cornish : Idioms & Phrases
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Cornish chough
- . See
Chough .
Webster 1913
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.
Webster 1913
cornish fowl
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noun English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters
Cornish.
WordNet
cornish heath
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noun bushy shrub having pink to white flowers; common on the moors of Cornwall and in southwestern Europe; cultivated elsewhere
Erica vagans.
WordNet
cornish pasty
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noun meat pie with filling of meat and vegetables
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rock cornish
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noun small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl
WordNet
rock cornish hen
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noun flesh of a small fowl bred for roasting
