kern¹ /kûrn/ (printing)

Part of a type that projects beyond the body and rests on an adjoining letter

1. To give (a typeface) a kern
2. To adjust (esp by reduction) the space between characters in (a typeface or piece of writing)

kernˈing noun

kern² or kerne /kûrn/

1. An Irish or highland foot soldier (historical)
2. A troop of such (historical)
3. A peasant, a boor (obsolete)

kerˈnish adjective

kern⁴ /kûrn/

To granulate

kirn¹ /kirn/ or kern /kern or kûrn/ (Scot)

1. The cutting of the last sheaf or handful of the harvest
2. A harvest home

kirnˈ-baˈby, cornˈ-baˈby, kirnˈ-dollˈie, cornˈ-dollˈie or cornˈ-maiden noun

1. A dressed-up figure made of the last handful of corn cut
2. (esp corn-dollie) any of a number of straw decorations usu of traditional design

• rock-badgers
• rock-basin
• rock-basins
• rock bass
• rock basses
• rock-bird
• rock-birds
• rock boots
• rock borer
• rock borers
• rock bottom
• rock-bottom
• rock-bound
• rock brake
• rock brakes
• rock breaker
• rock breakers
• rock butter
• rock cake
• rock cakes
• rock candies
• rock candy
• rock climber
• rock climbers
• rock climbing