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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 ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Sea corn

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

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• 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.

• blen-corn

  wheat mixed with rye, i.e. blended corn. York. ...

  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...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• 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