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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024kern1 (kûrn),USA pronunciation [Print.]n. - Printinga part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
v.t. - Printingto form or furnish with a kern, as a type or letter.
- Printingto remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) in preparation for printing.
- French carne corner of type Latin cardin- (stem of cardō) hinge
- 1675–85
kern2 (kûrn),USA pronunciation n. [Engin.]- Civil Engineeringthe 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.
- German Kern kernel; see kern4
- British Termsa band of lightly armed foot soldiers of ancient Ireland.
- British Terms(in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) a soldier.
- British Termsan Irish peasant, esp. a crude or boorish one.
Also, kerne. - Irish ceithern band of foot soldiers; compare cateran
- Middle English kerne 1325–75
- Botany, British Terms(of a tree or plant) to produce or form kernels, hard grain, or seed.
v.t. - British Termsto cause to granulate, esp. to granulate salt.
- British Termsto cover with crystalline grains of salt;
salt (meat).
n. - British Terms[Obs.]a kernel, as of a nut;
a grain, as of sand or wheat.
- 1275–1325; Middle English kirnen, kerne (verb, verbal); akin to kirnelen to develop into seed; see kernel
kern5 (kûrn),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i., n. [Scot. and North Eng.]- Scottish Termschurn.
kern6 (kûrn),USA pronunciation n. [Scot. and North Eng.]- Scottish Termskirn2.
Kern (kûrn),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical Jerome (David), 1885–1945, U.S. composer.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: kern, kerne /kɜːn/ n - the part of the character on a piece of printer's type that projects beyond the body
Etymology: 17th Century: from French carne corner of type, projecting angle, ultimately from Latin cardō hinge kern /kɜːn/ n - a lightly armed foot soldier in medieval Ireland or Scotland
- archaic a loutish peasant
Etymology: 14th Century: from Middle Irish cethern band of foot soldiers, from cath battle Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Kern /kɜːn/ n - Jerome (David). 1885–1945, US composer of musical comedies, esp Show Boat (1927)
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