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Cornish Pump may refer to: Chapin Mine Steam Pump Engine, a steam engine located in Iron Mountain, Michigan, commonly called The Cornish Pump Cornish
Cornish_Pump
United States historic place
The Chapin Mine Steam Pump Engine, also known as the Cornish Pump, is a steam-driven pump located at the corner of Kent Street and Kimberly Avenue in
Chapin_Mine_Steam_Pump_Engine
Type of steam beam engine
A Cornish engine is a type of steam engine developed in Cornwall, England, mainly for pumping water from a mine. It is a form of beam engine that uses
Cornish_engine
Ethnic diaspora
By the 1860s, Cornish miners had introduced two of their signature technologies to the district: the Cornish pump, a steam powered pumping engine originally
Cornish_diaspora
Ethnic group in Cornwall, England, UK, and the worldwide Cornish diaspora
Infobox ethnic group is being considered for merging. › Cornish people or the Cornish (Cornish: Kernowyon, Old English: Cornƿīelisċ) are an ethnic group
Cornish_people
and Sons. "The Cornish Pumping Engine No. XIX". The Engineer: 428. Dec 22, 1871. Pole, William (1844). A Treatise on the Cornish Pumping Engine in two
Cornish_engine_valve_gear
Early configuration of the steam engine
surviving working examples. Dalton Old Pump House (County Durham, England) – a statically-preserved pair of Cornish non-rotative engines, dating from 1879
Beam_engine
Facilities including pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another
Pumping stations, also called pumphouses, are public utility buildings containing pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another. They
Pumping_station
Town in Waikato region, New Zealand
designed to pump water out of the mine. The building's design originated from one used in tin mines in Cornwall, England. The horizontal Cornish pump was used
Waihi
Gold mine in New Zealand
designed to pump water out of the mine. The building's design originated from one used in tin mines in Cornwall, England. The horizontal Cornish pump was used
Martha_Mine
Museum in Brentford, London
of stationary water pumping steam engines dating from 1820 to 1910. It is the home of the world's largest collection of Cornish engines, including the
London Museum of Water & Steam
London_Museum_of_Water_&_Steam
Disused pumping station in Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England
The Cornish beam engine within the 1870s building has a cylinder of diameter 65 inches (165 cm) and a stroke of 9 feet (2.7 m). It could pump 2 million
Sandfields_Pumping_Station
Steam Pump Engine) Iron Mountain The Chapin Mine Steam Pump Engine, also known as The Cornish Pump, was built by the E. P. Allis Company (now Allis-Chalmers)
National Register of Historic Places listings in Michigan
National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Michigan
Rail tunnel linking England and Wales
mechanism. When the Cornish pumping engines were replaced in the 1960s, the draughting was reversed so that atmospheric air is pumped into the tunnel exhausting
Severn_Tunnel
Heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid
considerably raised efficiency and further pumping engines on the Cornish system (often known as Cornish engines) continued to be built new throughout
History_of_the_steam_engine
Building in County Durham, England
equipped with a pair of 72" single-acting non-rotative Cornish engines by Davy Brothers of Sheffield. Pumping engines of this period were more often of a double-acting
Dalton_Old_Pump_House
Movement for publicly shared designs
Invention during the British Industrial Revolution: The Case of the Cornish Pumping Engine. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 28, nr. 3: 347–363. Allen,
Open-design_movement
Early steam engine invented by Thomas Newcomen
Newcomen engines were used throughout Britain and Europe, principally to pump water out of mines. Hundreds were constructed during the 18th century. James
Newcomen_atmospheric_engine
1862 mining disaster in England
than for most pumping engines; at Hartley both 'inhouse up' and 'inhouse down' strokes were driven by the engine, whilst in the usual Cornish engine cycle
Hartley_Colliery_disaster
Town and civil parish in Cornwall, England
Redruth (/rəˈdruːθ/ rə-DROOTH, Cornish: Resrudh) is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England. Redruth lies approximately at the junction of the A393
Redruth
Historical Park Cornish Pump Engine & Mining Museum Iron Mountain Dickinson Upper Peninsula of Michigan Industry - Mining Largest steam-driven pumping engine built
List_of_museums_in_Michigan
They acquired another winding engine and two pumping engines. CEPC merged with the newly formed Cornish Waterwheel Preservation Society in 1971 and named
Trevithick_Society
Okiep, Namaqualand District) 9/2/066/0017 Cornish pump building, Okiep, Namaqualand District This unique pump engine, typical of that invented by Thomas
List of heritage sites in Northern Cape
List_of_heritage_sites_in_Northern_Cape
English engineer; invented the first commercial steam pump (c.1650–1715)
steam-powered device, a steam pump which is often referred to as the "Savery engine". Savery's steam pump was a revolutionary method of pumping water, which improved
Thomas_Savery
Speed governing device for steam engines
for single-acting beam engines, particularly (though not exclusively) Cornish engines. The earlier atmospheric engines also used cataracts, but these
Cataract_(beam_engine)
Historic district in Michigan, United States
Mountain through the Power of Words Project. The mural features the Cornish Pump, Pine Mountain Ski Jump, and other local features. The German Hotel was
Iron Mountain Central Historic District
Iron_Mountain_Central_Historic_District
Valley in the Derbyshire Peak District
include the ruins of a pumphouse to drain the mines (using a steam Cornish pumping engine installed in 1847). Intensive mining led to underground flooding
Lathkill_Dale
Cornish engineer (1766-1837)
eight-beamed pumping engines to the Dutch government to drain the Haarlemmermeer (see Museum De Cruquius). By the time Woolf retired in 1836 the Cornish engine
Arthur_Woolf
Grade I listed pumping station in Great Bedwyn, United Kingdom
Crofton Pumping Station, near the village of Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England, supplies the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal with water. The
Crofton_Pumping_Station
Historic mine in Grass Valley, California
had worked in the depressed tin mines. These Cornish miners introduced the Cornish pump and the Cornish pastie to the area. The North Star vein has an
North Star Mine and Powerhouse
North_Star_Mine_and_Powerhouse
Former UK coal mine
engines which had 14 in (36 cm) cylinders and a 16 in (41 cm) stroke. A Cornish pumping engine had a 54 in (1.4 m) cylinder and a 7 ft (2.1 m) stroke and was
Parkfield_Colliery
doi:10.1179/amb.1973.20.2.95. Pole, William (1844). A Treatise on the Cornish Pumping Engine. London: John Weale. Retrieved 12 December 2025. Popovic, Marko
Carnot_engine_explanation
Sewage pumping station in London
Crossness Pumping Station is a former sewage pumping station designed by the architect Charles Henry Driver for the Metropolitan Board of Works's chief
Crossness_Pumping_Station
British engineer (1822–1887)
four-beat pump-valve, a safety plug for the prevention of boiler explosions, and a safety equilibrium cataract, used with the Cornish pumping engine for
William_Husband
Former mine in South Australia
re-opened in 1934 with a Cornish pumping engine with a 4 feet (1.2 m) diameter cylinder and 6 feet (1.8 m) stroke able to pump 1,000,000 imperial gallons
Bird-in-Hand_mine
Former metalliferous mine in Cornwall, UK
the depression of the Cornish mining industry in the late 19th century. All these mines were close to one another and pumping water from the workings
East_Pool_mine
words Cornish penny, in the centre a view of a mine pumping engine and winding gear. The 1791 Cornwall Conder Token, (halfpenny) had "Cornish Copper
Cornish_currency
Former tin mine in Cornwall, England
three engine houses that formerly housed Cornish engines. Towanroath Pumping Engine House (1872) was used to pump water from the adjacent 600 ft Towanroath
Wheal_Coates
Coal mining region in Gloucestershire, England
Edward near Lydbrook was also known as Waterloo. (NCB) The pit had a Cornish pumping engine until the early 1860s. In 1949 the pit was flooded by an inrush
Forest_of_Dean_Coalfield
Cornish miner
Francis Rule (1835 – 24 June 1925) was a Cornish miner who moved to Mexico and became immensely wealthy by using pumping equipment to explore previously flooded
Francis_Rule
Country park and former mine in Wrexham County Borough, Wales
completed in 1852, new steam engines for winding and pumping, including a large Cornish pumping engine to raise water to the level of the adit 108 yards
Minera_Lead_Mines
had to be pumped out of the mines usually by massive steam powered Cornish pumps, which ultimately had over 3,000 feet (910 m) long pumping rods that
Routes of the California Trail
Routes_of_the_California_Trail
Surrey Street Pumping Station is a Grade II listed pumphouse in Croydon, South London, England, that was built in four phases. It is the site of a well
Surrey Street Pumping Station, Croydon
Surrey_Street_Pumping_Station,_Croydon
Type of boiler used to make steam
simplest form of flued boiler was Richard Trevithick's "high-pressure" Cornish boiler, first installed at Dolcoath mine in 1812. This is a long horizontal
Flued_boiler
Vertical transport system used in mines
mines in Cornwall until the beginning of the twentieth century. In the Cornish examples the motive power was provided by waterwheels, or one of the mine's
Man_engine
Cornish pumps were installed and the deepening of the mines continued. As the mines deepened, controlling the water became more cumbersome. Pumps add
Silver_mining_in_Arizona
Mechanism for converting reciprocating motion to rotation
1661 water pump by Georg Andreas Böckler
Crankshaft
Language family
Breton, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh, and the two revived languages Cornish and Manx. All are minority languages in their respective countries, though
Celtic_languages
Museum in Cruquius, the Netherlands
(1678–1754), a Dutch land-surveyor and one of many promoters of a plan to pump the Haarlemmermeer (Haarlem lake) dry. Like many well-educated men of his
Museum_De_Cruquius
Cooling of air in an enclosed space
techniques that provide heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC). Heat pumps are similar in many ways to air conditioners but use a reversing valve,
Air_conditioning
Pumping station in Nottingham, England
Nottingham. It used a 60 hp (45 kW) Cornish Beam engine to pump from two 240 ft (73 m) deep wells. The Ropewalk pumping station fell into disuse around 1880
Ropewalk_Pumping_Station
Former tin mine in west Cornwall, England
engine house of this group of mines which accounted for over a quarter of Cornish tin production in the mid-19th century. Around 290 to 280 million years
Wheal_Metal
British inventor and mining engineer (1771–1833)
Trevithick's time there. He also experimented with the plunger-pole pump, a type of pump—with a beam engine—used widely in Cornwall's tin mines, in which
Richard_Trevithick
Engine that uses steam to perform mechanical work
relatively efficient. The Cornish engine had irregular motion and torque through the cycle, limiting it mainly to pumping. Cornish engines were used in mines
Steam_engine
List for England, retrieved 11 October 2021 Historic England, "Former Cornish pumping engine house at Hemingfield Colliery, Hoyland Milton (1470733)", National
Listed buildings in Hoyland Milton
Listed_buildings_in_Hoyland_Milton
Fixed steam engine for pumping or power generation
Stationary steam engines are fixed steam engines used for pumping or driving mills and factories, and for power generation. They are distinct from locomotive
Stationary_steam_engine
Copper mine in El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
coloured labourers, but also using skilled Cornish miners and steam engines from Cornwall to operate pumps. The mine was abandoned again, then reopened
Cobre_mine,_Cuba
Capital and largest city of Hidalgo, Mexico
brought technology, notably the famous high-pressure steam pumping engines designed by Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick, which turned many of the area's
Pachuca
Botanical garden in Cornwall, England
The Lost Gardens of Heligan (Cornish: Lowarth Helygen, meaning willow tree garden) are located near Mevagissey in Cornwall, England and are considered
Lost_Gardens_of_Heligan
Piston engine component which connects the piston to the crankshaft
described a machine which incorporated the connecting rod with a crankshaft to pump water as part of a water-raising machine, though the device was more complex
Connecting_rod
English inventor, preacher and ironmonger
a major problem. Newcomen was soon engaged in trying to improve ways to pump out the water from such mines. His ironmonger's business specialised in designing
Thomas_Newcomen
Town in Cornwall, England
Camborne (Cornish: Kammbronn, meaning "crooked hill") is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England. At the 2021 census the population of the parish
Camborne
Former slate quarry near Nantlle, in Carnarvonshire, Wales
water table they needed to be constantly pumped to stay dry. A Cornish beam engine was installed in 1904 to pump the pits; it stayed in use until 1951 when
Dorothea_quarry
World Heritage Site in southwest England
communities based on Cornish traditions, this flow reaching its zenith at the end of the 19th century. Today numerous migrant-descended Cornish communities flourish
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
Cornwall_and_West_Devon_Mining_Landscape
Town in Cornwall, England
Penzance (/pɛnˈzæns/ pen-ZANSS; Cornish: Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England. It lies 64 miles (103 km) west-southwest of
Penzance
Industry museum in Prestongrange, Scotland
Centre with its exhibition The beam engine is a Cornish engine, an early type of steam engine, used to pump water from the coal mine to prevent the workings
Prestongrange_Museum
Tin and copper mine in Cornwall, England
in 1998. After several changes of ownership, South Crofty is owned by Cornish Metals, which is working to re-open the mine, as of November 2022, having
South_Crofty
American musician and writer (b. 1974)
regular segment called "Vinyl Justice", in which hosts Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish, dressed as policemen, examined his vinyl collection for "criminal records"
Ahmet_Zappa
Mining site in Burra and Moonta
dominated the landscape surrounding the mines, pumping water found in the mines to the surface. The Cornish steam engine was revolutionary when introduced
Australian Cornish Mining Sites
Australian_Cornish_Mining_Sites
its adjacent pump house and a twin engine house on the other side (which was originally left empty). Further to the west, a pair of Cornish boilers were
Tees_Cottage_Pumping_Station
Village and civil parish in Cornwall, England
modern period as Cornish mines were wet due to the high rainfall of the area. De-watering workings at depth with 'rag and chain pumps', leather bags or
Gwennap
Car-boat Car float Catamaran Center console Chundan vallam Coble Cog Coracle Cornish pilot gig Crash rescue boat Cuddy boat Cutter Currach (sp. to West of Ireland
List_of_boat_types
System for condensing gas into liquid by cooling
Domestic energy consumption Enthalpy Fluid dynamics Gas compressor Heat pump and refrigeration cycle Heat transfer Humidity Infiltration Latent heat Noise
Condenser_(heat_transfer)
Pressurized gas or liquid in a heat engine
hydraulic fluid transfers force between hydraulic components such as hydraulic pumps, hydraulic cylinders, and hydraulic motors that are assembled into hydraulic
Working_fluid
Mining in the English counties
areas in the world. At its height the Cornish tin mining industry had around 600 steam engines working to pump out the mines (many mines reached under
Mining_in_Cornwall_and_Devon
Sewage pumping station in Burton upon Trent, England
Claymills Pumping Station is a restored Victorian sewage pumping station on the north side of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England DE13 0DA. It was
Claymills_Pumping_Station
Historical pumping station in Shrewsbury, England
52.7044; -2.7479 Coleham Pumping Station is a historical pumping station at Coleham in Shrewsbury, England. The sewage pumping station was built at the
Coleham_Pumping_Station
British historian (1900–1980)
1900 – 20 August 1980) was a Cornish bard and historian with a particular interest in Cornish mining, publishing The Cornish Miner, now a classic, in 1927
A._K._Hamilton_Jenkin
British engineer (b. 1858, d. 1922)
England. He was the designer of the Harvey's Engine, a Cornish beam engine initially used as a pumping engine as of 1892 in the Carn Brea mine and from 1924
Nicholas_Trestrail
Sliding pin joint in a slider-crank linkage, commonly used in engine pistons
double-acting 2-stroke 9-cylinder diesels). Large diesels often have a plunger oil pump directly attached to the crosshead to supply oil under high pressure to the
Crosshead
Device for releasing excess pressure in a system
forth along the lever arm. Papin retained the same design for his 1707 steam pump. Early safety valves were regarded as one of the engineman's controls and
Safety_valve
Historical publication
founded in 1810 to publicize the performances of different Cornish engines used for mine pumping in Cornwall. The first Reporter of Duty was Joel Lean. The
Lean's_Engine_Reporter
Historic building in Cork, Ireland
building by the River Lee in Cork, Ireland. The building served as a water-pumping and supply facility in Victorian times and later opened to visitors as
Cork_Waterworks
Firearm that can fire multiple times between reloads
often refers specifically to manual repeating rifles (e.g. lever-action, pump-action, bolt-action, etc.), as opposed to self-loading rifles, which use
Repeating_rifle
American mechanical engineer, inventor and industrialist
uniform water pressure. A distinct improvement on the Cornish engines used at the time, Worthington's pump embodied one of the most ingenious advances in engineering
Henry_Rossiter_Worthington
Tin mine in Cornwall, England
tin mine workings; a museum of industrial heritage, mining equipment and Cornish social history; and a scheduled ancient monument and riverside gardens
Poldark_Mine
Long-distance footpath in England
which is visible from many points along the path between Welcombe and the Cornish border. The path crosses into Cornwall at Marsland Mouth and continues
South_West_Coast_Path
Pumping station in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England
The Dogdyke Pumping Station is a drainage engine near Tattershall, Lincolnshire, in England. The drainage of 2,500 acres (1,012 ha) of land around Tattershall
Dogdyke_Pumping_Station
Former theater, now museum, in Tombstone, Arizona
danced, and played the piano. The large Cornish engines brought in by the mine owners kept the water pumped out of the mines for a few more years, but
Bird_Cage_Theatre
Mechanism to convert between reciprocating and rotary motion
since 1993. The axial piston pump drives a series of pistons aligned parallel with a shaft through a swashplate to pump a fluid. A common example of a
Swashplate
Early factory in Birmingham, England (1766–1853)
manufactures and trades, population, rates, statistics of progress, &c., &c., Cornish Brothers, p. 287, Wikidata Q66438509 "Pubs of Winson Green in Birmingham"
Soho_Manufactory
Evolution of steam power beyond mainstream mid-20th-century implementations
simultaneously to steam temperature and pressure, starting and stopping the feed pumps whilst igniting and cutting out the burner according to boiler pressure
Advanced_steam_technology
National park in the British Virgin Islands
engine was of typical Cornish construction with a cylinder of 40 inches. It was the workhorse of the mine, being used to pump water from the mine, raise
Copper_Mine,_Virgin_Gorda
Area of London, England
Worcester 1495 – Sir William Stanley 1497 – James Tuchet, a commander of the Cornish Rebellion of 1497 1499 – Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick 1502
Tower_Hill
2017 film by Martin McDonagh
daughter's unsolved rape and murder. Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, John Hawkes, and Peter Dinklage appear in supporting roles. The film was
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Three_Billboards_Outside_Ebbing,_Missouri
Village in County Durham, England
Company. The engine house contains a pair of 72" single-acting non-rotative Cornish beam engines by Davy Bros of Sheffield, dating from the 1870s when the
Cold_Hesledon
in 1856 some of the Cornish miners found work in Brazilian mines operated by the Saint John d'El Rey Mining Company. The Cornish formed the majority of
Saint John d'El Rey Mining Company
Saint_John_d'El_Rey_Mining_Company
Power plant component
mix with the feedwater. This kind of heater will normally require a feed pump at both the feed inlet and outlet since the pressure in the heater is between
Feedwater_heater
Former metalliferous mine in Cornwall, England
mine was described as the ″surprise of Cornish mining″ because it was making a profit from tin while other Cornish mines were making a loss or closing.
Wheal_Peevor
Scottish engineer and inventor (1754–1839)
maintenance & repair of Boulton & Watt engines. These were used for pumping water out of the Cornish Tin mines, and therefore the efficiency and efficacy of the
William_Murdoch
CORNISH PUMP
CORNISH PUMP
Surname or Lastname
Cornish
Cornish : nickname for someone with white hair or a pale complexion, from Cornish gwnn ‘white’ + the definite article an.English : regional name for someone from Anjou, France (see Angevine).
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornish)
English (Cornish) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon; of Cornish origin)
English (Devon; of Cornish origin) : topographic name for someone who lived by a menhir, i.e. a tall standing stone erected in prehistoric times (Cornish men ‘stone’ + hir ‘long’).
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornish)
English (Cornish) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Cornish, from Old French corneis.Americanized form of Dutch Korns.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Furness.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Krishna
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornish)
English (Cornish) : unexplained.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornish)
English (Cornish) : habitational name from a place named with Cornish lan ‘church’. In England this surname is now found chiefly in the southern counties of Wiltshire and Hampshire, and Berkshire; it has no doubt moved there from Cornwall.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord of mind
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornish)
English (Cornish) : habitational name for someone from Tremellen in Cornwall.
Surname or Lastname
Cornish
Cornish : habitational name from a minor place named Kellow, from Cornish kellow, plural of kelli ‘wood’, ‘grove’.English : habitational name from Kelloe in Durham, named from Old English celf ‘calf’ + hlÄw ‘hill’.Scottish : from the lands of Kelloe in Berwickshire, or in some cases possibly a variant of Kellogg.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornish)
English (Cornish) : habitational name from Trewin in Cornwall.
Surname or Lastname
Cornish
Cornish : habitational name from places so named in the parishes of Zennor and St. Levan, both of which appear earlier in the form Trethyn, from Cornish tre ‘homestead’, ‘settlement’ + dyn ‘fort’.English : variant of Treece, from a form with the weak plural ending.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : variant of Morris 1.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornish)
English (Cornish) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornish)
English (Cornish) : from a short form of the female personal name Jennifer, from Welsh Gwenhwyfar (see Gaynor). Until the 19th century Jennifer was a characteristically Cornish name.German : of uncertain origin; possibly from a Celtic root or from a short form of Heinrich (see Henry) or Johannes (see John).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : regional name for someone from the county of Cornwall, from Middle English corneys, cornysh. Not surprisingly, the surname is common in adjacent Devon, but it is also well established as far afield as Essex and Lancashire.Possibly also an Americanized spelling of German Kornisch, a nickname for a sickly or weak person, from Sorbian krne ‘weak’, ‘poor’.
Surname or Lastname
Cornish
Cornish : topographic name for someone who lived near a stone cross set up by the roadside or in a marketplace, Cornish crous (Latin crux, crucis). Compare Cross.English : nickname for a large or fat man, from Old French gros, ‘big’, ‘fat’ (see Gros).
CORNISH PUMP
CORNISH PUMP
Boy/Male
Tamil
Dashabahu | தஷபாஹà¯Â
Ten armed
Boy/Male
English
Maker of tiles.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Victorious
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
One who Takes Short Steps; Name of a Narrator of Hadith
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Speech; The Spoken Word
Boy/Male
Christian, Indian
Warrior
Boy/Male
Australian, German, Scottish
Famous Ruler
Boy/Male
English
From a surname derived from the Irish 'Deas Mumhain' meaning 'South Munster.' Also a diminutive...
Boy/Male
English French
He who holds Christ in his heart. Famous Bearers: actors Christopher Plummer and Christopher...
Boy/Male
Gypsy
Gooseberry.
CORNISH PUMP
CORNISH PUMP
CORNISH PUMP
CORNISH PUMP
CORNISH PUMP
v. t.
To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles; to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.
n.
Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2.
a.
See Roynish.
v. t.
To furnish; to supply.
n.
To cover or conceal with something that gives a fair appearance; to give a fair coloring to by words; to gloss over; to palliate; as, to varnish guilt.
n.
That which resembles varnish, either naturally or artificially; a glossy appearance.
n.
To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces, when dry, a hard, glossy surface; as, to varnish a table; to varnish a painting.
n.
A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite.
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, the dogwood (Cornus florida).
n.
The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall.
a.
Somewhat like horn; hard.
n.
A bitter principle obtained from dogwood (Cornus florida), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also cornic acid.
n.
Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house.
a.
To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper.
n.
A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, the influences of air and moisture.
a.
Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England.
a.
To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color.
n. & v.
Varnish.
v. i.
To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air.
v. t.
To offer for use; to provide (something); to give (something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry: to furnish arms for defense.