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kern

1  [kurn] Printing.
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–noun
1. a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
–verb (used with object)
2. to form or furnish with a kern, as a type or letter.
3. to remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) in preparation for printing.
Origin:
1675–85; < F carne corner of type ≪ L cardin- (s. of cardō) hinge
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kern

2  [kurn]
–noun Engineering.
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.
Origin:
< G Kern kernel; see kern 4

kern

3  [kurn]
–noun Archaic.
1. a band of lightly armed foot soldiers of ancient Ireland.
2. (in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) a soldier.
3. an Irish peasant, esp. a crude or boorish one.
Also, kerne.

Origin:
1325–75; ME kerne < Ir ceithern band of foot soldiers; cf. cateran

kern

4  [kurn] British Dialect
–verb (used without object)
1. (of a tree or plant) to produce or form kernels, hard grain, or seed.
–verb (used with object)
2. to cause to granulate, esp. to granulate salt.
3. to cover with crystalline grains of salt; salt (meat).
–noun
4. Obsolete. a kernel, as of a nut; a grain, as of sand or wheat.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME kirnen, kerne (v.); akin to kirnelen to develop into seed; see kernel

kern

5  [kurn]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), noun Scot. and North England.
churn.

kern

6  [kurn]
–noun Scot. and North England.
kirn 2 .

Kern

  [kurn]
–noun
1. Jerome (David), 1885–1945, U.S. composer.
2. a river in E California, in the Sierra Nevada, flowing S and SW to San Joaquin Valley. 155 mi. (249 km) long.

kirn

1  [kurn; Scot. kirn] Scot. and North England
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to churn.
–noun
2. a churn.
Also, kern.

Origin:
1300–50; ME kirne (n.) < Scand; cf. ON kirnuaskr a churn; c. churn

kirn

2  [kurn; Scot. kirn]
–noun Scot. and North England.
1. a harvest celebration; a feast or party celebrating a successful harvest.
2. the harvesting of the last handful of corn, noting either the end of the harvest season or the winning of a race against other reapers. Compare kemp 1 (def. 2).
Also, kern, kurn.

Origin:
1770–80; orig. uncert.; perh. akin to corn 1
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kern 1 also kerne   (kûrn)   
n.  

  1. A medieval Scottish or Irish foot soldier.

  2. A loutish person.


[Middle English kerne, from Middle Irish ceithern, ceithernn, band of soldiers, from Old Irish.]
kern 2   (kûrn)   
n.  The portion of a typeface that projects beyond the body or shank of a character.
tr.v.   kerned, kern·ing, kerns

  1. To provide (type) with a kern.

  2. To adjust space between (characters) in typeset text.


[French carne, corner, from Old North French, from Latin cardō, cardin-, hinge.]
Kern   (kûrn)   
American composer of numerous musicals, including Show Boat (1927), and more than a thousand songs, such as "Ol' Man River" and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes."
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

kern 
1683, "part of a metal type projecting beyond the body," as the head of an -f- or the tail of a -j-, from Fr. carne "projecting angle, quill of a pen," from L. cardinem "hinge."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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