02319 Copts (?), n. pl.; sing sing. singw Copt /singw (#). /sing [See Coptic.] (Etnol.) 1. An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians.2. The principal sect of Christians in Egypt and the valley of the Nile. note &hand; they belong to the Jacobite sect of Monophysite Christians, and for eleven centuries have had possession of the patriarchal chair of Alexandria. /note
02324 Cor"nish (k?r"n?sh), a. 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.
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