kernel

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  1. noun A grain or seed, as of a cereal grass, enclosed in a husk.
  2. noun The inner, usually edible seed of a nut or fruit stone.
  3. noun The most material and central part; the core: "that hard kernel of gaiety that never breaks” (Evelyn Waugh).

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  • The main part of the executioner's duty was performed to his hand; the kernel was already consumed.... They sung psalms, ate a hearty meal: they heard the summons of the sheriff; their arms were pinioned; the halter was put about their neck; the cap was brought over their eyes, and they dropped into eternity with more indifference than the ox goes to the slaughter. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2), by John West
  • As you can see, this kernel is almost identical to the multiply kernel. —  Flex.org - Rich Internet Application Development
  • The very nature of the Gnu-Linux system seems to indicate that changing the kernel is a doable option. —  ZDNET.com.au
  • Getting this code into the kernel was a classic example of working well with the community. —  LXer Linux News
  • The menu. lst on the Seagate drive should work, and the kernel should be able to read the partition. —  PCLinuxOS-Forums
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  1. Middle English, from Old English cyrnel; see gr̥ə-no- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English kirnel, kyrnel, from Anglo-Saxon cyrnel, a little corn or grain, diminutive of corn, a corn or grain: see corn. Cf. kern.
  2. from Middle English *kirnelen, kyrnellen; from kernel, n.
  3. A variant of carnel, ultimately of crenel, crenelle
 

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