Dictionary entry

Corn (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Corn, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Corned (k?rnd); 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. Jamieson.

4. To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.

Corning house, a house or place where powder is corned or granulated.