Chapter C: B. caer, a fort

_Statist. Acc._

_To_ KEYRTH, _v. a._ To scratch.

Su. G. _kratt-a_, id.

_Dunbar._

_To_ KEYTCH, _v. a._ To toss, S.

V. ~Cache~.

_Ramsay._

~Keytch~, ~Kytch~, _s._ A toss, S.

_Kelly._

KEITH, _s._ A sort of dam, Perths.

_Stat. Acc._

Germ. _kette_, Su. G. _ked_, a chain.

_To_ KEKKIL, KEKIL, _v. n._

1. To cackle, S.

_Complaynt S._

2. To laugh aloud, S.

_Douglas._

Teut. _kackel-en_, Su. G. _kakl-a_, id.

KELCHYN, KELTEN, _s._ A mulct paid by one guilty of manslaughter, generally to the kindred of the person killed.

_Reg. Maj._

Gael. _gial_ and _cinnea_, expl. "paid to one's kinsmen;" or A. S.
_geld_, compensatio, and _cynn_, cognatio.

_To_ KELE, _v. a._ To kill.

_Douglas._

A. S. _cwell-an_, id.

KELL, _s._

1. A dress for a woman's head.

_Douglas._

2. The hinder part of a woman's cap, the _caul_, S.

Belg. _kovel_, a coif.

KELLACH, KELLACHY, _s._ A small cart of wicker, fixed to a square frame and tumbling shafts, Ang.

_Statist. Acc._

Isl. Su. G. _kaelke_, a dray or sledge.

KELPIE, WATER-KELPIE, _s._

1. The spirit of the waters, who, as is vulgarly believed, gives previous intimation of the destruction of those who perish within his jurisdiction, by preternatural lights and noises, and even assists in drowning them, S.

_Minstrelsy Border._

Alem. _chalp_, Germ. _kalb_, a calf?

2. A raw-boned youth.

_Gl. Shirr._

KELT, _s._ Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool, S. used both as a _s._ and _adj._

_Gl. Shirr._

_Leg. St Androis._

Isl. _kult_, tapestry, or any raised work.

KELT, _s._ A salmon that has been spawning, a foul fish, S.

_Statist. Acc._

Belg. _kuytvisch_ id. _kuyt_, Teut. _kiete_, spawn.

_To_ KELTER, _v. n._ To move in an undulating manner, S.

Germ. _kelter_, vivarium.

KELTER, _s._ Money, Dumfr.

Germ. _gelt_, id.

KELTIE, _s._ A large glass or bumper, imposed under the notion of punishment on those who, as it is expressed, do not _drink fair_, S. _Keltie's mends_, id.

_Statist. Acc._

KELTIES, _s. pl._ Children, Ang.

Su. G. _kullt_, a boy.

KEMBIT, _s._ The pith of hemp, Ayrs.

Gael. _cainab_, hemp.

To KEME, _v. a._ To comb.

V. ~Kaim~.

KEMESTER, _s._ A wool-comber, S.

_Burrow Lawes._

_To_ KEMP, _v. n._ To strive, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _camp-ian_, Su. G. _kaemp-a_, certare.

~Kemp~, _s._

1. A champion.

_Douglas._

A. S. _cempa_, miles; Su.G. _kaempe_, athleta.

2. Sometimes it includes the idea of strength and uncommon size.

_Bannatyne Poems._

3. The champion of a party in controversy.

_Winyet._

Dan. _kempe_, a giant; Isl. miles robustus.

~Kemp~, _s._ The act of striving for superiority, S.

_J. Nicol._

~Kemper~, _s._

1. One who strives; now generally applied to reapers striving on the harvest-field, S.

2. One who is supposed to excel in any respect, S.

_Ross._

Isl. _kaemper_, is the pl. of _kaempe_.

~Kempin~, _s._ The act of striving on the harvest-field, S.

_A. Douglas._

_To_ KEMPEL, _v.a._ To cut into separate parts, S. B.

Su. G. _kappa_, L. B. _kapul-are_, to amputate.

KEMPLE, _s._ Forty wisps or bottles of straw or hay, S.

_Courant._

_To_ KEN, _v. a._

1. To know, S.

O. E.

2. To make known.

_Wyntown._

3. To direct, in relation to a course.

_Douglas._

4. To direct, as to the means, S. B.

Isl. _kenn-a_, docere, instituere.

_Barbour._

5. To be able.

_Wyntown._

6. _To ken a_ widow _to her terce_, to set apart her proportion of the lands which belonged to her deceased husband; a forensic phrase, S.

_Fountainhall._

Su. G. _kaenn-a_, cognoscere, sensu forensi.

_To_ ~Ken~, _v. n._ To be acquainted.

_Wallace._

~Kennin~, _s._

1. Acquaintance, S. B.

2. A taste or smack of any thing, S.

3. A small portion, S.

_J. Nicol._

4. A slight degree, S.

_Burns._

Su. G. _kaenn-a_, to discover by the senses.

~Kenspeckle~, _adj._ Having so singular an appearance, as to be easily recognised, S.

_J. Nicol._

From _ken_, and A. S. _specce_, a mark.

KENE, KEYNE, _adj._

1. Daring.

_Gawan and Gol._

2. Cruel.

_Sir Tristrem._

A. S. _cene_, Su. G. _koen_, audax.

KENERED, _pret._ Stirred.

_Sir Gawan._

From C. B. _cynhyrv-u_, to move, to stir.

KENT, _s._ A long staff used by shepherds for leaping over ditches or brooks, S.

_Ross._

_To_ KEP, KEPP, KEIP, _v. a._

1. To intercept, S.

_Douglas._

2. To receive in the act of falling, S.

_Bellenden._

3. To meet in a hostile way.

_Barbour._

4. To meet in an amicable way, S. B.

_Gawan and Gol._

5. To meet accidentally, S.

A. S. _cep-an_, Teut. _kepp-en_, captare.

~Kepar~, _s._ One who catches at a thing.

_Dunbar._

KEPE, _s._ Care, heed. _To tak kepe_, to take care.

_Wallace._

A. S. _cep-an_, curare, advertere.

KER, KAR, _adj._ Left, S.

_Skene._

Gael. _caerr_, id.

KER, _s._ The soft kernel of suet, Ang.

KERB, KIRB STONES, The large stones on the borders of a causeway; or _curb-stones_, because serving as a fence to the rest, S.

_Statist. Acc._

KERS, KERSS, _s._

V. ~Carse~.

KERSSES, _s. pl._ Cresses, S.

A. S. _caerse_, Belg. _kerss_, id.

KEST, KEIST, _pret. v._

1. Threw.

_Complaynt S._

2. Threw off in the chase.

_Douglas._

3. Contrived, formed a plan.

_Wallace._

KEST, _part. pa._ Cased.

_Houlate._

KET, KETT, _s._ The flesh of animals that have died of disease or from accident, Loth. Bord.

Su. G. _koett_, Isl. _kaet_, caro?

_To_ ~Ket~. _v. a._ To corrupt.

_Henrysone._

KET, KETT, _s._ A matted fleece, S.

_Burns._