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See 2 (more info) cornette, f. & m. , dim. of corne horn, L. cornu. An obsolete rude reed instrument , of the oboe family. A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons,

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See 2 (more info) cornette, f. & m. , dim. of corne horn, L. cornu. An obsolete rude reed instrument , of the oboe family. 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-à-piston. A certain organ stop or register. 2. A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares. Cotgrave. A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player. "A body of five cornets of horse." Clarendon. The standard of such a troop. The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871. 4. A headdress: A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions. A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century. 5. Etym:

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• FURNISHMENT
  The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also, furniture. Daniel.
• INSTRUMENTAL
  Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental
• CORNEA
  The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
• BRASS-VISAGED
  Impudent; bold.
• BRASS
  A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing. 3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze.
• OBSOLETENESS
  Indistinctness; want of development. (more info) 1. The state of being obsolete, or no longer used; a state of desuetude.
• FAMILY
  A groupe of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoölogy
• CORNET-A-PISTON
  A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet. (more info) piston. Etym:
• CORNUTE; CORNUTED
  1. Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped. 2. Cuckolded. "My being cornuted." LEstrange.
• CORNUCOPIA
  A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form. Note: Some writers maintain that this word should be written, in the singular, cornu copiæ, and in the plural, cornua copiæ. (more info) 1. The horn of plenty, from
• BRASSICACEOUS
  Related to, or resembling, the cabbage, or plants of the Cabbage family.
• OBSOLETE
  Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental; imperfectly developed; abortive. Syn. -- Ancient; antiquated; old-fashioned; antique; old; disused; neglected. See Ancient. (more info) 1. No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected;
• BRASSY
  1. Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass. 2. Impudent; impudently bold.
• BRASSINESS
  The state, conditions, or quality of being brassy.
• INSTRUMENTALITY
  The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency. The instrumentality of faith in justification. Bp. Burnet. The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of attack and defense
• INSTRUMENTATION
  1. The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency. Otherwise we have no sufficient instrumentation for our human use or handling of so great a fact. H. Bushnell. The arrangement of a musical
• CORNERCAP
  The chief ornament. Thou makest the triumviry the cornercap of society. Shak.
• CUPPING
  The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess. Cupping glass, a glass cup in which a partial vacuum is produced
• BRASSIERE
  A form of woman's underwaist stiffened with whalebones, or the like, and worn to support the breasts.
• CORNU AMMONIS
  A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name for an ammonite.
• CLAVICORNES
  A group of beetles having club-shaped antennæ.
• THREE-CORNERED
  Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three- cornered stem. (more info) 1. Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.
• POSTCORNU
  The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.
• ACORNED
  1. Furnished or loaded with acorns. 2. Fed or filled with acorns. Shak.
• SCORNER
  One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion. "Great scorners of death." Spenser. Superly he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. Prov. iii. 34.
• FOUR-CORNERED
  Having four corners or angles.