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[kūᶊäl] for *kuv-shall [‘-shell’], and b) “ku [kū]-fish” for *kuv-fish. — *kúf-. No. kuvskjel (kuskjel), f., id., from the root *kúf-, denoting something rounded (Icel. kúfr. No. kuv, m., rounded top, No. kuven, adj., somethipg roundish, raised in the middle, convex, O.N. kúfóttr, adj., convex).

kugl, kugel [kogəl], sb., a round, unshapely object, esp. appl. to stones, useless for building purposes; a (roond, ugly) k. o’ a sten. Also kogl, kogel [kɔgəl, kȯgəl]. The pronunc. “kɔgəl” is reported from Ai^w.; elsewhere more comm.: [kogəl] and [kȯgəl]. — Cf. a) No. kugull, m., a small lump, knot, kjøgla or kygla, f., a roundish mass; lump; ball; b) No. kokle, m., a lump (see kuglet, adj.); c) Icel. köggull (kökkull), m., a lump.

kugl, kugel [kogəl], vb., 1) vb. n., to be unsteady and tottering (unsteady as to position), to rock, prop. of something round or roundish, unable to rest on its foundation; also of anything having an unsubstantial foundation to rest on. Appl. to persons: to rock from side to side; to sit kuglin. 2) vb. a., to turn upside down, to overset; to k. a ting ower. — Also in the form kogl, kogel [kȯgəl]. — The word is cognate with kug(e)l, sb., but in meaning closely associated with L.Sc. cog(g)le, vb. a., to cause anything to move from side to side, and in its use is prob. infl. by the latter. For the development of meaning, see the foll. word.

kuglet [koglət], adj., a) round and unshapely; b) unsteady, tottering and rocking, e.g. of stones, unfit for building purposes; a k. sten. Wests. occas. (Papa). N.I. (Fe.). Also of an unsteady boat; in this latter sense commonly in the more recent form kogli, kogl-y [kȯgli];

a k. boat. — Deriv. of kug(e)l, sb. Cf. No. koklutt (kuklutt, kuglen), adj., lumpy, uneven, and L.Sc. cogglie, adj., moving from side to side, unsteady as to position, apt to be overset.

kuhwal [kūhwāl], sb., a species of whale (somewhat larger than the ca’ing whale) with a white spot on each side of the neck. U^s. Prop. “cow whale”.

kuk(k) [kuk], sb., excrement, esp. excrement of a cow, dried in the sun. U. Fær. kukkur, m., No. kukk (kukka, vb., cacare).

*kukk [kuk, kok], sb., a detached rock (U.); now only as a place-name. de Kukk (Haroldswick, Uⁿ.), a rock on the sea-shore from which angling is carried on. Also *kokk [kɔk], only as a place-name: de Kokk (in “de Nort’ Sund o’ Balta”, U^e.), a rock in the sea. — O.N. kǫkkr, m., a lump. — For the u-sound in kukk, cf. kus, sb. [O.N. kǫs].

kukr, vb., see kokr, vb.

kul¹ [kul], sb., a light breeze; a k. o’ wind. Uⁿ. O.N. kul, n., a cool breeze. Da. kuling, id. See køl, sb.

kul² [kūl, kul], kuli [(kūli) kuli] and kulek [(kūlək) kulək], sb., 1) the protuberant little round swelling on the outside of the bottom of a pot; kul: Conn.; kuli: Nmⁿ. (N.Roe); kulek: N. 2) de kuli o’ de face (N.Roe), the prominent part of the face, esp. the nose; to wash de k. o’ de face. 3) kul [kūl]: a roundish hill. In this sense now mostly as a place-name, also (as a place-name) in the form kula [kūla]. Examples: Kula (N.Roe, Nmⁿ.); de Kul (Nm^w.), de Kul o’ Sound (near Lerwick, M.), de Kul o’ Fladabister (Conn.). 4) a small hollow in the centre of the hearth in the horizontal, midmost hearthstone; de