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HOMINY

\hˈɒmɪni], \hˈɒmɪni], \h_ˈɒ_m_ɪ_n_i]\

Definitions of HOMINY

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science

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Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Indian corn soaked so as to remove the hull, and then coarsely ground.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Maize hulled and broken.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Maize hulled and broken.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Maize hulled and broken, prepared for food by being boiled with water.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

In N. Amer., maize pulled and crushed and boiled with water.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

A word of Indian derivation. Maize or Indian corn hulled and coarsely broken. It is prepared for food by being mixed with water and boiled.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

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