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 Kernel (Anglo-Saxon, cyrnel, a diminutive of corn; seed in general),Kerseymere. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Kersey.
 
A coarse cloth, usually ribbed, and woven from long wool; said to be so named from Kersey, in Suffolk, where it was originally made.   1
 


 Kernel (Anglo-Saxon, cyrnel, a diminutive of corn; seed in general),Kerseymere. 

 
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