Found 11 hits - Term: corn, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [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.
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note: in modern american usage, the word corn when unmodified
usually refers to yellow corn, and indian corn refers
to the variegated variety.
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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.
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maize eater zool., a south american bird of the genus
pseudoleistes, allied to the troupials.
maize yellow, a delicate pale yellow.
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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.
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welcome, gentlemen ladies that have their toes
unplagued with corns, will have a bout with you.
--shak.
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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.
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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.
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2. the various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used
for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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in one night, ere glimpse of morn,
his shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --milton.
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5. a small, hard particle; a grain. "corn of sand." --bp.
hall. "a corn of powder." --beau. fl.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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