corned beef

The same as CORN-BEEF (q. v.). "He might fill himself with the corned beef and the carrots."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. iii. *cor-neill, s. [CARNELIAN.] A carnelian stone. "Item, ane ring with ane corneill."-Inventories (A.1542), p. 67. IMG:content-0976.png:[blocks in formation] Botany : "Meanwhile the godde in disdain bestows The mast and acorn, brutal food, and strews The fruits of cornel , as their feast, around." Pope : Homer's Ody ey, bk. x., 1. 282-4. 2. Pl . (Cornels): The English name given to the botanical order Cornacese (q. v.). under A. "And, foremost of the train, his cornel spear Uly es wav'd, to rouse the savage war. Pope: Homer's Ody ey, bk. xix., 1. 509, 510. (1) Dwarf Cornel: A common book-name for Cornus suecica . (2) Female Cornel: The Dogwood, Cornus san- guinea. (3) Wild Cornel: Cornus sanguine a. cornel-tree, s. Bot.: The Cornel. [CORNEL (1), A. 1.]