Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cornet"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Cornet
Heb. shophar, "brightness," with reference to the clearness of
its sound (1 Chr. 15:28; 2 Chr. 15:14; Ps. 98:6; Hos. 5:8). It
is usually rendered in the Authorized Version "trumpet." It
denotes the long and straight horn, about eighteen inches long.
The words of Joel, "Blow the trumpet," literally, "Sound the
cornet," refer to the festival which was the preparation for the
day of Atonement. In Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15, the word (keren) so
rendered is a curved horn. The word "cornet" in 2 Sam. 6:5 (Heb.
mena'an'im, occurring only here) was some kind of instrument
played by being shaken like the Egyptian sistrum, consisting of
rings or bells hung loosely on iron rods.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cornet \Cor"net\ (k?r"n?t), n. [F. cornet, m. (for senses 1 &
2), cornette, f. & m. (for senses 3 & 4), dim. of corne horn,
L. cornu. See {Horn}.]
1. (Mus.)
(a) An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the
oboe family.
(b) A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and
furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands,
and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See
{Cornet-[`a]-piston}.
(c) A certain organ stop or register.
2. A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to
inclose small wares. --Cotgrave.
3. (Mil.)
(a) A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being
accompanied by a cornet player. [Obs.] ``A body of
five cornets of horse.'' --Clarendon.
(b) The standard of such a troop. [Obs.]
(c) The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British
cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office
was abolished in 1871.
4. A headdress:
(a) A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain
professions.
(b) A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.
5. [Cf. {Coronet}.] (Far.) See {Coronet}, 2.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cornet
n : a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a
narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of
valves [syn: {horn}, {trumpet}]
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