n. [ AS. æcern, fr. æcer field, acre; akin to D. aker acorn, Ger. ecker, Icel. akarn, Dan. agern, Goth. akran fruit, akrs field; -- orig. fruit of the field. See Acre. ] 1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) See Acorn-shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Furnished or loaded with acorns. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fed or filled with acorns. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ger. amelkorn: cf. MHG. amel, amer, spelt, and L. amylum starch, Gr. &unr_;. ] A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- called also French rice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aver, n. + corn. ] (Old Eng. Law) A reserved rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses by their tenants or farmers. Kennet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Corn. ] 1. A grain or “corn” of barley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch. [ 1913 Webster ]

John Barleycorn, a humorous personification of barley as the source of malt liquor or whisky. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat with scorn. “Then was he bescorned.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. bicornis; bis twice + cornu horn: cf. F. bicorne. Cf. Bickern. ] Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike. [ 1913 Webster ]

Corn of grain of which bread is made, as wheat, rye, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A tall variety of grass (Sorghum vulgare technicum), having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long stiff branches, of which brooms are made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A private corner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Britain being a by-corner, out of the road of the world. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. capricornus; caper goat + cornu horn: cf. F. capricorne. ] 1. (Astron.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sun was entered into Capricorn. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Capricorn beetle (Zool.), any beetle of the family Carambucidæ; one of the long-horned beetles. The larvæ usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and shrubs and are often destructive. See Girdler, Pruner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having a slanted or oblique direction.
Syn. -- bias, catacorner, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, diagonal, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, oblique, skew, skewed, slanted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. Cater to cut diagonally. ] Diagonal. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. Having a slanted or oblique direction.
Syn. -- bias, catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, diagonal, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, oblique, skew, skewed, slanted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. cavus hollow + cornu horn. ] (Zool.) Having hollow horns. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on a bony process of the front, as the ox. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. clavicorne. ] (Zool.) Having club-shaped antennæ. See Antennæ -- n. One of the Clavicornes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL.; Fr. L. clava club + cornu horn. ] (Zool.) A group of beetles having club-shaped antennæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. kaúrn, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. Grain, Kernel. ] 1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or Indian corn (see sense 3), and in England to wheat. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. a tall cereal plant (Zea mays) bearing its seeds as large kernels in multiple rows on the surface of a hard cylindrical ear, the core of which (the cob) is not edible; -- also called Indian corn and, in technical literature, maize. There are several kinds; as, yellow corn, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; white corn or southern corn, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; sweet corn, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; pop corn, any small variety, used for popping. Corn seeds may be cooked while on the ear and eaten directly, or may be stripped from the ear and cooked subsequently. The term Indian corn is often used to refer to a primitive type of corn having kernels of varied color borne on the same cob; it is used for decoration, especially in the fall. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

4. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. [ 1913 Webster ]

In one night, ere glimpse of morn,
His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A small, hard particle; a grain. “Corn of sand.” Bp. Hall. “A corn of powder.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Corn ball, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. --
Corn bread, bread made of Indian meal. --
Corn cake, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. --
Corn cockle (Bot.), a weed (Agrostemma Githago syn. Lychnis Githago), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. --
Corn flag (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also sword lily. --
Corn fly. (Zool.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called “gout, ” on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is Chlorops tæniopus. (b) A small fly (Anthomyia ze) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. --
Corn fritter, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [ U. S. ] --
Corn laws, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. --
Corn marigold. (Bot.) See under Marigold. --
Corn oyster, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [ U.S. ] --
Corn parsley (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus (Petroselinum segetum), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. --
Corn popper, a utensil used in popping corn. --
Corn poppy (Bot.), the red poppy (Papaver Rhœas), common in European cornfields; -- also called corn rose. --
Corn rent, rent paid in corn. --
Corn rose. See Corn poppy. --
Corn salad (Bot.), a name given to several species of Valerianella, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. Valerianella olitoria is also called lamb's lettuce. --
Corn stone, red limestone. [ Prov. Eng. ] --
Corn violet (Bot.), a species of Campanula. --
Corn weevil. (Zool.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil (Sphenophorus zeæ) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See Grain weevil, under Weevil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cornu horn: cf. F. corne horn, hornlike excrescence. See Horn. ] A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome. [ 1913 Webster ]

Welcome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes
Unplagued with corns, will have a bout with you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The substance of a corn usually resembles horn, but where moisture is present, as between the toes, it is white and sodden, and is called a soft corn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Corned 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses. Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Corning house, a house or place where powder is corned or granulated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of trees including the genera Aucuba; Cornus; Corokia; Curtisia; Griselinia; and Helwingia.
Syn. -- family Cornaceae, dogwood family. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ OF., horn-blowing, tax on horned cattle, fr. F. corne a horn, L. cornu. ] (Law) An ancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cornemuse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a corn ball. [ PJC ]

2. a person who is corny; one who is overly sentimental. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

3. an unsophisticated person; a country bumpkin. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

a. same as corny{ 5 }. [ PJC ]

n. (Bot.) A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis, Polygonum Convolvulus. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a bread made from corn meal. [ PJC ]

2. in the northeastern U. S., a moist and heavy sourdough rye bread. RHUD [ PJC ]

n. The cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a pipe{ 3 } for smoking tobacco with a bowl made from a corncob. [ PJC ]

n. a European annual (Agrostemma githago) having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America.
Syn. -- corn cockle, corn-cockle, corn campion, crown-of-the-field, Agrostemma githago. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A bird (Crex crex or Crex pratensis) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; -- called also corn bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A crib for storing corn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A machine for cutting up stalks of corn for food of cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An implement consisting of a long blade, attached to a handle at nearly a right angle, used for cutting down the stalks of Indian corn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cake made of the meal of Indian corn, wrapped in a covering of husks or paper, and baked under the embers. [ U.S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Corneas [ Fem. sing., fr. L. corneus horny, fr. cornu a horn. See Horn. ] (Anat.) The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the cornea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cornille, cornoille, F. cornouille, cornel berry, LL. cornolium cornel tree, fr. L. cornus, fr. cornu horn, in allusion to the hardness of the wood. See Horn. ] 1. (Bot.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any species of the genus Cornus, as Cornus florida, the flowering cornel; Cornus stolonifera, the osier cornel; Cornus Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cornaline, OF. corneline, fr. L. cornu horn. So called from its horny appearance when broken. See Horn, and cf. Carnelian. ] (Min.) Same as Carnelian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A wind instrument nearly identical with the bagpipe. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Zool.) Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, as some shells and corals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Horny on one side and calcareous on the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corneus, fr. cornu horn. ] Of a texture resembling horn; horny; hard. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. corniere, cornier, LL. cornerium, corneria, fr. L. cornu horn, end, point. See Horn. ] 1. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part. [ 1913 Webster ]

From the four corners of the earth they come. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook. [ 1913 Webster ]

This thing was not done in a corner. Acts xxvi. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Direction; quarter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sits the wind in that corner! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock. [ Broker's Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Corner stone, the stone which lies at the corner of two walls, and unites them; the principal stone; especially, the stone which forms the corner of the foundation of an edifice; hence, that which is fundamental importance or indispensable. “A prince who regarded uniformity of faith as the corner stone of his government.” Prescott. --
Corner tooth, one of the four teeth which come in a horse's mouth at the age of four years and a half, one on each side of the upper and of the lower jaw, between the middle teeth and the tushes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Association Football) [ More fully
corner kick. ] A free kick from close to the nearest corner flag post, allowed to the opposite side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cornered p. pr. & vb. n. Cornering. ] 1. To drive into a corner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The chief ornament. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou makest the triumviry the cornercap of society. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. 1 Having corners or angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With the corner in front; diagonally; not square. [ 1913 Webster ]