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Rarekerns
The correct spelling is kerns.
How to pronounce kerns
noun
Say it like: Ker-ns
The correct spelling is kerns. A corn; grain; kernel.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A corn; grain; kernel.
- 2.The last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest.
- 3.The harvest home.
- 4.Any part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter.
- 5.A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; in archaic contexts often used as a term of contempt.
verb
- 1.(chiefly proportional font printing) 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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