kern
verb (used with object)
to remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) in preparation for printing.
kerne
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a variation of
kern.
Example Sentences
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"They shall now serve for an Irish kerne."
From Great Ralegh by Hugh de Selincourt
Surely, with all the Douglas's chivalry, they are fitter to restrain a disorderly swarm of Highland kerne than I can be to withstand the archery of England and power of Henry Hotspur?
From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Sir Walter Scott
But could those 'idle kerne and swordsmen,' thus punished with loss of lands and home for the crimes of their chief, be safely trusted to remain anywhere in the neighbourhood of the new English settlers?
From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by James Godkin
The English then strode forward, and drew their bowstrings—not to the breast, as your Highland kerne do, but to the ear—and sent off their volleys of swallow tails before we could call on St. Andrew.
From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Sir Walter Scott
The insurgent leaders and the dangerous kerne having been effectually cleared off in various ways, the whole territory of Inishown was overrun by the king's troops.
From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by James Godkin
