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GLOSSARY
- Ka, 40, Sans, who? Sc. whaw?
- Kaapsche, 191, var. of C. Du. Taal
- Kail-runt, 68, 123, 129, No. form of cole; Lat. caulis, cabbage; kail-stock, in same sense
- Kaisara-gild, 34, Go. the "tribute money;" Cæsar-gold
- Kalbo, 21, Go. calf, Sc. cauf
- Kalds, 29, Go., Sc. cauld, cold
- Kalpa, 40, Sans, a body, Lat. corpus
- Kasa, 25, Go. a pot, kettle, Go. katils, Du. ketel, kessel, borr. from Lat. catillus, a food vessel
- Kast to, of peats, 178, Cu.; in sense to throw, E. cast
- Kaupatjan, 33, Go., prob. cog. with cuff, Sw. kufva, to subdue, cow, kuffa, to thrust
- Kaurn, 23, Go. corn
- Keek, 209, 210, 219, to peep, not in O.E.; Du. kijk-en; cf. teet
- Keelie's eyrie, 122, 140, sparrow hawk's nest—from the bird's cry
- Keelivine, 134, any coloured pencil, or. made from keel, ochreous iron-ore, ruddle; Gael. cill
- Keep, 185, mind, look after, repair, maintain in proper order—sense archaic in Eng. "The saids bestiall not being keeped eats the petitioner's cornes."—"Glasgow Records," 1695
- Keep nicks, 185, Cu.
- Kempin', 64, 128, 146, Ger. Kämpfen, to strive in doing a piece of work, O.Fr. kempa, Du. kemp(e), Ger. kämpe, Eng. camp, Lat. campus, a plain. "A' the coern's no shorn be kempers."—Prov. N.E.D. Shet. kemp-rooth, a rowing match
- Ken, kenned, kennin, a sample, 34, 70, 255, Go. kannjan, cause to know, O.E. cennan, Fr. kanna, Du. kennen, Ger. kennen. In later tongues, to know; but in Sc. it has supplanted know. "I no kan" (Berw.) for I dinna ken
- Kenspeckle, 84, Sc. obsc. or., but, like N. kjennespak, quick at recognising things
- Kêrel, 163, 185, 209, 218, 222, Orc. and C. Du.; cf. carle, churl
- Kibe, 204, W. cib, a cup, "malady in shape of a cup, from swelling form."—Sk. See cob, kopje
- Kick-up, a, 92, disturbance, wrangle
- Kiekjies, 216, C. Du.
- Killogie, or kiln-logie, 150, covered space in front of a kiln; Shet. fireplace of a kiln
- Kiln-huggie, 150, Orc. For huggie, see hugs
- Kiltheis, 248, Go. chield, child
- Kimmin, 66, 68, 132, 140, 209, 219, Fi. bucket, coum, Eng. cuming, coomb, O.E. cumb, Ger. Kumm, a vessel, O.Teut. kumbo, a vessel. North, coom, kim, a milk can, M.E. kim(e)lin. App. rel. to O.E. camb, combe, a tub
- Kin (kain), 151, rent paid in kind, gen. fowls; Gael, caan, the head, càin, poll-money
- Kinch, 17, 208, C. Du. kink, twist in a rope, Ger. kink, Ic. kikna, to bend at the knees
- Kinkhoest, 17, 207, C. Du.
- Kirn, rantin' kirn, kirn stick, 107, 134, "uncert. or.—harvest-home or harvest supper, cutting of last handful of corn" N.E.D.—Ic. kvern, E. corn. See quern
"As bleak-faced Hallowmas returns,
They get the jovial rantin' kirns."
"Twa Dogs."
- Kirn, 88, E. churn
- Kisten, 74, chesting, coffining, putting into the chest or coffin.
- Kitchen, 67, Sc. butcher-meat, any kind of food eaten with bread, &c., as a relish; "fee, dripping, the skimmings of fat meat"
- Kittle, 74, 79, 171, spec. Sc. difficult, v.=to tickle, prob. of N. or.; O.N. kitla, to tickle, Ger. kitzeln: unknown outside Teut.
- Kittlen, kitling, 92, 121, or. young of any animal, a kitten; "comm. only identified with O.N. ketling-t, a kitten." The loss of final g in ing quite regular in Scots.—N.E.D.
- Klecks, 130, Ger. a spot, as of ink, a blur; in Campbeltown, a "stollm." "To gather a stolm," said of animals when with young.—Edm. See klack
