1.
[syn: corned, cured]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
corned
adj 1: (used especially of meat) cured in brine [syn: corned,
cured]