Definition of “kern”
noun:
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A corn; grain; kernel.
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Any part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter.
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A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; in archaic contexts often used as a term of contempt.
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Alternative form of quern.
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verb:
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To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters (characters or glyphs); to perform such adjustments to a portion of text, according to preset rules.
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