• A long, curved, wooden horn used by mountain-dwelling herders in the Alps, originally to call cattle but now only as musical instrument in classical and folk tunes.
• tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
• the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
• ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
• a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
• (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
• whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
• A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.
• Especially, a metal casing with lens used to illuminate a stage (e.g. spotlight, floodlight).
• An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
• A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
• A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light.
• A lantern pinion or trundle wheel.
• (steam engines) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; a lantern brass.
• A light formerly used as a signal by a railway guard or conductor at night.
• A long, curved, wooden horn used by mountain-dwelling herders in the Alps, originally to call cattle but now only as musical instrument in classical and folk tunes.
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