Slightly intoxicated. In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, mention is made of "corny ale."
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Corn>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Drunk. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Drunk. Used in the same sense in England. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Powder granulated from the mill-cakes and sifted. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book