I. ˈkȯrn noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German & Old Norse korn grain, Latin granum
Date: before 12th century
1. chiefly dialect : a small hard particle : grain
2. : a small hard seed
3.
a. : the seeds of a cereal grass and especially 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 ; especially : Indian corn 1
5. : corn whiskey
6.
a. : something (as writing, music, or acting) that is corny
b. : the quality or state of being corny : corniness
7. : corn snow
II. transitive verb
Date: 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
corn ed beef
3. : to feed with corn
corn the horses
III. noun
Etymology: Middle English corne, from Anglo-French, horn, from Latin cornu horn, point — more at horn
Date: 15th century
: a local hardening and thickening of epidermis (as on a toe)