CORN
ADJECTIVES
► RICKING-RIPE dead ripe; applied to corn → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► BEARD a corn tassel → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BLOOM a corn tassel → 1941 Amer. dial.
► BLOSSOM a corn tassel → 1941 Amer. dial.
► CLEVEL ► CLEVIL a grain of corn → 1892 Amer. dial.
► END-PICKLE a head of corn → 1856 Eng. dial.
► HABBEN ► HABEN corn or food → a1861 Sc. gypsy usage
► ICKER an ear of corn → 1523 Sc.
► MILK CORN an ear of corn that is just right for eating → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MUTT-EYE ► MUTT-EYES corn (as a food)→ 1940s Aust. sl.
► NUBBIN an imperfect or spoiled ear of corn → 1850 Amer.
► QUERN corn → 1905 Eng. dial.. (Bk.)
► RADICAL roasted corn → c1820 sl.
► RIBBONS the husks left on an ear of corn → 1947 Amer. dial.
► TIKE ► TYKE corn → 1790 Eng. dial. obs
► WHISKY TREES fields of corn → 1939 Amer. dial., jocular usage
NOUNS, PERSON
► CORNMUDGIN a corn dealer → 1600 obs.
► VICTUALLER a corn merchant; one who deals in grain→ 1808 Sc.
VERBS
► SHOCK to husk corn; to remove an outer covering from; to remove from an outer covering→ 1856 Amer. dial.
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