kern : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: kern	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kern n United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945) Synonym(s): Kern, Jerome Kern, Jerome David Kern the part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its body v furnish with a kern Antonym(s): kern remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) Antonym(s): kern
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kern \Kern\, n. [See {Churn}. ] A churn. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kern \Kern\, n. [AS. cweorn, cwyrn. See {Quern}. ] A hand mill. See {Quern}. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kern \Kern\, v. i. [Cf. G. kern kernel, grain; akin to E. corn. See {Corn}, {Kernel}. ] 1. To harden, as corn in ripening. [Obs.] --Carew. 2. To take the form of kernels; to granulate. [Obs.] It is observed that rain makes the salt kern. --Dampier.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kern \Kern\, n. [Ir. ceatharnach.Cf. {Cateran}. ] 1. A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt. --Macaulay. Now for our Irish wars; We must supplant those rough, rug-headed kerns. --Shak. 2. Any kind of boor or low-lived person. [Obs.] --Blount. 3. (O. Eng. Law) An idler; a vagabond. --Wharton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kern \Kern\, n. (Type Founding) A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kern \Kern\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kerned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kerning}. ] (Type Founding) To form with a kern. See 2d {Kern}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kern \Kern\, n. [Written also {kirn}.] [Cf. D. & G. kern kernal, E. kern to harden, kernel.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] 1. Kernel; corn; grain. 2. The last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest. 3. The harvest-home.