Kern

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt. Macaulay. Now for our Irish wars; We must supplant those rough, rug-headed kerns. Shak.

2. Any kind of boor or low-lived person. [Obs.] Blount.

3. An idler; a vagabond. Wharton.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A churn. [Prov. Eng.]

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A hand mill. See Quern. Johnson.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To form with a kern. See 2d Kern.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To harden, as corn in ripening. [Obs.] Carew.

2. To take the form of kernels; to granulate. [Obs.] It is observed that rain makes the salt kern. Dampier.