Kelt, n. Same as Celt, one of Celtic race.
Kel"ter (?), n. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. cealt clothes, Gael. cealltair spear,
castle, cause, Prov. E. kilter tool, instrument. Cf. Kilt.] Regular
order or proper condition. [Written also kilter.] [>Colloq.]
If the organs of prayer be out of kelter or out of tune, how can we
pray?
Barrow.
Kelt"ic (klt"k), a. & n. Same as Celtic, a. & n.
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Kemb (km), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kembed (kmd) or Kempt (kmt; 215); p. pr.
& vb. n. Kembing.] [OE. kemben, AS. cemban, fr. camb comb.] To comb.
[Obs.]
His longe hair was kembed behind his back.
Chaucer.
Kem"e*lin (km"*ln), n. [Cf. Prov. E. kemlin, kimlin, kimmel, a salting
tub, any tub, kembing a brewing tub, G. kumme bowl, basin, W. cwmman a
tub, brewing tub.] A tub; a brewer's vessel. [Obs.] Chaucer.
{ Kemp (kmp), Kemp"ty (?), } n. Coarse, rough hair in wool or fur,
injuring its quality.
Kem"pe (km"pe), a. Rough; shaggy. [Obs.] "Kempe hairs." Chaucer.
Kemps (kmps), n. pl. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The long flower stems
of the ribwort plantain (Plantago Lanceolata). Dr. Prior.
Kempt (kmt; 215), p. p. of Kemb. B. Jonson.
Ken (kn), n. [Perh. from kennel.] A house; esp., one which is a resort
for thieves. [Slang, Eng.]
Ken, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kenned (knd); p. pr. & vb. n. Kenning.] [OE.
kennen to teach, make known, know, AS. cennan to make known, proclaim,
or rather from the related Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G. kennen
to know, Goth. kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding
to AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. √45. See Can to be able,
Know.] 1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or
Scot.]
2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.] "We ken them
from afar." Addison
'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait.
Shak.
Ken, v. i. To look around. [Obs.] Burton.
Ken, n. Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge.
"Beyond his ken." Longfellow.
Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension.
South.
It was relief to quit the ken And the inquiring looks of men.
Trench.
{ Ken"dal green` (?), or Ken"dal. } A cloth colored green by dye
obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at
Kendal, in Westmoreland, England. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green ?
Shak.
Ken"nel (?), n. [See Channel, Canal.] The water course of a street; a
little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle. Bp. Hall.
Ken"nel, n. [OE. kenel, (assumed) OF. kenil, F. chenil, LL. canile, fr.
L. canis a dog. Cf. Canine.] 1. A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a
pack of hounds.
A dog sure, if he could speak, had wit enough to describe his
kennel.
Sir P. Sidney.