An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 464

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 464

_To_ KID, _v. n._ To toy, Fife.


Su G. _kaet-jas_, lascivire.


KID, KAID, _s._ The tick or sheep-louse.


_Polwart._


KYDD, _part. pa._ Manifested; from _kythe_.


_Sir Gawan._


KIDDY, _adj._ Wanton, Ang.


V. ~Caigie~.


KIDE, _s._ Perh. q. _Kith_, q. v.


_Sir Gawan._


KIGH, _s._ A slight tickling cough, S.


Germ. _keich-en_, tussire.


KIGHENHEARTED, KICKENHEARTED, _adj._ Fainthearted, S.


Isl. Sw. _kikn-a_, spiritum amittere.


_To_ KIGHER, KICKER, _v. n._ To t.i.tter, S.


Germ. _kicker-n_, id.


KIL, A term entering into the formation of many names of places in S.


_Stat. Acc._


From Gael. _cill_, a cell, as denoting that this was once the abode of a religious.


KYLE, _s._ A sound, a strait, S.


_Martin._


Gael. _caolas_, id. Isl. _kyll_, gurges.


KILE, KYLE, _s._ A chance.


_Ross._


Corr. from _Cavil_, q. v.


KILL, _s._ A kiln, S. _To fire the kill_, to raise a combustion.


_Wodrow._


~Kill-spendin~, _s._ An old term for the fire of a kiln, Ang. from the great _expenditure_ of fuel.


_To_ ~Kill~, _v. a._ To kiln dry, S.


_Fountainhall._


KILLING, _s._ Cod.


V. ~Keeling~.


KILLOGIE, _s._


V. ~Logie~.


KILLYLEEPY, _s._ The common sandpiper, Loth.


KILT, KELT, _s._ A loose dress, extending from the belly to the knee, in the form of a petticoat, S.


_Boswell._


Su. G. _kilt_, _kiolt_, Isl. _kellta_, sinus vestis anterior.


_To_ ~Kilt~, ~kilt up~, _v. a._


1. To tuck up, S.


_Douglas._


Dan. _kilt-er op_, Su. G. _upkilt-a_, id.