Vocabulary : Kerchiefs to Kern baby

Kerchiefs : of Kerchief
Kerchieft : Dressed; hooded; covered; wearing a kerchief.
Kerf : A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing.
Kerish : Clownish; boorish.
Kerite : A compound in which tar or asphaltum combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber; -- used principally as an insulating material in telegraphy.

Kerl : See Carl.
Kermes : The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect (Coccus ilicis), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several species of oak near the Mediterranean. They are round, about the size of a pea, contain coloring matter analogous to carmine, and are used in dyeing. They were anciently thought to be of a vegetable nature, and were used in medicine. ;; A small European evergreen oak (Quercus coccifera) on which the kermes insect (Coccus ilicis) feeds. ;; A genus of scale insects including many species that feed on oaks. The adult female resembles a small gall.
Kermesse : See Kirmess.
Kern : A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt. ;; Any kind of boor or low-lived person. ;; An idler; a vagabond. ;; A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank. ;; To form with a kern. See 2d Kern. ;; A churn. ;; A hand mill. See Quern. ;; To harden, as corn in ripening. ;; To take the form of kernels; to granulate. ;; Kernel; corn; grain. ;; The last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest. ;; The harvest-home.
Kern baby : A doll or image decorated with corn (grain) flowers, etc., carried in the festivals of a kern, or harvest-home. Called also harvest queen.

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