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Former railway company in South West England
The Cornwall Railway was a 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge railway between Plymouth in Devon to Falmouth in Cornwall, England. It was built in the
Cornwall_Railway
Railway in Cornwall
The Cornwall Minerals Railway (CMR) owned and operated a network of 45 miles (72 km) of standard gauge railway lines in central Cornwall, England, United
Cornwall_Minerals_Railway
Disused railway line in Devon and Cornwall, England
Cornwall Railway (NCR) also known as the North Cornwall Line, was a standard gauge railway line running from Halwill in Devon, to Padstow in Cornwall
North_Cornwall_Railway
Timber-span viaducts in England
(primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The Cornwall Railway company constructed a railway line between Plymouth and Truro in the United Kingdom
Cornwall_Railway_viaducts
Former railway company in Cornwall, England
The West Cornwall Railway was a railway company in Cornwall, Great Britain, formed in 1846 to construct a railway between Penzance and Truro. It purchased
West_Cornwall_Railway
City in Ontario, Canada
Cornwall than in Lochaber itself. The railway connections linked Cornwall and local communities that required access to public services in Cornwall itself
Cornwall,_Ontario
Village on the south coast of Cornwall, England
together with further expansion of the harbour. The opening of the Cornwall Railway from Plymouth in 1859 encouraged further expansion of Par north-eastwards
Par,_Cornwall
Ceremonial county in England
and topical guide to Cornwall: Cornwall – ceremonial county and unitary authority area of England within the United Kingdom. Cornwall is a peninsula bordered
Outline_of_Cornwall
Town in Cornwall, England
was over the Post Office on The Moor. The Cornwall Railway reached Falmouth on 24 August 1863. The railway brought new prosperity to Falmouth, as it made
Falmouth,_Cornwall
Town in Cornwall, England
parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the River Tamar, which forms almost the entire border between Cornwall and Devon
Launceston,_Cornwall
British railway company (1833–1947)
broad-gauge railways. The South Devon Railway was completed in 1849, extending the broad gauge to Plymouth, whence the Cornwall Railway took it over
Great_Western_Railway
Railway station in Cornwall, England
Causeland railway station (Cornish: Tir an Bughes) is an intermediate station 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Liskeard on the scenic Looe Valley Line in Cornwall, United
Causeland_railway_station
The first of the passenger railway stations in Cornwall, England, were opened in 1834. The network expanded considerably between the 1840s and 1900s. There
List of railway stations in Cornwall
List_of_railway_stations_in_Cornwall
Rail line in Devon
services to Devon and Cornwall. The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) had started out as the London and Southampton Railway, but the company soon
Exeter to Plymouth railway of the LSWR
Exeter_to_Plymouth_railway_of_the_LSWR
Railway development project in Cornwall, UK
Up Fund. It is a joint venture between Network Rail, Cornwall Council and Great Western Railway. Many of the improvements are on the Atlantic Coast Line
Mid_Cornwall_Metro
Former railway station in Cornwall, England
Padstow railway station (Cornish: Lannwedhenek) was the western terminus of the North Cornwall Railway. It was opened in 1899 by the London and South Western
Padstow railway station (England)
Padstow_railway_station_(England)
Cathedral city in Cornwall, England
parish in Cornwall, England. It is the southernmost city in the United Kingdom and lies 232 miles (373 km) west-south-west of London. It is Cornwall's county
Truro
Heritage railway in Cornwall, England
Bodmin Railway is a 6 miles 12 chains (9.9 km) heritage railway at Bodmin in Cornwall, England. Its headquarters are at Bodmin General railway station
Bodmin_and_Wenford_Railway
Town in Cornwall, England
(/pɛnˈzæns/ pen-ZANSS; Cornish: Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England. It lies 64 miles (103 km) west-southwest of Plymouth, 255 miles
Penzance
Railway station in Cornwall, England
Penzance railway station (Cornish: Pennsans) serves the town of Penzance in west Cornwall, England. It is the terminus of the Cornish Main Line and the
Penzance_railway_station
Railway station in Cornwall, England
Truro railway station (Cornish: Truru) serves the city of Truro, in Cornwall, England. The station lies on the Cornish Main Line from Plymouth to Penzance;
Truro_railway_station
Railway station in Ontario, Canada
Cornwall railway station in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada is served by Via Rail trains running from Toronto to Montreal. The station is wheelchair accessible
Cornwall_station
Early railway in south-west England
Passage. The Devonport branch was transferred to the Cornwall Railway by the powers of Cornwall Railway Amendment and Deviation Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c
South_Devon_Railway_Company
Railway station in Cornwall, England
Par railway station (Cornish: Porth) serves the villages of Par, Tywardreath and St Blazey, Cornwall, England. The station is 281 miles 66 chains (281
Par_railway_station
Railway station in Cornwall, England
Liskeard railway station (Cornish: Lyskerrys) serves the town of Liskeard in Cornwall, England. The station is approximately 18 miles (29 km) west of Plymouth
Liskeard_railway_station
Railway station in Cornwall, England
Newquay railway station (Cornish: Tewynblustri) serves the town and seaside resort of Newquay in Cornwall, England. It is the terminus of the Atlantic
Newquay_railway_station
Former branch line in Cornwall, England, now a heritage railway
The Helston Railway (Cornish: Hyns-horn Hellys) is a heritage railway in Cornwall which aims to rebuild and preserve as much as possible of the former
Helston_Railway
Railway station in Cornwall, England
Bodmin Parkway railway station serves the town of Bodmin and nearby villages, in mid-Cornwall, England. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Bodmin
Bodmin Parkway railway station
Bodmin_Parkway_railway_station
There are seventeen disused railway stations on the Cornish Main Line between Plymouth in Devon and Penzance in Cornwall, England. The remains of nine
Disused railway stations on the Cornish Main Line
Disused_railway_stations_on_the_Cornish_Main_Line
Railway line in Cornwall, England
503°N 4.316°W / 50.503; -4.316 The East Cornwall Mineral Railway was a 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge railway line, opened in 1872 to connect mines and
East_Cornwall_Mineral_Railway
Railway station in Cornwall, England
St Ives railway station is a railway station which serves the coastal town of St Ives, Cornwall, England. It was opened in 1877 as the terminus of the
St_Ives_railway_station
Town in Cornwall, England
Lannwedhenek) is a town, civil parish and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town is situated on the west bank of the
Padstow
Railway station in Cornwall, England
Coombe Junction Halt railway station serves the villages of Coombe and Lamellion near Liskeard, Cornwall, England, UK. It is situated on the Looe Valley
Coombe Junction Halt railway station
Coombe_Junction_Halt_railway_station
Disused railway line in Cornwall, England
Truro and Newquay Railway was a Great Western Railway line in Cornwall, England, designed to keep the rival London and South Western Railway (LSWR) out of
Truro_and_Newquay_Railway
Town in Cornwall, England
/ˈɔː-/; Cornish: Sen Austel)[citation needed] is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 10 miles (16 km) south of Bodmin and 30 miles
St_Austell
Railway station in Cornwall, England
Falmouth Town railway station. Falmouth Town railway station (Cornish: Arwennek Aberfala) is the most central of the stations in Falmouth, Cornwall, England
Falmouth_Town_railway_station
Railway line in Cornwall, England
The Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway opened in 1869 as a broad gauge railway linking the port of Fowey in Cornwall with the Cornish Main Line at Lostwithiel
Lostwithiel_and_Fowey_Railway
Electricity utility in Ontario, Canada
Cornwall Street Railway Light and Power Company Limited, operating as Cornwall Electric, is an electricity transmission and distribution utility, licensed
Cornwall_Electric
Railway bridge spanning the River Tamar in South West England
Royal Albert Bridge is a railway bridge which spans the River Tamar in England, between Plymouth, Devon and Saltash, Cornwall. Its unique design consists
Royal_Albert_Bridge
List of railway locomotives used by the Great Western Railway
not just the South Devon Railway locomotives but also the 19 owned by the Cornwall Railway and 8 from the West Cornwall Railway, which had all operated
Locomotives of the Great Western Railway
Locomotives_of_the_Great_Western_Railway
Narrow gauge railway operating from the town of Launceston, Cornwall
Launceston Steam Railway is a 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) gauge narrow gauge railway, in Cornwall, England. The 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) long railway runs from Launceston
Launceston_Steam_Railway
British mechanical and civil engineer (1806–1859)
"Illustrated Railway Supplement". West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser. No. 2547. 1859. Bennett, Alan (1990). The Great Western Railway in East Cornwall. Cheltenham:
Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel
and Cornwall Junction Railway was a 7 ft (2,134 mm) broad gauge railway intended to link the Cornwall Railway with the horse-worked Newquay Railway. It
Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway
Newquay_and_Cornwall_Junction_Railway
Railway line in England
Devon–Cornwall border developed schemes to connect their region to the new railway main line, including an early Launceston and South Devon Railway, but
South Devon and Tavistock Railway
South_Devon_and_Tavistock_Railway
Railway line in Cornwall, UK
The Atlantic Coast Line is a 20+3⁄4-mile (33 km) railway branch line in Cornwall which runs from the coastal town of Par, to the Atlantic Ocean at Newquay
Atlantic Coast Line (Cornwall)
Atlantic_Coast_Line_(Cornwall)
Former railway in Cornwall, England
The Hayle Railway was an early railway in West Cornwall, constructed to convey copper and tin ore from the Redruth and Camborne areas to sea ports at
Hayle_Railway
Village in Cornwall, England
goods from locations further inland were better served by the North Cornwall Railway, the economy of the port relied on pilchard fishing, probably a centuries-old
Port_Isaac
Former railway station in Devon, England
later, it became a junction station with the construction by the North Cornwall Railway of a line south to Launceston which gave the latter company a direct
Halwill Junction railway station
Halwill_Junction_railway_station
Class of British diesel multiple units
Stephen (2010). Cornwall's Railways Remembered. Halsgrove. pp. 51–52. ISBN 978-0-85704-005-3. "Rolling stock". The North Cornwall Railway. Archived from
British_Rail_Class_121
Railway line in Cornwall, England
The Cornish Main Line is a railway line in Cornwall and the south-west corner of Devon, in England. It runs from Penzance to Plymouth, crossing the county
Cornish_Main_Line
Electric street railway in Cornwall, Ontario
The Cornwall Street Railway was an electric street railway in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada that operated from 1896 until 1949, and then as a trolleybus service
Cornwall_Street_Railway
The North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway was a railway built to serve numerous ball clay pits that lay in the space between the London and
North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway
North_Devon_and_Cornwall_Junction_Light_Railway
Devon Railway locomotives were broad gauge locomotives that operated over the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway, and West Cornwall Railway in England
South Devon Railway locomotives
South_Devon_Railway_locomotives
Class of diesel electric locomotives
(renumbered 56312) were operated by British American Railway Services under their Devon and Cornwall Railways subsidiary (formerly Hanson Traction), these were
British_Rail_Class_56
British freight train operator
DCRail (DCR), legally named Devon & Cornwall Railways Limited, is a British train operator. It has been active as a freight operating company since May
DCRail
Town in Cornwall, England
Porthia, meaning "St Ia's cove") is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne
St_Ives,_Cornwall
Railway branch line in Cornwall, England
The Maritime Line is a Branch line railway in Cornwall, England, between the city of Truro and Falmouth Docks. It opened in 1863 and today trains typically
Maritime_Line
Rail trail in Cornwall, England
by Cornwall Council and the Camel Trail Partnership. The trail follows the trackbed of two historic railway lines: A section of the North Cornwall Railway
Camel_Trail
UK railway company
The Liskeard and Caradon Railway (L&CR) (Cornish: Hyns-horn Lyskerrys ha Karn) was a mineral railway in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom, which opened
Liskeard_and_Caradon_Railway
The Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway was a railway line opened in 1834 in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It linked the quays at Wadebridge with the town
Bodmin_and_Wadebridge_Railway
Village and civil parish in Cornwall, England
the earliest one-inch Ordnance Survey map of 1813. When the North Cornwall Railway arrived, the station was named Delabole after the quarry, and the three
Delabole
Railway station in Cornwall, England
St Erth railway station is a Grade II listed station situated at Rose-an-Grouse in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It serves the nearby village of St Erth,
St_Erth_railway_station
Ottawa Railway was a railway connecting Tupper Lake in northeastern New York to Ottawa, Ontario, via Ramsayville, Russell, Embrun, Finch and Cornwall. It
New_York_and_Ottawa_Railway
Railway station in Cornwall, England
including the Night Riviera sleeper service. St Austell opened with the Cornwall Railway on 4 May 1859. A report when the station opened stated that the departure
St_Austell_railway_station
Preserved British steam locomotive
London and North Western Railway (LNWR) 2-2-2 No. 3020 Cornwall is a preserved steam locomotive. It was originally built as a 4-2-2 at Crewe Works in 1847
LNWR_2-2-2_3020_Cornwall
Former railway station in Launceston, Cornwall, England
railway station (Cornish: Lannstevan) was situated in Launceston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It was served by both the Great Western Railway (GWR)
Launceston_railway_station
Town in Cornwall, England
Cornish: Pennrynn, meaning 'promontory') is a civil parish and town in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the Penryn River about 1 mile (1.6 km)
Penryn,_Cornwall
as such) and the former Great Western Railway main line through Cornwall) from which secondary roads and railway branch lines radiate to ports and resorts
Transport_in_Cornwall
Ceremonial county in England
Cornwall (/ˈkɔːrnwəl/; Cornish: Kernow [ˈkɛrnɔʊ] or [ˈkɛrnɔ]) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is one of the Celtic nations and the homeland
Cornwall
Village and civil parish in Cornwall, England
St Germans (Cornish: Lannaled) is a village and civil parish in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It stands on the River Tiddy, just upstream of
St_Germans,_Cornwall
broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway. They were designed for passenger trains on this
South Devon Railway Gorgon class
South_Devon_Railway_Gorgon_class
Mining in the English counties
Mining in Cornwall and Devon, in the southwest of Britain, is thought to have begun in the early-middle Bronze Age with the exploitation of cassiterite
Mining_in_Cornwall_and_Devon
Railway station in Cornwall, England
Falmouth Docks railway station is situated in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. It was opened in 1863 as the terminus of the Maritime Line from Truro, although
Falmouth Docks railway station
Falmouth_Docks_railway_station
Railway station in Cornwall, England
Hayle. The West Cornwall Railway (WCR) was authorised by an Act of Parliament passed on 3 August 1846 to take over the Hayle Railway and extend its line
Redruth_railway_station
Town in New York, United States
Cornwall is a town in Orange County, New York, United States, approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City on the western shore of the Hudson
Cornwall,_New_York
Railway in Cornwall, England
The Pentewan Railway (Cornish: Hyns-horn Bentewyn) was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway in Cornwall, England. It was built as a horse-drawn tramway
Pentewan_Railway
Railway station in Cornwall, England
Saltash railway station (Cornish: Essa) serves the town of Saltash in Cornwall, England. It is on the east side of the town between the Royal Albert Bridge
Saltash_railway_station
Community railway in east Cornwall, England
The Looe Valley Line is an 8+3⁄4-mile (14 km) community railway from Liskeard to Looe in Cornwall, England, that follows the valley of the East Looe River
Looe_Valley_Line
Grove viaduct, 6 May 1859 – just two days after the opening of the Cornwall Railway a train was derailed near St Germans and fell off a viaduct killing
Great Western Railway accidents
Great_Western_Railway_accidents
Combination Cornwall Council 2009 Cornwall Council election Cornwall County Cricket Club Cornwall Minerals Railway Cornwall Railway Cornwall Railway viaducts
Index of Cornwall-related articles
Index_of_Cornwall-related_articles
There are eight disused railway stations between Wadebridge and Bodmin North on the former Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom
Disused railway stations on the Bodmin to Wadebridge line
Disused_railway_stations_on_the_Bodmin_to_Wadebridge_line
Town in Cornwall, England
(/ˈnjuːki/ NEW-kee; Cornish: Tewynblustri) is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a civil parish, seaside resort, regional
Newquay
Town in Cornwall, England
Wadebridge (/weɪˈbrɪdʒ/; Cornish: Ponswad) is a town and civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town straddles the River Camel five miles
Wadebridge
Railway station in Cornwall, England
Looe railway station serves the twin towns of East and West Looe, in Cornwall, England. The station is the terminus of the scenic Looe Valley Line 8+3⁄4
Looe_railway_station
Railway station in Cornwall, England
Calstock railway station (Cornish: Kalstok) is an unstaffed railway station on the Tamar Valley Line serving the village of Calstock in Cornwall, United
Calstock_railway_station
Railway line in Devon and Cornwall, England
The Tamar Valley Line is a railway line from Plymouth, Devon, to Gunnislake, Cornwall, in England, also known as the Gunnislake branch line. The line follows
Tamar_Valley_Line
broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway. They were designed for goods trains but were also
South Devon Railway Buffalo class
South_Devon_Railway_Buffalo_class
Railway station in Cornwall, England
Camborne railway station serves the town of Camborne, Cornwall, England. The station is 313 miles 40 chains (313.50 mi; 504.5 km) from the zero point
Camborne_railway_station
Railway station in Cornwall, England
The Cornwall Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 July 1889. The Great Western Railway was nationalised into British Railways from
Perranwell_railway_station
Public transportation in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
been city run since 1974. It provided bus service to replace the Cornwall Street Railway, which had provided tram service since the end of the 19th century
Cornwall_Transit
were taken over in 1874 by the Cornwall Minerals Railway, a cash-rich company which invested heavily in improving railway transport in the area, making
Treffry_Tramways
Village and civil parish in England
(Cornish: Kalstok) is a civil parish and a large village in south east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the border with Devon. The village is situated
Calstock
Railway branch lines in England
Branches are a number of railway branch lines that serve facilities that produce or process China Clay. The area of Cornwall north of St Austell stretching
Cornish_China_Clay_Branches
Railway depot in Cornwall, England
dates from the opening of the Cornwall Minerals Railway on 1 June 1874. This line linked Fowey and Newquay via Par in Cornwall. The engineer was Sir Morton
St_Blazey_engine_shed
Railway station in Cornwall, England
Lostwithiel railway station (Cornish: Lostwydhyel) serves the town of Lostwithiel in Cornwall, England. It is 277 miles 36 chains (277.45 mi; 446.5 km)
Lostwithiel_railway_station
Village in west Cornwall, England
passengers in 1961 and freight in 1967. It was the main depot of the West Cornwall Railway. The village is served by a number of bus routes to the major towns
Pool,_Cornwall
Railway line in Cornwall, England
Liskeard and Looe Railway was a railway originally built between Moorswater, in the valley west of Liskeard, and Looe, in Cornwall, England, UK, and later
Liskeard_and_Looe_Railway
Railway station in Devon, England
Plymouth Millbay. It is managed by Great Western Railway. The station opened with the Cornwall Railway on 4 May 1859. It was described at the time as "built
Devonport_railway_station
Town in Cornwall, England
/bɛwd/; Cornish Standard Written Form: Porthbud) is a seaside town in north Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of Bude-Stratton and at the mouth of the
Bude
Railway terminus in London
Paddington, London, which has been the main terminus for the Great Western Railway and successors since 1838. The main line station opened in 1854 and was
London_Paddington_station
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Tragedy of King Lear' Duke of Cornwall.
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English : habitational name from Cornwell in Oxfordshire, named from Old English corn, a metathesized form of cron, cran ‘crane’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.English : variant of Cornwall.
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English : regional name from the county of Cornwall, which is named with the Old English tribal name Cornwealas. This is from Kernow (the term that the Cornish used to refer to themselves, a word of uncertain etymology, perhaps connected with a Celtic element meaning ‘horn’, ‘headland’), + Old English wealas ‘strangers’, ‘foreigners’, the term used by the Anglo-Saxons for British-speaking people.English : variant of Cornwell.
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Gladdened
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Goddess Durga, A melody in classical music
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Brother of death.
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Wise; Intelligent; Ingenious; Very Wise
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Bengali, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil
Prognostic; Smart
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French
French feminine form of Roman Cælinus, CÉLINE means "heaven."
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Hindu
Conqueror of the ocean
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Tamil
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Goddess Laxmi; Lotus
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n.
A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England.
n.
A large iron bucket used in Cornwall and Wales for raising ore out of mines.
n.
A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters to give a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore.
n.
A railway laid in the streets of a town or city, on which cars for passengers or for freight are drawn by horses; a horse railroad.
n.
A truck which travels along the fixed conductors, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.
a.
Of or pertaining to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall; as, an elvan course.
n.
A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in the tin regions of Cornwall and Saxony.
n.
A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.
n.
A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like.
n.
A process which consists in washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earhy particles; -- called also tozing, and treloobing, in Cornwall.
a.
Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England.
n.
A wall made of clay mixed with straw.
n.
A close railway car for baggage. See the Note under Car, 2.
n.
The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall.
a.
Pertaining to the cornea.
n.
A kind of granite from Luxullian, Cornwall, characterized by the presence of radiating groups of minute tourmaline crystals.
n.
The stamping of pigs of tin, by the proper officer, with the arms of the duchy of Cornwall.
v. t.
A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place.
n.
A freight car on a railway.
v.
The business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried.