English

Etymology
(As verb). Possibly meaning to pack tightly, as in kernels on an ear of maize.

Noun
kern

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

#:Quotation
#:* c.1599: "O, then belike she was old and gentle; and you rode like a kern of Ireland, your French hose off and in your strait strossers." — Henry V: Ac.3 Sc7, Wm. Shakespeare.

1. In hot-metal printing, a kern is any part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter.

Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
kern (kerning, kerned, kerned)

1. To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters (characters or glyphs), particularly in a proportional font (printing).

Intransitive verb
kern (kerning, kerned, kerned)

1. To perform a kerning adjustment.

See also
Wikipedia:Kerning|Kerning on Wikipedia.

Dutch

Noun
kern

1. nucleus

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