cornemuse

[Fr., from corne =a horn; O. Fr. muse a pipe; Ital., Sp. & Port. corn am us a.] *1. A pipe or flute. "With cornemuse and shalmele." -Gower, iii. 358. 2. The French and Italian name for the bagpipe. ( Grove .) IMG:content-0977.png:[blocks in formation] II. Technically: 1. Bookbinding: (1) A leather corner-covering to a half-bound book. (2) A triangular tool used in gold or blind tooling. 2. Comm.: A combination to buy up all the avail. able supply of any commodity, so that the speculative sellers may be unable to fulfill their engagements except by buying of the cornerman at his own price. [CORNERMAN.] "A corner properly speaking may be called a secondary, not a primary, speculation."-London Daily News. (1) To drive into a corner: To place in a pos i tion of great difficulty or embarra ment. (2) To put in (or to ) a corner: (a) The same as to drive into a corner (q. v.). house. (b) To a ume authority or precedency over in a " he entered in his dwelling house, and not only put her to a corner, but also staid there three or four months,."-Foord: Suppl ., Dec., p. 464. (3) Little Church Around the Corner: The name given to the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration in New York City, that church being one of the most noted in this country, and the favorite of theatrical profe ionals from all over the world. (4) The Corner: In English betting slang a name for Tattersall's betting-rooms at Hyde Park Corner. B. As adj .: Situated at or in a corner; forming a corner. *corner-cap, s. 1. Lit.: A square cap. "A little old man in a corner- cap , by his habit seeming to be a divine."-Breton: A Mad World , p. 8. (Davies.) 2. Fig .: The completion, the chief ornament, the keystone. "Thou makest the triumviry, the corner-cap of society." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost , iv. 3. corner-chisel, s. A chisel with two edges projecting rectangularly from a corner, used for cut ting the corners of mortises. *corner-creeper, s . Ono who skulks about in corners.