A dialectal or archaic word for a grain or kernel, especially of corn or cereal; a small hard seed.
From Old English 'corn,' which originally meant any grain or seed, not just corn as we know it today. The form 'curn' is a variant found in Scottish and Northern English dialects.
The word 'corn' used to mean any grain in English—you could talk about 'corn of wheat' or 'corn of barley,' and the dialectal 'curn' preserves this broader ancient meaning!
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