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observance; “he is tryin’ to k. de boat”, he is trying, by means of a telescope, to recognize a boat, visible in the distance (Conn.: kăn). 3) to go through; clear up; throw light upon, esp. relationship, to k. kin (Ai.: kăn), = to red op kin, to red op sibred. — kăn: fairly common (S.Sh., M.Sh., Wests.), käᶇ (kaᶇ): N.I. occas., Nm. occas. — O.N. kanna, vb., to search; examine; find out; recognize. No. kanna, vb., inter alia to search; examine; go through, esp. in order to know if everything has been collected, or if anything is wanting, e.g. cattle, small stock. In a similar sense Icel. and Fær. kanna, vb.

†kant [ka‘nt], sb., 1) edge; corner; side; der wer no a great k. upo de boat, the boat was not very deeply or heavily loaded (Fe.). 2) (right or wrong) way of treating a person or thing, way of executing something; upo de wrang k., in the wrong manner, upon a wrang k., wi’ a wrang k., in a wrong manner (Sa.). 3) humour; spirits; he was upo de wrang k. dis mornin’, he was in bad humour (prop. on the wrong side) this morning (Sa.). Recent word. No., Da., Sw. kant, m. and c. Eng. obsolete and dial.: cant, sb., edge; angle.

†kant [ka‘nt], vb., to turn over, capsize, = L.Sc. kant, vb., and No. kanta, vb., Eng. cant, vb.

†kapp [kap], sb., 1) a hole, hollow. 2) a wooden cup or bowl, esp. of the so-called “Norwa-kaps”, wooden vessel, formerly imported from Norway; L.Sc. cap, caup. See further under kopp, sb.

kapp [kap], vb., to cut off, esp. to cut off the heads of fish, and take out the entrails; to k. de fish. Da. kappe, No. kappa, vb., = kabba, vb., to cut off.

kappet [kapət], adj., esp. applied to sheep: white and black or white

and grey, esp. black on the lower part of the body and sides, and white on the back (or conversely?); a k. sheep, a k. yowe [‘ewe’]; also appl. to cows: a k. coo, a black cow having a white back (Y^m.). Sometimes: having vertical, white stripes on the sides and a black body, referring to sheep (Fo.). From Fe. is reported: a k. grice, a pig having a black hind part, and white fore-part of the body (or conversely). — Prop. “wearing a cloak or outer garment”. No. kappa, f., = kaapa, f., a cloak.

kappi¹ [kapi] and kappisten [kap··isten·], sb., the sinker of a fishing-line. On a long-line kappi denotes a larger sinker, fixed to the main line, a “kappi” at each end of the latter. Between the two end-stones, sinkers, are fixed smaller sinkers at definite intervals, the so-called “bighters [bäi‘χtərs, bäi‘^χtərs]”, deriv. (with anglicised form of the word) of bugt, sb., a certain length of line; q.v. To each “kappi”, at the end of the main line, is fixed a buoy-rope. In a few places (as in Du.) “kappi” is used as a sea-term or tabu-name for the sinker of a fishing-line, whilst “steed-sten” or “sinker” is the common designation. — Edm. has a form “caapie” with long a-sound; not further confirmed. O.N. kǫppu-steinn, m., a boulder; No. kapall, koppul, m., a round stone (kopp, m., pebble). Da. kampesten, No. kamp, kampestein, m., a boulder, also appl. to pebbles; in the same way Sw. dial. kamp, kamper (kampersten), m.

kappi² [kapi], sb., in different meanings, as 1) a kind of funnel-shaped sponge (Uⁿ.). 2) round bird’s-nest (acc. to J.I.), is prob., like kapp, sb., an alteration of the word kopp, sb.

kapswivl [kapswɩv·əl], vb., to capsize. Fe. A mingling of Eng. cap-