Vocabulary : Cornered to Cornfield
Cornered : of Corner ;; 1 Having corners or angles. ;; In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.Cornering : of Corner
Cornerwise : With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.
Cornet : An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), 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-a-piston. ;; A certain organ stop or register. ;; A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares. ;; A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player. ;; 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. ;; A headdress ;; A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions. ;; A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century. ;; See Coronet, 2.
Cornet-a-piston : A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet.
