Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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
      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. --Jamieson.

   4. To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.
      [Colloq.]

   {Corning house}, a house or place where powder is corned or
      granulated.