corn
1. corn \'ko.(*)rn\ n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG & ON korn grain, L granum,
GK ge-ras] often attrib old age chiefly dial 1: a small hard particle :
GRAIN 2: a small hard seed 3a: the seeds of a cereal grass and esp. of
the important cereal crop of a particular region (as in Britain wheat, in
Scotland and Ireland oats, and in the New World and Australia Indian corn)
3b: the kernels of sweet corn served as a vegetable while still soft and mi
lky 4: a plant that produces corn 5: something that is corny
2. corn vt 1: to form into grains : GRANULATE 2a: to preserve or season
with salt in grains 2b: to salt lightly in brine containing preservatives
{~ beef} 3: to feed with corn {~ horses}
3. corn n [ME corne, fr. MF, horn, corner, fr. L cornu horn, point] : a
local hardening and thickening of epidermis (as on a toe)