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pern

noun
/pɜː(ɹ)n/

Etymology

Presumably from a verb pern, a variant of preen, from Middle English prene; pernyng is read by some editors in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (v. 611) and interpreted as the present participle of this verb, also reflected dialectally as pirn (“reel; bobbin”). See also pirl.

  1. inherited from prene

Definitions

  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 […]
    • Model of a patent machine for winding yarn from the hank, upon the shuttlecope or pern.
    • In one division the spindles carry the bobbins revolving inside a kind of cup or cone fitting down upon the pern, and the latter is shaped to fit accurately this conical surface.

  2. A honey buzzard

    A honey buzzard; Pernis apivorus.

  3. To take profit of

    To take profit of; to make profitable.

    • Those that, to ease their Purse, or please their Prince Pern their Profession
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA