CORN

Definitions for the word, corn

(n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.

(n.) A small, hard particle; a grain.

(n.) A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.

(n.) 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.

(n.) The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.

(v. t.) To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses.

(v. t.) To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.