Chapter C: B. caeth, bound; Ir. caitin, shag

~Kett~, _s._ The weed called quick-grass. S. A.

~Ketty~, _adj._ Matted, S. A.

KETCHE-PILLARIS, _s. pl._ Players at ball.

_Dunbar._

Teut. _kaetse-spel_, ludus pilae.

KETHAT, _s._ A robe or cassock.

_Dunbar._

KETRAIL, KYTRAL, _s._ A term expressive of the greatest contempt and abhorrence.

V. ~Kytral~.

_Gl. Sibb._

Teut. _ketter_, haereticus.

KETTRIN, _s. pl._

V. ~Cateranes~.

_To_ KEVE, _v. a._ To toss.

V. ~Cave~.

KEVEL.

V. ~Kavel~.

_To_ KEVEL, _v. n._ To wrangle, S. A.

_J. Nicol._

Alem. _kyffel-n_, Su. G. _kifw-a_, _kaeb-la_, id.

KEWIS, _s. pl._ Line of conduct.

_Dunbar._

Fr. _queue_, conclusion of a business.

KY, _s. pl._ Cows, S.

O. Fris. _kij_.

_Douglas._

_To_ KIAUVE, _v. a._ To work, to knead, Moray.

_Popular Ball._

Isl. _kef-ia_, supprimere.

KIBBLE, KYBILL, _adj._ Strong and active, S. B.

_Wyntown._

KICK, _s._ A novelty. S.

Isl. _kaek-r_, gestus indecorus.

~Kicky~, _adj._

1. Showy, gaudy, S.

_Shirrefs._

2. Aiming at what is above one's station, S.

_To_ KID, _v. n._ To toy, Fife.

Su G. _kaet-jas_, lascivire.

KID, KAID, _s._ The tick or sheep-louse.

_Polwart._

KYDD, _part. pa._ Manifested; from _kythe_.

_Sir Gawan._

KIDDY, _adj._ Wanton, Ang.

V. ~Caigie~.

KIDE, _s._ Perh. q. _Kith_, q. v.

_Sir Gawan._

KIGH, _s._ A slight tickling cough, S.

Germ. _keich-en_, tussire.

KIGHENHEARTED, KICKENHEARTED, _adj._ Fainthearted, S.

Isl. Sw. _kikn-a_, spiritum amittere.

_To_ KIGHER, KICKER, _v. n._ To titter, S.

Germ. _kicker-n_, id.

KIL, A term entering into the formation of many names of places in S.

_Stat. Acc._

From Gael. _cill_, a cell, as denoting that this was once the abode
of a religious.

KYLE, _s._ A sound, a strait, S.

_Martin._

Gael. _caolas_, id. Isl. _kyll_, gurges.

KILE, KYLE, _s._ A chance.

_Ross._

Corr. from _Cavil_, q. v.

KILL, _s._ A kiln, S. _To fire the kill_, to raise a combustion.

_Wodrow._

~Kill-spendin~, _s._ An old term for the fire of a kiln, Ang. from the great _expenditure_ of fuel.

_To_ ~Kill~, _v. a._ To kiln dry, S.

_Fountainhall._

KILLING, _s._ Cod.

V. ~Keeling~.

KILLOGIE, _s._

V. ~Logie~.

KILLYLEEPY, _s._ The common sandpiper, Loth.

KILT, KELT, _s._ A loose dress, extending from the belly to the knee, in the form of a petticoat, S.

_Boswell._

Su. G. _kilt_, _kiolt_, Isl. _kellta_, sinus vestis anterior.

_To_ ~Kilt~, ~kilt up~, _v. a._

1. To tuck up, S.

_Douglas._

Dan. _kilt-er op_, Su. G. _upkilt-a_, id.

2. To lift up any thing quickly, Ang.

_Cleland._

~Kilting~, _s._ The lap of a woman's petticoat that is tucked up, S.

_Kelly._

KILT-RACK, _s._ That which lifts up the rack of a mill, Ang.

V. ~Kilt~, _v._

KILTER, _s._ Entertainment.

_Ramsay._

The same with E. _kelter_, preparation.

KIN, _s._ Kind, S. as _alkin_, all kind of.

_Palice Hon._

A. S. _cinne_, Isl. _kin_, id.

~Kinbot~, _s._ The mulct to be paid to survivors for the sudden slaughter of a relative.

_Fordun._

A. S. _cin_, kindred, and _bot_, compensation.

KYND, _s._ Nature.

_Wyntown._

~Kynd~, ~Kyndly~, _adj._

1. Natural, kindred.

_Wyntown._

2. Native.

_Douglas._

KINGERVIE, _s._ A species of wrasse.

_Sibbald._

KING'S-HOOD, _s._ The second of the four stomachs in ruminating animals, S.

_Burns._

KING'S-WEATHER, _s._ The exhalations arising from the earth in a warm day, Loth.

_To_ KINK, _v. n._

1. To labour for breath, in a severe fit of coughing, S.

Teut. _kink-en_, difficulter spirare.

2. To laugh immoderately, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

3. To puke, Galloway.

_Davidson._

~Kink~, _s._

1. A violent fit of coughing, attended with suspension of breathing, S.

_Morison._

2. A convulsive fit of laughter, S.

A. S. _cincung_, cachinnatio.

~Kinkhost~, _s._ The hooping-cough, S.

_Montgomerie._

Belg. _kink-hoest_, Su. G. _kikhosta_, id.

KINKEN, _s._ A small barrel, a cag, S. B.

_Spalding._

KINNEN, _s._ A rabbit, S.

V. ~Cuning~.

KINRENT, KYNRENT, _s._ Kindred.

A. S. _cynrene_, _cynryn_, id.

_Wallace._

KYNRIK, _s._

1. Kingdom.

_Wallace._

2. Possession of a kingdom.

_Acts Ja. I._

A. S. _cynric_, regnum.

KINSCH, _s._ Apparently, kindred.

_Montgomerie._

KINSCH, KINCH, _s._

1. The twist or doubling given to a cord or rope, S.

2. A cross rope capped about one stretched longitudinally, and tightening it, S.

_Gl. Moray._

3. An advantage unexpectedly obtained.

_Ibid._

Isl. _kinka_, artuum nodus; Belg. _kink_, a bend.

_To_ ~Kinsch~, _v. a._ To twist and fasten a rope, as above described, S.

KIOW-OWS, _s. pl._

1. Silly tattles, trifling discourse, S. B.

2. Things of a trivial nature, S. B.

Corr. perhaps from E. _gewgaws_.

_To_ ~Kiow-ow~, _v. n._ To trifle either in discourse or conduct, S. B.

_To_ KIP, _v. a._ To take the property of another by fraud or violence, Loth.

Su. G. _kipp-a_, to seize violently.

_To_ KIP, _v. n._ To play the truant, Loth.

KIPPAGE, _s._ Disorder, confusion, S. Loth.

KIPPER, _s._

1. Salmon in the state of spawning, S. A. _reid fische_, synon.

_Acts Ja. IV._

Teut. _kipp-en_, excludere ova.

2. Salmon salted, hung and dried, S.

_To_ ~Kipper~, _v. a._ To cure fish by means of salt and pepper, and by hanging them up, S.

_Statist. Acc._

KIR, _adj._ Cheerful, Ayrs.

Isl. _kirr_, tranquillus.

KIRK, _s._

1. The body of Christians adhering to one doctrine, S.

_Scots Confess._

2. A house appropriated for public worship, S.

A. S. _cyrce_, ecclesia.

_Knox._

_To_ ~Kirk~, _v. a._ To carry to church; as to _kirk a bride_, &c. S.

_Wallace._

~Kirk the gussie~, a play in which a large ball, called the _gussie_, is beat with clubs into a hole, one party opposing another. When the ball is lodged, the _gussie_ is said to be _kirkit_, Ang.

~Kirkine~, _adj._ Belonging to the church.

_Houlate._

~Kirk-maister~, _s._ A deacon in the church.

_Acts Ja. VI._

Teut. _kerk-maester_, aedituus.

~Kirkman~, _s._ A churchman.

_Knox._

~Kirk-town~, _s._ A village or hamlet in which the parish-church is erected, S.

_To_ KIRN, _v. a._

1. To churn, S.

_Ferguson._

A. S. _cern-an_, id.; Teut. _kern-en_.

2. To throw any thing into a disorderly state, S.

~Kirn~, _s._

1. A churn, S.

_Kelly._

Teut. _kerne_, id.

2. Metaph. applied to a mire, S.

~Kirnen~, _s._ Familiarity, S. B.

_Journal Lond._

~Kirn-milk~, _s._ Buttermilk, S.

Teut. _kern-melck_, id.

_Complaynt._

~Kirn-staff~, _s._ The instrument employed for agitating the cream in churning. S.

_Ferguson._

KIRN, _s._

1. The feast of harvest-home, S.

_Burns._

2. The last handful of grain cut down on the harvest-field S.

KIRNEL, KYRNEILL, _s._ An interstice in a battlement.

_Barbour._