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2. To lift up any thing quickly, Ang.
_Cleland._
~Kilting~, _s._ The lap of a woman's petticoat that is tucked up, S.
_Kelly._
KILT-RACK, _s._ That which lifts up the rack of a mill, Ang.
V. ~Kilt~, _v._
KILTER, _s._ Entertainment.
_Ramsay._
The same with E. _kelter_, preparation.
KIN, _s._ Kind, S. as _alkin_, all kind of.
_Palice Hon._
A. S. _cinne_, Isl. _kin_, id.
~Kinbot~, _s._ The mulct to be paid to survivors for the sudden slaughter of a relative.
_Fordun._
A. S. _cin_, kindred, and _bot_, compensation.
KYND, _s._ Nature.
_Wyntown._
~Kynd~, ~Kyndly~, _adj._
1. Natural, kindred.
_Wyntown._
2. Native.
_Douglas._
KINGERVIE, _s._ A species of wra.s.se.
_Sibbald._
KING'S-HOOD, _s._ The second of the four stomachs in ruminating animals, S.
_Burns._
KING'S-WEATHER, _s._ The exhalations arising from the earth in a warm day, Loth.
_To_ KINK, _v. n._
1. To labour for breath, in a severe fit of coughing, S.
Teut. _kink-en_, difficulter spirare.
2. To laugh immoderately, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
3. To puke, Galloway.
_Davidson._
~Kink~, _s._
1. A violent fit of coughing, attended with suspension of breathing, S.
_Morison._
2. A convulsive fit of laughter, S.
A. S. _cincung_, cachinnatio.
~Kinkhost~, _s._ The hooping-cough, S.
_Montgomerie._
Belg. _kink-hoest_, Su. G. _kikhosta_, id.
KINKEN, _s._ A small barrel, a cag, S. B.
_Spalding._
KINNEN, _s._ A rabbit, S.
