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Corking pin

02323 Cork"ing pin` (k?rk"?ng p?n`). A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman's headdress to a cork mold. mark [Obs.]Swift.

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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.