Vocabulary : Corn to Cornea
Corn : A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome. ;; A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. ;; The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. ;; The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. ;; A small, hard particle; a grain. ;; 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. ;; To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder. ;; To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses. ;; To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.Cornage : Anancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn.
Cornamute : A cornemuse.
Cornbind : A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis, Polygonum Convolvulus.
Corncob : The cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow.
