| Kern (kûrn), Jerome David 1885-1945. American composer of numerous musicals, including Show Boat (1927), and more than a thousand songs, such as "Ol' Man River" and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." |
| kern 1 also kerne (kûrn) n. 1. A medieval Scottish or Irish foot soldier. 2. A loutish person. [Middle English kerne, from Middle Irish ceithern, ceithernn, band of soldiers, from Old Irish.] |
| kern 2 (kûrn) Printing n. The portion of a typeface that projects beyond the body or shank of a character. tr.v. kerned, kern·ing, kerns 1. To provide (type) with a kern. 2. To adjust space between (characters) in typeset text. [French carne, corner, from Old North French, from Latin card  , cardin-, hinge.] |
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