<B>cornerwise, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>with the corner in front; so as to form a corner. <DD><B> 2. </B>from corner to corner; diagonally. <BR> <I>Ex. Squares meet one another cornerwise (Hawthorne).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cornet">
<B>cornet</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a musical wind instrument like a trumpet but having a wider bore. It is usually made of brass and has three valves that control the notes. The tone of a cornet is more singing than that of a trumpet. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a piece of paper rolled into a cone and twisted at one end, used to hold candy, nuts, or the like. <DD><B> b. </B>a pastry shell shaped like a cone, often filled with whipped cream. <DD><B> c. </B>(British.) a wafer shaped like a cone for holding ice cream; ice cream cone. </DL>
<A NAME="cornet">
<B>cornet</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large, spreading, white cap worn by Sisters of Charity. <DD><B> 2. </B>formerly: <DD><B> a. </B>an officer in a British cavalry troop who carried the flag. <DD><B> b. </B>a troop of British cavalry. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Nautical.) a pennant used as a signal. </DL>
<A NAME="cornetapistons">
<B>cornet-a-pistons, </B>noun, pl. <B>cornets-a-pistons.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cornet (the name used to distinguish the modern musical instrument from one having no pistons). </DL>
<A NAME="cornetcy">
<B>cornetcy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the rank or position of a cornet in a troop of cavalry </DL>
<A NAME="cornettist">
<B>cornettist</B> or <B>cornetist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a musician who plays a cornet. </DL>
<A NAME="cornetto">
<B>cornetto, </B>noun, pl. <B>-netti.</B> <B>=zinke.</B></DL>
<B>corn-fed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>fed on corn or other grain. <BR> <I>Ex. prime corn-fed hogs.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) well-fed; stout. </DL>
<A NAME="cornfield">
<B>cornfield, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a field in which corn is grown. </DL>
<A NAME="cornflakes">
<B>cornflakes, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> a dry, ready-to-eat breakfast cereal, made of corn in the form of crisp flakes. </DL>
<A NAME="cornflour">
<B>corn flour,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>flour made from corn. <DD><B> 2. </B>(British.) cornstarch. </DL>
<A NAME="cornflower">
<B>cornflower, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a plant usually with blue, pink, white, or purple flowers; bachelor's-button; bluebottle; bluebonnet. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=corn cockle.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cornharvester">
<B>corn harvester,</B> <B>=corn binder.</B></DL>
<A NAME="cornhogratio">
<B>corn-hog ratio,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the ratio of the market price of hogs weighing 100 pounds to the cost of one bushel of corn. <BR> <I>Ex. The corn-hog ratio [is] a rough measure of the profit margin in raising pigs (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cornhusk">
<B>cornhusk, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the husk of coarse leaves enclosing an ear of corn. </DL>
<A NAME="cornhusker">
<B>Cornhusker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a nickname for a native or inhabitant of Nebraska. </DL>
<A NAME="cornhuskerstate">
<B>Cornhusker State,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a nickname for Nebraska. </DL>
<B>corni, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>corno.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cornice">
<B>cornice, </B>noun, verb, <B>-niced,</B> <B>-nicing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>an ornamental molding that projects along the top of a wall, pillar, or side of a building. <DD><B> b. </B>the top part of an entablature, resting on and projecting over the frieze. <DD><B> 2. </B>a molding, usually of wood or plaster, around the walls of a room just below the ceiling. <DD><B> 3. </B>any one of various other ornamental moldings, as for concealing a curtain rod or otherwise decorating the top of a window. <DD><B> 4. </B>an overhanging mass of ice and snow at the edge of a mountain ridge. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to build or finish with a cornice. </DL>
<A NAME="corniche">
<B>corniche, </B>noun, or <B>corniche road,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a road running along the edge of a mountainside. </DL>
<A NAME="cornicle">
<B>cornicle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any small, hornlike organ or process, as one of the projections or antennae of a snail or an insect. <DD><B> 2. </B>one of two hornlike, tubular organs on the back of an aphid, from which a waxy fluid is secreted; siphuncle. </DL>
<A NAME="corniculate">
<B>corniculate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having pointed projections like horns; horned. </DL>
<A NAME="corniferous">
<B>Corniferous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Geology.) of or having to do with a portion of the Devonian system containing hornstone. </DL>
<A NAME="cornify">
<B>cornify, </B>transitive verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make or convert into horn or a horny substance; make chitinous. </DL>
<A NAME="cornish">
<B>Cornish, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the English county of Cornwall, its people, their former Celtic language, or their present dialect. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a Celtic language spoken in Cornwall until the late 1700's. <DD><B> 2. </B>the modern English dialect spoken in Cornwall. <DD><B> 3. </B>any one of a breed of large, heavy chickens raised mainly for meat. They are originally from England and have unfeathered shanks and a yellow skin. </DL>
<A NAME="cornishman">
<B>Cornishman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a native or inhabitant of Cornwall, in southwestern England. </DL>
<A NAME="cornland">
<B>cornland, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> land suitable for the cultivation of corn. </DL>
<A NAME="cornlaw">
<B>corn law,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Historical.) a law regulating trade in grain, especially its import and export. </DL>
<A NAME="cornleafaphid">
<B>corn leaf aphid,</B> <B>=corn aphis.</B></DL>
<A NAME="cornlily">
<B>corn lily,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of South African plants of the iris family. </DL>
<A NAME="cornliquor">
<B>corn liquor,</B> <B>=corn whiskey.</B></DL>
<A NAME="cornloft">
<B>cornloft, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a loft for storing corn; granary. </DL>
<A NAME="cornmeal">
<B>corn meal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a meal made by grinding up dry corn; Indian meal. <DD><B> b. </B>a meal made of other grain. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Scottish.) oatmeal. </DL>
<A NAME="corno">
<B>corno, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ni.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Italian.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a horn. <DD><B> 2. </B>the French horn. </DL>
<A NAME="cornoil">
<B>corn oil,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a vegetable oil made from whole-grain corn and used chiefly in cooking and salads. <BR> <I>Ex. Corn oil can help control blood cholesterol levels (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cornoyster">
<B>corn oyster,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fritter containing Indian corn cut from the cob, in appearance somewhat like a fried oyster. </DL>
<A NAME="cornpicker">
<B>corn picker,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a machine that picks ears of corn from standing stalks and strips the husks from them. </DL>
<A NAME="cornpith">
<B>corn pith,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the pith of the stalk of Indian corn, used in the manufacture of paper and formerly at the back of armor of warships to prevent water from entering shot holes. </DL>
<A NAME="cornpone">
<B>corn pone,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> in the southern United States: <DD><B> 1. </B>a simple kind of corn bread, usually made without milk or eggs. <DD><B> 2. </B>a flat loaf of such bread, shaped by hand. </DL>
<A NAME="cornpone">
<B>corn-pone, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> like a bumpkin; rustic. <BR> <I>Ex. a little old corn-pone Congressman (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cornpopper">
<B>corn popper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a utensil, such as a long-handled, covered pan of woven wire, in which popcorn is popped. </DL>
<A NAME="cornpoppy">
<B>corn poppy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the common field poppy of Europe, having bright red flowers; coquelicot. </DL>
<B>cornrow, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Dialect.) to arrange hair into flat braids or pigtails. </DL>
<A NAME="cornsalad">
<B>corn salad,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various plants used for salad, sometimes found growing wild in grainfields. </DL>
<A NAME="cornshock">
<B>corn shock,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a conical stack of cornstalks cut and set up on end together in a field. </DL>
<A NAME="cornsilk">
<B>corn silk,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the glossy threads or styles at the end of an ear of corn. </DL>
<A NAME="cornsirup">
<B>corn sirup,</B> <B>=corn syrup.</B></DL>
<A NAME="cornsmut">
<B>corn smut,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a disease in growing corn produced by a fungus that fills the grains with black, sootlike, powdery spores. <DD><B> 2. </B>this fungus, once used medicinally. </DL>
<A NAME="cornsnake">
<B>corn snake,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large, harmless rat snake, common in the southern United States, where it is found in cornfields and granaries. </DL>
<A NAME="cornsnow">
<B>corn snow,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Skiing.) snow having the consistency of grains or granules as a result of alternate melting and freezing. </DL>
<A NAME="cornstalk">
<B>cornstalk, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a stalk of Indian corn. </DL>
<A NAME="cornstarch">
<B>cornstarch, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a starchy white flour made from corn, used to thicken puddings, custard, gravies, and other foods. </DL>
<A NAME="cornsugar">
<B>corn sugar,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sugar made from cornstarch. </DL>
<A NAME="cornsyrup">
<B>corn syrup,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a syrup made from cornstarch; a kind of glucose. Also, <B>corn sirup.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cornu">
<B>cornu, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nua.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy.) a horn or hornlike part or process. </DL>
<A NAME="cornual">
<B>cornual, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy.) of a cornu or cornua; hornlike. </DL>
