Part 6241

<blockquote>Now for our Irish wars; We must supplant those rough, rug-headed <b>kerns</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any kind of boor or low-lived person.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Blount.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>An idler; a vagabond.</def>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<h1>Kern</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kern</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Type Founding)</fld> <def>A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank.</def>

<h1>Kern</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kern</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Kerned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Kerning</er>. ]</wordforms> <fld>(Type Founding)</fld> <def>To form with a kern. See 2d <er>Kern</er>.</def>

<h1>Kern</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kern</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Churn</er>. ]</ety> <def>A churn.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Kern</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kern</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cweorn</ets>, <ets>cwyrn</ets>. See <er>Quern</er>. ]</ety> <def>A hand mill. See <er>Quern</er>.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Kern</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kern</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>kern</ets> kernel, grain; akin to E. <ets>corn</ets>. See <er>Corn</er>, <er>Kernel</er>. ]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To harden, as corn in ripening.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Carew.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To take the form of kernels; to granulate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>It is observed that rain makes the salt <b>kern</b>. <i>Dampier.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Kerned</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kerned</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>Having part of the face projecting beyond the body or shank; -- said of type.</def> "In Roman, <i>f</i> and <i>j</i> are the only <i>kerned</i> letters."

<i>MacKellar.</i>

<h1>Kernel</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ker"nel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>kernel</ets>, <ets>kirnel</ets>, <ets>curnel</ets>, AS.<ets>cyrnel</ets>, fr. <ets>corn</ets> grain. See <er>Corn</er>, and cf. <er>Kern</er> to harden.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a shell, husk, or integument; <as>as, the <ex>kernel</ex> of a nut</as>. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Endocarp</er>.</def>

<blockquote>' A were as good crack a fusty nut with no <b>kernel</b> <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A single seed or grain; <as>as, a <ex>kernel</ex> of corn</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist; the core; <as>as, the <ex>kernel</ex> of an argument</as>.</def>