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Meaning
Noun
●
A
corn
;
grain
; kernel.
●
The last
handful
or
sheaf
reaped
at the harvest.
●
The
harvest
home.
●
A
doll
or
figurine
raised
in
celebration
of a
successful
harvest
; kern-baby.
●
In Printing & Typography:
Any part of a
letter
which
extends
into the
space
used by another
letter
.
●
In People:
A light-armed
foot soldier
of the
ancient
militia
of Ireland and Scotland; in
archaic
contexts
often used as a
term
of contempt.
●
In Irish English:
A
boor
; a low person.
●
In British English:
An
idler
; a vagabond.
●
Alternative form of quern
●
A churn.
Verb
●
In Typography:
To
adjust
the
horizontal
space
between
selected
pairs
of
letters
(characters or
glyphs
); to
perform
such
adjustments
to a
portion
of
text
,
according to
preset
rules.
Name
●
A surname.
●
An
unincorporated
community
in Macon County, Missouri, United States
●
the Kern River in California, USA
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