Cornish

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

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

2. 2

   Native to Cornwall.

3. 3

   Of or pertaining to the Cornish language.

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   1. 4

      The inhabitants of Cornwall, especially native-born.

   2. 5

      The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.

      • There is a movement to revive Cornish.
   3. 6

      A place in the United States

      A place in the United States:

   4. 7

      A habitational surname from Old English [in turn originating as an ethnonym], referring…

      A habitational surname from Old English [in turn originating as an ethnonym], referring to someone from Cornwall.

   5. 8

      One of several decorative rings around the barrel of a cannon

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

   6. 9

      Alternative form of cornice.

      • The four rooms in the length of this building have door places crown'd with double cornishes, as represented in the plate of that architecture, together with ornaments of the winged globe.
      • And all the way along the edges here we'll be putting in cornishes. They're under the scaffolding there in the corner, you can take a look. These are six-inch cornishes.
   7. 10

      cornlike

      cornlike; resembling corn

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