cornish chough

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cornish chough - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cornish \Cor"nish\ (k?r"n?sh), a.
     Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England.
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     Cornish chough. See Chough.
  
     Cornish engine, a single-acting pumping engine, used in
        mines, in Cornwall and elsewhere, and for water works. A
        heavy pump rod or plunger, raised by the steam, forces up
        the water by its weight, in descending.
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  Chough \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS.
     ce['o]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[=a]ha; perh. akin to E.
     caw. [root]22. Cf. Caddow.] (Zool.)
     A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It
     is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and
     red legs; -- also called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard,
     Cornish chough, red-legged crow. The name is also applied
     to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough.
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     Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red
        feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.
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