KA, s.
V. Kay.

KABBELOW, s. Cod-fish salted and hung for a few days, Ang.

Belg. kabbeliauw, cod fish.

KAY, KA, KAE, s. A jack-daw, S.
Dunbar.

Teut. kae, A. S. ceo, Alem. ka, id. Ka-wattie, kay-wattie, S. B. id. Teut. kauwett-en, to chatter like a jack-daw.

Kay-witted, adj. Hare-brained, S.; q. giddy as a jack-daw.

KAIL, KALE, s.
1. The generic name for colewort, S.
Stat. Acc.

Isl. Dan. kaal, id.

2. Broth made of greens, especially of coleworts, S.
Godly Sangs.

Kail-brose, s. A sort of pottage made of meal and the scum of broth, S.
V. Brose.Kail-stock, s. A plant of colewort, S.
Colvil.

Sw. kaalstok, the stem or stalk of cabbage.

Kail-gully, s. A large knife for cutting and shearing down coleworts, S.
Popular Ball.

Kail-runt.
V. Runt.

Kail-wife, s. A green-woman, S.
Cleland.

Kail-yard, s. A kitchen-garden, S.
Stat. Acc.

Sw. kaalgard, a garden of herbs.

To KAIM, KAME, KEME, v. a. To comb, S.
To Kame against the hair, to oppose, S.
Ross.

Kaim, s. A comb, S.
Minstr. Bord.

Su. G. Dan. Belg. kam, A. S. camb, id.

Kamtster, s. A woolcomber.
V. Keme.

KAIM, s.
1. A low ridge, Lanerks.
2. A camp or fortress, South of S.
Minstr. Bord.

Gael. cam, expl. a crooked bill; or rather Mod. Sax. kam, the summit of a mound.

KAYME, KAME, s. A honeycomb.
Barbour.

KAIN, KAIN-FOWLS.
V. Cane.

KAIR, s. A mire, a puddle, Fife.

Isl. ker, palus; Sw. kiaerr, paludes.

KAIRD, s. A gipsey.
V. Caird.

KAIRS, s. pl. Rocks through which there is an opening, S.

A. S. carr, a rock.

KAISART, s. A cheese-vat; also called chizzard, S. B.

Teut. kaese-horde, id.

KAY-WATTIE, s. A jack-daw.
V. Kay.

KAY-WITTED, adj. Brainish, hot-headed, hair-brained, S.
V. Kay.

KANNIE, adj. Prudent, &c.
V. Canny.

KAR, adj. Left-handed.
V. Ker.

KARRELYNG.
V. Caralyngis and Carolewyn.

KARRIEWHITCHIT, s. A fondling term for a child, Ang.

KATABELLA, s. The Hen harrier, Orkn.
Barry.

KATHERANES, KETHARINES.
V. Cateranes.

KATOGLE, s. The Eagle-owl, Orkn.

Sw. katugl, id.

Barry.

KATOURIS, s. pl. Caters.
Houlate.

KAVEL, KEVEL, CAVEL, s. A mean fellow.
Dunbar.

KEADY, adj. Wanton.
V. Caige, v.

KEAVIE, s. A species of crab.
Sibbald.

To KEB, v. n. To cast a lamb immaturely, Bord.

Keb, s. A ewe that has brought forth immaturely, or been prevented accidentally from rearing.
Complaynt S.

To KEBBIE, v. a. To chide, Ang.

Su. G. kifw-a, id. Su. G. kif, a quarrel.

To Kebbie-lebbie, v. n. To carry on altercation, Ang.

KEBBRE, s. A rafter.
V. Cabor.

KEBBUCK, KEBUCK, CABBACK, s. A cheese of a larger size, S.
Ramsay.

Gael. cabag, a cheese.

KEBRACH, s. Very lean meat, Loth.
V. Cabroch.

KECKLING-PINS, s. pl. Wires for knitting stockings. Aberd.

KED, s. The sheep-louse, Tweed.
V. Kid.

KEDGIE, adj. Cheerful, &c.
V. Caigie.

KEEK, s. Linen dress for the head and neck, Ang.
Ross.

To KEEK, KEIK, v. n.
1. To look with a prying eye, S.
Dunbar.
2. To look by stealth, S.
Peblis Play.

Su. G. kik-a, Belg. kyk-en, intentis oculis videre.

To Keek through, v. a.
1. To prospiciate, S.
2. To examine with accuracy.
Burns.

Keek, Keik, s. A peep, S.
Burns.

Keekers, s. pl. A cant term for eyes, S.

Keek-bo, s. Bo-peep, S.

Belg. kiekebo, id.

Keeking-glass, s. A looking-glass, S.
Ritson.

Starn-keeker, s. A star-gazer.

Su. G. stiernkikare, id.

KEEL, KEIL, s. Ruddle, S.
Douglas.

Gael. cil, ruddle; Fr. chaille, a rocky earth.

To Keel, Keil, v. a. To mark with ruddle, S.
Kennedy.

KEELICK, s.
1. Anger, vexation, Ang.

Isl. keli, dolor.

2. A stroke, Ang., also keelup.

KEELING, KELING, KEILING, KILLING, KILLIN, s. Cod of a large size, S.
Sibbald.

Isl. keila, Sw. kolja, a haddock.

KEELIVINE, KEELIVINE-PEN, s. A black-lead pencil, S. Perhaps q. guille de vigne, a quill made from the vine.
Sir J. Sinclair.

KEEPSAKE, s. A token of regard, S.

KEEST, pret. Puked, S. B.

KEETHING SIGHT, the view of the motion of a salmond, by marks in the water, S. B.
Law Case.

This is the same with Kythe, q. v.

To KEIR, v. a. To drive, S. B.
Bannatyne Poems.

Isl. keir-a, S. G. koer-a, to drive.

KEIR, s. In some parts of S., an ancient fortification.

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.

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.