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Corn. abbreviation, English county Cornwall.
corn1 noun 1 in the UK: the most important cereal crop of a particular region, especially wheat in England, and oats in Scotland and Ireland. 2 in N America, Australia and New Zealand: maize. 3 the harvested seed of cereal plants; grain. 4 slang something, eg a song, film, etc, trite and sentimental. verb (corned, corning) to preserve with salt or brine. corned adj preserved in salt or brine.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon.
corn2 noun a small painful area of hard thickened skin, usually on or between the toes, which is caused by pressure or friction. tread on someone's corns colloq to hurt their feelings.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c: French, from Latin cornu horn.
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