KERNS

noun

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

noun

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

verb

1. (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.