"kerns" in the noun sense
1. Kern, Jerome Kern, Jerome David Kern
United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945)
2. kern
the part of a metal type that projects beyond its body
"kerns" in the verb sense
1. kern
furnish with a kern
2. kern
remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters)
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