cornish

Cor"nish (kr"nsh), a. Defn: Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England. Cornish chough. See Chough. -- Cornish engine, a single-acting pumping engine, used in mines, in Cornwall and elsewhere, and for water works. A heavy pump rod or plunger, raised by the steam, forces up the water by its weight, in descending. Cor"nish, n. Defn: The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall.

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