Corn,

11 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Indian corn \Indian corn\ (Bot.),
     A cereal plant of the genus {Zea} ({Zea Mays}), also simply
     called {corn}, used widely as a food; the maize, a native
     plant of America; more specifically: a primitive variety of
     {Zea Mays} having variegated kernels on each cob, in
     distinction from the more commonly used {yellow corn}; it is


     often used as decoration at Thanksgiving time. See {Corn},
     and {Maize}.
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     Note: In modern American usage, the word corn when unmodified
           usually refers to yellow corn, and Indian corn refers
           to the variegated variety.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  maize \maize\ (m[=a]z), n. [Sp. maiz. fr. mahiz or mahis, is the
     language of the Island of Haiti.] (Bot.)
     A large species of American grass of the genus {Zea} ({Zea
     Mays}), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian
     corn, commonly called {corn}. Also, its seed, growing on
     cobs, and used as food for men and animals.
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     {Maize eater} (Zool.), a South American bird of the genus
        {Pseudoleistes}, allied to the troupials.
  
     {Maize yellow}, a delicate pale yellow.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Corn \Corn\ (k[^o]rn), n. [L. cornu horn: cf. F. corne horn,
     hornlike excrescence. See {Horn}.]
     A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the
     toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and
     troublesome.
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           Welcome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes
           Unplagued with corns, will have a bout with you.
                                                    --Shak.
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     Note: 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}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan.,
     Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka['u]rn, L. granum, Russ. zerno.
     Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.]
     1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley,
        and maize; a grain.
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     2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used
        for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.
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     Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in
           the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn} (see
           sense 3), and in England to wheat.
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     3. a tall cereal plant ({Zea mays}) bearing its seeds as
        large kernels in multiple rows on the surface of a hard
        cylindrical ear, the core of which (the cob) is not
        edible; -- also called {Indian corn} and, in technical
        literature, {maize}. There are several kinds; as, {yellow
        corn}, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is
        yellow when ripe; {white corn} or {southern corn}, which
        grows to a great height, and has long white kernels;
        {sweet corn}, comprising a number of sweet and tender
        varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have
        kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any
        small variety, used for popping. Corn seeds may be cooked
        while on the ear and eaten directly, or may be stripped
        from the ear and cooked subsequently. The term {Indian
        corn} is often used to refer to a primitive type of corn
        having kernels of varied color borne on the same cob; it
        is used for decoration, especially in the fall.
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     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.
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              In one night, ere glimpse of morn,
              His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --Milton.
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     5. A small, hard particle; a grain. "Corn of sand." --Bp.
        Hall. "A corn of powder." --Beau. & Fl.
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     {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 t[ae]niopus}.
        (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 Rh[oe]as}),
        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 ze[ae]}) which
            attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing
            great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Corn \Corn\, v. 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 tongue.
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     2. To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn
        gunpowder.
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     3. To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn
        horses. --Jamieson.
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     4. To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.
        [Colloq.]
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     {Corning house}, a house or place where powder is corned or
        granulated.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  corn
       n 1: tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears:
            widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the
            principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America
            since pre-Columbian times [syn: {maize}, {Indian corn},
            {Zea mays}]
       2: the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or
          ground for meal
       3: ears of corn grown for human food [syn: {edible corn}]
       4: a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or
          sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting
          shoes [syn: {clavus}]
       5: annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and
          light brown grains [syn: {wheat}]
       6: whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent
          corn [syn: {corn whiskey}, {corn whisky}]
       7: something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn"
       v 1: feed (cattle) with corn
       2: preserve with salt; "corned beef"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  149 Moby Thesaurus words for "corn":
     Joe Miller, aftergrass, anhydrate, bamboo, banality, barley,
     benign tumor, bird seed, blast-freeze, boil, bran, brine, bromide,
     bump, bunion, callosity, callus, cancer, cane, carbuncle,
     carcinoma, cat food, cereal, cereal plant, chestnut, chicken feed,
     chop, cliche, commonplace, commonplace expression, cure, cyst,
     dehydrate, desiccate, dilatation, dilation, distension, dog food,
     dry, dry-cure, dry-salt, eatage, edema, embalm, ensilage,
     evaporate, excrescence, familiar tune, farinaceous plant, feed,
     fodder, fog, forage, forage grass, freeze, freeze-dry, fume,
     fungosity, fungus, furuncle, grain, graminaceous plant, grass,
     growth, hackneyed saying, hay, intumescence, irradiate, jerk,
     joke with whiskers, kipper, lawn grass, lieu commun,
     locus communis, lump, malignant growth, marinade, marinate, mash,
     meal, metastatic tumor, mole, morbid growth, mummify, neoplasm,
     nevus, nonmalignant tumor, oats, old joke, old saw, old song,
     old story, old turkey, old wheeze, ornamental grass, outgrowth,
     pasturage, pasture, pet food, pickle, pimple, platitude, pock,
     preservatize, prosaicism, prosaism, prose, proud flesh, provender,
     pustule, quick-freeze, reed, refrigerate, reiteration,
     retold story, rising, salt, sarcoma, scratch, scratch feed, season,
     sebaceous cyst, silage, slops, smoke, smoke-cure,
     stereotyped saying, straw, stuff, swell, swelling, swill,
     swollenness, trite joke, trite saying, triticism, tumefaction,
     tumescence, tumidity, tumor, turgescence, turgescency, turgidity,
     twice-told tale, verruca, warmed-over cabbage, wart, wen, wheat
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Corn
     The word so rendered (dagan) in Gen. 27:28, 37, Num. 18:27,
     Deut. 28:51, Lam. 2:12, is a general term representing all the
     commodities we usually describe by the words corn, grain, seeds,
     peas, beans. With this corresponds the use of the word in John
     12:24.
     
       In Gen. 41:35, 49, Prov. 11:26, Joel 2:24 ("wheat"), the word
     thus translated (bar; i.e., "winnowed") means corn purified from
     chaff. With this corresponds the use of the word in the New
     Testament (Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17; Acts 7:12). In Ps. 65:13 it
     means "growing corn."
     
       In Gen. 42:1, 2, 19, Josh. 9:14, Neh. 10:31 ("victuals"), the
     word (sheber; i.e., "broken," i.e., grist) denotes generally
     victuals, provisions, and corn as a principal article of food.
     
       From the time of Solomon, corn began to be exported from
     Palestine (Ezek. 27:17; Amos 8:5). "Plenty of corn" was a part
     of Issac's blessing conferred upon Jacob (Gen. 27:28; comp. Ps.
     65:13).
     

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CORN. In its most comprehensive sense, this term signifies every sort of 
  grain, as well as peas and beans, this is its meaning in the memorandum 
  usually contained in policies of insurance. But it does not include rice. 1 
  Park. Ins. 112; Marsh. Ins. 223, note; Stev. on Av. part 4, art. 2;  Ben. on 
  Av. eh. 10; 1 Marsh. Ins. 223; Park on Ins. 112; Wesk. Ins. 145. Vide Com. 
  Dig. Biens, G 1. 
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Corn, OK (town, FIPS 17300)
    Location: 35.37887 N, 98.78131 W
    Population (1990): 548 (228 housing units)
    Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 73024

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Corn, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
     Population (2000):    591
     Housing Units (2000): 226
     Land area (2000):     0.362534 sq. miles (0.938958 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.362534 sq. miles (0.938958 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            17300
     Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
     Location:             35.378269 N, 98.783200 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     73024
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Corn, OK
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