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Definition of 'corn'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) , and (etyl) (m).
Noun
( en-noun)
(British|uncountable) The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales.
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* {{quote-book|1909|Johann David Wyss (Susannah Mary Paull, translator)|The Swiss Family Robinson|page=462|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=0gUCAAAAQAAJ
|passage= I found that we had nearly a hundred bushels of corn , including wheat, maize, and barley, to add to our store.}}
(US|Canada|Australia|uncountable) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays .
* {{quote-book|1809|Edward Augustus Kendall|Travels Through the Northern Parts of the United States citation
|passage=The planting or sowing of maize, exclusively called corn , was just accomplished on the Town Hill, when I reached it.}}
A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
- He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.
A small, hard particle.
* Bishop Hall:
- corn of sand
* Beaumont and Fletcher:
- a corn of powder
Derived terms
* corn bunting
* cornflour
* cornmeal
( rel-mid)
* cornstarch
* peppercorn
* sweetcorn
( rel-bottom)
See also
( other words for grain)
* barley
* cereal
* grain
* maize
( rel-mid)
* oats
* rye
* wheat
( rel-bottom)
Verb
( en-verb)
(US|Canada) To granulate; to form a substance into grains.
- to corn gunpowder
(US|Canada) To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef
(US|Canada) To provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed.
- Corn the horses.
To render intoxicated.
- ale strong enough to corn one
Etymology 2
From ( etyl) ( m) (modern ( etyl) ( m)).
( rfi)
Noun
( en-noun)
A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
* Shakespeare
- Welcome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes / Unplagued with corns , will have a bout with you.
Synonyms
* clavus
Hyponyms
* callus
Etymology 3
This use was first used in 1932, as corny, something appealing to country folk.
Noun
( -)
(US|Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
* 1975 , Tschirlie, Backpacker magazine,
- He had a sharp wit, true enough, but also a good, healthy mountaineer's love of pure corn , the slapstick stuff, the in-jokes that get funnier with every repetition and never amuse anybody who wasn't there.
* 1986 , Linda Martin and Kerry Segrave, Women in Comedy? ,
- There were lots of jokes on the show and they were pure corn , but the audience didn't mind.
* 2007 , Bob L. Cox, Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman: an East Tennessee old-time music pioneer and his musical family ,
- The bulk of this humor was pure corn , but as hillbilly material it was meant to be that way.
Derived terms
* cornball
* corny
Etymology 4
Noun
(en-noun)
(uncountable) short for corn snow . A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and re-freezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
Similar to 'corn'crown, churn, caron, croon, cairn, cran, crin, croyn, chron, carn, cerin
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