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Kern (k&etilde_;rn), 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.
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Now for our Irish wars;
We must supplant those rough, rug-headed kerns.
Shak.
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2. Any kind of boor or low-lived person. [Obs.] Blount.
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3. (O. Eng. Law) An idler; a vagabond. Wharton.
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Kern, n. (Type Founding) A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank, such as in certain italic letters.
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Kern, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kerned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kerning. ] (Type Founding) To form with a kern. See 2d Kern.
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Kern, n. [See Churn. ] A churn. [Prov. Eng.]
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Kern, n. [AS. cweorn, cwyrn. See Quern. ] A hand mill. See Quern. Johnson.
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Kern, v. i. [Cf. G. kern kernel, grain; akin to E. corn. See Corn, Kernel. ] 1. To harden, as corn in ripening. [Obs.] Carew.
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2. To take the form of kernels; to granulate. [Obs.]
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It is observed that rain makes the salt kern.
Dampier.
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Kern (?), n. [Written also kirn.] [Cf. D. & G. kern kernal, E. kern to harden, kernel.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] 1. Kernel; corn; grain.
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2. The last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest.
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3. The harvest-home.
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