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Sometimes also sea-fowl, esp. gulls, are caught by means of a rod of this description; to k. weegs (weeg = three-toed gull); b) to catch sea-fowl, esp. guillemots and puffins on a sea-cliff where birds nest, by means of a rod with a hook at the end. U^{n, w}. — *kilpa or *kylpa. No. (Lister) kylpa, vb., to fish with a rod. Deriv. of O.N. kilpr, m., handle of a vessel; loop. Cf. also Sw. dial. kälp, kjelp, m., a) rope-handle; b) a switch or short stick used as an implement, and Sw. dial. kållpa, vb. a., to fish with a rod through a hole in the ice.

kilpek [kɩ‘lpək, ᶄɩ‘lpək, ᶄe‘lpək], sb., wooden box in which the bait (limpets) is collected and kept; square box with gable-shaped ends to which a string, serving as a handle, is fastened. Br., Sandw., Du. Deriv. from O.N. kilpr, m., handle of a vessel; loop (No. kylp, m.). No. kylpa, f., a narrow (cylindrical) cooking-pot with a handle, is a cognate word, though “kylp”, in this case, seems to contain a somewhat different root-meaning (cf. No. kylpen, adj., deep and narrow, appl. to vessels).

kilpersten, kelpersten [ke‘l··pərsten·, kɛ‘l··pərsten·, ᶄɛ‘l··pərsten·], kilpinsten, kelpinsten [ke‘l··pɩnsten·, ᶄɛ‘l··pɩnsten· (ᶄe‘l··pɩnsten·)], sb., a large, flat stone, at the top of the mouth of a kiln, the innermost edge of which projects into the. kiln space, protecting the corn, spread on laths, from the fire in the kiln. Of the forms of pronunciation “ᶄɛ‘l··pərsten·” is characteristic of Conn., “ke‘l··pɩnsten·” of Y^{h., n}., and “kɛ‘l··pɩnsten·, ᶄɛ‘l··pɩnsten·” of U. occas. (Uⁿ. occas.). From Nmⁿ. (N.Roe) is also reported a form kilpisten [ke‘l··pisten·], and from Uⁿ. also kelpasten [ᶄɛ‘l··pasten·]. In Y^h. kilpinsten is partly used of a projecting stone below, inside the mouth of the kiln. —

Variants of the main vowel-sound in the first part of the compd.: kjolpinsten [kjɔ‘l··pɩnsten·, kjå‘l··pɩnsten·]; reported from U. [kjɔ‘lpɩn-]; Nm. and De^w. (M.Roe) [kjå‘lpɩn-]. — The first part of the compd. is probably kilpr (kylpr), m., the handle of a vessel; loop; stick, etc., mentioned under kilp, vb., and kilpek, sb. kjolpin- presupposes a *kylp-; cf. No. “kjølp, kjolp” as parallel forms to “kylp”, m. — Compare the names a) hjelpersten, etc., hjolpinsten; b) hjolkinsten, and the etymological conjectures given under these headings.

kilpin-stick [(kɩ‘l··pɩn-) kⁱe‘l··pɩnstɩk·, ᶄe‘l··pɩnstɩk·], sb., a) a rod to which a rope, with a loop at the end, is attached, esp. for hoisting up lambs or sheep from ledges in steep, unapproachable places (by the coast), sometimes also for catching sea-fowl (gulls); b) a rod with a hook at the end, for catching sea-fowl, esp. guillemots and puffins, on a sea-cliff where birds nest. U^{n, w}. *kilp- or *kylp-. See further kilp, vb.

kilpusk, sb., see *kinnpuster, sb.

kilset, kil-set [kɩl·sɛt··], vb., to chase obstinate sheep by driving them into some corner or other (e.g. a bend in a fence) or into a natural enclosure, in order to catch them there. Ai. Prob. for *kir(r)set from O.N. kyrrsetja, vb., which is found handed down in sense of to put or lay something in a certain place ready to hand, to sequester. For the change of r and l in Shetl. Norn, see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 38 h, and cf. the foll. word.

kilsket [ᶄɩ‘lskət, ᶄe‘lskət], adj., excessively merry; wild and wanton; a k. bein’. N.I. occas. (U.). Prob. from an older *kersket, *kirsket by change of r to l — see the preceding word — and originating from O.N. kerskinn, adj., coarsely