Corn vs Mace - What's the difference?
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(British, uncountable) The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales.
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* {{quote-book, 1909, Johann David Wyss (Susannah Mary Paull, translator), The Swiss Family Robinson, page=462, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=0gUCAAAAQAAJ
, passage= I found that we had nearly a hundred bushels of corn , including wheat, maize, and barley, to add to our store.}}
(US, Canada, Australia, uncountable) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays .
* {{quote-book, 1809, Edward Augustus Kendall, Travels Through the Northern Parts of the United States
, passage=The planting or sowing of maize, exclusively called corn , was just accomplished on the Town Hill, when I reached it.}}
A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
A small, hard particle.
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* Beaumont and Fletcher:
(US, Canada) To granulate; to form a substance into grains.
(US, Canada) To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef
(US, Canada) To provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed.
To render intoxicated.
A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
* Shakespeare
(US, Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
* 1975 , Tschirlie, Backpacker magazine,
* 1986 , Linda Martin and Kerry Segrave, Women in Comedy? ,
* 2007 , Bob L. Cox, Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman: an East Tennessee old-time music pioneer and his musical family ,
(uncountable) short for corn snow . A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and re-freezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
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A heavy fighting club.
* 1786', The '''Mace is an ancient weapon, formerly much used by cavalry of all nations, and likewise by ecclesiastics, who in consequence of their tenures, frequently took the field, but were by a canon of the church forbidden to wield the sword. — Francis Grose, ''A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 51.
A ceremonial form of this weapon.
* 1598', I am a king that find thee; and I know 'Tis not the balm, the sceptre, and the ball, The sword, the '''mace , the crown imperial, The intertissued robe of gold and pearl... — William Shakespeare, ''Henvry V , Act IV, Scene I, line 259.
A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked.
An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.
A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
(archaic) A billiard cue.
To hit someone or something with a .
An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.
An old weight of 57.98 grains.
A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.
* 1610 , William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale , Act IV, Scene III, line 45.
A common name for some types of tear gas.
By extension, a common name for some types of pepper spray.
By generalization, a name for personal tear gas and pepper spray.
To spray in defense or attack with mace (pepper spray, or, tear gas) using a hand-held device.
(informal) To spray a similar noxious chemical in defense or attack using an available hand-held device such as an aerosol spray can.
* 1989 , Carl Hiaasen, Skin Tight , Ballantine Books, New York, chapter 22:
As nouns the difference between corn and mace
is that corn is the main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales while mace is a heavy fighting club.As verbs the difference between corn and mace
is that corn is to granulate; to form a substance into grains while mace is to hit someone or something with a mace.As a proper noun Mace is
alternative case form of lang=en tear gas or pepper spray.corn
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) , and (etyl) (m).Noun
(en-noun)citation
- He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.
- corn of sand
- a corn of powder
Derived terms
* corn bunting * cornflour * cornmeal * cornstarch * peppercorn * sweetcornSee also
(other words for grain) * barley * cereal * grain * maize * oats * rye * wheatVerb
(en verb)- to corn gunpowder
- Corn the horses.
- ale strong enough to corn one
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m) (modern (etyl) (m)). (wikipedia corn)Noun
(en noun)- Welcome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes / Unplagued with corns , will have a bout with you.
Synonyms
* clavusHyponyms
* callusEtymology 3
This use was first used in 1932, as corny, something appealing to country folk.Noun
(-)- He had a sharp wit, true enough, but also a good, healthy mountaineer's love of pure corn , the slapstick stuff, the in-jokes that get funnier with every repetition and never amuse anybody who wasn't there.
- There were lots of jokes on the show and they were pure corn , but the audience didn't mind.
- The bulk of this humor was pure corn , but as hillbilly material it was meant to be that way.
Derived terms
* cornball * cornyEtymology 4
Noun
(en-noun)References
mace
English
Etymology 1
(etyl), from (etyl) mace, mache, from ).Noun
(en noun)- (Macaulay)
Verb
See also
* bludgeon * celt * twirling baton * war clubEtymology 2
and (etyl), meaning "a bean".Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
From (etyl), from re-interpretation of (m) as a plural (compare (m)); ultimately from (etyl) (m) (name of an unidentified spice).Noun
(en noun)- I must have saffron to color the warden pies; mace ; dates, none -- that's out of my note; nutmegs, seven; a race or two of ginger, but that I may beg; four pounds of prunes, and as many of raisins o' th' sun.
Etymology 4
From the name of one brand of the spray, (m).Noun
(en noun)Verb
- When Reynaldo and Willie had burst into Larkey's drug store to confront him, the old man had maced Willie square in the eyes with an aerosol can of spermicidal birth-control foam.
