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Webster 1913 Edition


Cornish

Cor′nish

(k?r′n?sh)
,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England.
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.

Cor′nish

,
Noun.
The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cornish

CORNISH

,
Adj.
Pertaining to Cornwall in England; and as a noun, the language of Cornwall.

Definition 2024


Cornish

Cornish

See also: cornish

English

Proper noun

Cornish

  1. The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.
    There is a movement to revive Cornish.
  2. A town in Maine
  3. A town in New Hampshire
  4. A town in Oklahoma
  5. A town in Utah, at the border with Idaho.
  6. A habitational surname referring to someone from Cornwall.

Translations

Adjective

Cornish (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Cornwall, a county of southwest England.
  2. Native to Cornwall.

Related terms

Translations

Noun

Cornish pl (plural only)

  1. (collectively) The inhabitants of Cornwall, especially native-born.

See also

cornish

cornish

See also: Cornish

English

Noun

cornish (plural cornishes)

  1. One of several decorative rings around the barrel of a cannon; the next ring from the muzzle backwards.

References

  • William Duane, A Military Dictionary (1810), p. 105

Norwegian

Noun

cornish

  1. species of partridge