Part 29
_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._
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._
L. B. _kernellae_, id.; Fr. _crenelé_, embattled.
KISH, _s._ A shining powdery matter, which separates from pig-iron long kept in a melted state.
KISSING-STRINGS, _s. pl._ Strings tied under the chin, S.
_Ross._
KIST, KYST, _s._
1. A chest. S.
_Wallace._
2. A coffin, S., sometimes _dead-kist_.
_Spalding._
A. S. _cest_, Germ. _kist_, Su. G. _kist-a_, Lat. _cist-a_, a chest, in general. A. S. _cyste_, a coffin, Belg. _doodkist_, id.
_To_ ~Kist~, _v. a._ To inclose in a coffin, S.
_Spalding._
~Kisting~, _s._ The act of putting a corpse into a coffin, with the entertainment given on this melancholy occasion, S.
KIT, _s._ _A' the kit_, or _the haill kit_, all taken together, S.
_R. Galloway._
Su. G. _kyt-a_, to exchange, q. _the haill coup_, the whole barter.
KITCHEN, KITCHING, _s._
1. Solids, as opposed to liquids.
_Balfour._
2. Any thing eaten with bread, S.
_Statist. Acc._
3. An allowance instead of milk, butter, small beer, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Isl. _kiot_, Su. G. _koett_, flesh; or Dan. _kiokken_, dressed food.
_To_ ~Kitchen~, _v. a._ To serve as _kitchen_, S.
_Burns._
KITCHEN, _s._ A tea-urn, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
KITCHEN-FEE, _s._ The drippings of meat roasted before the fire, S.
KYTE, _s._
1. The belly, S.
_Lyndsay._
2. The stomach, S.
_Kelly._
Isl. _kwid-r_, Moes. G. _quid_, venter; Isl. _quidar fylli_, S. _fow kyte_.
~Kyte-fow~, _s._ A belly-full, S.
KITH, _s._
1. Acquaintances or relations, S. _Kith or kin_.
_Burns._
2. Shew, appearance.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _cythe_, notitia.
_To_ ~Kythe~, ~Kyith~, _v. a._
1. To shew, S.
_K. Quair._
2. To practise.
_Sir Tristrem._
3. To cause, to produce.
_Id._
A. S. _cyth-an_, ostendere.
_To_ ~Kythe, Kyith~, _v. n._ To be manifest, S.
_Maitland P._
KYTRAL, _s._ A contemptuous designation.
V. ~Ketrail~.
_Montgomerie._
KITTIE, KITTOCK, _s._
1. A loose woman, S. B. _cuttie_, S. A.
_Dunbar._
2. A term of disrespect for a female, though not necessarily implying lightness of carriage, S.
V. ~Caigie~.
Su. G. _kaett_, wanton.
_Chr. Kirk._
KYTTIT, _part. pa._ Daubed with a viscous substance.
_Bannatyne P._
Dan. _kitt-er_, Sw. _kitta_, to cement.
KITTIWAKE, _s._ The tarrock, S.
_Sibbald._
KITTY-WREN, _s._ The wren, S.
_To_ KITTLE, _v. a._
1. To litter.
_Minstr. Bord._
2. To bring forth kittens, S.
Su. G. _kitsla_, id. from _katt_, a cat; or Isl. _kad_, foetus recens.
~Kittling~, _s._ A kitten, S.
_To_ KITTLE, KITILL, _v. a._
1. To tickle, S.
A. S. _citel-an_, Belg. _kittel-en_, Isl. _kitl-a_, id. Perh. the root is Isl. _kid-a_, molliter fricare.
2. To excite a pleasant sensation in the mind.
_Douglas._
3. To enliven, to excite, S.
_Ramsay._
4. To puzzle, to perplex, S.
~Kittle~, _adj._
1. Easily tickled, S.
Teut. _keteligh_, id.
2. Attended with difficulty, in a literal sense; as, _a kittle gait_, a road that one is apt to lose, or in which one is in danger of falling, S.
3. Not easily managed; as, _a kittle horse_, S.
Teut. _ketelig peerd_, id.
_Mellvill's MS._
4. Not easily articulated; as _kittle words_. S.
_Hogg._
5. Variable, applied to the weather, S.
6. Nice, intricate, in a moral sense; as, _a kittle question_.
_Wodrow._
7. Squeamish, applied to the conscience, S.
_Spotswood._
8. Vexatious, implying the idea of danger, S.
_Beattie._
9. Likely, apt.
_Burns._
~Kittlie~, _adj._ Itchy, S. B.
~Kittle-the-cout~, ~Kittlie-cout~, a game among young people, in which a handkerchief being hid, one is employed to seek it, S.; q. puzzle the colt.
KIVE, _s._ "Mashing-fat."
_Kelly._
KLIPPERT, _s._ A shorn sheep, S.
_Journ. Lond._
KNAB, _s._
1. One who possesses a small independence; _a little laird_, S.
_Forbes._
2. A leader or general.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
Germ. _knab_, puer nobilis; Isl. _knap-ar_. vulgus nobilium.
~Knabby~, ~Knabbish~, _adj._ Possessing independence in a middling line, S.
_To_ KNACK, KNAK, _v. a._ To taunt.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _knack-a_, to tap, to pat, q. to strike smartly; or Isl. _nagg-a_, litigare.
~Knack~, ~Knak~, _s._ pron. _nack_.
1. A gibe, a sharp repartee, S.
_Douglas._
2. A trick, S.
_Ramsay._
~Knacky~, _adj._
1. Quick at repartee, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Acute, but at the same time facetious, S.
_Ruddiman._
3. Applied to what is entertaining; as, _a nacky story_, S.
_Ramsay._
~Knackety~, _adj._ Self-conceited, S.
KNAG, _s._ A knob on which any thing is hung, S.
_Popular Ball._
Su. G. _knoge_, condylus.
~Knaggie~, _adj._
1. Having protuberances.
_Burns._
2. Tart and ill-humoured, _knaggit_, Fife.
_Cleland._
KNAGGIE, _s._ A small cask, Aberd.
_Gl. Shirr._
KNAGGIM, _s._ A disagreeable taste, S.
_Journal Lond._
KNAIVATICK, _adj._ Mean, from _knave_.
_Evergreen._
_To_ KNAP, KNOP, _v. n._
1. To speak after the English manner, S.
_Watson._
_To knap suddrone_, _v. a._ To speak like those who live _South_ from S.
_Hamilton._
2. To clip words by a false pronunciation.
E. _knap_, to break short.
_Colvil._
KNAP, _s._ A slight stroke, S.
_Ramsay._
KNAPE, _s._
1. A servant.
_Douglas._
2. As equivalent to _valet_.
_Douglas._
A. S. _cnapa_, Teut. _knape_, puer, servus.
~Knappare~, _s._ A boor.
_Douglas._
KNAPPARTS, _s. pl._ Heath pease, S. B.
Teut. _knappen_, mandere, and _worte_, radix.
KNAPPEL, _s._ Oak for staves, brought from Memel, Dantzick, &c, S.
_Acts Cha. II._
Isl. _knapp-r_, rigidus, q. hard wood.
KNAPPISH, _adj._ Tart, snappish.
Teut. _knapp-en_, to bite.
_Z. Boyd._
KNAPSCHA, KNAPISHAY, KNAPSKALL, _s._ A headpiece.
_Stat. Rob. I._
Su. G. _knape_, a servant, and _skal_, a shell, a covering.
_To_ KNASH, _v. a._ To gnaw.
_Watson._
Isl. _knatsk-a_, arrodo.
_To_ KNAW, KNAWE, _v. a._ To know.
A. S. _cnaw-an_, id.
_Wyntown._
KNAW, KNAWE, KNAIE, _s._
1. A male child.
_Wyntown._
2. A male under age.
_Barbour._
3. A male servant.
_Wyntown._
4. A man in an inferior rank.
V. ~Knape~.
_Bannatyne Poems._
~Knawship~, ~Knaveship~, _of a mill_, the dues given by those who have grain ground, for paying the servants in a mill, vulgarly _kneeship_, S.
_Erskine._
Teut. _knaep-schaep_, servitus.
KNECHT, KNYCHT, _s._
1. A common soldier.
_Douglas._
2. A commander.
_Douglas._
Franc. _knecht_, A. S. _cneoht_, a boy, a servant.
_To_ KNEE, _v. a._
1. To press down with the knees, Ang.
2. To bend into an angular form, Ang.
3. The wind is said _to knee corn_, when it breaks it down so that it strikes root by the stalk, Ang.
Isl. _kny-a_, adigere; _hneig-ia_, flectere.
KNEEF, KNEIF, _adj._ Active, alert, S.
_Ross._
Isl. _knaef-r_, Dan. _knov_, robustus.
~Kniefly~, _adv._ With vivacity, S.
_Ferguson._
KNEEF, _adj._ Arduous, Aberd.
Su. G. _knapp_, difficult, strait.
KNEE-ILL, _s._ A disease of cattle, affecting their joints, S.
KNEESHIP.
V. ~Knawship~.
KNEEVICK, _adj._ Griping, Fife.
Isl. _hnyf-a_, to grasp with the fist.
KNEWEL, KNOOL, _s._ A wooden pin in the end of a halter for holding by
_To hadd the knewel_, to hold the reins, Ang.
Belg. _knevel_, a knot; _knevel-en_, to pinion.
KNIBLE, _adj._ Nimble, S. B.
_Ross._
Su. G. Teut. _knap_, alacer.
KNIBLOCH, KNUBLOCK, _s._
1. A small round stone or hardened clod, S.
_Ross._
2. A knob of wood, S.
_Ramsay._
3. The swelling occasioned by a blow or fall.
_Gl. Shirr._
Belg. _knobbel_, a knob, a knurl.
~Knibblockie~, _adj._ Rough, applied to a road in which many small stones rise up, S. B.
KNYFF, _s._ A hanger or dagger.
_Wallace._
O. Teut. _knyf_, culter, gladius, Kilian.
KNYPSIT, _pret._ L. _knappit_.
_Knox._
KNITCH. _s._ A bundle, S.
Sw. _knyte_, id., _knyt-a_, to tie.
~Knitchell~, _s._ A small bundle.
_Dunbar._
KNITTING, _s._ Tape, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
KNOCK, _s._ A clock, S.
_Watson._
KNOCKIT BARLEY or BEAR, barley stripped of the husk, by being beaten in a hollow stone with a maul, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ KNOIT, KNITE, NOYT, _v. a._
1. To strike with a sharp sound, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
2. To amble or hobble in walking, S.
Isl. _hniot-a_, _niot-a_, ferire.
~Knoit~, ~Noit~, _s._ A smart stroke, S.
_A. Nicol._
2. The sound occasioned by a stroke or fall on any hard body, S.
_Journ. Lond._
_To_ KNOIT, _v. a._ To gnaw; expressive of the manner in which infants eat, Ang.
Isl. _hnot-a_, to rub.
KNOIT, _s._ A large piece of any thing, S. B.
V. ~Knoost~.
Isl. _knott-ur_, globus.
KNOOP, _s._
1. A protuberance, S.
2. A pin, on which any thing is hung, S.
3. _Knoop of a hill_, that part which towers above, or projects from the rest, S.
Isl. _gnup-r_, jugum montis.
KNOOST, KNUIST, _s._ A large lump, Loth.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _hnaus_, a lump of earth.
_To_ KNOP, _v. n._ To knap.
_Burel._
_To_ KNOP, _v. n._ To put forth buds.
_Montgomerie._
Su. G. _knopp-u_, gemmas emittere.
KNORRY, _adj._ Knotty.
_Douglas._
Teut. _knorre_, tuber.
KNOT, _s._ A pretty large piece of any thing round or square, S. B.
KNOT-GRASS, _s._ Tall oatgrass, S.
KNOUL TAES, toes having swellings on the joints.
_Evergreen._
Teut. _knovel_, nodus; Su. G. _knoel_, a bump.
_To_ KNOW, _v. a._ To press down with the fists, or knees.
_Watson._
Sw. _knog-a_, pugnis genibusque eniti.
KNOW, KNOWE, _s._ A little hill, S.
Teut. _knolle_, a hillock.
_Douglas._
KNUBLOCK, _s._ A knob.
V. ~Kniblock~.
_To_ KNUFF, KNUVE, _v. n._ To converse familiarly, S.
Su. G. _knaefwe_, the fist; q. to be "hand and glove."
KNURL, _s._ A dwarf, S. O.
_Burns._
A metaph. use of E. _knurle_, a knot.
~Knurlin~, _s._ The same as knurl, S.
_Burns._
_To_ KNUSE, NUSE, _v. a._
1. To press down with the knees, S. B.
2. To beat with the knuckles or fists, S. B.
3. To knead, S. B.
Isl. _hnos-a_, _knos-a_, contundere, Belg. _knues-en_, to crush.
KOBBYD, _pret._ Perhaps, fretted.
Belg. _kopp-ig_, stubborn.
_Wyntown._
KOBIL, _s._ A small boat.
V. ~Coble~.
KOY, _adj._ Secluded from view.
_Doug._
Teut. _koye_, a cave, Isl. _kui_, id.
_To_ KOYT, _v. a._ To beat, to flog, S. B.
Isl. _kyt-a_, contendere; _kytla_, ferire.
_To_ KOPPIE, _v. a._ To chide, to reprove, Mearns.
Su. G. _kapp-as_, certare.
KOW, _s._ A goblin.
V. ~Cow~, 2.
KOW, _s._ Custom.
V. ~Kewis~.
_Lyndsay._
KOWSCHOT, CUSHAT, _s._ The ringdove; _cushie-dow_, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _cusceote_, id.
KRANG, _s._ The body of a whale divested of the blubber.
KRINGLE, _s._ Bread brought from Norway.
Sw. _kringla_, a kind of bread.
_To_ KRUYN, _v. n._ To murmur.
V. ~Croyn~.
_Douglas._
_To_ KUTER, CUTER, _v. a._
1. To cocker, to nurse delicately, S.
2. To coax, to wheedle.
3. To converse clandestinely and intimately, S.
Germ. _kutter-n_, Su. G. _quittr-a_, garrire.
L
_L_, in our language, as in Germ., often denotes diminution; as _bagrel_, a child; _gangarel_, _gangrel_, a child beginning to walk, &c.
_To_ LA, _v. a._ To lay.
_Douglas._
LAB, _s._ A lump, S.
E. _lobe_, a division.
_To_ LAB, _v. a._ To beat, Loth.
C. B. _llab-iaw_, id.
~Lab~, _s._ A stroke, a blow. Loth.
C. B. _llab_, id.
_To_ LABOUR, _v. a._ To plough, to ear, S.
O. Fr. _labour-er_, id.
~Labourin~, _s._ A farm.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
LACHTER, _s._ A lecher.
_Philotus._
Germ. _laich-en_, lascivire, scortari.
LACHTER, _s._ All the eggs laid by a fowl at one time, S. _Lochter_, Perths.
_Morison._
Teut. _eyeren legghen_, ova ponere.
LACHTER, LAICHTER, _s._
1. A layer; as a _lachter of hay_, Ang. _lochter_, id. Perths. Tweedd.
Teut. _logh-en_, componere foenum in metam.
2. A lock, a flake; a _lachter of woo_, a flake of wool, Ang.; _lochter_, Perths.
Isl. _lagdr_, cirrus.
LACHTERSTEAD, _s._ The ground occupied by a house, S. B.
Su. G. _laegerstad_, a lodging-room.
_To_ LACK, _v. a._ To slight.
V. ~Lak~.
LAD, _n._
1. A young man-servant, S.
_Lyndsay._
2. A sweetheart, S.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _leode_, juvenis. Isl. _lydde_, servus.
~Laddie~, _s._
1. A boy, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
2. A fondling term, applied to a young man, S.
_Ritson._
LADE, LAID, _s._ A load, S.
_Ross._
A. S. _hlad_, id.
LADE, LEAD, MILL-LADE, _s._ The canal which carries water to a mill, S.
_Chalm. Air._
A. S. _lade_, Teut. _leyde_, aquaeductus.
LADENIN TIME, the time of laying in winter provisions, S.
Su. G. _lad-a_, to heap together.
LADE-STERNE, LEIDE-STERNE, _s._ The polestar, E.
_Douglas._
Teut. _leyd-sterre_, Isl. _leidar-stiarna_, cynosura, polus.
LADNAIRE, LARDNER, _s._ A larder, S., _laidner_.
_Barbour._
Fr. _lardier_, id., from _lard_, fat.
LADRY, _s._ The rabble.
_Priests Peblis._
A. S. _leod-wera_, incola, _leod-weras_, common people, Isl. _lydur_, plebs.
LADRONE, LAYDRON, _s._ A lazy knave, a sloven; _laithron_, S.
V. ~Lidder~.
Su. G. _lat_, lazy.
_Lyndsay._
LAFE, LAIFF, LAVE, LAW, _s._ The remainder; _laive_, S.
_Wallace._
A. S. _lafe_, Isl. _leif_, id. from the verbs signifying to _leave_.