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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]:

  corned
       adj : (used especially of meat) cured in brine [syn: {cured}]

















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