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Corn
·noun A small, hard particle; a grain. II. Corn ·vt To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Corn
The word so rendered (dagan) in Gen. 27:28, 37, Num. 18:27, Deut. 28:51, Lam. 2:12, is a general ter...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
corn
Maize, throughout the United States, is called Indian corn, or simply corn. What is called corn in E...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Corn
The most common kinds were wheat, barley, spelt, Authorized Version, (Exodus 9:32) and Isai 28:25 "R...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Broom corn
·- A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ...

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Sea corn
·- A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles...

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Ward-corn
·noun The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, ·noun, 1) with a horn to be blow...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Corn Exchange
East out of Mark Lane. Old Corn Exchange at No. 52 and the New Corn Exchange further north (P.O. Dir...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
broom-corn
(Sorghum saccharatum.) A species of corn which grows from six to eight feet high, from the tufts of ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
corn-blade
The leaf of the maize. Corn-blades are collected and used as fodder in some of the Southern States.-...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
corn-broom
Brooms made from the tops of a species of corn, called broom-corn. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
corn-cracker
The nickname for a native of Kentucky. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
corn-dodger
A kind of cake made of Indian corn, and baked very hard. The Sucker State, the country of vast proj...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
corn-juice
Whisky. A western term. I informed the old fellow that Tom wanted a fight; and as he was too full o...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
corn-shucking
An occasion on which a farmer invites the young people of the neighborhood to his house or barn, to ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
corn-stalk
A stalk of corn, particularly the stalk of the maize.--Webster. Mr. Pickering says, "the farmers of ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
corn cockle
The popular name of a purple-flowering plant (genus agrostemma).--Bigelow 's Flora Bostoniensis. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
guinea corn
(Holcus sorghum.) Egyptian millet, durrah of the Arabs, a plant with a stalk of the size and appeara...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
popped corn
Parched Indian corn, so called from the noise it makes on bursting open. The variety usually prepare...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
fantome-corn
lank, or light corn. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
corn, to
A remainder of the Anglo-Saxon ge-cyrned, salted. To preserve meat for a time by salting it slightly...

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corn-salad
A species of Valerianella. The top-leaves are used for salad, a good anti-scorbutic with vinegar. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
London Corn Exchange
See Corn Exchange. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
acknowledge the corn
An expression of recent origin, which has now become very common. It means to confess, or acknowledg...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
seame of corn
eight bushels, or a quarter. S. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose