kenning: Word of the day for April 26, 2018
kenning , n :
(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. […] (zoology, obsolete, rare) A chalaza or tread of an egg (a spiral band attaching the yolk of the egg to the eggshell); a cicatricula. […] (poetry) A metaphorical phrase used in Germanic poetry (especially Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way. […] (Northern England) A dry measure equivalent to half a bushel; a container with that capacity.
(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. […] (zoology, obsolete, rare) A chalaza or tread of an egg (a spiral band attaching the yolk of the egg to the eggshell); a cicatricula. […] (poetry) A metaphorical phrase used in Germanic poetry (especially Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way. […] (Northern England) A dry measure equivalent to half a bushel; a container with that capacity.
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