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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  To  form  into  small  grains;  to  granulate;  as  to  corn 
  gunpowder. 
 
  3.  To  feed  with  corn  or  (in  Sctland)  oats;  as  to  corn 
  horses.  --Jamieson. 
 
  4.  To  render  intoxicated;  as  ale  strong  enough  to  corn  one 
  [Colloq.] 
 
  {Corning  house},  a  house  or  place  where  powder  is  corned  or 
  granulated. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  corned 
  adj  :  (used  especially  of  meat)  cured  in  brine  [syn:  {cured}] 




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