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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Dern \Dern\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
     A gatepost or doorpost. [Local Eng.] --C. Kingsley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Dern \Dern\, a. [See {Dearn}, a.]
     1. Hidden; concealed; secret. [Obs.] ``Ye must be full
        dern.'' --Chaucer.
  
     2. Solitary; sad. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.

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