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KEELICK, _s._
1. Anger, vexation, Ang.
Isl. _keli_, dolor.
2. A stroke, Ang., also _keelup_.
KEELING, KELING, KEILING, KILLING, KILLIN, _s._ Cod of a large size, S.
_Sibbald._
Isl. _keila_, Sw. _kolja_, a haddock.
KEELIVINE, KEELIVINE-PEN, _s._ A black-lead pencil, S. Perhaps q.
_guille de vigne_, a quill made from the vine.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
KEEPSAKE, _s._ A token of regard, S.
KEEST, _pret._ Puked, S. B.
KEETHING SIGHT, the view of the motion of a salmond, by marks in the water, S. B.
_Law Case._
This is the same with ~Kythe~, q. v.
_To_ KEIR, _v. a._ To drive, S. B.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Isl. _keir-a_, S. G. _koer-a_, to drive.
KEIR, _s._ In some parts of S., an ancient fortification.
C. B. _caer_, a fort.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ KEYRTH, _v. a._ To scratch.
Su. G. _kratt-a_, id.
_Dunbar._
_To_ KEYTCH, _v. a._ To toss, S.
V. ~Cache~.
_Ramsay._
~Keytch~, ~Kytch~, _s._ A toss, S.
_Kelly._
KEITH, _s._ A sort of dam, Perths.
_Stat. Acc._
Germ. _kette_, Su. G. _ked_, a chain.
_To_ KEKKIL, KEKIL, _v. n._
1. To cackle, S.
_Complaynt S._
2. To laugh aloud, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _kackel-en_, Su. G. _kakl-a_, id.
KELCHYN, KELTEN, _s._ A mulct paid by one guilty of manslaughter, generally to the kindred of the person killed.
_Reg. Maj._
Gael. _gial_ and _cinnea_, expl. "paid to one's kinsmen;" or A. S.
_geld_, compensatio, and _cynn_, cognatio.
_To_ KELE, _v. a._ To kill.
_Douglas._
A. S. _cwell-an_, id.
