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til almost putrid; also applied to such a heap of small fish (small coalfish) in a pit made for the purpose, and under a heap of stones; a k. o’ sileks. Y^{e, m, n}. and Fe. [kjȯs]. U. [kjɔs, kjos]. — O.N. kǫs, f., a heap, pile, thrown together, e.g. of stones. — See kus, which is the more frequent form in Shetl., as well as køs, sb.

kjos¹ [kjȯs, kjɔs (kjos)], vb., to heap up, to k. togedder; esp. to keep small fish (small coalfish) under a heap of stones, kjos; to k. sileks. Y^{e, m, n}.: kjos [kjȯs] and kosj [kȯᶊ], to k. togedder.. U. [kjɔs, kjos]. See the preceding word. O.N. kasa, vb., to bury in kǫs (heap of stones); No. and Sw. dial. kasa, vb., to heap up, to put or gather into a heap. See kus and køs, vbs.

kjos² [kjōs, kjɔs], vb., to caress, fondle, to k. aboot ane. Fe. No. “kaas(s)a” and “kausa”, vb., id. (cf. Germ. kosen).

*kjosen [kjōsən], sb., kiss (kiss on the mouth). Fo. Irregular lengthening of o. Properly def. form, *kossinn, from O.N. koss, m., a kiss. See kuss, sb.

kju [kjū], sb., 1) a kind of disease, dropsy, in sheep, making them lean and feeble, and the skin shrunken and hard. Fo. 2) offensive, bad taste, of something beginning to decay. Sa. — In sense 1, doubtless the same word as Icel. kúgr, m., used of thin, poor marrow (B.H.). See the foll. word.

kjud [kjūd, kjū^əd], adj., properly perf. part., 1) applied to dropsied sheep: lean; feeble; having dry, shrunken skin; de sheep is k. Fo. [kjūd]. 2) beginning to get a sour taste, no longer fresh, e.g. of flesh and fish; de fish or flesh is k. Sa. [kjū^əd]. — In sense 1 kjud assimilates to Icel. kúgaðr, adj. (perf. part.), emaciated, prop. subdued

(B.H.), which poss. is the same word (O.N. kúga, vb., to subdue; compel).

kjufset, adj., see kjofset, adj.

kjuks, vb., see kjoks, vb.

kjulsin, adj., see kølsin, adj.

kjumplet [kjo‘mplət], adj., applied to a person: stout and unshapely (clumsy), with implied notion of untidiness. Nmⁿ. (N.Roe). The word is doubtless a deriv. of No. kump, m., a lump, bun. Cf. No. kumlen, adj., a) like a bun; b) stout, stiff and clumsy, kumla, f., and kumle, m., a) a lump; b) an unshapely person.

kjumset [kjo‘msət], adj., having a broad and fat face, k. and k.-faced. Wests. (Sa., Ai.). Applied to a face: broad, fat, ugly; a k. face, a ill k., or ill-k. face. U. — Prop. kjomset, “having large cheek-bones or jaw-bones”, derived from *kjamm-; Icel. kjammi, m., cheek-bone (B.H.). For the s-derivative (kjoms-) kjums- cf. Icel. kjamsa, vb., to move the jaw-bones (B.H.), and No. kjamsa, vb., to chew slowly. With kjumset for *kjomset cf. kjufset, adj., = kjofset, and kjuks, vb., = kjoks. With regard to kjumset it is, however, also possible to conceive an older *kumset, either from an original *kums-, syn. with *kump- and *kuml- (see under kjumplet, adj.), or by metathesis of *kusm- (No. kusma, f., swelling in the face).

kjurl, vb., see kurl, kurel, vb.

kjød¹ [kjø̄^əd], vb., to fondle, caress, to k. aboot onybody, to k. aboot de grice. Nmⁿ. (N.Roe). See further kjod, vb.

kjød² [kjød] and kjødi [kjødi], vb., see kødi (køti) and gøt, vb.

kjölg, kjölk, kjölger, see gjolg, sb.

kjøli, vb., see køli, vb.

kjørek, sb., see kørek, sb.

kjørk, vb., see kørk, vb.

kjørnek [kjø̄^ərnək], sb., haddock, which is filled with fish-livers and