kern
1to remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) in preparation for printing.
to form or furnish with a kern, as a type or letter.
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
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the central area of any horizontal section of a wall, column, etc., within which the resultant forces of all compressive loads must pass if there is to be only compression at that point.
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or kerne
a band of lightly armed foot soldiers of ancient Ireland.
(in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) a soldier.
an Irish peasant, especially a crude or boorish one.
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(of a tree or plant) to produce or form kernels, hard grain, or seed.
to cause to granulate, especially to granulate salt.
to cover with crystalline grains of salt; salt (meat).
Obsolete. a kernel, as of a nut; a grain, as of sand or wheat.
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Jerome (David), 1885–1945, U.S. composer.
a river in E California, in the Sierra Nevada, flowing S and SW to San Joaquin Valley. 155 miles (249 km) long.
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In 1879 an old man, Blasius kern, was found one morning completely snowed over and with a serious wound in the head.
Criminal Psychology | Hans GrossThe kern or cateran of the Highlands was a light-armed infantryman, as opposed to the heavy-armed "gallowglass."
Lady of the Lake | Sir Walter ScottDr. kern, in editing the Malberg glosses, points out that the gloss in Title xlii.
The English Village Community | Frederic SeebohmWe came north by way of Tejon pass and the kern River, not far from quite a large lake, and reached the mines at last.
Death Valley in '49 | William Lewis ManlyThe new departure was made in 1883 by Caro and kern, who patented a process for the synthesis of colouring-matters of this group.
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British Dictionary definitions for kern (1 of 4)
kerne
/ (kɜːn) /
the part of the character on a piece of printer's type that projects beyond the body
(tr) to furnish (a typeface) with a kern
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1British Dictionary definitions for kern (2 of 4)
/ (kɜːn) /
a lightly armed foot soldier in medieval Ireland or Scotland
a troop of such soldiers
archaic a loutish peasant
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2British Dictionary definitions for kern (3 of 4)
/ (kɜːn) /
engineering the central area of a wall, column, etc, through which all compressive forces pass
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3British Dictionary definitions for Kern (4 of 4)
/ (kɜːn) /
Jerome (David). 1885–1945, US composer of musical comedies, esp Show Boat (1927)
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