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† ˈsea-ˌcornet Obs.
[cornet n.1]
1. A kind of shell-fish.
1601Holland Pliny ix. xxxviii. I. 259 The sea cornet Buccinum. 1666J. Davies Hist. Caribby Isles 122 There are also seen in the Caribbies two sorts of those great Shells called Sea-Cornets, which are turned at the end like a Screw.
2. A cornet (musical instrument) used at sea.
1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Voy. lviii, Throughout this Fleet they played on so many barbarous and ill accorded instruments, as Bels, Cymbals, Drums, and Sea-cornets. |