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Webster 1913 Edition

Dern

Dern

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Noun.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
A gatepost or doorpost.
[Local Eng.]
C. Kingsley.

Dern

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Adj.
[See
Dearn
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Adj.
]
1.
Hidden; concealed; secret.
[Obs.]
“Ye must be full dern.”
Chaucer.
2.
Solitary; sad.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dern

DERN

,
Adj.
Solitary; sad; cruel.

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