What's the difference between fern and hern?

Fern


Definition:

  • (adv.) Long ago.
  • (a.) Ancient; old. [Obs.] "Pilgrimages to . . . ferne halwes." [saints].
  • (n.) An order of cryptogamous plants, the Filices, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain a gigantic size.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After being thawed at room temperature, the two CM samples were compared as to their pH, spinnbarkeit and ferning patterns, and it was found that they are quite similar.
  • (2) Crude ferredoxin preparations were obtained from blue-green algae, green algae, ferns, and higher plants.
  • (3) A typical fern-like pattern was demonstrated by the crystallized mucus of the healthy individuals.
  • (4) Water ferns (Salviniaceae) and seed ferns (Pteridospermae) are known as the arbitrary type of Lycopsida which did not reach the state of shot structure of the body.
  • (5) Astrocyte endfeet of the GLM became irregular in contour, protruding in a fern-leaf fashion into the pial connective tissue.
  • (6) Thus, the fern bioassay may be an inexpensive means of detecting both chronic low dose and episodic high dose inputs of mutagenic pollutants into aquatic ecosystems.
  • (7) Cervical mucus from 6 demonstrated a 3 to 4+ fern phenomena, indicating significant endogenous estrogen production.
  • (8) Two of the epitopes (I and III) are widely conserved in 34 kDa proteins (presumably B-36 homologues) from the various species tested (Chlamydomonas, moss, fern, oat, onion, carrot, and bean).
  • (9) Words included in this title include mistletoe, gerbil, acorn, goldfish, guinea pig, dandelion, starling, fern, willow, conifer, heather, buttercup, sycamore, holly, ivy, and conker.
  • (10) Parameters studied were Schirmer's test, lacrimal meniscus height, break-up time, fluorescein and rose Bengal stains, conjunctival impression cytology, mucus staining, and the ferning test.
  • (11) The only parameter that correlated with sperm migration into post-partum mucus was ferning formation.
  • (12) ), Fern Probstmeyer, Robert McCombs, Jean P. Brunschwig, and Vladimir Vonka.
  • (13) Two glucosides to enhance histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells were isolated from rhizomes of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn) by column chromatography on Sephadex LH-20 and droplet counter-current chromatography, and named braxin A1 and A2.
  • (14) I picked the strawberries growing up the side of my compost loo for breakfast; physalis and ferns were growing inside my shower; I snacked on pitanga, a delicious sweet-sour berry.
  • (15) Ferning was present in 29% of pipette samples, averaging 0.41 mm2 in the form of FR in the total series.
  • (16) The anisotropic period, 7 days long, is inscribed within the ferning period.
  • (17) Axonemes from the heterosporous water fern Marsilea vestita were fixed in the presence of tannic acid and examined by thin-section electron microscopy.
  • (18) Powdered bracken fern mixed with a basic commercial diet (1:4 by weight) was fed to a group of 40 ICR strain mice for 20 weeks after the implantation of a glass bead into the bladder.
  • (19) I’m obviously a big supporter of the change, I think there are a lot of strong arguments in favour of the change.” Key has previously said he would prefer a new flag featuring the silver fern on a black background.
  • (20) For all the memorable showdowns between Paxman and Tony Blair, it was Fern Britton who extracted the critical admission from Blair that he would have wanted to remove Saddam whether or not Iraq had WMD.

Hern


Definition:

  • (n.) A heron; esp., the common European heron.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Butcher’s Arms Herne Facebook Twitter Pinterest Martyn Hillier at the Butcher’s Arms Now a place of pilgrimage and inspiration, the Butcher’s Arms was established by Martyn Hillier in 2005 when he opened for business in the three-metre by four-metre front room of a former butcher’s shop.
  • (2) The Butcher's Arms pub in Herne village, Kent, was saved by community investment.
  • (3) An investigation into undercover policing by the Met, named Operation Herne, is under way.
  • (4) The fall took place at a three-storey Victorian house in Herne Hill, near Brixton, where the group are believed to have lived for about seven years from 1997.
  • (5) Amikacin was shown to have no significant action on the activity of lymphocytes in the intact mice and stimulated both cellular (LT and GVHR) and humoral (the Herne test) immunity in the animals with lowered immunological reactivity.
  • (6) But as my colleague Alex Hern explained on Monday, there are sound reasons to take peer-to-peer, distributed currencies extremely seriously ( even if Bitcoin's rapidly fluctuating valuation suggests we're into serious bubble mania ) History does provide some lessons.
  • (7) Speaking at MCH Arena in Herning, home of FC Midjytlland, Van Gaal said: “It’s difficult to say but he was injured in the game versus Sunderland and has a knee problem.
  • (8) A neighbour of the Victorian property in Herne Hill, south of Brixton, where the group are believed to have lived for about seven years from 1997, said the household was known locally as "something to do with a cult".
  • (9) In one scrap of paper he imagines "as background, perhaps: An electric fête recalling the decorative lighting of Magic city or Luna Park or the Pier Pavilion at Herne Bay ..." So Herne Bay inspired him to realise the iconic work on glass rather than canvas.
  • (10) Herne is also investigating how undercover police used the identities of dead children and developed long-term sexual relationships with people they spied on.
  • (11) This is a report based on the results of an expertise prepared by the "Institute of Sociomedical Research" at the request of the town of Herne (North Rhine Westphalia) at the end of 1989.
  • (12) In his latest report on the conduct of undercover officers from Scotland Yard's Special Demonstration Squad (SDS), Operation Herne, he said: "Operation Herne has identified emerging evidence that in addition to the Stephen Lawrence campaign, a number of other justice campaigns have been mentioned within SDS records.
  • (13) 2.52pm: On Sven Tom Herne muses: "I can see our mate Sven taking over Portsmouth in that difficult summer period before being replaced at the start of the season.
  • (14) The spokesman said the Met had not shied away from issues raised by Operation Herne and another inquiry.
  • (15) Mel Gussow's Conversations With Pinter is published by Nick Hern Books (£9.99).
  • (16) He said he was determined to "keep some balance" in his investigation: "Herne is not about castigating the 100 or so SDS officers that served over 40 years, some of whom were incredibly brave."
  • (17) "It is the intention of Chief Constable Creedon and Operation Herne to inform all of the families involved and share, where possible, the knowledge and information held."
  • (18) For services to the community in Canterbury and Herne Bay, Kent.
  • (19) The two sites – the Carnegie library in Herne Hill, south-east London, and the Minet library nearby – closed their doors on 31 March before planned works to turn each one into a “community hub”, a combination of a largely unstaffed library and a private gym.
  • (20) Operation Herne has also led Chief Constable Mick Creedon to speak publicly about the brave and innovative operations carried out by the SDS, and those courageous operatives who undoubtedly helped save lives over many years.” The Met said it was providing full support to the public inquiry.

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