kern

n. light-armed foot-sol-dier (drawn from the poorerclass among the Irish)刻恩兵，爱尔兰轻武器步兵。
△Mac.1.2.13: “Of kerns and gallow-glasses is supplied.”得到了轻步兵和铁骑兵的增援。
△H.V.3.7.58 (52): “O then belikeshe was old and gentle,andyou rode like a kern of Ire-land.”啊，这么说她也许是又老又平和，你骑上去就像一个爱尔兰轻步兵。
△2H.VI.3.1.310:“The uncivil kerns of Irelandare in arms，”爱尔兰的粗野步兵已经起事了。

kern[kə:n]

n.核，果实，仁v.结果实
‖ kernel n.硬壳果仁，核心，要点，精髓
kernel carving果核雕刻
kernel language核心语言
kernelled adj.