02324 Cor"mus (k?r"m?s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. the trunk of a tree (with the boughs cut off), fr. to shear.]1. (Bot.) See Corm.2. (Biol.) A vegetable or animal made up of a number of individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a process of budding from a parent stalk wherre the buds remain attached.
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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