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n. He who, or that which, adorns; a beautifier. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. conveyed by or through air, as dust or pollen; as, a clean room is needed to avoid airborne contaminants. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. in flight; flying; -- said of an airplane. [ PJC ]

3. (Mil.) carried directly to the site of battle by aircraft; -- said of combat troops, as, an airborne division. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Attorneys [ OE. aturneye, OF. atorné, p. p. of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus, fr. attornare. See Attorn. ] 1. A substitute; a proxy; an agent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And will have no attorney but myself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) (a) One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact. (b) A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ An attorney is either public or private. A private attorney, or an attorney in fact, is a person appointed by another, by a letter or power of attorney, to transact any business for him out of court; but in a more extended sense, this class includes any agent employed in any business, or to do any act in pais, for another. A public attorney, or attorney at law, is a practitioner in a court of law, legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in such court, on the retainer of clients. Bouvier. -- The attorney at law answers to the procurator of the civilians, to the solicitor in chancery, and to the proctor in the ecclesiastical and admiralty courts, and all of these are comprehended under the more general term lawyer. In Great Britain and in some states of the United States, attorneys are distinguished from counselors in that the business of the former is to carry on the practical and formal parts of the suit. In many states of the United States however, no such distinction exists. In England, since 1873, attorneys at law are by statute called solicitors. [ 1913 Webster ]

A power,
letter, or
warrant,
of attorney, a written authority from one person empowering another to transact business for him. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; (pl. Attorney-generals or Attorneys-general). (Law) The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. bicornis; bis twice + cornu horn: cf. F. bicorne. Cf. Bickern. ] Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Bear. Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. See Bear, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Borneo + -ol. ] (Chem.) A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having horns spreading widely. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A private corner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Britain being a by-corner, out of the road of the world. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having a slanted or oblique direction.
Syn. -- bias, catacorner, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, diagonal, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, oblique, skew, skewed, slanted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. Cater to cut diagonally. ] Diagonal. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. Having a slanted or oblique direction.
Syn. -- bias, catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, diagonal, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, oblique, skew, skewed, slanted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL.; Fr. L. clava club + cornu horn. ] (Zool.) A group of beetles having club-shaped antennæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Corneas [ Fem. sing., fr. L. corneus horny, fr. cornu a horn. See Horn. ] (Anat.) The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the cornea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cornille, cornoille, F. cornouille, cornel berry, LL. cornolium cornel tree, fr. L. cornus, fr. cornu horn, in allusion to the hardness of the wood. See Horn. ] 1. (Bot.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any species of the genus Cornus, as Cornus florida, the flowering cornel; Cornus stolonifera, the osier cornel; Cornus Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cornaline, OF. corneline, fr. L. cornu horn. So called from its horny appearance when broken. See Horn, and cf. Carnelian. ] (Min.) Same as Carnelian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A wind instrument nearly identical with the bagpipe. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Zool.) Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, as some shells and corals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Horny on one side and calcareous on the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corneus, fr. cornu horn. ] Of a texture resembling horn; horny; hard. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. corniere, cornier, LL. cornerium, corneria, fr. L. cornu horn, end, point. See Horn. ] 1. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part. [ 1913 Webster ]

From the four corners of the earth they come. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook. [ 1913 Webster ]

This thing was not done in a corner. Acts xxvi. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Direction; quarter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sits the wind in that corner! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock. [ Broker's Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Corner stone, the stone which lies at the corner of two walls, and unites them; the principal stone; especially, the stone which forms the corner of the foundation of an edifice; hence, that which is fundamental importance or indispensable. “A prince who regarded uniformity of faith as the corner stone of his government.” Prescott. --
Corner tooth, one of the four teeth which come in a horse's mouth at the age of four years and a half, one on each side of the upper and of the lower jaw, between the middle teeth and the tushes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Association Football) [ More fully
corner kick. ] A free kick from close to the nearest corner flag post, allowed to the opposite side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cornered p. pr. & vb. n. Cornering. ] 1. To drive into a corner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The chief ornament. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou makest the triumviry the cornercap of society. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. 1 Having corners or angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With the corner in front; diagonally; not square. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cornet, m. (for senses 1 & 2), cornette, f. & m. (for senses 3 & 4), dim. of corne horn, L. cornu. See Horn. ] 1. (Mus.) (a) An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family. (b) A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-à-piston. (c) A certain organ stop or register. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares. Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) (a) A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player. [ Obs. ] “A body of five cornets of horse.” Clarendon. (b) The standard of such a troop. [ Obs. ] (c) The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A headdress: (a) A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions. (b) A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. [ Cf. Coronet. ] (Far.) See Coronet, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Cornets-à-piston. [ F. ] (Mus.) A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The commission or rank of a cornet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who blows a cornet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., dim. of cornée the cornea. ] (Zool.) One of the corneas of a compound eye in the invertebrates. Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Forbear. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having four corners or angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having permanent horns with a bony core, as cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn. [ 1913 Webster ]

The horned moon with one bright star
Within the nether tip. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Horned bee (Zool.), a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis), having two little horns on the head. --
Horned dace (Zool.), an American cyprinoid fish (Semotilus corporialis) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust. of Chub. --
Horned frog (Zool.), a very large Brazilian frog (Ceratophrys cornuta), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids. --
Horned grebe (Zool.), a species of grebe (Colymbus auritus), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on the head. --
Horned horse (Zool.), the gnu. --
Horned lark (Zool.), the shore lark. --
Horned lizard (Zool.), the horned toad. --
Horned owl (Zool.), a large North American owl (Bubo Virginianus), having a pair of elongated tufts of feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different regions; -- called also great horned owl, horn owl, eagle owl, and cat owl. Sometimes also applied to the long-eared owl. See Eared owl, under Eared. --
Horned poppy. (Bot.) See Horn poppy, under Horn. --
Horned pout (Zool.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout. --
Horned rattler (Zool.), a species of rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns between the eyes; -- called also sidewinder. --
Horned ray (Zool.), the sea devil. --
Horned screamer (Zool.), the kamichi. --
Horned snake (Zool.), the cerastes. --
Horned toad (Zool.), any lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of which nine or ten species are known. These lizards have several hornlike spines on the head, and a broad, flat body, covered with spiny scales. They inhabit the dry, sandy plains from California to Mexico and Texas. Called also horned lizard. --
Horned viper. (Zool.) See Cerastes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition of being horned. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The European sand eel. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of Devonian fossil plants considered one of the earliest forms of vascular land plants; it is similar to genus Rhynia but smaller.
Syn. -- genus Horneophyton. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who works or deal in horn or horns. [ R. ] Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who winds or blows the horn. [ Obs. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who horns or cuckolds. [ Obs. ] Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The British sand lance or sand eel (Ammodytes lanceolatus). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. hyrnet; akin to OHG. hornaz, hornuz, G. horniss; perh. akin to E. horn, and named from the sound it makes as if blowing the horn; but more prob. akin to D. horzel, Lith. szirszone, L. crabo. ] (Zool.) A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white-faced hornet (Vespa maculata) is larger and has similar habits. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hornet fly (Zool.), any dipterous insect of the genus Asilus, and allied genera, of which there are numerous species. They are large and fierce flies which capture bees and other insects, often larger than themselves, and suck their blood. Called also hawk fly, robber fly. --
To stir up a hornet's nest, to provoke the attack of a swarm of spiteful enemies or spirited critics. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) [ Obs. ] Having a long horn or horns; as, a long-horned goat, or cow; having long antennæ, as certain beetles (Longicornia). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the morn; morning. [ Obs. ] “White as morne milk.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. morne sad, sorrowful. See Mourn. ] A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., fr. morne a morne. ] (Her.) Without teeth, tongue, or claws; -- said of a lion represented heraldically. [ 1913 Webster ]

An angle in the south transept of Westminster Abbey, London; -- so called because it contains the tombs of Chaucer, Spenser, Dryden, Ben Jonson, Gray, Tennyson, Browning, and other English poets, and memorials to many buried elsewhere. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]