kadge v.

See cadge 2

kaggy'anded a.

See cack-handed

kak'anded a.

See cack-handed

kale n.

broth; porridge;

< OE. cāl, ON. kál ( cabbage, kale)

kall ' oil n.

a location where people meet to gossip

< ON. kalla (to call, to cry, to shout) + ME hoil f. OE. hol (hollow))

kall v.

to chat; to gossip,

< ON. kalla (to call, to cry, to shout))

katy–cornered adv.

See cater-cornered

kay n.

a key; also keigh

< OE. cǣȝ

kay-neeaved a.

See kay-nieved

kay-nieved a.

l eft-handed

??? < Da. kei (left) + ON. hnefi (fist)

keck n.

the dry, generally hollow, stem of various herbaceous plants

< ME. kex ( a dry hollow stem)

kecks n.pl.

knickers; underpants; trousers; also kex

??? < kicks (pl. of kick) f. ME. kiken (to kick)

ked n.

a sheep-tick; a sheep- louse; also kedd, keead

orig. unknown

kedd .

See ked

kedge v.

See cadge

kedlock n.

charlock, wild mustard; also ketlock

< OE. cedelc (herb mercury: mercurialis perennis)

keead n.

See ked

keeam v.

See kemb

keel v.

to cool; to assuage;

< OE. cǣlan, cēlan (to grow cool or cold)

keggy–’anded a.

See cack-handed

keigh n.

See kay

keld n.

a well; a spring; also kell

< ON. kelda (spring)

kell n.

See keld

kelt n.

property; money: also kelter

orig. obsccure

kelter n.

See kelt

kem v.

See kemb

kemb v.

to comb; to beat; to thrash; also kem, keeam

< OE. cemban (to comb)

kennel up v.

lock up for the night

< ONF. *kenil (kennel) + OE. upp

kenspeck n.

an identifying feature or mark

??? < ON. kennispeki ( faculty of recognition)

kenspeckled a.

having a noticeable peculiarity; having features in common

See kenspeck

kep v.

to catch

< OE. cēpan (to keep, to hold)

kern n.&v.

See kirn

kersey n.

a type of coarse cloth woven from long wool

??? named from the village of Kersey in Suffolk

Kersmass n.

See Cursmas

keslop n.

rennet, used to curdle milk in the manufacture of cheese

< OE. cӯ selybb (rennet)

Kesmas n.

See Cursmas

kessen ppl.a.

See kest

kessen v.

to christen

< OE. cristnian

kest n.

a slight squint

< ON. kasta (to throw, to cast)

kest ppl.a.

twisted; warped; out of true

< ON. kasta (to throw, to cast)

ket n.

raw flesh; offal; carrion; rubbish

< ON. kjöt (meat, flesh)

ketlock n.

See kedlock

ketty a.

nasty; foul; rancid

See ket

kex n.pl.

See kecks

kibble v.

to grind; to crush into small pieces(e.g. in a mortar)

orig. obscure

kilp n.

the handle of a pot or cauldron; a pot-hook from which a pot is suspended

< ON. kilpr ( handle, loop)

kilp pan n.

a pot hung from a kilp

< ON. kilpr ( handle, loop) + OE. panne (pan)

kincough n.

whooping cough

< OE. cincian (to gasp, to pant) + ME coughen (to cough) f. ??? OE *cohhian

kindle v.

to give birth to bring forth young, produce a litter(hares, rabbits, etc); also kinnle

< ME. kindle (of animals, to give birth)

kine n. pl.

See kye

kink v.

to gasp for breath convulsively; to hold the breath in spasms

< OE. cincian (to gasp, to pant)

kinnle v.

See kindle

kirn n.&v.

a churn; also kern

??? < ON. kirna (churn)

kist n.

a chest; a trunk; a box; a coffer,

<ON. kista (chest)

kit n.

a milking pail; a tub for holding milk

< MDu.. kitte ( a wooden container made up of hooped staves)

kite n.

See kyte

kitling n.

a kitten; also kittlin, kittling

< ON. kettlingr , ketlingr (kitten)

kittle a.

ticklish; tricky; difficult to deal with; risky; delicately balanced

??? < ON. kitla (to tickle)

knacker man n .

an individual who takes away dead farm stock

orig. obscure

knackered a.

worn out; exhausted; in a poor state

orig. obscure

knackers n.pl.

bones used as castanets

echoic

knap v.

to snap; to knock; to break off

echoic

knapper n.

a door-knocker

echoic

knawed v.

knew

< OE. cnā wan (to know, to perceive)

knawp v.

See nawp

knibs n.pl.

the handles on a scythe shaft; also nibs

??? < OE nebb (beak)

knobble v.

to hit with a stick

< ME. knobbe (a swelling)

knodden a.

kneaded

< OE. cneden

knorp v.

See nawp

knur n.

a wooden ball (used in game of knur and spell ); a hard knot of wood;

< ME knorre , knurre , (a swelling, a knot)

kowpe v.

See cowp

kye n.pl.

cows; cattle

< OE cȳ pl. of cū (cow)

kyte n.

the belly; the stomach; a paunch; also kite

orig. uncertain