- corn-cure
- cornˈ-cure nounA remedy for corns• • •Main Entry: ↑corn
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cure — 1. (ku r ) s. f. 1° Soin, souci. Ce mot ne se dit guère qu avec le verbe avoir et sans article. Il n a cure de rien. • L âne, qui goûtait fort l autre façon d aller, Se plaint en son patois ; le meunier n en a cure, LA FONT. Fabl. III, 1.… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Corn — Corn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corned} (k?rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Corning}.] 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
corn — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German & Old Norse korn grain, Latin granum Date: before 12th century 1. chiefly dialect a small hard particle ; grain 2. a small hard seed 3. a … New Collegiate Dictionary
corn — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. maize, Indian corn, sweet corn, green corn, field corn, corn on the cob, hominy, popcorn; see also grain 1 . v. Syn. cure, salt, pickle; see preserve 3 … English dictionary for students
corn — n 1.Indian corn, (esp. technical and Brit.) maize; butter and sugar corn, sweet corn, U.S. green corn; corn on the cob, roasting ears, ears. 2. cereal grain, (in England) wheat, (in Scotland) oats. v 3. brine, pickle, preserve or season or curé… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
cure — Synonyms and related words: administration, advowson, agency, agentship, aid, air dry, alterative, ameliorate, analeptic, anhydrate, antidote, arrange, assignment, assistance, auspices, authority, authorization, bake, balm, balsam, bandage, bathe … Moby Thesaurus
corn — Synonyms and related words: Joe Miller, aftergrass, anhydrate, bamboo, banality, barley, benign tumor, bird seed, blast freeze, boil, bran, brine, bromide, bump, bunion, callosity, callus, cancer, cane, carbuncle, carcinoma, cat food, cereal,… … Moby Thesaurus
curé — n 1. remedial treatment, therapy, therapeutics; healing, reparation, restoration; recuperation, recovery, convalescence. 2. remedy, restorative, antidote, counteractive, neu tralizer, corrective, preventive, prophylactic; curé all, panacea,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
corn plaster — /ˈkɔn plastə/ (say kawn plahstuh) noun a resin plaster, containing salicylic acid, used to cure corns …
dry cure — Synonyms and related words: anhydrate, blast freeze, brine, corn, cure, dehydrate, desiccate, dry, dry salt, embalm, evaporate, freeze, freeze dry, fume, irradiate, jerk, kipper, marinade, marinate, mummify, pickle, preservatize, quick freeze,… … Moby Thesaurus
