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noun (1)
a light-armed foot soldier of medieval Ireland or Scotland
yokel
geographical name
river 150 miles (241 kilometers) long in south central California flowing southwest into a reservoir
noun (2)
a part of a typeset letter that projects beyond its side bearings
verb
transitive + intransitive
to adjust or specify the width of the side bearings between certain pairs of adjacent characters in order to improve the appearance and legibility of composed text a kerned font [=a font that includes kerned letter pairs] With the spacing set up (accounting for wider letters like M and W) I started kerning. This was a massively painstaking process.—James Barnard
manually kerning pairs of letters
biographical name
Jerome David 1885–1945 American composer
biographical name
Jerome David 1885–1945 American composer
Noun (1) Middle English kerne, from Middle Irish cethern band of soldiers Noun (2) French carne corner, from French dialect, from Latin cardin-, cardo hinge Verb derivative of kern >entry 2
The first known use of kern was in the 15th century