1syllable
kerns
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Definitions ofkerns
1noun
- A corn; grain; kernel.
- The last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest.
- The harvest home.
1noun
- Any part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter.
1verb
- (chiefly proportional font printing) 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.
1noun
- A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; in archaic contexts often used as a term of contempt.
- A boor; a low person.
- An idler; a vagabond.
1noun
- A churn.
1noun
- A mill for grinding corn, especially a hand-mill made of two circular stones.
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