a solid body or figure of which the base is a circle, and which diminishes in diameter till it terminates in a point, which is called its vertex. A sugar-loaf is a familiar example. The term is also applied to the conical-shaped fruit of several evergreen trees, as that of the pine, fir, cypress, and cedar.

CÔNEGLIANO, a town of the delegation of Venetian Lombardy, and 15 miles north of Treviso. It manufactures silk and woollen goods, and has some trade in wine. Pop. (1843) 6459. Marshal Moncey was created Duke of Conegliano by Napoleon.