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单词 kern
释义 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
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