CORN
ADJECTIVES
– dead ripe; applied to corn RICKING-RIPE Bk1904 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
– a corn tassel BEARD 1966 Amer. dial.
– a corn tassel BLOOM 1941 Amer. dial.
– a corn tassel BLOSSOM 1941 Amer. dial.
– a grain of corn • CLEVEL • CLEVIL 1892 Amer. dial.
– a head of corn END-PICKLE 1856 Eng. dial.
– an ear of corn ICKER 1523 Sc.
– an ear of corn that is just right for eating MILK CORN 1967 Amer. dial.
– corn QUERN Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– corn TIKE; TYKE 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
– corn (as a food) MUTT-EYE(S) 1940s Aust. sl.
– corn or food HABBEN; HABEN a1861 Sc. gypsy usage
– fields of corn WHISKY TREES 1939 Amer. dial., jocular usage
– roasted corn RADICAL c1820 sl.
– the husks left on an ear of corn RIBBONS 1947 Amer. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
– a corn merchant; one who deals in grain VICTUALLER 1808 Sc.
VERBS
– to husk corn; to remove an outer covering from; to remove from an outer covering SHOCK 1856 Amer. dial.
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