corning
corning Lexical Profile
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• noun
American A city in Steuben County in the Southern Tier region of New York State, situated along the Chemung River and internationally renowned for its glassmaking industry and museum.
The culinary process of preserving and curing meat, especially beef, by treating it with coarse grains of salt or a seasoned brine solution.
"The traditional corning of the brisket takes several days in a cool cellar before the meat is ready to be boiled."
The industrial process of granulating a substance, especially gunpowder, into small grains of uniform size to improve its combustion properties.
"Historically, the corning of black powder was one of the most hazardous stages in a gunpowder mill."
• verb
To preserve and season meat with coarse grains of salt or brine (present participle of corn).
"The butcher has been corning his own beef brisket in-house using a century-old spice recipe."
To form a substance such as gunpowder into small grains or granules (present participle of corn).
"By corning the compressed powder cake into uniform grains, early manufacturers achieved a much more reliable burn rate."
• Rhymes for corning
Word Origin & Etymology
From the verb 'corn', derived from Old English 'corn' meaning 'grain' or 'seed', referring to the coarse grains of rock salt used in curing meat or the small grains formed during gunpowder manufacture.