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Webster 1913 Edition
Corn
Corn
(kôrn)
, Noun.
A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.
Welcome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes
Unplagued with
Unplagued with
corns
, will have a bout with you. Shakespeare
☞ The substance of a corn usually resembles horn, but where moisture is present, as between the toes, it is white and sodden, and is called a
soft corn
. Corn
,Noun.
1.
A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.
2.
The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.
4.
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.
In one night, ere glimpse of morn,
His shadowy flail had thrashed the
His shadowy flail had thrashed the
corn
. Milton.
5.
A small, hard particle; a grain.
“Corn of sand.” Bp. Hall.
“A corn of powder.” Beau. & Fl.
Corn ball
, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar.
– Corn bread
, bread made of Indian meal.
– Corn cake
, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake.
– Corn cockle
(Bot.)
, a weed (
– Agrostemma Githago
syn. Lychnis Githago
), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. Corn flag
(Bot.)
, a plant of the genus
– Gladiolus
; – called also sword lily
. Corn fly
. (Zool.)
(a)
A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called “gout,” on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is
Chlorops tæniopus
. (b)
A small fly (
– Anthomyia ze
) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. Corn fritter
, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter.
[U. S.]
– Corn laws
, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate.
– Corn marigold
. (Bot.)
See under
– Marigold
. Corn oyster
, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters.
[U.S.]
– Corn parsley
(Bot.)
, a plant of the parsley genus (
– Petroselinum segetum
), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. Corn popper
, a utensil used in popping corn.
– Corn poppy
(Bot.)
, the red poppy (
– Papaver Rhœas
), common in European cornfields; – also called corn rose
. Corn rent
, rent paid in corn.
– Corn rose
. See
– Corn poppy
. Corn salad
(Bot.)
, a name given to several species of
– Valerianella
, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. Valerianella olitoria
is also called lamb’s lettuce
. Corn stone
, red limestone.
[Prov. Eng.]
– Corn violet
(Bot.)
, a species of
– Campanula
. Corn weevil
. (Zool.)
(a)
A small weevil which causes great injury to grain.
(b)
In America, a weevil (
Sphenophorus zeæ
) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See Grain weevil
, under Weevil
.Corn
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Corned
(k?rnd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Corning
.] 1.
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 tongue2.
To form into small grains; to granulate;
as, to
. corn
gunpowder3.
To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats;
as, to
. corn
horsesJamieson.
4.
To render intoxicated;
as, ale strong enough to
. corn
one[Colloq.]
Corning house
, a house or place where powder is corned or granulated.
Webster 1828 Edition
Corn
CORN
,Noun.
1.
A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley and maiz; a grain. In this sense, it has a plural; as, three barley corns make an inch. It is generally applied to edible seeds, which, when ripe, are hard.2.
The seeds of certain plants in general, in bulk or quantity; as, corn is dear or scarce. In this sense, the word comprehends all the kinds of grain which constitute the food of men and horses. In Great Britain, corn is generally applied to wheat, rye, oats and barley. In the United States, it has the same general sense, but by custom, it is appropriated to maiz. We are accustomed to say, the crop of wheat is good, but the corn is bad; it is a good year for wheat and rye, but bad for corn. In this sense, corn has no plural.3.
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. We say, a field of corn, a sheaf or a shock of corn, a load of corn. The plants or stalks are included in the terms corn, until the seed is separated from the ears.4.
In surgery, a hard excrescence, or induration of the skin, on the toes or some part of the feet, occasioned by the pressure of the shoes; so called from its hardness and resemblance to a corn.5.
A small hard particle. [See Grain.]CORN
,Verb.
T.
1.
To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; as, to corn beef.2.
To granulate; to form into small grains.