单词 | kerned |
释义 | kernedadj.1 a. Of cereal grains or fruit: (Ill or well) formed, set, or hardened. Said also of a crop. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [adjective] > qualities of fire-fangeda1522 well-winnowed1585 kerned1602 winnowed1609 long-grained1614 chafflessa1616 grindable1652 mealable1823 cracked1833 ungrindable1840 millable1869 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > [adjective] > well- or ill-formed kerned1602 the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [adjective] > having ill- or well-formed seeds (of food plants) kerned1602 well-corned1643 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 20v An ill kerned or saued Harvest, soone emptieth their old store. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 July 5/2 The straw was about six feet long, and the grain exceedingly well kerned. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > salt > [adjective] > large- or small-grained kernedc1682 c1682 J. Collins Salt & Fishery 53 It is a pure hard kerned Salt. c. dialect. = corned adj.1 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [adjective] > preserved with salt salt909 powdered1389 salteda1400 corned1621 marinated1658 well-corned?1746 saline1812 kerned1847 in salt1853 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Kerned beef, salted beef. Hants. d. Of ore: see quot. 1849. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [adjective] > qualities slimy1778 high-grade1847 kerned1849 free-milling1872 lean1901 1849 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. ii. 246/1 Kerned, a term applied to a heap of mundic or copper ore hardened by lying exposed to the sun. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). kernedadj.2 error for kerued, carved adj., castrated. ΚΠ 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. vi. 49 Beasts, kerned foules, and barren fish..as an Oxe amongst beasts, a Capon amongst birds, & a Pike wounded in the belly. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. D2 The males are more strong..but the kerned are of a better nature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). kernedadj.3 Printing. Said of a type which has its top or bottom projecting beyond the square metal or shank. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [adjective] > having kern kerned1683 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 177 Amongst the Italick-Letters many are to be Kern'd, some only on one side, and some both sides. The Kern'd-Letters are such as have part of their Face hanging over one side or both sides of their Shanck. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 122/2 Kern, or Kerned Letter; such as have part of their face hanging over..their Shanks. 1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. 22 In Roman, f and j are the only kerned letters; but, in Italic, d,g,j,l,y are kerned on one side, and f on boths sides of its face. 1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. 22 Most Italic capitals are kerned on one side of their face. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11602adj.21655adj.31683 |
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