cornicula ria

[Lat. cornicularius = a soldier who led the wing of a small division of troops.] Bot.: A genus of Lichens, tribe Parmeliacese. The species are rigid tufted plants, found on the ground or on high mountains. *cor-nic'-u-late, a. [Lat. corniculatus, from cornu a horn.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Horned, crescent-shaped. "Venus moon-like grows corniculate ."-H. More. 2. Bot .: (See extract.) " Corniculate plants are such as produce many distinct and horned pods; and corniculate flowers are such hollow flowers as have on their upper part a kind of spur, or little horn." Chambers ' Encyclo. cornicularius = *cor-nic'-u-lëre, s. cor-něter, cor'-net-ist, *cor-net-tier, s. Fr. cornetier , from cornea horror officorniculerewing of Latiniciar troops. player of the cornet. other musicians, the rabble of trumpetters, cor netters, and ". cor-nette, s. [Fr] ."- Hake will : On Providence. Metal.: The little tube of gold left when the alloy of silver and gold taken from the cupel is rolled and boiled in nitric acid to remove the former metal. ( Ogilvie .) cor'-ně-üle, s. [Fr. cornéule, dim in. of corné (m.), cornée (f.)=horned; Lat. cornu =ahorn.] [CORNE 7. A little piece, a bit. "He taketh the a ay with cornetts of trencher bread." -Leland: Inthron. of Abp . Nevill , vi. 9. A field in which corn is growing; corn or arable land. a wide expanse of cornfield , orchard and "-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xxiii. meadow, 1. A lieutenant or a istant to a superior officer. 2. An a istant or secretary to a magistrate. cor-nif'-Ic, a. [Lat. cornu =a horn, and facio = to make.] Productive of horn; making horn. The formation of horn. cor-nif-I-ca-tion, s. [Eng. cornific ; -ation.] "The habit of cornification is more likely to have been formed nearer home." -Southey .