corn.¹

Brit.

/kɔː/, U.S.

/kɔr/

Etymology: < Hebrew kōr lit. ‘round vessel’, adapted by the Septuagint as κόρος, Vulgate corus, chorus, whence in Wyclif (also chore, choore) and Rhemish.

A Hebrew and Phœnician measure of capacity, the same that was in earlier times called the homer, containing ten ephahs or baths = about 9½ bushels (liquid) or 8 bushels (dry measure).

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > specific liquid or dry units > Hebrew units

gomerc1000

cora1425

homer1530

omer1560

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Luke xvi. 7 An hundrid coris [1382 mesuris] of whete.

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Ezek. xlv. 11 That the bat may take the tenth part of a core, and the ephi the tenth part of a core.

1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xlv. 11 Ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths.

1876 tr. Keil's Ezek. II. 330 The cor is not mentioned in the preceding words, nor does it occur in the Mosaic law. It is another name for the homer which is met for the first time in the writings of the Captivity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† corn.²

Forms: Also cor-fish.

Obsolete.

Salt cod, salt fish as distinguished from dry or stock-fish. (Cf. corved adj.) The first quot. is of doubtful meaning.

ΘΠ

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > cured fish > salted or pickled fish

pickle-herring1463

round shore-herring1469

split herring1469

white herring1469

white-salted herring1469

ling fish1489

pickled herring?1577

mudfish1600

old ling1600

sea-stick1604

cor1624

crux-herrings1641

red fish1728

dunfish1746

sea steak1798

caveach1822

fair maid1823

dun codfish1839

crape-fish1856

black herring1883

rollmop1892

schmaltz herring1912

stink-fish1913

stinking fish1935

Spithead pheasant1948

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 210 They take nothing but small Cod, whereof the greatest they make Cor-fish, and the rest is hard dried, which we call Poore-John.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 204 Of dry fish we made about forty thousand, of Cor-fish about seuen thousand..The best of this fish was sold for 5 li. the hundred.

a1637 B. Jonson For Honour of Wales 253 in Wks. (1640) III A Salmon, Cor, or Chevin, Will feed you six, or seven.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

corn.³

Etymology: French = horn.

Music.

a. cor anglais n. /kɔr ãɡle/ lit. ‘English horn’: the tenor oboe; also, the name of a stop of similar tone in an organ or harmonium.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > cor anglais

English horn1775

corno inglese1818

cor anglais1870

1870 Eng. Mech. 11 Feb. 531/1 His cor anglais stop is a 4 ft. tone.

1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 400 Beethoven has written a fine trio..for two oboes and cor anglais.

b. tenor cor n. (see quots.).

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > brass instruments > [noun] > saxhorn > types of

alto-horn1850

althorn1854

flügelhorn1854

saxotromba1856

sax-tuba1856

tenor horn1859

euphonium1862

barytone1863

mellophone1901

peck horn1926

tenor cor1928

mellophonium1932

1928 Grove's Dict. Music V. 305/1 Tenor cor, a brass valve instrument of tenor pitch and circular or French horn form, designed and introduced by Henry Distin about 1860.

1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 930/1 Tenor cor, a high-pitched instrument of horn-like character intended to take horn parts when proper horns are not available.

1961 R. M. Pegge in A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages xii. 316 Substitutes for the French horn..have come on the market, notably the tenor cor (Amer. mellophone) in F and E♭, which is virtually a sax~horn shaped like a French horn but using only the lower series of harmonics.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

corint.

Brit.

/kɔː/, U.S.

/kɔr/

Etymology: Euphemistic alteration of god n. and int.

British colloquial.

Expressing surprise, excitement, admiration, or alarm.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > exclamation of emotion [interjection]

goodness1623

agad1672

Godsokers1672

Oh dear!1694

law1763

lud1767

Dear me!1773

Lor1776

dear knows!1805

Great God!1819

Great Scott1852

Jehoshaphat1857

lors1860

Great Sun!1867

Great Caesar!1870

gracious me!1884

my (giddy, sainted, etc.) aunt!1886

snakes1891

lieber Gott1898

my gosh!1920

cor1931

1931 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement v. 241 Cor!—you're in the wrong part of the theatre, boy.

1955 J. Thomas No Banners xxi. 206 Cor' blimey! that was close.

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 195 ‘Cor, gi 's it’, ‘Hand over’.

1961 A. Simpson & R. Galton Four Hancock Scripts 16 Oh cor blimey, I don't understand you people!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

> see also

also refers to : cor-prefix

n.¹a1425

n.²1624

n.³1870

int.1931

单词	cor
释义	corn.¹ Brit. /kɔː/, U.S. /kɔr/ Etymology: < Hebrew kōr lit. ‘round vessel’, adapted by the Septuagint as κόρος, Vulgate corus, chorus, whence in Wyclif (also chore, choore) and Rhemish. A Hebrew and Phœnician measure of capacity, the same that was in earlier times called the homer, containing ten ephahs or baths = about 9½ bushels (liquid) or 8 bushels (dry measure). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > specific liquid or dry units > Hebrew units gomerc1000 cora1425 homer1530 omer1560 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Luke xvi. 7 An hundrid coris [1382 mesuris] of whete. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Ezek. xlv. 11 That the bat may take the tenth part of a core, and the ephi the tenth part of a core. 1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xlv. 11 Ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths. View more context for this quotation 1876 tr. Keil's Ezek. II. 330 The cor is not mentioned in the preceding words, nor does it occur in the Mosaic law. It is another name for the homer which is met for the first time in the writings of the Captivity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † corn.² Forms: Also cor-fish. Obsolete. Salt cod, salt fish as distinguished from dry or stock-fish. (Cf. corved adj.) The first quot. is of doubtful meaning. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > cured fish > salted or pickled fish pickle-herring1463 round shore-herring1469 split herring1469 white herring1469 white-salted herring1469 ling fish1489 pickled herring?1577 mudfish1600 old ling1600 sea-stick1604 cor1624 crux-herrings1641 red fish1728 dunfish1746 sea steak1798 caveach1822 fair maid1823 dun codfish1839 crape-fish1856 black herring1883 rollmop1892 schmaltz herring1912 stink-fish1913 stinking fish1935 Spithead pheasant1948 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 210 They take nothing but small Cod, whereof the greatest they make Cor-fish, and the rest is hard dried, which we call Poore-John. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 204 Of dry fish we made about forty thousand, of Cor-fish about seuen thousand..The best of this fish was sold for 5 li. the hundred. a1637 B. Jonson For Honour of Wales 253 in Wks. (1640) III A Salmon, Cor, or Chevin, Will feed you six, or seven. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). corn.³ Etymology: French = horn. Music. a. cor anglais n. /kɔr ãɡle/ lit. ‘English horn’: the tenor oboe; also, the name of a stop of similar tone in an organ or harmonium. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > cor anglais English horn1775 corno inglese1818 cor anglais1870 1870 Eng. Mech. 11 Feb. 531/1 His cor anglais stop is a 4 ft. tone. 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 400 Beethoven has written a fine trio..for two oboes and cor anglais. b. tenor cor n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > brass instruments > [noun] > saxhorn > types of alto-horn1850 althorn1854 flügelhorn1854 saxotromba1856 sax-tuba1856 tenor horn1859 euphonium1862 barytone1863 mellophone1901 peck horn1926 tenor cor1928 mellophonium1932 1928 Grove's Dict. Music V. 305/1 Tenor cor, a brass valve instrument of tenor pitch and circular or French horn form, designed and introduced by Henry Distin about 1860. 1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 930/1 Tenor cor, a high-pitched instrument of horn-like character intended to take horn parts when proper horns are not available. 1961 R. M. Pegge in A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages xii. 316 Substitutes for the French horn..have come on the market, notably the tenor cor (Amer. mellophone) in F and E♭, which is virtually a sax~horn shaped like a French horn but using only the lower series of harmonics. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018). corint. Brit. /kɔː/, U.S. /kɔr/ Etymology: Euphemistic alteration of god n. and int. British colloquial. Expressing surprise, excitement, admiration, or alarm. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > exclamation of emotion [interjection] goodness1623 agad1672 Godsokers1672 Oh dear!1694 law1763 lud1767 Dear me!1773 Lor1776 dear knows!1805 Great God!1819 Great Scott1852 Jehoshaphat1857 lors1860 Great Sun!1867 Great Caesar!1870 gracious me!1884 my (giddy, sainted, etc.) aunt!1886 snakes1891 lieber Gott1898 my gosh!1920 cor1931 1931 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement v. 241 Cor!—you're in the wrong part of the theatre, boy. 1955 J. Thomas No Banners xxi. 206 Cor' blimey! that was close. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 195 ‘Cor, gi 's it’, ‘Hand over’. 1961 A. Simpson & R. Galton Four Hancock Scripts 16 Oh cor blimey, I don't understand you people! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : cor-prefix < n.¹a1425n.²1624n.³1870int.1931 see also
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corn.¹

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