A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt. Macaulay. Now for our Irish wars; We must supplant those rough, rug-headed kerns. Shak.
Any kind of boor or low-lived person. [Obs.] Blount.
An idler; a vagabond. Wharton.
A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank.
To form with a kern. See 2d Kern.
A churn. [Prov. Eng.]
A hand mill. See Quern. Johnson.
To harden, as corn in ripening. [Obs.] Carew.
To take the form of kernels; to granulate. [Obs.] It is observed that rain makes the salt kern. Dampier.
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