Corkscrew

A screw to draw corks from bottles. Cork tree, n. ( Bot.) The Quercus tuber. See CORK, Corky, a. Consisting of cork; resembling cork. "Bind fast his corky arms. '-Shaks, Swed. kärna ; Dan. kiärne; Goth. kaurn , allied to Lat. granum, Gr. karn on , any kind of nut. Probable root Sansk. kar , a nut.) A collective term for all seeds used in making bread. The principal seeds of this kind in temperate climates are wheat, rye, oats, and barley; while those of warm climates are maize, rice, and nållet. In this collective sense, the word C. is more commonly used in England than in the U. States. We have neverthele adopted it in the present work, as being le general and more characteristic than the word grain . - It is so used generally in the Bible. In a more restricted sense, (which is the common one in this country,) it refers, in America, to maize ( Indian corn); in Scotland, to oats; and in England, to wheat. -A grain; a single seed of gra es used as food for man or animals; as. "A corn of wheat." ( John xii. 25.) In this sense it has a plural. -Unreaped grain, standing in the field upon its stalks; grain in the ear, yet unthreshed. IMG:content-0370.png:[blocks in formation] -A grain, seed, or small particle; as, a corn of gunpowder. Indian corn. See MAIZE.