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English Dictionary: corned by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
corned
adj
  1. (used especially of meat) cured in brine [syn: corned, cured]
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.
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