Corn

Pronunciation: k?rnd
v. t.

1. To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.
2. To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.
3. To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses.
4. To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.
Corning house ,
a house or place where powder is corned or granulated.