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Indian corn

 
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–noun
1. corn 1 (def. 1).
2. any primitive corn with variegated kernels, often used for decorative purposes.
3. any coarse variety of corn grown for fodder.
Origin:
1610–20, Americanism
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corn

1  [kawrn]
–noun
1. Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
2. the grain, seeds, or kernels of this plant, used for human food or for fodder.
3. the ears of this plant.
4. the edible seed of certain other cereal plants, esp. wheat in England and oats in Scotland.
5. the plants themselves.
6. sweet corn.
7. corn whiskey.
8. Skiing. corn snow.
9. Informal. old-fashioned, trite, or mawkishly sentimental material, as a joke, a story, or music.
–verb (used with object)
10. to preserve and season with salt in grains.
11. to preserve and season with brine.
12. to granulate, as gunpowder.
13. to plant (land) with corn.
14. to feed with corn.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE; c. D koren, ON korn, G Korn, Goth kaúrn; akin to L grānum grain, Russ zernó
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corn 1   (kôrn)   
n.  

    1. Any of numerous cultivated forms of a widely grown, usually tall annual cereal grass (Zea mays) bearing grains or kernels on large ears.

    2. The grains or kernels of this plant, used as food for humans and livestock or for the extraction of an edible oil or starch. Also called Indian corn, maize.

    3. A single grain of a cereal plant.

    4. A seed or fruit of various other plants, such as a peppercorn.

  2. An ear of this plant.

  3. Chiefly British Any of various cereal plants or grains, especially the principal crop cultivated in a particular region, such as wheat in England or oats in Scotland.

    1. A single grain of a cereal plant.

    2. A seed or fruit of various other plants, such as a peppercorn.

  5. Corn snow.

  6. Informal Corn whiskey.

  7. Slang Something considered trite, dated, melodramatic, or unduly sentimental.

v.   corned, corn·ing, corns

v.   tr.

  1. To cause to form hard particles; granulate.

    1. To season and preserve with granulated salt.

    2. To preserve (beef, for example) in brine.

  3. To feed (animals) with corn or grain.

v.   intr.
To form hard particles; become grainy: "After the snow melts all day, it corns up at night for fine conditions" (Hatfield Valley Advocate).

[Middle English, grain, from Old English; see gə-no- in Indo-European roots.]
Indian corn  
n.  See corn1.
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Slang Dictionary
corn

  1. n.
    money. : I need some corn to pay the rent.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

corn  (2)
"hardening of skin," c.1440, from O.Fr. corn "horn," later, "corn on the foot," from L. cornu "horn" (see horn).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: corn
Pronunciation: 'ko(&)rn
Function: noun
: a local hardening and thickening of epidermis (as on a toe)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

corn 2 (kôrn)
n.
A small conical callosity caused by pressure over a bony prominence, usually on a toe. Also called clavus, heloma.

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