The Collaborative International Dictionary
Corning house
Corn \Corn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corned (k?rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Corning.]
To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.
To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.
To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses.
--Jamieson.-
To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.
Corning house, a house or place where powder is corned or granulated.