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Traditional English :: kern(1)
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kernis.html - n. Printing the part of a metal type projecting beyond its body or shank. kerned adj. [perh. f. F carne corner f. OF charne f. L cardo cardinis hinge] |
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Traditional English :: kern(2)
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kernis.html - n.
(also kerne)
1 hist. a light-armed Irish foot-soldier.
2 a peasant; a boor. [ME f. Ir. ceithern] |
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Traditional English :: kernel
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kernis.html - n. 1 a central, softer, usu. edible part within a hard shell of a nut, fruit stone, seed, etc. 2 the whole seed of a cereal. 3 the nucleus or essential part of anything. [OE cyrnel, dimin. of CORN(1)] |
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Traditional English :: keratin
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kernis.html - n.
a fibrous protein which occurs in hair, feathers, hooves, claws, horns, etc. [Gk keras keratos horn + -IN] |
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Traditional English :: keratinize
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kernis.html - v.tr. & intr. (also -ise) cover or become covered with a deposit of keratin. |
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Traditional English :: keratose
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kernis.html - adj.
(of sponge) composed of a horny substance. [Gk keras keratos horn + -OSE(1)] |
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