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kern I. \ˈkərn, ˈkə̄n\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English curnen, kernen, from (assumed) Old English cyrnen, from Old English corn — more at corn intransitive verb dialect England : to form kernels < good weather for the grain to kern > transitive verb dialect England : to form or set (as a crop of fruit) < trees that had kerned their best crop in years > II. noun (-s) dialect England : kernel, grain < kern of corn > < kerns of sand > III. noun also kerne \“, ˈke(ə)rn, ˈkeən\ (-s) Etymology: Middle English kerne, from Middle Irish cethern band of soldiers, from cath battle, from Old Irish; akin to Gaulish catu- battle, Welsh cad, Old English heatho-, Old High German hadu-, Old Norse höth- battle, Sanskrit śatru enemy 1. : a foot soldier; especially : a light-armed soldier of medieval Ireland or Scotland < those rough rugheaded kerns — Shakespeare > — compare gallowglass 2. : a rude or boorish countryman especially from Scotland or Ireland IV. \ˈkərn, ˈkə̄n\ chiefly dialect variant of kirn V. \“, ˈkəin\ noun (-s) Etymology: modification of French carne corner, projecting angle, from French dialect (Picardy & Normandy), from Latin cardin-, cardo hinge — more at cardinal 1. : a part of the face of a typecast letter that projects beyond the body (as the upper or lower extremity of f or the tail of Q) 2. : a corresponding part of a printed letter VI. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) transitive verb 1. : to form with a kern (as a letter) 2. : to smooth (type) about the kern intransitive verb : to become kerned — used of a letter or some part of a letter VII. noun (-s) Etymology: German, core, kernel, nucleus, from Old High German kerno; akin to Old Norse kjarni kernel, core, Old English corn : nucleus 2l |