An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 459

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 459

KEELICK, _s._


1. Anger, vexation, Ang.


Isl. _keli_, dolor.


2. A stroke, Ang., also _keelup_.


KEELING, KELING, KEILING, KILLING, KILLIN, _s._ Cod of a large size, S.


_Sibbald._


Isl. _keila_, Sw. _kolja_, a haddock.


KEELIVINE, KEELIVINE-PEN, _s._ A black-lead pencil, S. Perhaps q.


_guille de vigne_, a quill made from the vine.


_Sir J. Sinclair._


KEEPSAKE, _s._ A token of regard, S.


KEEST, _pret._ Puked, S. B.


KEETHING SIGHT, the view of the motion of a salmond, by marks in the water, S. B.


_Law Case._


This is the same with ~Kythe~, q. v.


_To_ KEIR, _v. a._ To drive, S. B.


_Bannatyne Poems._


Isl. _keir-a_, S. G. _koer-a_, to drive.


KEIR, _s._ In some parts of S., an ancient fortification.


C. B. _caer_, a fort.


_Statist. Acc._


_To_ KEYRTH, _v. a._ To scratch.


Su. G. _kratt-a_, id.


_Dunbar._


_To_ KEYTCH, _v. a._ To toss, S.


V. ~Cache~.


_Ramsay._


~Keytch~, ~Kytch~, _s._ A toss, S.


_Kelly._


KEITH, _s._ A sort of dam, Perths.


_Stat. Acc._


Germ. _kette_, Su. G. _ked_, a chain.


_To_ KEKKIL, KEKIL, _v. n._


1. To cackle, S.


_Complaynt S._


2. To laugh aloud, S.


_Douglas._


Teut. _kackel-en_, Su. G. _kakl-a_, id.


KELCHYN, KELTEN, _s._ A mulct paid by one guilty of manslaughter, generally to the kindred of the person killed.


_Reg. Maj._


Gael. _gial_ and _cinnea_, expl. "paid to ones kinsmen;" or A. S.


_geld_, compensatio, and _cynn_, cognatio.


_To_ KELE, _v. a._ To kill.


_Douglas._


A. S. _cwell-an_, id.