单词 | kerning |
释义 | kerningn.1 The process of forming into grains; seeding; granulation. Also attributive, as kerning-period, kerning-season, kerning-time; kerning-ground n. (see quot. 1732). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > becoming or making granular corning1562 granulation1617 kerning1669 granulatinga1793 the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [noun] > production or formation of seed or seed-vessel seedinga1398 kernelling1532 kerning1669 seminificationa1676 podding1743 seedage1887 the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [adjective] > of or relating to formation of seed kerning1669 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [noun] > corn-land or -field cornlanda1387 cornfield?1523 corn-ground1548 granary1570 milpa1648 kerning-ground1732 seeds1794 walk1797 corn belt1882 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 135 The greater Trees, in their blossoming and kerning-time. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. ii. 43 The Indians whose business..is to gather the Salt thus into Heaps, wait here by turns all the Kerning Season. 1732 W. Ellis Pract. Farmer 162 Kerning Ground, is that which, drest well, will produce a great quantity of Corn, as Gravel does, when others will run more into Straw and less Corn. 1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Jan. iv. 47 The better Kerning of the Blossoms. 1894 Agric. Gaz. 16 July The kerning period has been so favourable that there is every reason to expect a good yield in proportion to straw. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2018). kerningn.2 The operation of making kerns on type; the making of kerned letters. Also attributive as kerning-knife n., kerning-stick n. tools used in kerning letters. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > type founding > [noun] > making kerns kerning1683 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 177 This Kerning-stick is somewhat more than an Handful long... He also provides a Kerning-Knife. 1788 Chambers's Cycl. (new ed.) at Foundery These..are scraped on the broad-sides with a knife or file... This operation is called kerning. 1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. 22 The kerning of letters, it must be owned, may serve many good purposes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.11669n.21683 |
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