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KIT, _s._ _A' the kit_, or _the haill kit_, all taken together, S.
_R. Galloway._
Su. G. _kyt-a_, to exchange, q. _the haill coup_, the whole barter.
KITCHEN, KITCHING, _s._
1. Solids, as opposed to liquids.
_Balfour._
2. Any thing eaten with bread, S.
_Statist. Acc._
3. An allowance instead of milk, b.u.t.ter, small beer, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Isl. _kiot_, Su. G. _koett_, flesh; or Dan. _kiokken_, dressed food.
_To_ ~Kitchen~, _v. a._ To serve as _kitchen_, S.
_Burns._
KITCHEN, _s._ A tea-urn, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
KITCHEN-FEE, _s._ The drippings of meat roasted before the fire, S.
KYTE, _s._
1. The belly, S.
_Lyndsay._
2. The stomach, S.
_Kelly._
Isl. _kwid-r_, Moes. G. _quid_, venter; Isl. _quidar fylli_, S.
_fow kyte_.
~Kyte-fow~, _s._ A belly-full, S.
KITH, _s._
1. Acquaintances or relations, S. _Kith or kin_.
_Burns._
2. Shew, appearance.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _cythe_, not.i.tia.
_To_ ~Kythe~, ~Kyith~, _v. a._
1. To shew, S.
_K. Quair._
2. To practise.
_Sir Tristrem._
3. To cause, to produce.
_Id._
A. S. _cyth-an_, ostendere.
_To_ ~Kythe, Kyith~, _v. n._ To be manifest, S.
_Maitland P._
KYTRAL, _s._ A contemptuous designation.
V. ~Ketrail~.
_Montgomerie._
KITTIE, KITTOCK, _s._
1. A loose woman, S. B. _cuttie_, S. A.
_Dunbar._
2. A term of disrespect for a female, though not necessarily implying lightness of carriage, S.
