Corking Pin
a pin of a large size, formerly used for fixing a lady's headdress.
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These 17 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Corking Pin, Corleone, Corliss.
Corleone
town, province of Palermo, Sicily, 42 miles S. of Palermo, and nearly 2,000 feet above the sea-level. The town was of chief importance in mediæval times, when the Saracens occupied it, the Lombards entering in the 12th century. The vine is cultivated in the vicinity, and there are interesting churches and castles. Pop. about 15,000.
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Corliss
GEORGE HENRY, an American inventor; born in Easton, N. Y., June 2, 1817. The construction of stationary steam-engines was revolutionized by his improvements and a single engine made by him moved all the machinery in the Centennial Exposition of 1876. He died in Providence, R. I., Feb. 21, 1888.
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Corn
a hardened portion of the cuticle of the foot, appearing as a sort of distinct growth , produced by pressure. Corns are generally found on the outside of the toes, but sometimes be tween them, on the sides of the foot , or even on the ball.
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Corn
the generic term for all kinds of grain used for making bread, and is applied specifically to the principal bread-stuff; in England to wheat, in the United States generally to maize, and frequently in Scotland to oats. CORNACEÆ, Cornels, an order of epigynous exogens, alliance Umbellales. They are mostly trees or shrubs with opposite exstipulate leaves, capitate , umbellate, or corymbose flowers, with four sepals, four stamens, a filiform style, a simple stigma, a two -celled drupe, with a solitary pendulous seed in each. They are found in Europe, Asia, and the United States.
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Corn Crake
or LANDRAIL, a species of bird of the order Grallæ or waders, and of the family Rallidæ or rails. The crakes differ from the rails proper in having the bill shorter . The common crake of of Great Britain is of a reddish-brown color. It lives in fields and meadows, and feeds on worms and insects. It is a bird of passage, frequenting the northern parts of Europe during summer, and the southern, including the Mediterranean coasts of Africa, in winter.
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Corn Flour
a name applied to the ground finely flour of maize or Indian corn; also known in the United States as corn meal.
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Corn Flower
a well-known composite weed of cornfields, universally known and admired for the beauty of its wreath-like circle of outer barren florets, and the splendid deep azure of their hue. It was formerly of some little medicinal repute, and its blue flowers were used in domestic dyeing; from early times, too, it has been used for decoration in wreaths and garlands. This use became specially prominent in Germany after 1870, on account of its being the Emperor William's favorite flower.
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Corn Salad
or LAMB'S LET- TUCE, a genus of Valerianaceæ, humble annual weeds, of which some are used as spring salads, especially in France and Germany. The commonest species is V. olitoria, which is naturalized in the United States, and often called fetticus or vetticost. There are several native American species.
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Corn Sawfly
a hymenopterous insect, family Tenthredinidæ. The eggs are deposited on the stalks of wheat and rye, to which they are very destructive.
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Corn-Cockle
the common name of Agrostemma (Lychnis) Githago . When its seeds become mixed with those of the grain among which they grow, and are ground with them, the effect is to render the grain unwholesome.
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Cornbury
EDWARD HYDE, lord, English governor of New York, was the son of the Earl of Clarendon, and one of the first officers who deserted the army of King James. King William, in grati- (1629), 9), "Clitandre," "La Veuve," "La Suivante," etc., announced the advent of a dramatist of of a high order. In 1635 he entered the field of tragedy with "Medea"; but it was not till the appearance of his next work, the famous "Cid," that Corneille's claim was recognized to a place among the great tragic poets. After the "Cid" appeared in rapid succession "Horace" (1639); "Cinna" nna" (1639), his works which show masterpiece, according to Voltaire; and "Polyeucte" (1640 ); Corneille's genius at its best. Besides his dramas he wrote some elegies, sonnets, epistles, etc. , as well as three prose essays on dramatic poetry. He died in 1684.
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Cornea
one of the coats of the eye, a transparent membrane in the forepart of it.
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Corneille
PIERRE, the father of French tragedy and classic comedy , born in Rouen in 1606, at which place his father was advocate-general . He began his dramatic career with comedy , and a southern Asia, and the Florida shag are series of vigorous dramas. "Mélite" other well-known species.
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Cornelia
an illustrious Roman lady; a daughter of Scipio Africanus, wife of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus , and mother of the two famous tribunes. When a friend condoled with her on the death of her sons, she replied, "The woman who had the Gracchi for sons cannot be considered unfortunate." Her > literary talents must have been consider. able, as Cicero very highly commends some of her epistles. She She lived in the second century B. C., and after her death the Romans erected a statue to her memory, bearing the inscription, "To Cornelia, the mother of the Gracchi."
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Cornelia Gens
The most distinguished of all the Roman gentes. All its great families belonged to the patrician order. The names of the most distinguished patrician families are: Cethegus, Cinna, Cossus, Dolabella, Lentulus, Scipio , and Sulla. The names of the plebeian families are Balbus and Gallus. 2026 Editor's Note: The Cornelia gens was arguably the most powerful patrician house in Rome, producing at least seventy-five consuls over seven centuries. While the primary branches were patrician, the family also included plebeian members often descended from freedmen. The Cossi branch mentioned here rose to particular prominence during the late 5th century BC, including figures like Publius Cornelius Cossus , who served as a consular tribune in 415 BC. (Ed: BR 2026-06-04)
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Cornelian
a reddish variety of chalcedony, generally of a clear, bright tint; it is sometimes of a yellow or brown color and sometimes white. It is largely used for engraving seals. It is found principally at Cambay, in Gujerat, India, and Tampa Bay, Fla.
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