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Queen Victoria. It has six keys, and is the predecessor of the great tribe of cornets. Kent-ledge. Pigs of iron for permanent ballast, laid over the keelson-plates. Ke′per. A German twilled linen goods resembling marsella. Kofer. Ker′a-tome. A surgical knife used in the operation for artificial pupil. Also called iridectome or artificial-pupil knife. It is spear-pointed, doubleedged, and may be straight or angular. It is used for making an incision through the cornea into Kern. 1. (Printing.) The part of a letter which overhangs the shank. It occurs more frequently in italic than in Roman: jolly old fag embraces the kerned letters of an italic font. 2. (Milling.) A hand-mill for grain. See Quern. Ker′sey. （Fabric.) A probable corruption of Jersey, whence it came. A coarse ribbed cloth made from wool of long staple. Ker-sey-mere′. （Fabric.) A light woolen twilled goods with an oil finish, for men's wear. Named from Kersey,