_ left-handed.
KAY, KA, KAE, _s._ a jack-daw.
KAYME, KAME, _s._ honeycomb.
KEBBUCK, CABBACK, _s._ a cheese.
KEGIE, _adj._ cheerful.
KEEK, KEIK, _v. n._ to look with a prying eye.
KEEK-BO, _s._ bo-peep.
KEEKING-GLASS, _s._ a mirror.
KEELIVINE, _s._ a blacklead pencil.
_To_ KEKKIL, KEKIL, _v. n._ to cackle; to laugh aloud.
KELL, KULL, _s._ a dress for a woman's head. _A caul_,
the hinder-part of a woman's cap.
KELPIE, WATER-KELPIE, _s._ the spirit of the waters, who,
as is vulgarly believed, gives warning of those who are to be
drowned within the precincts of his beat. This is indicated by
preternatural noises and lights. He is supposed to appear in the
form of a horse. Many wonderful exploits are attributed to the
kelpie.
KELT, _s._ a salmon that has just spawned; a foul fish that
has not been in salt water.
KEMP, _s._ a champion.
KEMPIN, _s._ the act of striving on the harvest field.
_To_ KEN, _v. n._ to know.
KENNED, _part. pa._ of to know.
KENSPECKLE, _adj._ having so remarkable an appearance as to
be easily known.
KEP, KEPP, _v. a._ to intercept.
KICK, _s._ a novelty. _Kickshaw_, a new piece of
finery.
KILL, _s._ a kiln.
KILT, _s._ a short petticoat extending from the belly to
the knee, used by the Highlanders of Scotland instead of
breeches.
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