Obs. rare. [f. F. corne or L. cornu horn + -Y1: cf. L. corneus horny.] Hard as horn, horny.
(First quot. is doubtful.)
? 15[?]. Pathway to Health, fol. 53 (N.). Also Ipocras saith, that a woman being conceived with a man-child is ruddy, and her right side is corny about, but if she bee conceived with a maid child, she is blacke, and her left pap is corny about.
1755. Johnson, Corny … strong or hard like horn; horny.
