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What does "kern" mean?

Kern: Any kind of boor or low-lived person. [Obs.] Blount.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(O. Eng. Law) An idler; a vagabond. Wharton.
  2. 3.A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank.
  3. 4.To form with a kern. See 2d Kern.
  4. 5.A churn. [Prov. Eng.]
  5. 6.A hand mill. See Quern. Johnson.
  6. 7.To harden, as corn in ripening. [Obs.] Carew.
  7. 8.To take the form of kernels; to granulate. [Obs.] It is observed that rain makes the salt kern. Dampier.

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