▪ I. † ˈcorneole1 Obs.
[a. OF. corneole, med.L. corneolus: see cornelian1.]
= cornelian1.
| [1584 R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xiii. vi. 240 Corneolus mitigateth the heate of the mind, and qualifieth malice.] 1586 Bright Melanch. xxxix. 257 The corneole a mitigater of anger and meete for melancholickes. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Corneol, the same with the Cornelian-Stone. Hence 1731 in Bailey. |
▪ II. ˈcorneole2 rare.
[ad. mod.L. corneola, dim. of cornea.]
‘The anterior transparent part of each of the segments of the compound eye of insects’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).