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Kern [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. An Irish footman or foot-soldier.

2. In English laws, an idle person or vagabond.

3. A hand-mill consisting of two stones, one of which is turned by the hand; usually written quern, which see.

4. A churn.

5. An image dressed with corn, and carried before reapers to their harvest-home.

Kern [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To harden, as corn in ripening.

2. To take the form of corns; to granulate.

Kern [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt.

2. Any kind of boor or low-lived person.

3. An idler; a vagabond.

4. A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank.

5. A churn.

6. A hand mill. See Quern.

Kern [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To harden, as corn in ripening.

2. To take the form of kernels; to granulate.

Kern [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To form with a kern. See 2d Kern.

Kerned [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having part of the face projecting beyond the body or shank; -- said of type.

Kerned [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Kernel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The edible substance contained in the shell of a nut.

2. Any thing included in a shell, husk or integument; a grain or corn; as a kernel of wheat or oats.

3. The seed of pulpy fruit; as the kernel of an apple.

4. The central part of any thing; a small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus.

5. A hard concretion in the flesh.

Kernel [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To harden or ripen into kernels; as the seeds of plants.

Kernel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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, the kernel of a nut. See Illust. of Endocarp.

2. A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn.

3. A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.

4. The central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist; the core; as, the kernel of an argument.

Kernel [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.

Kerneled [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Kerneled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Kerneling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Kernelled Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Kernelled [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having a kernel.

Kernelling Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Kernelly [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Full of kernels; resembling kernels.

Kernelly [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Full of kernels; resembling kernels; of the nature of kernels.

Kerner Encyclopedia Britannica

KERNER, JustinusAndreas (1786-1862), a German poet and medical writer, was born in Ludwigsburg, Wurtemberg, on the 18th of September 1786. He received his early education in the Latin school of Ludwigsburg and in the cloister school of Maulbronn. After the death of his father, who was an upper bailiff and government councillor in Ludwigsburg, Kerner was obliged to accept a position in a cloth manufactory; but in 1804, aided by Pastor Conz, who had some reputation as a poet, he was able to enter the university of Tübingen, where he studied medicine. At Tübingen he made the acquaintance of Uhland, who was about his own age; and the two young men encouraged each other in their first efforts in poetry. Having completed his studies in 1809, Kerner spent some time in travel. In 1815 he received a medical appointment in Gaildorf, and in 1819 was transferred to Weinsberg, where he spent the rest of his life. Weinsberg is a pretty little town in Würtemberg, and was formerly a free imperial city. Here the emperor Conrad III. is said tc have besieged the castle of Count Welf; and, according to the well-known legend, the women, having obtained permission to retire with their most valuable possessions, stumbled out, each with her husband on her back. Kerner built a house under the shadow of the castle (“Weibertreue”); and through his exertions measures were taken for the preservation of the ruins and the laying out of the surrounding grounds in public gardens. He also occupied himself with the history of the town, and published a work in two volumes describing The Storming of Weinsberg Tn 1525. He was troubled with an affection of the eyes, and becoming almost blind he resigned his office and medical practice in 1851. He died on the 21st of February 1862. Kerner takes rank as ...

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 14, p. 50
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Kerning [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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