Kernel

Definition of Kernel

Ker´nel

n.	1.	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. See Illust. of Endocarp. 'A were as good crack a fusty nut with no kernel - Shak.
	2.	A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn.
	3.	A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
	4.	The central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist; the core; as, the kernel of an argument.
v. i.	1.	To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels. [imp. & p. p. Kerneled or Kernelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Kerneling or Kernelling.]

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