Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Corned"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Corn \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.
[Colloq.]
{Corning house}, a house or place where powder is corned or
granulated.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
corned
adj : (used especially of meat) cured in brine [syn: {cured}]
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