corned

Adjective
Synonyms: cured

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. (used especially of meat) cured in brineSynonyms: cured
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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