noun an idler; a vagabond.
2. kern ·noun a churn.
3. kern ·vi to harden, as corn in ripening.
4. kern ·add. ·noun the harvest-home.
5. kern ·vt to form with a kern. ·see 2d kern.
6. kern ·add. ·noun kernel; corn; grain.
7. kern ·noun any kind of boor or low-lived person.
8. kern ·noun a hand mill. ·see quern.
9. kern ·add. ·noun the last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest.
10. kern ·vi to take the form of kernels; to granulate.
11. kern ·noun a part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank.
12. kern ·noun a light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of ireland and scotland;
distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt.