Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In mining, to bore with a hand-jumper or kirner.
- Same as
kern for churn. - See
kern .
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Examples
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In some parts of Scotland, as well as in the north of England, the last handful of corn cut on the harvest-field was called the kirn, and the person who carried it off was said "to win the kirn."
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In some parts of Scotland, as well as in the north of England, the last handful of corn cut on the harvest-field was called the kirn, and the person who carried it off was said to win the kirn.
Chapter 45. The Corn-Mother and the Corn-Maiden in Northern Europe 1922
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At length the harvest was finished; or, as the phrase of the district was, clyack was gotten -- a phrase with the derivation, or even the exact meaning of which, I am unacquainted; knowing only that it implies something in close association with the feast of harvest-home, called the kirn in other parts of Scotland.
David Elginbrod George MacDonald 1864
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By dint of assiduous research I am enabled to certiorate the reader, that the name of this person was Saunders Broadfoot, and that he dealt in the wholesome commodity called kirn-milk (_Anglic, _ butter-milk).
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* By dint of assiduous research I am enabled to certiorate the reader, that the name of this person was Saunders Broadfoot, and that he dealt in the wholesome commodity called kirn-milk (_Anglice ', _ butter-milk).
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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In some parts of Scotland, as well as in the north of England, the last handful of corn cut on the harvest-field was called the kirn, and the person who carried it off was said “to win the kirn.”
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By dint of assiduous research I am enabled to certiorate the reader, that the name of this person was Saunders Broadfoot, and that he dealt in the wholesome commodity called kirn-milk (Anglice’, butter-milk). —
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'kirn' is due to the fact that a churnful of cream is a feature of the night's entertainment.
Marmion Walter Scott 1801
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He is going to be in real deep kirn chee when word of this gets back to Admin.
Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows Lackey, Mercedes 1990
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"This is where the kirn starts," and looking over my shoulder as I ran
The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars
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