kerns

We have found lemma(root) word of kerns : kern.

Definitions


[kəːn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- adjust the spacing between (characters of a particular font) in a piece of text to be printed
(e.g: please kern the double underscores in the code below)

- provide (metal type or a printed character) with a kern
(e.g: sometimes display type is kerned)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century: perhaps from French carne ‘corner’, from Latin cardo, cardin- ‘hinge’


[kəːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the part of a metal type projecting beyond the body or shank, or a part of a printed character that overlaps its neighbours


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century: perhaps from French carne ‘corner’, from Latin cardo, cardin- ‘hinge’


[kəːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a light-armed Irish foot soldier

- a peasant; a rustic


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Irish ceithearn, from Old Irish ceithern ‘band of foot soldiers’




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