Word Finder - corns

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The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales.

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Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.

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A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.

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He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.

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A small, hard particle.

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To granulate; to form a substance into grains

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to corn gunpowder

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To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef

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To provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed

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Corn the horses.

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To render intoxicated

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ale strong enough to corn one

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A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.

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• clavus

Salicylic acid is used externally for the removal of corns and similar epidermic thickenings.

There is probably no better remedy for corns.

Socks will help prevent blisters, calluses, corns and ingrown nails.

Rice sports into far more varieties than any of the corns familiar to Europeans; for some varieties grow in the water and some on dry land; some come to maturity in three months, while others take four and six months to do so.

The thickening of the epidermis in the hands and feet, which occurs from constant use, is nature's provision for meeting the extra wear to which these parts are subjected by much use; but pressure is apt to cause the defensive process to be carried too far, and to lead to corns, which give rise to much pain and annoyance.

The most common cause of discomfort under the ball of the foot is a build-up of hard skin (called callus) and/or corns.

Corns and callus usually form in areas of high pressure or loading and require regular chiropody.

The ingredients work together to break down and remove verrucas, warts, corns and calluses.

Salicylic acid-An agent prescribed to treat a variety of skin disorders, such as acne, dandruff, psoriasis, seborrheic dermatitis, calluses, corns, and warts.

If you take time to buy the right shoes, you can avoid blisters, bunions, corns, calluses, and other nasty foot problems.

Ill-fitting shoes can lead to corns, calluses, and other podiatric problems in the future.

Or perhaps you have bunions, hammer toes, calluses, or corns.

Many times confused with corns or callouses, plantar warts are thickened and most often found on the bottom of the feet.

Among the advantages of enclosures, he observes, " you will gain much more labour from your servants, a great part of whose time was taken up in gathering thistles and other garbage for their horses to feed upon in their stables; and thereby the great trampling and pulling up and other destruction of the corns while they are yet tender will be prevented."

Corns states, however, that two European traders, apparently in the "'eighties" of the 19th century, were in the habit of surrounding and capturing these animals as occasion offered.'

Elected to the corns legislatif in 1858, he joined the group of Emile 0111vier.