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The Broad Scots Dictionary

K

Kail - "colewort; a kind of broth"
Kail-runt - "the stem of colewort"
Kain - "fowls, etc., paid as rent by a farmer"
Kebbuck - "a cheese"
Keckle - "to giggle, to titter"
Keek - "a peep; to peep"
Kelpies - "a sort of mischievous spirits, said to haunt ford and ferries at night, especially in storms"
Ken - "to know"
Kend or Kenn'd - "knew"
Kennin - "a small matter"
Kenspeckle - "well known, easily known"
Ket - "matted, hairy; a fleece of wool"
Kilt - "to truss up the clothes"
Kimmer - "a young girl, a gossip"
Kin - "kindred"
Kin' - "kind (adjective)"
King's-hood - "a certain part of the entrails of an ox, etc."
Kintra - "country"
Kintra cooser - "country stallion"
Kirn - "the harvest supper, a churn"
Kist - "a chest; a shop counter"
Kitchen - "anything that eats with bread; to serve for soup, gravy, etc."
Kith - "kindred"
Kittle - "to tickle; ticklish, lively, apt"
Kittlin - "a young cat"
Kiuttlin' - "cuddling"
Knaggie - "like knags, or points of rocks"
Knap - "to strike smartly; a smart blow"
Knappin'-hammer - "a hammer for breaking stones"
Knowe - "a small round hillock"
Knurl - "a dwarf"
Knurlin' - "crooked but strong"
Kye - "cows"
Kyte - "the belly"
Kythe - "to discover; to show one's self"

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