2 definitions found 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder. [1913 Webster] 3. To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses. --Jamieson. [1913 Webster] 4. To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] {Corning house}, a house or place where powder is corned or granulated. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: corned adj : (used especially of meat) cured in brine [syn: {cured}]
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