Definition:
kerns
- kernsto cover with crystalline grains of salt; salt (meat)
- kernsthe central area of any horizontal section of a wall, column, etc., within which the resultant forces of all compressive loads must pass if there is to be only compression at that point
- kernsto form or furnish with a kern, as a type or letter
- kernspart of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters
- kernsto remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) in preparation for printing
- kerns(of a tree or plant) to produce or form kernels, hard grain, or seed
- kernsKERN, to be formed with a projecting typeface
- kernsto cause to granulate, esp. to granulate salt