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Corn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corned 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.
4. To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one. [Colloq.]
Corning house, a house or place where powder is corned or granulated.
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corned
adj : (used especially of meat) cured in brine [syn: cured]