| Pronunciation: | | 'kening
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry |
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KENNING is a 7 letter word that starts with K. |
| | See Also: | | figure, figure of speech, image, trope |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ken"ning\, n. [See {Ken}, v. t.]
1. Range of sight. [Obs.] --Bacon.
2. The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about
twenty miles.
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