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2) very short visit; to ha’e a k. alang [‘along’] (Du.). See kik¹, vb., and cf. L.Sc. and N.Eng. keek, a peep.

kik² (kikk) [kɩk, kik], sb., commonly in pl. kiks: 1) gesticulation; turning and twisting of the body, esp. in walking; “shø [‘she’] had so mony [‘many’] kiks upon her” (Conn.); affected manner of movement (Conn.). 2) crick, stiffness (in the neck), = keger¹ and kek, sbs.; a k. i’ de neck. Barclay: keek; “he had a keek in his neck”. 3) metaph.: a mouthing (vague talk), a making a fuss about a thing; he has so mony kiks aboot it (Conn.). — No. kik, n., sportive turns and twists; jerking, writhing, kikk, m., a spraining. — Edm. gives a form “kek”, which might also spring from *keik-; see keger¹, sb., and kek, sb. and vb.

kik¹ [kik (kⁱɩk, kⁱɩ̄k)], vb., to peer, to keep a sharp look-outfor something, to stand kikin; also to peep. The pronunc. “kⁱɩ̄k” is reported from Uⁿ.; elsewhere commonly: “kik” with short i. No. and Fær. kika (ii), vb., to peep, look out for something (to stretch one’s neck in order to see something), Da. kige, to peep, peer. L.Sc. keek, keik, vb., partly like Shetl. kik. Compare kog¹, vb.

kik² [kik], vb., to make efforts in swallowing something difficult to get down, to k. upo de kreg [krēg], Fe. kreg = throat. — No. kika, vb., to twist, wriggle; Sw. dial. keka, vb., to chew something very tough, to struggle, etc.

kikel-buckle [ᶄɩk··əlbok·əl], sb., something matted and entangled, tangled mass; in a k.-b., tangled. Esh., Nm^w. kikel is poss. a parallel form to kegl, kegel, sb., to which it assimilates in sense 3 of the latter word; note, however, Sw. dial. (North Sw.) kikkr (kikkär), f., a lump, No. kikr (R.). “buckle”,

tangled mass, is doubtless Eng. buckle. See kegi-buckle, sb.

kikhol [kikhɔl, kⁱɩ̄khɔl], sb., a peephole, chink in a wall. Uⁿ. [kⁱɩ̄khɔl]. *kik-hol. Also L.Sc.: keek-hole. See kik¹, vb.

kikin, kiken [kikɩn, kikən], adj., properly pres. part., all alive, animated and vivacious, in the expr. “alive and k.”; he was a’ [‘all’] alive and k., he was all alive and kicking. The word is doubtless an old pres. part. *kykandi = *kvikandi from a verb *kyka, *kvika; cf. No. kvika, vb. (n.), to become animated (R.), Icel. kvika, vb., to move. O.N. kvikr and kykr, adj., a) alive; b) lively; merry; alert.

kilk [(kɩ‘lk) ᶄɩ‘lk], vb., to be full of the joy of life and of mirth, to go about merrily and briskly, to k. aboot. De^w. (M.Roe). kilk poss. for *kirk (alternation between r and l is fairly common in Shetl. Norn), and, in that case, to be referred to O.N. kjarkr, m., vigour, courage (spirit), ardour (Icel. kjarkur), No. kjerk, m., spirit. No. kirren, adj., lively and nimble in movement.

kill-rainmek, -remmek, sb., a lath in a kiln, see remmek, sb.

kilmin [ᶄelmɩn], sb. and adj., I) sb., a) a person attired in ludicrous disguise; b) droll attire, esp. droll head-gear; he’s [‘has’] “got on” a k. II) adj., ludicrous; odd, appl. to dress, esp. head-gear; a k. mutch. Uⁿ. kilm- prob. for *kiml- by metathesis of m and l; cf. Icel. kímilegur, adj., a) droll; funny; b) mocking, and “kímilyrði”, n. pl., gibes.

kilp [(kɩ‘lp) kⁱe‘lp, ᶄe‘lp], vb., to catch by means of a rod (kilpin-stick): a) to take up a lamb or sheep from a ledge in a steep, rocky cliff, by means of a rope looped at the end, and attached to a rod; to k. lambs or sheep. The loop is thrown over the sheep’s head.