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perns

perns is the plural of pern.

Meaning of pern

Noun (1)

pern (plural perns)

  1. Part of a spinning wheel, a conical spool onto which the thread is wound from the spindle.
    • […] these yarns are to be wove in the usual way of weaving canvas, but the weft to come off the pern or quill double […]1813 February 4, “Specification of the Patent granted to William Broughton […] for a Method of making a peculiar Species of Canvas”, in The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture, page 72

Noun (2)

pern (plural perns)

  1. A honey buzzard; Pernis apivorus.

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Questions about perns

What is perns the plural of?
Perns is the plural of pern.

Words near perns in the dictionary

  1. Pernods
  2. pernor
  3. pernors
  4. Pernot furnace
  5. Pernot furnaces
  6. perns
  7. Pernsteiner
  8. Pernsteiners
  9. pernt
  10. pernts
  11. Pernyi moth

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