kern

IPA: kˈɝn

(obsolete or dialect) A corn; grain; kernel.
(obsolete or dialect) The last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest.
(obsolete or dialect) The harvest home.
(obsolete or dialect) A doll or figurine raised in celebration of a successful harvest; kern-baby.
(hot metal printing, typography) Any part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter.
(archaic or historical) A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; in archaic contexts often used as a term of contempt.
(obsolete or Ireland) A boor; a low person.
(obsolete, UK) An idler; a vagabond.
A churn.
A surname.
An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States
the Kern River in California, USA
Alternative form of quern [A mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular stones.]

(typography, 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.

Examples of "kern" in Sentences

They must know that Tåkern is the wild ducks 'property.
Tåkern is quite a large lake and in olden times it must have been larger still.
I have had trout on the kern river hit a butt .... was glad I found this fly in utah ..
But he's young, princely provided, and lofty enough in his manner to be princely born, no common kern.
"I wonder, Jarro, what you wild ducks will do next year, when Tåkern is drained and turned into grain-fields?" said Clawina.
For transport, he could use a German car such as a VOW or a Mercy and should certainly remember to park close to the kern at all times
Tåkern is certainly the largest and choicest bird lake in the whole country; and the birds may count themselves lucky so long as they own such a retreat.
Or, perhaps a "kern," standing solitary upon some hill-top, would call forth a whole series of Danish and Norwegian legends, which would give them food for reflection for days.
There was Cam-Ruadh, the early red-haired man of tradition, who, fallen prisoner among a batch of hostile "kern," or outlaws, was offered his liberty if he could make so many good arrow-shots.