An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 469

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 469

V. ~Caigie~.


Su. G. _kaett_, wanton.


_Chr. Kirk._


KYTt.i.t, _part. pa._ Daubed with a viscous substance.


_Bannatyne P._


Dan. _kitt-er_, Sw. _kitta_, to cement.


KITTIWAKE, _s._ The tarrock, S.


_Sibbald._


KITTY-WREN, _s._ The wren, S.


_To_ KITTLE, _v. a._


1. To litter.


_Minstr. Bord._


2. To bring forth kittens, S.


Su. G. _kitsla_, id. from _katt_, a cat; or Isl. _kad_, foetus recens.


~Kittling~, _s._ A kitten, S.


_To_ KITTLE, KITILL, _v. a._


1. To tickle, S.


A. S. _citel-an_, Belg. _kittel-en_, Isl. _kitl-a_, id. Perh. the root is Isl. _kid-a_, molliter fricare.


2. To excite a pleasant sensation in the mind.


_Douglas._


3. To enliven, to excite, S.


_Ramsay._


4. To puzzle, to perplex, S.


~Kittle~, _adj._


1. Easily tickled, S.


Teut. _keteligh_, id.


2. Attended with difficulty, in a literal sense; as, _a kittle gait_, a road that one is apt to lose, or in which one is in danger of falling, S.


3. Not easily managed; as, _a kittle horse_, S.


Teut. _ketelig peerd_, id.


_Mellvills MS._


4. Not easily articulated; as _kittle words_. S.


_Hogg._


5. Variable, applied to the weather, S.


6. Nice, intricate, in a moral sense; as, _a kittle question_.


_Wodrow._


7. Squeamish, applied to the conscience, S.


_Spotswood._


8. Vexatious, implying the idea of danger, S.


_Beattie._


9. Likely, apt.


_Burns._


~Kittlie~, _adj._ Itchy, S. B.


~Kittle-the-cout~, ~Kittlie-cout~, a game among young people, in which a handkerchief being hid, one is employed to seek it, S.; q. puzzle the colt.


KIVE, _s._ "Mashing-fat."


_Kelly._


KLIPPERT, _s._ A shorn sheep, S.


_Journ. Lond._