Definition of corn

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Corn (v. t.) 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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Spindling :: Spindleworm (n.) The larva of a noctuid mmoth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment..
Catchword :: Catchword (n.) The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing..
Derision :: Derision (n.) An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.
Monoceros :: Monoceros (n.) The Unicorn, a constellation situated to the east Orion..
Growan :: Growan (n.) A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall..
Pterygium :: Pterygium (n.) A superficial growth of vascular tissue radiating in a fanlike manner from the cornea over the surface of the eye.
Rummage :: Rummage (n.) A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over..
Fling :: Fling (n.) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.
Capricorn :: Capricorn (n.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish..
Gatten Tree :: Gatten tree () A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus)..
Cornamute :: Cornamute (n.) A cornemuse.
Scoff :: Scoff (v. t.) To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
Scorn :: Scorn (n.) Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.
Corn :: Corn (v. t.) To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder..
Scarecrow :: Scarecrow (n.) Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger..
Scoff :: Scoff (n.) An object of scorn, mockery, or derision..
Lamellicorn :: Lamellicorn (a.) Terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of antennae.
Smutty :: Smutty (superl.) Tainted with mildew; as, smutty corn..
Square :: Square (n.) The corner, or angle, of a figure..
Metecorn :: Metecorn (n.) A quantity of corn formerly given by the lord to his customary tenants, as an encouragement to, or reward for, labor and faithful service..
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