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~Juttie~, _s._ A tippler, Ang.
_To_ ~Juttle~, _v. n._ To tipple, S.
JUTE, _s._ A term of reproach applied to a woman, a jade, Clydes.
JUXTER, _s._ A juggler; q. _joukster_.
V. ~Jouk~, _v._
K
KA, _s._
V. ~Kay~.
KABBELOW, _s._ Cod-fish salted and hung for a few days, Ang.
Belg. _kabbeliauw_, cod fish.
KAY, KA, KAE, _s._ A jack-daw, S.
_Dunbar._
Teut. _kae_, A. S. _ceo_, Alem. _ka_, id. _Ka-wattie_, _kay-wattie_, S. B. id. Teut. _kauwett-en_, to chatter like a jack-daw.
~Kay-witted~, _adj._ Hare-brained, S.; q. giddy as a jack-daw.
KAIL, KALE, _s._
1. The generic name for colewort, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Isl. Dan. _kaal_, id.
2. Broth made of greens, especially of coleworts, S.
_G.o.dly Sangs._
~Kail-brose~, s. A sort of pottage made of meal and the sc.u.m of broth, S.
V. ~Brose~.
~Kail-stock~, _s._ A plant of colewort, S.
_Colvil._
Sw. _kaalstok_, the stem or stalk of cabbage.
~Kail-gully~, _s._ A large knife for cutting and shearing down coleworts, S.
_Popular Ball._
~Kail-runt~.
V. ~Runt~.
~Kail-wife~, _s._ A green-woman, S.
_Cleland._
~Kail-yard~, _s._ A kitchen-garden, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Sw. _kaalgard_, a garden of herbs.
To KAIM, KAME, KEME, _v. a._ To comb, S.
_To Kame against the hair_, to oppose, S.
_Ross._
~Kaim~, _s._ A comb, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
_Su_. G. Dan. Belg. _kam_, A. S. _camb_, id.
~Kamtster~, _s._ A woolcomber.
V. ~Keme~.
KAIM, _s._
1. A low ridge, Lanerks.
2. A camp or fortress, South of S.
