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well-corned, ppl. a. †1. Covered with a good crop of corn. Obs.
1652Mayne tr. Donne's Epigr. Paradoxes 98 Glebes, which were long of sun and skie bereav'd, Now the Dutch Plowman sees wel corn'd & sheav'd. 2. Of cereals, beans, peas: Bearing a good head of grain or seeds.
1800,1861[see corned a.1 4]. 3. Of beef: High-cured by salting.
1772Ann. Reg. 221 While I, half-famished, ev'ry hour Biscuit and well-corn'd beef devour. 4. Exhilarated with liquor. Sc. and dial.
1825Jamieson s.v. corn v. 2. |