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known kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures. Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow Job xxxix. 10.

Having but a single horn; -- said of certain insects. "Unicornous beetles." Sir T. Browne.

The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise. Burrill.

t away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part. [Obs.] If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate. Sir T. Browne.

Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.

An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.

A corn on the toe or foot. [Obs.]

of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc.

Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten. Amer. Cyc.

A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters to give a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore.

Weakness of sight, without and opacity of the cornea, or of the interior of the eye; the first degree of amaurosis.

h lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.

The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter. [Obs.] Gwilt.

have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian species, as A. nardus and A. schonanthus, yield fragrant oils, used in perfumery.

overing that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule. Brande & C.

The inclosed space near the point where two lines; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. Milton.

Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.

In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners. B. Jonson.

Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.

Angular; having corners; hooked. [R.] Held together by hooks and angulous involutions. Glanvill.