Look up: kern

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   Kern
   Kern is a township in Hettinger County North Dakota, USA
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   Kern
   [n] - United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945)
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   kern
   any part of the face that extends over the side of the type, often found on letters F and J. Category: Printing and publishing • for the purpose of Office Document Architecture(ODA):the part of a character which extends beyond its position point or escapement point Category: General
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   Kern
   Kern noun [ 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 perso ...
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   Kern
   Kern noun (Type Founding) A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank.
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   Kern
   Kern transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Kerned ; present participle & verbal noun Kerning . ] (Type Founding) To form with a kern. See 2d Kern .
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   Kern
   Kern noun [ See Churn . ] A churn. [ Prov. Eng.]
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   Kern
   Kern noun [ Anglo-Saxon cweorn , cwyrn . See Quern . ] A hand mill. See Quern . Johnson.
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   Kern
   Kern intransitive verb [ Confer German kern kernel, grain; akin to English corn . See Corn , Kernel . ] 1. To harden, as corn in ripening. [ Obsolete] Carew. 2. To take the form of kernels; to granulate. [ Obsolete] « It is observed that rain makes the salt kern .» Dampier.
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    Kern
    Kern noun [ Written also kirn .] [ Confer D. & German kern kernal, English kern to harden, kernel .] [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] 1. Kernel; corn; grain. 2. The last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest. 3. The harvest-home.
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    kern
    noun the part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its body
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    kern
    verb remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters)
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    Kern
    `Kern` can refer to several things: * Kerned, To achieve or project great misfortune `He really kerned that lightpole with his front bumper.` * Kerning, the process of adjusting letter spacing in a proportional font * Harvest Home, a festival known in Scotland as `Kern` * Kern County, California, USA * Kern (soldier), a light infantry unit in Medieval Irish armies * `Kern`, a colloquial Australian juxtaposition, meaning beautiful freak/oddity
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    Kern
    • (v. i.) To take the form of kernels; to granulate. • (n.) Any kind of boor or low-lived person. • (v. i.) To harden, as corn in ripening. • (n.) A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank. • (n.) An idler; a vagabond. • (n.) A churn. • (n.) A hand mill. See Quern. • (v. t.) To for...
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    Kern
    Kern is a Celtic girl name. The meaning of the name is `Dark Haired Child` The name Kern doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Kern seems to be unique!
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    Kern
    Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. Kern River is the southern terminus of the Friant-Kern Canal, co...
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