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Breadcorn

Bread′cornˊ

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Corn of grain of which bread is made, as wheat, rye, etc.

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breadcorn

breadcorn

English

Noun

breadcorn (uncountable)

  1. corn or grain from which bread is made
    • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 60:
      "That which I drive at now is this; That Breadcorn, that brings so considerable increase by Tillage and Husbandry, would scarce be at all without it; for that which grows wildly of it self is worth nothing: but it being so wholesom and strengthning a food, that it should yield so plentiful increase, and that this should not be without humane Art and Industry, does plainly insinuate that there is a Divine Providence that intended to exercise the wit of Man in Husbandry and Tillage."