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Webster 1913 Edition

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(k?r′n?t-?-p?s′t?n; F. k?rˊn?ˊ?p?sˊt?n′)

Noun.

;

pl.

Cornets-à-piston

[F.]

(Mus.)

A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet.