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V. ~Cuning~.
KINRENT, KYNRENT, _s._ Kindred.
A. S. _cynrene_, _cynryn_, id.
_Wallace._
KYNRIK, _s._
1. Kingdom.
_Wallace._
2. Possession of a kingdom.
_Acts Ja. I._
A. S. _cynric_, regnum.
KINSCH, _s._ Apparently, kindred.
_Montgomerie._
KINSCH, KINCH, _s._
1. The twist or doubling given to a cord or rope, S.
2. A cross rope capped about one stretched longitudinally, and tightening it, S.
_Gl. Moray._
3. An advantage unexpectedly obtained.
_Ibid._
Isl. _kinka_, artuum nodus; Belg. _kink_, a bend.
_To_ ~Kinsch~, _v. a._ To twist and fasten a rope, as above described, S.
KIOW-OWS, _s. pl._
1. Silly tattles, trifling discourse, S. B.
2. Things of a trivial nature, S. B.
Corr. perhaps from E. _gewgaws_.
_To_ ~Kiow-ow~, _v. n._ To trifle either in discourse or conduct, S. B.
_To_ KIP, _v. a._ To take the property of another by fraud or violence, Loth.
Su. G. _kipp-a_, to seize violently.
_To_ KIP, _v. n._ To play the truant, Loth.
KIPPAGE, _s._ Disorder, confusion, S. Loth.
KIPPER, _s._
1. Salmon in the state of sp.a.w.ning, S. A. _reid fische_, synon.
_Acts Ja. IV._
Teut. _kipp-en_, excludere ova.
2. Salmon salted, hung and dried, S.
_To_ ~Kipper~, _v. a._ To cure fish by means of salt and pepper, and by hanging them up, S.
_Statist. Acc._
KIR, _adj._ Cheerful, Ayrs.
Isl. _kirr_, tranquillus.
KIRK, _s._
1. The body of Christians adhering to one doctrine, S.
_Scots Confess._
2. A house appropriated for public wors.h.i.+p, S.
A. S. _cyrce_, ecclesia.
_Knox._
_To_ ~Kirk~, _v. a._ To carry to church; as to _kirk a bride_, &c. S.
