Obs. Also 7 (in Cotgr.) brancorne. [a. MDu. brantkoren (Ger. brandkorn): cf. BRAND sb. 7 + CORN.] Blight, smut (Uredo segetum).
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, IV. xvii. 471. Blight or Brantcorne … insteede of a good eare, there cometh up a black burnt eare, ful of blacke dust or powder.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., 335. Brant corne and trees blacke by blasting.
