[corn] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG & ON korn grain, L granum] (bef. 12c) 1 chiefly dial: a small hard particle: grain
2: a small hard seed 3 a: the seeds of a cereal grass and esp. of the important cereal crop of a particular region (as wheat in Britain, oats in Scotland and Ireland, and Indian corn in the New World and Australia) b: the kernels of sweet corn served as a vegetable while still soft and milky
4: a plant that produces corn
5: corn whiskey
6. a: something (as writing, music, or acting) that is corny b: the quality or state of being corny: corniness
[2]corn vt (1560) 1: to form into grains: granulate
2. a: to preserve or season with salt in grains b: to cure or preserve in brine containing preservatives and often seasonings "~ed beef"
3: to feed with corn "~ the horses" [3]corn n [ME corne, fr. MF, horn, corner, fr. L cornu horn, point--more at horn] (15c): a local hardening and thickening of epidermis (as on a toe)