单词 | off-corn |
释义 | off-cornn. 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). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > waste corn off-corn1347 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). < n.1347 |
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