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V. ~Caigie~.
Su. G. _kaett_, wanton.
_Chr. Kirk._
KYTt.i.t, _part. pa._ Daubed with a viscous substance.
_Bannatyne P._
Dan. _kitt-er_, Sw. _kitta_, to cement.
KITTIWAKE, _s._ The tarrock, S.
_Sibbald._
KITTY-WREN, _s._ The wren, S.
_To_ KITTLE, _v. a._
1. To litter.
_Minstr. Bord._
2. To bring forth kittens, S.
Su. G. _kitsla_, id. from _katt_, a cat; or Isl. _kad_, foetus recens.
~Kittling~, _s._ A kitten, S.
_To_ KITTLE, KITILL, _v. a._
1. To tickle, S.
A. S. _citel-an_, Belg. _kittel-en_, Isl. _kitl-a_, id. Perh. the root is Isl. _kid-a_, molliter fricare.
2. To excite a pleasant sensation in the mind.
_Douglas._
3. To enliven, to excite, S.
_Ramsay._
4. To puzzle, to perplex, S.
~Kittle~, _adj._
1. Easily tickled, S.
Teut. _keteligh_, id.
2. Attended with difficulty, in a literal sense; as, _a kittle gait_, a road that one is apt to lose, or in which one is in danger of falling, S.
3. Not easily managed; as, _a kittle horse_, S.
Teut. _ketelig peerd_, id.
_Mellvill's MS._
4. Not easily articulated; as _kittle words_. S.
_Hogg._
5. Variable, applied to the weather, S.
6. Nice, intricate, in a moral sense; as, _a kittle question_.
_Wodrow._
7. Squeamish, applied to the conscience, S.
_Spotswood._
8. Vexatious, implying the idea of danger, S.
_Beattie._
9. Likely, apt.
_Burns._
~Kittlie~, _adj._ Itchy, S. B.
~Kittle-the-cout~, ~Kittlie-cout~, a game among young people, in which a handkerchief being hid, one is employed to seek it, S.; q. puzzle the colt.
KIVE, _s._ "Mas.h.i.+ng-fat."
_Kelly._
KLIPPERT, _s._ A shorn sheep, S.
_Journ. Lond._
