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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
indian corn \indian corn\ bot.,
   a cereal plant of the genus zea zea mays, also simply
   called corn, used widely as a food; the maize, a native
   plant of america; more specifically: a primitive variety of
   zea mays having variegated kernels on each cob, in
   distinction from the more commonly used yellow corn; it is
   often used as decoration at thanksgiving time. see corn,
   and maize.
   1913 webster +pjc

   note: in modern american usage, the word corn when unmodified
         usually refers to yellow corn, and indian corn refers
         to the variegated variety.
         1913 webster +pjc
see also:
zea zea mays corn yellow corn corn maize 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
maize \maize\ m=az, n. sp. maiz. fr. mahiz or mahis, is the
   language of the island of haiti. bot.
   a large species of american grass of the genus zea zea
   mays, widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; indian
   corn, commonly called corn. also, its seed, growing on
   cobs, and used as food for men and animals.
   1913 webster

   maize eater zool., a south american bird of the genus
      pseudoleistes, allied to the troupials.

   maize yellow, a delicate pale yellow.
      1913 webster
see also:
zea zea mays corn maize eater pseudoleistes maize yellow 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
corn \corn\ k^orn, n. l. cornu horn: cf. f. corne horn,
   hornlike excrescence. see horn.
   a thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the
   toes, by friction or pressure. it is usually painful and
   troublesome.
   1913 webster

         welcome, gentlemen ladies that have their toes
         unplagued with corns, will have a bout with you.
                                                  --shak.
   1913 webster

   note: the substance of a corn usually resembles horn, but
         where moisture is present, as between the toes, it is
         white and sodden, and is called a soft corn.
         1913 webster
see also:
horn soft corn 
[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
corn \corn\, n. as. corn; akin to os. korn, d. koren, g., dan.,
   sw.,  icel. korn, goth. ka'urn, l. granum, russ. zerno.
   cf. grain, kernel.
   1. a single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley,
      and maize; a grain.
      1913 webster

   2. the various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used
      for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.
      1913 webster

   note: in scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in
         the united states, to maize, or indian corn see
         sense 3, and in england to wheat.
         1913 webster +pjc

   3. a tall cereal plant zea mays bearing its seeds as
      large kernels in multiple rows on the surface of a hard
      cylindrical ear, the core of which the cob is not
      edible; -- also called indian corn and, in technical
      literature, maize. there are several kinds; as, yellow
      corn, which grows chiefly in the northern states, and is
      yellow when ripe; white corn or southern corn, which
      grows to a great height, and has long white kernels;
      sweet corn, comprising a number of sweet and tender
      varieties, grown chiefly at the north, some of which have
      kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; pop corn, any
      small variety, used for popping. corn seeds may be cooked
      while on the ear and eaten directly, or may be stripped
      from the ear and cooked subsequently. the term indian
      corn is often used to refer to a primitive type of corn
      having kernels of varied color borne on the same cob; it
      is used for decoration, especially in the fall.
      1913 webster +pjc

   4. 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.
      1913 webster

            in one night, ere glimpse of morn,
            his shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --milton.
      1913 webster

   5. a small, hard particle; a grain. "corn of sand." --bp.
      hall. "a corn of powder." --beau.  fl.
      1913 webster

   corn ball, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft
      candy from molasses or sugar.

   corn bread, bread made of indian meal.

   corn cake, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake.

   corn cockle bot., a weed agrostemma githago syn.
      lychnis githago, having bright flowers, common in grain
      fields.

   corn flag bot., a plant of the genus gladiolus; --
      called also sword lily.

   corn fly. zool.
      a a small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious
          to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease
          called "gout," on account of the swelled joints. the
          common european species is chlorops taeniopus.
      b a small fly anthomyia ze whose larva or maggot
          destroys seed corn after it has been planted.

   corn fritter, a fritter having green indian corn mixed
      through its batter. u. s.

   corn laws, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those
      in force in great britain till 1846, prohibiting the
      importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except
      when the price rose above a certain rate.

   corn marigold. bot. see under marigold.

   corn oyster, a fritter containing grated green indian corn
      and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters.
      u.s.

   corn parsley bot., a plant of the parsley genus
      petroselinum segetum, a weed in parts of europe and
      asia.

   corn popper, a utensil used in popping corn.

   corn poppy bot., the red poppy papaver rhoeas,
      common in european cornfields; -- also called corn rose.
      

   corn rent, rent paid in corn.

   corn rose. see corn poppy.

   corn salad bot., a name given to several species of
      valerianella, annual herbs sometimes used for salad.
      valerianella olitoria is also called lamb's lettuce.
      

   corn stone, red limestone. prov. eng.

   corn violet bot., a species of campanula.

   corn weevil. zool.
      a a small weevil which causes great injury to grain.
      b in america, a weevil sphenophorus zeae which
          attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing
          great damage. see grain weevil, under weevil.
          1913 webster
see also:
grain kernel indian corn zea mays maize yellow corn 
white corn southern corn sweet corn pop corn indian corn 
corn ball corn bread corn cake corn cockle agrostemma githago 
lychnis githago corn flag gladiolus sword lily corn fly 
chlorops taeniopus anthomyia ze corn fritter corn laws corn marigold 
marigold corn oyster corn parsley petroselinum segetum corn popper 
corn poppy papaver rhoeas corn rose corn rent corn rose 
corn salad valerianella valerianella olitoria lamb's lettuce corn stone 
corn violet campanula corn weevil sphenophorus zeae grain weevil 
weevil 
[5] : 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.
      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
see also:
corned corning corning house 
[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0
corn
     n 1: tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears:
          widely cultivated in america in many varieties; the
          principal cereal in mexico and central and south america
          since pre-columbian times syn: maize, indian corn,
          zea mays
     2: the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or
        ground for meal
     3: ears of corn grown for human food syn: edible corn
     4: a hard thickening of the skin especially on the top or
        sides of the toes caused by the pressure of ill-fitting
        shoes syn: clavus
     5: annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and
        light brown grains syn: wheat
     6: whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent
        corn syn: corn whiskey, corn whisky
     7: something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn"
     v 1: feed cattle with corn
     2: preserve with salt; "corned beef"
see also:
maize indian corn zea mays edible corn clavus wheat 
corn whiskey corn whisky 
[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
149 moby thesaurus words for "corn":
   joe miller, aftergrass, anhydrate, bamboo, banality, barley,
   benign tumor, bird seed, blast-freeze, boil, bran, brine, bromide,
   bump, bunion, callosity, callus, cancer, cane, carbuncle,
   carcinoma, cat food, cereal, cereal plant, chestnut, chicken feed,
   chop, cliche, commonplace, commonplace expression, cure, cyst,
   dehydrate, desiccate, dilatation, dilation, distension, dog food,
   dry, dry-cure, dry-salt, eatage, edema, embalm, ensilage,
   evaporate, excrescence, familiar tune, farinaceous plant, feed,
   fodder, fog, forage, forage grass, freeze, freeze-dry, fume,
   fungosity, fungus, furuncle, grain, graminaceous plant, grass,
   growth, hackneyed saying, hay, intumescence, irradiate, jerk,
   joke with whiskers, kipper, lawn grass, lieu commun,
   locus communis, lump, malignant growth, marinade, marinate, mash,
   meal, metastatic tumor, mole, morbid growth, mummify, neoplasm,
   nevus, nonmalignant tumor, oats, old joke, old saw, old song,
   old story, old turkey, old wheeze, ornamental grass, outgrowth,
   pasturage, pasture, pet food, pickle, pimple, platitude, pock,
   preservatize, prosaicism, prosaism, prose, proud flesh, provender,
   pustule, quick-freeze, reed, refrigerate, reiteration,
   retold story, rising, salt, sarcoma, scratch, scratch feed, season,
   sebaceous cyst, silage, slops, smoke, smoke-cure,
   stereotyped saying, straw, stuff, swell, swelling, swill,
   swollenness, trite joke, trite saying, triticism, tumefaction,
   tumescence, tumidity, tumor, turgescence, turgescency, turgidity,
   twice-told tale, verruca, warmed-over cabbage, wart, wen, wheat




[8] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
corn
   the word so rendered dagan in gen. 27:28, 37, num. 18:27,
   deut. 28:51, lam. 2:12, is a general term representing all the
   commodities we usually describe by the words corn, grain, seeds,
   peas, beans. with this corresponds the use of the word in john
   12:24.
   
     in gen. 41:35, 49, prov. 11:26, joel 2:24 "wheat", the word
   thus translated bar; i.e., "winnowed" means corn purified from
   chaff. with this corresponds the use of the word in the new
   testament matt. 3:12; luke 3:17; acts 7:12. in ps. 65:13 it
   means "growing corn."
   
     in gen. 42:1, 2, 19, josh. 9:14, neh. 10:31 "victuals", the
   word sheber; i.e., "broken," i.e., grist denotes generally
   victuals, provisions, and corn as a principal article of food.
   
     from the time of solomon, corn began to be exported from
   palestine ezek. 27:17; amos 8:5. "plenty of corn" was a part
   of issac's blessing conferred upon jacob gen. 27:28; comp. ps.
   65:13.
   

[9] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
corn. in its most comprehensive sense, this term signifies every sort of 
grain, as well as peas and beans, this is its meaning in the memorandum 
usually contained in policies of insurance. but it does not include rice. 1 
park. ins. 112; marsh. ins. 223, note; stev. on av. part 4, art. 2;  ben. on 
av. eh. 10; 1 marsh. ins. 223; park on ins. 112; wesk. ins. 145. vide com. 
dig. biens, g 1. 



[10] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
corn, ok town, fips 17300
  location: 35.37887 n, 98.78131 w
  population 1990: 548 228 housing units
  area: 0.9 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 73024

[11] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
corn, ok -- u.s. town in oklahoma
   population 2000:    591
   housing units 2000: 226
   land area 2000:     0.362534 sq. miles 0.938958 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.362534 sq. miles 0.938958 sq. km
   fips code:            17300
   located within:       oklahoma ok, fips 40
   location:             35.378269 n, 98.783200 w
   zip codes 1990:     73024
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    corn, ok
    corn



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