Chapter I: Ilko. Ilka, each, every
_Ingle._ _Ingle_, fire, fire-place.
K.
_Kain._ _Kain_, fowls, etc., paid as rent by a farmer.
_Kames._ _Kames_, combs.
_Keel._ _Keel_, a raddle.
_Keeler._ _Keel_, a raddle; _ere_, an agent. One who uses a raddle; a weaver.
_Keeley._ _Keel_, a raddle; _ig_, implying an adjective. Raddle-like; resembling a raddle.
_Kett._ _Ket_, matted hair, fleece of wool.
_Kirk._ _Kirk_, church. Kirke, of similar derivation.
_Kirkbride._ _Kirk_, church; _bryde_, a bride. The church’s bride.
_Kirkby._ _Kirk_, church; _bý_, a habitation. A habitation belonging to the church; a parsonage.
_Kirker._ _Kirk_, church; _ere_, an agent. A churchman.
_Kirkham._ _Kirk_, church; _hám_, house. Church-house.
_Kirkland._ _Kirk_, church; _land_, land. Church-land.
_Kirkman._ _Kirk_, church; _man_, a man. A churchman.
_Kirkpatrick._ _Kirk_, church; _Patrick_, Patrick. Church of St. Patrick.
_Kirkwood._ _Kirk_, church; _wud_, wood. Church-wood.
_Kirn._ _Kirn_, the harvest-supper, a churn.
_Kitchen._ _Kitchen_, anything that is eaten with bread, or that serves for gravy, soup, etc.
_Kittle._ _Kittle_, ticklish, lively, apt. As a verb, it signifies to tickle.
_Knapp._ _Knap_, to strike sharply. A smart blow.
_Knapper._ _Knap_, to strike sharply; _ere_, an agent. One who strikes a smart blow.
_Kye._ _Kye_, cows.
_Kyle._ _Kyle_, a district in Ayrshire. Doubtless from _kyel_—the equivalent of _kye_, cows, and _el_, a personal suffix—a cowherd.
L.
_Laddey._ _Laddie_, diminutive of _lad_, a small lad, or boy.
_Laggen._ _Lagen_, the angle between the side and the bottom of a wooden dish.
_Lang._ _Lang_, long.
_Lear._ _Lear_, learning, knowledge.
_Linn._ _Linn_, a water-fall, a precipice.
_Lowe._ _Lowe_, a flame.
_Lounes._ _Lounes_, plural of _loun_, a fellow, a ragamuffin, a woman of easy virtue.
_Lowrie._ _Lowrie_, abbreviation of Lawrence. Lowry, from the same name. Lawrence, from the Latin, belonging to the laurel; secondarily, victorious.
_Lowse._ _Lowse_, to loose.
_Lum._ _Lum_, the chimney.
_Lunt._ _Lunt_, a column of smoke, to smoke.
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