Corn

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A small, hard particle; a grain.

II. Corn ·vt To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.

III. Corn ·vt To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses.

IV. Corn ·noun A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.

V. Corn ·vt To form into small grains; to Granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.

VI. Corn ·noun The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.

VII. Corn ·noun A thickening of the epidermis at some point, ·esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.

VIII. Corn ·noun The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing.

IX. Corn ·vt To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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