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kirners

kirners is the plural of kirner.

Meaning of kirner

Noun

kirner (plural kirners)

  1. (Scotland) A hand-operated jumper.
    • It may be noted here that all the holes were bored with an ordinary boring ratchet, and although the hole is larger than the one prepared for powder, yet it was not considered that any extra labour was taken in the boring owing to the boring ratchet being used instead of the ordinary jumper or...1887, Mining Institute of Scotland, Transactions - Volume 8, page 178

Questions about kirners

What is kirners the plural of?
Kirners is the plural of kirner.

Words near kirners in the dictionary

  1. Kirmse
  2. Kirmses
  3. Kirmān
  4. Kirn
  5. kirner
  6. kirners
  7. Kirnon
  8. Kirns
  9. kirombo
  10. kirombos
  11. Kiron

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