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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 kenning
 比喻的複合辭

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ken, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kenned p. pr. & vb. n. Kenning.]
 1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or Scot.]
 2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.] “We ken them from afar.”
    'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait.   --Shak.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ken·ning n.
 1. Range of sight. [Obs.]
 2. The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 ken
      n 1: range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken"
           [syn: cognizance]
      2: the range of vision; "out of sight of land" [syn: sight]
      [also: kent, kenning, kenned]

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 kenning
      See ken