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 Cornette.Cornish Hug. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Corn’grate (2 syl.).
 
A term given in Wiltshire to the soil in the northwestern border, consisting of an irregular mass of loose gravel, sand, and limestone.   1
 


 Cornette.Cornish Hug. 

 
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