kenning
(noun) conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Kenning (plural Kennings)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kenning is the 30701st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 759 individuals. Kenning is most common among White (95.92%) individuals.
kenning (plural kennings)
(obsolete) Sight, view; specifically a distant view at sea.
(obsolete) The range or extent of vision, especially at sea; (by extension) a marine measure of approximately twenty miles.
As little as one can discriminate or recognize; a small portion, a little.
• (sight, view; range of vision): ken
kenning
present participle of ken.
kenning (plural kennings)
(zoology, obsolete, rare) A chalaza or tread of an egg (a spiral band attaching the yolk of the egg to the eggshell); a cicatricula.
kenning (plural kennings)
(poetry) A metaphorical phrase used in Germanic poetry (especially Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way.
kenning (plural kennings)
(Northern England) A dry measure equivalent to half a bushel; a container with that capacity.
Source: Wiktionary
Ken"ning, n. Etym: [See Ken, v. t.]
1. Range of sight. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles.
Ken, n. Etym: [Perh. from kennel.]
Definition: A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves. [Slang, Eng.]
Ken, n. t. [imp. & p. p. Kenned; p. pr. & vb. n. Kenning.] Etym: [OE.kennen to teach, make known, know, AS. cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G. kennen to know, Goth. kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. sq. root45. See Can to be able, Know.]
1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or Scot.]
2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.] "We ken them from afar." Addison 'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. Shak.
Ken, v. i.
Definition: To look around. [Obs.] Burton.
Ken, n.
Definition: Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge. "Beyond his ken." Longfellow. Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension. South. It was relief to quit the ken And the inquiring looks of men. Trench.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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