Definition of Corno

1. the French horn [n CORNI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corno

cornloft
cornlofts
cornmarket
cornmarkets
cornmeal
cornmeal agar
cornmeal disease
cornmeal mush
cornmeals
cornmill
cornmills
cornmoth
cornmoths
cornmuse
cornmuses
corno (current term)
cornoid lamella
cornpipe
cornpipes
cornpone
cornpones
cornrent
cornrents
cornrow
cornrowed
cornrowing
cornrows
corns
cornsheller
cornshellers

Literary usage of Corno

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"2. A delicate-toned organ- stop (reed) of 8-foot scale. corno di ... An organ-stop of 8 foot scale ; of soft, agreeable tone. corno in ..."

2. A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages, in Two Parts ...by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto (1827)
"corno, (an ancient military word) the wing of an army.— corno de Amalthea, the horn of plenty. ... Nao raí hum corno.it is not worth a pin. horns, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante by Paget Jackson Toynbee (1898)
"corno, ' the Horn,' ie the constellation of the Little Bear, which is conceived as ... corno délia Capra, ' the Horn of the Goat,' ie Capricorn, Par. xxvii. ..."

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