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ˈcorn-house
†1. An ancient name for a granary. Obs.
c1000Suppl. ælfric's Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 185 Granarium, cornhus. 1535Coverdale 2 Chron. xxxii. 28 Ezechias..made him..corne houses for the increace of corne.
2. U.S. = corn-crib.
1699J. Dickinson God's Protecting Provid. 82 The people had..large Cropps of Corn, as We could tell by their Corn-houses. 1745Virginia Gazette 19 Dec., Two Dwelling-houses, Milk-house, Corn-house. 1836Southern Lit. Messenger II. 157 That unlimited control which the said horse exercises over the corn in his corn-house. 1845W. G. Simms Wigwam & Cabin 369 Considering that the Corn-House aint oberfull. 1957Steven Post (Charlottesville, Va.) Feb., Slave cabin, corn house, kennel, hen house. |