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noun

Kernel n.

The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a shell, husk, or integument; as, the kernel of a nut. "'A were as good crack a fusty nut with no kernel"

A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn.

A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.

The central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist; the core; as, the kernel of an argument.

verb

Kernel v. i. (past & past part. kerneled or kernelled; pres. part. kerneling or kernelling) To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.

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Etymology of 'Kernel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Kernel" Quotes from Famous Books

... grow like a cup of beer that makes the brewer rich; my rye like a cavalier, that wears a huge feather in his cap, but hath no courage in his heart; hath[77] a long stalk, a goodly husk, but nothing so great a kernel as it was wont. My barley, even as many a novice, is cross-bitten,[78] as soon as ever he peeps out of the shell, so was it frost-bitten in the blad, yet pick'd up his crumbs again afterward, and bad "Fill pot, hostess," in spite of ...

— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VIII (4th edition) • Various

... reader what he reads, are brimful of these technical terms, which form dark points of interference where author and reader part company. But frequently they are something worse, being nothing but hollow shells without any kernel. The author himself has no clear perception of what he means, contents himself with vague ideas, which if expressed in plain language would be unsatisfactory even ...

— On War • Carl von Clausewitz

... "Only the kernel of every object nourishes. Where is he who tears off the husks for you and me? Where is he who undoes stratagems and envelopes for you ...

— Whitman - A Study • John Burroughs

... nut of romance and exaggeration, we come to the kernel of the story—that Avary did fall in with an Indian vessel laden with great treasure (and possibly with the Mogul's daughter), which he captured, and ...

— Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates • Howard Pyle

... world; she was born to die young, she was only made to bloom and fade!" Then, turning to Katharina, she went on: with kindly reproof. "Evil tongues gave me a very false idea of this girl. 'A silver kernel in a golden shell,' says the proverb, but in this case both alike are of gold.—Between you two—good God!—But I know what has blinded your clear eyes, poor little kitten. After all, we all see things as we wish to see them. I would lay a wager, dame Joanna, that you are of my opinion ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

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