Kail, S; Keàl, C, broth—so called from a frequent ingredient.
“He gat his _kail_ in a riven dish.”—Proverb.
“Swoaps o’ drink an’ gud lythe _keàle_
Cheer up each day.”
_Stagg._ The New Year’s Epistle.
Kaim’t, C, literally crooked, but used to signify cross, or peevish.
“Aa boddert my brain thinkan some on them ower,
An’ than set to wark an’ wreàtt doon three or fower
O’ t’ _kaymtest_ an’ t’ creuktest, like ‘garrak’ an’ ‘dyke-stower,’
Sek like as we use in oald Cummerlan’.”
_Dickinson._ The words of oald Cummerlan’.
Keàv, C, to dance awkwardly.
“That barn, says Hyne, i’ Palmer’ toft,
’Ill dea reet weel to _keàv_ in.”
_Mark Lonsdale._ The Upshot.
Keek, S and C, to peep.
“He that _keeks_ through a keyhole may see what will vex him.”—Proverb.
“She conquers mair nor Bonnypart
Whene’er she _keeks_ aroun’”.
_Anderson._ The Thursby Witch.
Ken, S and C, know.
“_Ken_ yersel and yere neighbours ’ill no mis-_ken_ ye.”
Proverb.
Kirk-garth, C, church-yard.
“They tak meear pastime e what they see i’ th’ _kirk-garth_ nor what
they hear i’ th’ kirk.”—_Mrs. Wheeler._ Dialogues.
Kit, C, a small tub or bucket.
“A riddlin’—a riddlin’, an oald wife striddlin’,
An’ a _kit_ full o’ cunning things in a coald morning.”
An ancient conundrum.
Kimmer, S, a familiar designation for woman—something like gossip. The
young women who assist at christenings are called “maiden _kimmers_.”
“How do ye, kimmer?
An’ how do ye thrive—
A how monie bairns ha’e ye?
_Kimmer!_ I ha’e five.”
Song—A’ Noddin’.
Knowe, S, knoll, hillock.
“His gear may buy him glens an’ _knowes_.”
_Burns._ To Daunton me.