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LEFT CORN 153 CORNELIA in England, as still in China, for fishing purposes. The dwarf cormorant from southeastern Europe, north Africa, CORMORANT southern Asia, and the Florida shag are other well-known species. CORN, a hardened portion of the cuticle of the foot, appearing as a sort of distinct growth, produced by pres- sure. Corns are generally found on the outside of the toes, but sometimes be^ tween them, on the sides of the foot, or even on the ball. CORN, the generic term for all kinds of grain used for making bread, and is applied specifically to the principal bread-stuff; in England to wheat, in the United States generally to maize, and frequently in Scotland to oats. CORNACE-ffi, Cornels, an order of epigynous exogens, alliance Umbellales. They are mostly trees or shrubs with op- posite exstipulate leaves, capitate, um- bellate, or corymbose flowers, with four sepals, four stamens, a filiform style, a simple stigma, a two-celled drupe, with a solitary pendulous seed in each. They are found in Europe, Asia, and the Unit- ed States. CORNBURY, EDWARD HYDE, lordj English governor of New York, was the son of the Earl of Clarendon, and one of the first officers who deserted the army of King James. King William, in grati- tude for his services, appointed him governor of New York. He began his administration as a successor of Lord Bellamont, 1702. He was a bigot in religion, and oppressive and unjust in his administration of the government. He died in London, April 1, 1723. CORN-COCKLE, the common name of Agrostemma {Lychnis) Githago. When its seeds become mixed with those of the grain among which they grow, and are ground with them, the effect is to render the grain unwholesome. CORN CRAKE, or LANDRAIL, a species of bird of the order Grallae or waders, and of the family Rallidx or rails. The crakes differ from the rails proper in having the bill shorter. The common crake of Great Britain is of a reddish-brown color. It lives in fields and meadows, and feeds on worms and insects. It is a bird of passage, frequent- ing the northern parts of Europe during summer, and the southern, including the Mediterranean coasts of Africa, in winter, CORNEA, one of the coats of the eye, a transparent membrane in the forepart of it, CORNEILLE, PIERRE, the father of French tragedy and classic comedy, born in Rouen in 1606, at which place his father was advocate-general. He began his dramatic career with comedy, and a series of vigorous dramas. "Melite" (1629), "Clitandre," "La Veuve," "La Suivante," etc., announced the advent of a dramatist of a high order. In 1635 he entered the field of tragedy with "Medea"; but it was not till the appear- ance of his next work, the famous "Cid," that Corneille's claim was recognized to a place among the great tragic poets. After the "Cid" appeared in rapid succession "Horace" (1639); "Cinna" (1639), his masterpiece, according to Voltaire; and "Polyeucte" (1640) ; works which show Corneille's genius at its best. _ Besides his dramas he wi'ote some elegies, son- nets, epistles, etc., as well as three prose essays on dramatic poetry. He died in 1684. CORNEL, a tree {Cornus sanguinea) called the corn-tree, the female cornel, prickwood, dogberry-tree, dogwood-tree, hounds-tree, gaten, and gaten-tree. Its seeds furnish lamp-oil. CORNELIA, an illustrious Roman lady; a daughter of Scipio Africanus, wife of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, and mother of the two famous tribunes. When a friend condoled with her on the death of her sons, she replied, "The woman who had the Gracchi for sons cannot be considered unfortunate." Her