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Definitions for Kern

[1] a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
[2] to form or furnish with a kern, as a type or letter.
[3] to remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) in preparation for printing.
[4] the 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.
[5] a band of lightly armed foot soldiers of ancient Ireland.
[6] (in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) a soldier.
[7] an Irish peasant, especially a crude or boorish one.
[8] (of a tree or plant) to produce or form kernels, hard grain, or seed.
[9] to cause to granulate, especially to granulate salt.
[10] to cover with crystalline grains of salt; salt (meat).
[11] Obsolete . a kernel, as of a nut; a grain, as of sand or wheat.
[12] churn.
[13] kirn2.
[14] Jerome (David), 1885–1945, U.S. composer.
[15] a river in E California, in the Sierra Nevada, flowing S and SW to San Joaquin Valley. 155 miles (249 km) long.
[16] the part of the character on a piece of printer's type that projects beyond the body
[17] (tr) to furnish (a typeface) with a kern
[18] a lightly armed foot soldier in medieval Ireland or Scotland
[19] a troop of such soldiers
[20] archaic a loutish peasant
[21] engineering the central area of a wall, column, etc, through which all compressive forces pass
[22] Jerome (David ). 1885–1945, US composer of musical comedies, esp Show Boat (1927)

Words nearby Kern

kermanshah, kermes, kermesite, kermis, kermit, kern, kernel, kernel sentence, kernel smut, kernicterus, kernig's sign

Origin of Kern

41275–1325; Middle English kirnen, kerne (v.); akin to kirnelen to develop into seed; see kernel

Word origin for Kern

from German Kern core, heart