An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 456

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 456

~Juttie~, _s._ A tippler, Ang.


_To_ ~Juttle~, _v. n._ To tipple, S.


JUTE, _s._ A term of reproach applied to a woman, a jade, Clydes.


JUXTER, _s._ A juggler; q. _joukster_.


V. ~Jouk~, _v._


K


KA, _s._


V. ~Kay~.


KABBELOW, _s._ Cod-fish salted and hung for a few days, Ang.


Belg. _kabbeliauw_, cod fish.


KAY, KA, KAE, _s._ A jack-daw, S.


_Dunbar._


Teut. _kae_, A. S. _ceo_, Alem. _ka_, id. _Ka-wattie_, _kay-wattie_, S. B. id. Teut. _kauwett-en_, to chatter like a jack-daw.


~Kay-witted~, _adj._ Hare-brained, S.; q. giddy as a jack-daw.


KAIL, KALE, _s._


1. The generic name for colewort, S.


_Stat. Acc._


Isl. Dan. _kaal_, id.


2. Broth made of greens, especially of coleworts, S.


_G.o.dly Sangs._


~Kail-brose~, s. A sort of pottage made of meal and the sc.u.m of broth, S.


V. ~Brose~.


~Kail-stock~, _s._ A plant of colewort, S.


_Colvil._


Sw. _kaalstok_, the stem or stalk of cabbage.


~Kail-gully~, _s._ A large knife for cutting and shearing down coleworts, S.


_Popular Ball._


~Kail-runt~.


V. ~Runt~.


~Kail-wife~, _s._ A green-woman, S.


_Cleland._


~Kail-yard~, _s._ A kitchen-garden, S.


_Stat. Acc._


Sw. _kaalgard_, a garden of herbs.


To KAIM, KAME, KEME, _v. a._ To comb, S.


_To Kame against the hair_, to oppose, S.


_Ross._


~Kaim~, _s._ A comb, S.


_Minstr. Bord._


_Su_. G. Dan. Belg. _kam_, A. S. _camb_, id.


~Kamtster~, _s._ A woolcomber.


V. ~Keme~.


KAIM, _s._


1. A low ridge, Lanerks.


2. A camp or fortress, South of S.