Corn

korn, n. a grain or kernel: seeds that grow in ears, as wheat, rye, .: grain of all kinds.— v.t. to form into grains; to sprinkle with salt in grains: to salt.— ns. Corn′-ball ( U.S. ), a ball of popped corn, sweetened, with white of egg; Corn′-brand′y , spirits made from grain; Corn′-bee′tle , a small beetle, the larva of which is very destructive to grain; Corn′brash , a member of the Lower Oolites (see Oolite ); Corn′-cake ( U.S. ), a cake made of Indian-corn meal; Corn′-chand′ler , a dealer in corn; Corn′-cob , the elongated, woody receptacle constituting the ear of maize; Corn′-cock′le , a tall beautiful weed, with large purple flowers, common in corn-fields; Corn′-crake , one of the true rails, with characteristic cry, frequenting corn-fields.— adj. Corned , granulated; salted.— ns. Corn′-exchange′ , a mart where grain is sampled and sold; Corn′-fac′tor , a wholesale dealer in corn; Corn′-field , a field in which corn is growing; Corn′-flag , the popular name of plants of genus Gladiolus ; Corn′-flour , the name applied to the finely-ground flour of maize or Indian corn; Corn′-flow′er , a well-known composite weed of corn-fields, having a beautiful deep azure flower; Corn′-fly , Corn′-moth , insects very destructive to corn; Corn′ing-house , a place where corn is granulated; Corn′-land , ground suitable for growing corn; Corn′-law , a law made for the restriction and regulation of the trade in corn: esp. in pl. (in England), laws that restricted the importation of corn by imposing a duty, repealed in 1846; Corn′-loft , a granary; Corn′-mar′igold , a chrysanthemum common in corn-fields; Corn′-mē′ter , an official measurer of corn; Corn′-mill , a mill for grinding corn; Corn′-pars′ley , a European grain-field flower ( Pet rose linum segetum ); Corn′-pipe , a pipe made by slitting the joint of a green stalk of corn; Corn′-popp′y , the common red poppy, a troublesome weed growing in corn-fields; Corn′-rent , a fluctuating rent paid in corn, not money; Corn′-rig ( Scot. ), a ridge in a corn-field; Corn′-sal′ad , a genus of humble annual weeds, found in corn-fields, of which some are used as spring salads; Corn′stone , a kind of mottled limestone, often concretionary, usually occurring in those systems which are largely composed of reddish sandstones; Corn′-van , a machine for winnowing corn; Corn′-weev′il , a small insect very destructive to stored grain.— adj. Corn′y , like corn, produced from corn: ( slang ) tipsy.— Corn-cob pipe , a tobacco-pipe with the bowl made of the cob of Indian corn.— Corn in Egypt , an expre ion signifying abundance, in reference to Gen. xlii. 2. [A.S. corn ; Goth. kaurn ; akin to L. granum .]