02323 Cork"screw`, v. t. To press forward in a winding way; as, to corksrew one's way through a crowd. mark [Colloq.]Dickens.
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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