Kern

1. A corn; grain; kernel.
2. The last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest.
3. The harvest home.

noun

Any part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter.

verb

(chiefly proportional font printing) To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters (characters or glyphs); to perform such adjustments to a portion of text, according to preset rules.

1. A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; in archaic contexts often used as a term of contempt.
2. A boor; a low person.
3. An idler; a vagabond.

noun

A mill for grinding corn, especially a hand-mill made of two circular stones.

noun

A churn.