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Kern

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Noun

1. jerome david kern, jerome kern, kern

United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945)

2. kern

the part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its body

Verb

3. kern

furnish with a kern

4. kern

remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters)

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Kern

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noun
1. 
the part of the character on a piece of printer's type that projects beyond the body
verb
2. (transitive)
to furnish (a typeface) with a kern
noun
1. (in medieval Ireland or Scotland)
a lightly armed foot soldier
2. 
a troop of such soldiers
3. archaic
a loutish peasant
noun
engineering
the central area of a wall, column, etc, through which all compressive forces pass
noun
Jerome (David). 1885–1945, US composer of musical comedies, most notably Show Boat (1927)

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Kern

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Jerome (David)1885-1945; U.S. composer
noun
1. 
that part of the face of a printed character which projects beyond the body
verb transitive
2. 
to put a kern on (a printed character)
noun
1.  Archaic
a medieval Irish or Scottish foot soldier armed with light weapons
2. 
an Irish peasant

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Kern

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n.
1. A medieval Scottish or Irish foot soldier.
2. A loutish person.
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.
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."

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