470 Mr. Pickering on the present state of the English language 
construction, of which there are too many that“have already obtained in 
practice, in spite of all the remonstrances of men of letters.” Withersp. 
Druid, No. 5. 
I doubt whether this strange expression is ever used at the present 
day. I never heard it myself, nor have I been able to find any person that 
has heard it from any class of people in this country. . 
Yo CONVENE.. This is used in some parts of New England ina very remark- 
able sense, that is, ro be convenient, fit, or suitable; Ex. This road will 
convene the public, i. e. will be convenient for the public. The word, how- 
ever; is used only by the illiterate. 
CONVENIENT TO. A writer in the Monthly Anthology, for August 1808, p. 
458, censures the following use.of this word in Marshall’s Life of Washing- 
ton, vol. iii. p. 120. “ The army was convenient to the highlands.” This 
expression is not often to be found in American writings, : 
COPPER. The common name in New England for British half-pence, which, 
until the « coinage of our cents, constituted the cofiper currency of this coun- 
try. We used to say a cofiper’s worth of any thing, as in England they 
would say a peppy. worth. The name is already pearly, obsolete, 
CORKS. Tee 
— — ee 1s called frost-nails. From the noun we have formed 
a verb zo cork, and we accordingly say, the horse is corked, &c. I donot 
find the term or its derivatives ; in any of the English dictionaries, except 
Ash’s, where the participle corking is thus explained—< turning up the 
heels of a horse’s shoes.” Mr. Webster has both the noun and the verb. 
CORN. This word, in many parts of the United States, and particularly in New 
England, signifies exclusively Indian corn, or maize, which has been the 
principal sort of corn cultivated in those parts of the country. Wheat, rye, 
and the other sorts of corn are generally called grain, and frequently Eng- 
lish grain. In England, corn is a general term, (as it was here used 
by our old writers,) and means all sorts of grain that are used for 
bread. “ Corn, in Agriculture, a term applied to all sorts of grain fit for 
food ; particularly wheat, rye, &c—The Sarmers, indeed, rank under the 
denomination of corn seyeral other grains, as barley, oats, and even pulse, 
