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'''Corn''' is an English word dating back to Anglo-Saxon times or earlier meaning [[cereal]] or grain. It commonly refers, in modern usage, to Indian corn, that is, [[maize]], but can also refer to [[wheat]], [[barley]], [[rye]] and so on.
'''Corn''' is an English word dating back to Anglo-Saxon times or earlier meaning [[cereal]] or grain. It commonly refers, in modern usage, to Indian corn, that is, [[maize]], but can also refer to [[wheat]], [[barley]], [[rye]] and so on.
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'''To corn''', meant, among other things, to sprinkle with grains of salt, whence the term [[corned beef]]. it also meant to concentrate into grains; see [[History of gunpowder]].
'''To corn''', meant, among other things, to sprinkle with grains of salt, whence the term [[corned beef]]. it also meant to concentrate into grains; see [[History of gunpowder]].

==Particular sorts of corn==
==Particular sorts of corn==
The word was often used to signify any small edible grain. Thus '''peppercorn''' was used for the fruit of [[black pepper]] and '''barleycorn''' for a grain of [[barley]].
The word was often used to signify any small edible grain. Thus '''peppercorn''' was used for the fruit of [[black pepper]] and '''barleycorn''' for a grain of [[barley]].


After the colonization of America, [[maize]] was introduced to the English-speaking world, and originally known as '''Indian corn''', a term which was then increasingly often shortened to '''corn''' in America, but not in the UK, where the original meanings were retained.
After the colonization of America, [[maize]] was introduced to the English-speaking world, and originally known as '''Indian corn''', a term which was then increasingly often shortened to '''corn''' in America, but not in the UK, where the original meanings were retained.

==See also (with general grain meaning)==
==See also (with general grain meaning)==
*[[Broom corn]]: type of [[millet]]
*[[Broom corn]]: type of [[millet]]
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*[[Corn crib]]: type of [[granary]]
*[[Corn dolly]]: model made of [[straw]]
*[[Corn dolly]]: model made of [[straw]]
*[[Corn exchange]]: place where cereals were traded
*[[Corn exchange]]: place where cereals were traded

===Plants and animals===
===Plants and animals===
*[[Corn-beetle]]
*[[Corn-beetle]]
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*[[Corn poppy]]
*[[Corn poppy]]
*[[Corn salad]]
*[[Corn salad]]

==See also (with maize meaning)==
==See also (with maize meaning)==
*[[Corn (color)]]
*[[Corn (color)]]
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*[[Corn crib]]: type of [[granary]]
*[[Corn maze]] or '''Maize Maze'''
*[[Corn maze]] or '''Maize Maze'''

===Maize variants===
===Maize variants===
*[[List of corn varieties]]
*[[List of corn varieties]]
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*[[Flint corn]] and [[Popcorn]]
*[[Flint corn]] and [[Popcorn]]
*[[Bt corn]]
*[[Bt corn]]

===Edible treatments of maize===
===Edible treatments of maize===
*[[Cornflour]] usually meaning either
*[[Cornflour]] usually meaning either
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*[[Corn Snake]]
*[[Corn Snake]]
*[[Corn smut]]
*[[Corn smut]]

==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

Revision as of 09:21, 19 September 2008

This redirect is about corn as any sort of cereal. For the specific grain called "corn" in American, Australian and Canadian English, see Maize. For other uses, see Corn (disambiguation).
Look up corn in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Corn is an English word dating back to Anglo-Saxon times or earlier meaning cereal or grain. It commonly refers, in modern usage, to Indian corn, that is, maize, but can also refer to wheat, barley, rye and so on.

Early Modern English uses

Shakespeare frequently refers to corn, for example

It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho and a hey, nonny-no, That o’er the green corn field did pass, In spring time ... [1]

The second verse goes on

Between the acres of the rye, With a hey and a ho and a hey, nonny-no, These pretty country-folks would lie, In spring time ...

indicating the meaning of the corn in this case.

The 1611 Authorized King James Version of the Bible similarly uses corn on many occasions, such as Genesis 41:57 which has

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands

where modern US versions have for example

In fact, all the world came to Joseph to obtain rations of grain, for famine had gripped the whole world[2]

The early nineteenth century British Corn Laws referred to the importation of wheat.

To corn, meant, among other things, to sprinkle with grains of salt, whence the term corned beef. it also meant to concentrate into grains; see History of gunpowder.

Particular sorts of corn

The word was often used to signify any small edible grain. Thus peppercorn was used for the fruit of black pepper and barleycorn for a grain of barley.

After the colonization of America, maize was introduced to the English-speaking world, and originally known as Indian corn, a term which was then increasingly often shortened to corn in America, but not in the UK, where the original meanings were retained.

See also (with general grain meaning)

Plants and animals

See also (with maize meaning)

Maize variants

Edible treatments of maize

Other products

Colloquial terms

Plants and animals

References

  1. ^ As You Like It, Act V, Scene 3
  2. ^ Genesis 41:57 New American Bible
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