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Chapter I: Ilko. Ilka, each, every

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_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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