corncob pipe

A pipe made of corncob, the outer surface being smoothed in a lathe and the central pith bored out; they are then fitted with a hollow reed mouthpiece and are much prized by smokers on account of the "cool, sweet smoke" they afford. Their manufacture has become quite a considerable industry. corn-crāke, s . [Eng. corn, and crake (q. v.), from the cry of the bird.] 1. Ornith.: A bird, Crex pratensis , perpetually heard in the proper season in cornfields uttering the cry "Crek, crek," from which it derives its name, but so skillful in hiding itself from prying spectators that it is rarely that the actual bird itself is seen. It is a wader of the family Rallide, and the sub-family Rallinse. The feathers of the upper parts are blackish-brown, ash-colored on the sides, and reddish at the tip; the wing coverts rusty-red; the throat and belly white; the breast olive-ash; the sides reddish, striped with white. It is migratory. It feeds on grain, gra hoppers, worms, snails, insects, . 2. Farming : A hand-rattle, used to frighten birds from sown seed or growing corn; denominated, it is supposed, from its harsh sound as resembling the cry of the rail. cor-ně-a, s. [Lat. fem. sing. of corneus =horny, from cornu a horn.] Anat .: The transparent forepart of the extern a i coat of the eye, called cornea from its horny struct ure. Its fuller name is Cornea pellucid a , the term pellucid a referring to its transparency. This distinguishes it from the Cornea opaca or sclerotic coat. It lets light into the interior of the eyeball. Its forepart is circular or nearly so, the arc being about one-sixth of the circumference of the sphere to which it belongs. Its curvature having a smaller radius than the sclerotic, it projects beyond that membrane, and is more convex in youth than in advanced age. (Quain.) [LONG-SIGHTED NESS, NEARSIGHTEDNESS.] ↑(1) Cornea opaca : [Lat., lit.=the opaque horny body. Anat.: The same as the SCLEROTIC COAT (q. v.). (2) Cornea pellucid a : [Lat., lit.=the transparent horny body.] corned ( Eng. ), corn it, cornyt ( Scotch ), pa. par. or a. [CORN, v.] A. As pa. par.: In senses corresponding to those of the verb. B. As adjective : I. Literally : 1. Pickled or preserved with salt. *2. Provided with corn. first, thai ar better cornyt than thai war fernyere, and thair innemys war cornyt ." -Acts Ja. II ., А. 1456 (ed. 1814), p. 45, с. 2. II. Fig .: Intoxicated. ( Slang .)