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Definition of Cornets
1. cornet [n] - See also: cornet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornets
Literary usage of Cornets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select Constitutional Documents Illustrating South African History, 1795-1910 by George von Welfling Eybers (1918)
"The Field-cornets and Assistant Field-cornets shall be chosen by a ...
The Field-comets and Assistant Field - cornets are obliged vigilantly to watch over ..."
2. The Metallurgy of Gold by Thomas Kirke Rose (1906)
"G. Weighing the cornets.—The balance must readily indicate differences of 0'05
per 1000, or T'T milligramme, with a weight of J gramme in each pan. ..."
3. The Metallurgy of Gold by Thomas Kirke Rose (1898)
"For weighing large numbers of cornets of widely differing weights, this balance
is a great convenience, saving both time and wear of the balance and weights ..."
4. The Works of Laurence Sterne: With a Life of the Author by Laurence Sterne (1814)
"I they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets,
and with cornets.—And all the men of Judah rejoiced at the oath. ..."
5. The Parliamentary Debatesby Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament by Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament (1822)
"... of Promotions of cornets, Ensigns and Second Lieutenants, to be LIEUTENANTS;
ot Lieutenante to be CAPTAINS; of Captains to be MAJORS; of Majors to be ..."
6. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"... crab, and oyster ; I That oak, and elm, and firr, and alder, cut Before the
crescent have lier cornets shut. ..."
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