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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 464

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_To_ KID, _v. n._ To toy, Fife.

Su G. _kaet-jas_, lascivire.

KID, KAID, _s._ The tick or sheep-louse.

_Polwart._

KYDD, _part. pa._ Manifested; from _kythe_.

_Sir Gawan._

KIDDY, _adj._ Wanton, Ang.

V. ~Caigie~.

KIDE, _s._ Perh. q. _Kith_, q. v.

_Sir Gawan._

KIGH, _s._ A slight tickling cough, S.

Germ. _keich-en_, tussire.

KIGHENHEARTED, KICKENHEARTED, _adj._ Fainthearted, S.

Isl. Sw. _kikn-a_, spiritum amittere.

_To_ KIGHER, KICKER, _v. n._ To t.i.tter, S.

Germ. _kicker-n_, id.

KIL, A term entering into the formation of many names of places in S.

_Stat. Acc._

From Gael. _cill_, a cell, as denoting that this was once the abode of a religious.

KYLE, _s._ A sound, a strait, S.

_Martin._

Gael. _caolas_, id. Isl. _kyll_, gurges.

KILE, KYLE, _s._ A chance.

_Ross._

Corr. from _Cavil_, q. v.

KILL, _s._ A kiln, S. _To fire the kill_, to raise a combustion.

_Wodrow._

~Kill-spendin~, _s._ An old term for the fire of a kiln, Ang. from the great _expenditure_ of fuel.

_To_ ~Kill~, _v. a._ To kiln dry, S.

_Fountainhall._

KILLING, _s._ Cod.

V. ~Keeling~.

KILLOGIE, _s._

V. ~Logie~.

KILLYLEEPY, _s._ The common sandpiper, Loth.

KILT, KELT, _s._ A loose dress, extending from the belly to the knee, in the form of a petticoat, S.

_Boswell._

Su. G. _kilt_, _kiolt_, Isl. _kellta_, sinus vestis anterior.

_To_ ~Kilt~, ~kilt up~, _v. a._

1. To tuck up, S.

_Douglas._

Dan. _kilt-er op_, Su. G. _upkilt-a_, id.

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