicate pale yellow.
Corn (n.) A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.
Welcome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes Unplagued with corns, will have a bout with you. -- Shak.
Note: 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 soft corn.
Corn (n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.
Corn (n.) The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.
Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or Indian corn (see sense 3), and in England to wheat.
Corn (n.) A tall cereal plant ({Zea mays) bearing its seeds as large kernels in multiple rows on the surface of a hard cylindrical ear, the core of which (the cob) is not edible; -- also called Indian corn and, in technical literature, maize. There are several kinds; as, yellow corn, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; white corn or southern corn, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; sweet corn, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; pop corn, any small variety, used for popping. Corn seeds may be cooked while on the ear and eaten directly, or may be stripped from the ear and cooked subsequently. The term Indian corn is often used to refer to a primitive type of corn having kernels of varied color borne on the same cob; it is used for decoration, especially in the fall.
Corn (n.) 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.
In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. -- Milton.
Corn (n.) A small, hard particle; a grain. "Corn of sand." -- Bp. Hall. "A corn of powder." -- Beau. & Fl.
Corn ball, A ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar.
Corn bread, Bread made of Indian meal.
Corn cake, A kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake.
Corn cockle (Bot.), A weed ({Agrostemma Githago"> Corn cockle (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma Githago syn. Lychnis Githago), having bright flowers, common in grain fields.
Corn flag (Bot.), A plant of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also sword lily.
Corn fly. (Zool.) (a) 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 Chlorops t[ae]niopus.
Corn fly. (Zool.) (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted.
Corn fritter, A fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.]
Corn laws, 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.
Corn marigold. (Bot.) See under Marigold.
Corn oyster, A fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.]
Corn parsley (Bot.), A plant of the parsley genus ({Petroselinum segetum), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia.
Corn popper, A utensil used in popping corn.
Corn poppy (Bot.), The red poppy ({Papaver Rh[oe]as"> Corn poppy (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[oe]as),
common in European cornfields; -- also called corn rose.
Corn rent, Rent paid in corn.
Corn rose. See Corn poppy.
Corn salad (Bot.), A name given to several species of Valerianella, annual herbs sometimes used for salad.
Valerianella olitoria is also called lamb's lettuce.
Corn stone, Red limestone. [Prov. Eng.]
Corn violet (Bot.), A species of Campanula.
Corn weevil. (Zool.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain.
Corn weevil. (Zool.) (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[ae]) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See Grain weevil, under Weevil.
Corned (imp. & p. p.) of Corn.
Corn (v. t.) 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, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.
Corn (v. t.) To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.
Corn (v. t.) To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses. -- Jamieson.
Corn (v. t.) To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one. [Colloq.]
Corning house, A house or place where powder is corned or granulated.
Corn (n.) Tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times [syn: corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays].
Corn (n.) The dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal.
Corn (n.) Ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food [syn: corn, edible corn].
Corn (n.) A hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes [syn: corn, clavus].
Corn (n.) (Great Britain) Any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland).
Corn (n.) Whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn [syn: corn whiskey, corn whisky, corn].
Corn (n.) Something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn."
Corn (v.) Feed (cattle) with corn.
Corn (v.) Preserve with salt; "corned beef."
Corn, () The word so rendered (dagan) in Gen. 27:28, 37, Num. 18:27, Deut. 28:51, Lam. 2:12, is a general term representing all the commodities we usually describe by the words corn, grain, seeds, peas, beans. With this corresponds the use of the word in John 12:24.
In Gen. 41:35, 49, Prov. 11:26, Joel 2:24 ("wheat"), the word thus translated (bar; i.e., "winnowed") means corn purified from chaff. With this corresponds the use of the word in the New Testament (Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17; Acts 7:12). In Ps. 65:13 it means "growing corn."
In Gen. 42:1, 2, 19, Josh. 9:14, Neh. 10:31 ("victuals"), the word (sheber; i.e., "broken," i.e., grist) denotes generally victuals, provisions, and corn as a principal article of food.
From the time of Solomon, corn began to be exported from Palestine (Ezek. 27:17; Amos 8:5). "Plenty of corn" was a part of Issac's blessing conferred upon Jacob (Gen. 27:28; comp. Ps. 65:13).
Corn. () In its most comprehensive sense, this term signifies every sort of grain, as well as peas and beans, this is its meaning in the memorandum usually contained in policies of insurance. But it does not include rice. 1 Park. Ins. 112; Marsh. Ins. 223, note; Stev. on Av. part 4, art. 2; Ben. on Av. eh. 10; 1 Marsh. Ins. 223; Park on Ins. 112; Wesk. Ins. 145. Vide Com. Dig. Biens, G 1.
Corn, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 591
Housing Units (2000): 226
Land area (2000): 0.362534 sq. miles (0.938958 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.362534 sq. miles (0.938958 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17300
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 35.378269 N, 98.783200 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 73024
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Corn, OK
Corn
Cornage (n.) Anancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn.
Cornamute (n.) A cornemuse.
Cornbind (n.) A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis, Polygonum Convolvulus.
Corncob (n.) The cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow.
Corncrake (n.) A bird (Crex crex or C. pratensis) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; -- called also corn bird.
Corncrib (n.) A crib for storing corn.
Corncutter (n.) A machine for cutting up stalks of corn for food of cattle.
Corncutter (n.) An implement consisting of a long blade, attached to a handle at nearly a right angle, used for cutting down the stalks of Indian corn.
Corndodger (n.) A cake made of the meal of Indian corn, wrapped in a covering of husks or paper, and baked under the embers.
Corneas (n. pl. ) of Cornea.
Cornea (n.) The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Corneal (a.) Pertaining to the cornea.
Cornel (n.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.
Cornel (n.) Any species of the
genus Cornus, as C.
Cornelian (n.) Same as Carnelian.
Cornemuse (n.) A wind instrument nearly identical with the bagpipe.
Corneocalcareous (a.) Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, as some shells and corals.
Corneocalcareous (a.) Horny on one side and calcareous on the other.
Corneous (a.) 角質的；似角的；有角的 Of a texture resembling horn; horny; hard. -- Sir T. Browne.
Corneous (a.) Made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn) [syn: {corneous}, {hornlike}, {horny}].
Corner (n.) The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
Corner (n.) The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner.
Corner (n.) An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part.
Corner (n.) A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
Corner (n.) Direction; quarter.
Corner (n.) The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock.
Cornered (imp. & p. p.) of Corner.
Cornering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Corner.
Corner (v. t.) To drive into a corner.
Corner (v. t.) To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.
Corner (v. t.) To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum.
Cornerback (n.) （美式橄欖球） 防守角衛；防守側後衛 A defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers.
Compare: Linebacker
Linebacker (n.) [ C ] (US) （美式橄欖球的）中後衛 A player in American football who tries to stop players from the other team from moving the ball along the field.
Cornercap (n.) The chief ornament.
Cornered (p. a.) 有角的；被逼至絕路的；corner 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Having corners or angles.
Cornered (p. a.) In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.
Cornered (a.) Forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she had me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a trapped animal" [syn: at bay(p), cornered, trapped, treed].
Cornerstone (n.) 【建】基石；隅石；柱石；地基；【喻】基礎；柱石 The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone].
Cornerstone (n.) A stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies.
Cornerstone (n.) A stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls.
Cornerwise (adv.) With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.
Cornet (n.) An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.
Cornet (n.) A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-a-piston.
Cornet (n.) A certain organ stop or register.
Cornet (n.) A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares.
Cornet (n.) A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
Cornet (n.) The standard of such a troop.
Cornet (n.) The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871.
Cornet (n.) A headdress.
Cornet (n.) A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.
Cornet (n.) A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.
Cornet (n.) See Coronet, 2.
Cornets-a-piston (n. pl. ) of Cornet-a-piston.
Cornet-a-piston (n.) A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet.
Cornetcy (n.) The commission or rank of a cornet.
Corneter (n.) One who blows a cornet.
Corneule (n.) One of the corneas of a compound eye in the invertebrates.
Cornfield (n.) 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.
Cornfloor (n.) A thrashing floor.
Cornflower (n.) A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in grainfields.
Cornic (a.) Pertaining to,
derived from, or resembling, the dogwood (Cornus
Cornice (n.) Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house.
Corniced (a.) Having a cornice.
Cornicle (n.) A little horn. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Cornicular (n.) A secretary or clerk. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Corniculate (a.) Horned; having horns. -- Dr. H. More.
Corniculate (a.) (Bot.) Having processes resembling small horns.
Cornicula (n. pl. ) of Corniculum.
Corniculum (n.) (Anat.) A small hornlike part or process.
Corniferous
(a.) (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
Cornific (a.) Producing horns; forming horn.
Cornification (n.) Conversion into, or formation of, horn; a becoming like horn.
Cornified (a.) (Anat.) Converted into horn; horny.
Corniform (a.) Having the shape of a horn; horn-shaped.
Cornigerous (a.) Horned; having horns; as, cornigerous animals. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Cornin (n.) (Chem.) A bitter
principle obtained from dogwood ({Cornus
Cornin (n.) (Chem.) An extract from dogwood used as a febrifuge.
Corniplume (n.) (Zool.) A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
Cornish (a.) Of or pertaining to
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.
Cornish (n.) The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall.
Cornish (a.) Of or related to Cornwall or its people or the Cornish language.
Cornish (n.) A Celtic language spoken in Cornwall
Cornish (n.) English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters [syn: Cornish, Cornish fowl].
Cornish, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 172
Housing Units (2000): 75
Land area (2000): 0.588992 sq. miles (1.525481 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.588992 sq. miles (1.525481 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17350
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 34.162641 N, 97.595472 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cornish, OK
Cornish
Cornish, UT -- U.S. town in Utah
Population (2000): 259
Housing Units (2000): 76
Land area (2000): 4.844497 sq. miles (12.547190 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.010031 sq. miles (0.025979 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.854528 sq. miles (12.573169 sq. km)
FIPS code: 15940
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 41.965668 N, 111.952636 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 84308
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cornish, UT
Cornish