Meanings
alternative mongcorn · alternative muncorn
- obsoleteA mixture of wheat and rye, or other species of grain, sown together as one crop.
Even in other parts of the country mangcorn, and rye, not pure wheat, were the chief products.
1910, Henrik Marczali, Hungary in the Eighteenth Century, page 552 more examples
Mangcorn (mixed grains, especially wheat and rye) in 1916, 438,128 tons; in 1917, 395.988 tons; […]
1918, Commerce Reports of the United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, page 1183Mangcorn is utilized partly as human food, and partly as fodder for cattle, especially for fattening swine, for which purpose it is considered peculiarly adapted.
1923, Norwegian Trade Review, numbers 6-8, page 39
Origin
- Old Englishmenġan“to mix”
- Englishmangcorn
From Middle English, from Old English menġan (“to mix”). See mingle, and corn.
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