KENNING - Definition

Pronunciation:		'kening
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry

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	See Also:	figure, figure of speech, image, trope

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	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.