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单词 off-corn
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off-cornn.

Forms: see off adv. and corn n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: off adv., corn n.1
Etymology: < off adv. + corn n.1 N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ̀·fkǭɹn) /ˈɒfkɔːn/ /ɔːfkɔːn/.
Now rare (English regional (Essex)).
Corn which is thrown out in winnowing, either because it is light or because it has not separated from the chaff; waste or offal corn (see offal n. 1a).
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1347–8 in J. Raine Charters Priory Finchale (1837) 29 (MED) Item, pro porcis, ancerulis, caponibus & gallinis pascendis, pro defectu de ofcorn, j qu. j bus. peck.
1573 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 10, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) Such ofcorne as commeth giue wine [read wife] to her fee.
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 6 Mixed here with chaffe, off-corne, tares.
1856 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 384 The expense of carting, which would be paid by the off-corn.
1952 Recorded Interview (Brit. Libr. Sound Archive) (Survey Eng. Dial.: C908) (MS transcript) Track 64 [Essex]The off-corn, the split kernels, for chicken.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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