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ketleen, ketlin, kettle, kettleen, kettlin, kiittims, kitlin, kittle, kittlen, kittlin, kittlin$, kyittim, kyittims,
kittlin [ˈkɪtlɪn]
n. A kitten.
 
kittle
v. To give birth to kittens.
 
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Playing the kittims [ˈkjɪtlɪmz]: I.Sh. Gambolling and frollicking.
cair, caired, cairt, ceur, civver, co$er, co$erd, co$ert, coor, coored, coort, cour, coured, court, coverit, covert, cuir, cuired, cuirt, cuiver, cuivered, cuivert, cure, cured, curet, cuver, discovert, discuiver, discuiverie, discuivert, discuivery, diskiver, diskivered, diskiverie, diskivert, diskivery, diskivver, diskivverie, diskivvery, keever, keevered, keevert, kiver, kivered, kivert, kivver, kivvered, kivvert, onkivver, recuiver, recuivert, rekiver, rekivert, rekivery, rekivver, uncuiver, unkiver, unkivver,
kiver [ˈkɪvər]
also cuir [kuːr, U. keːr]
n. A cover.
v. To cover.
pt. pp. kivert [ˈkɪvərt], kivered, cuirt [kuːrt, U. keːrt], cuired
 
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diskiver: To discover. pt. pp. diskivert, diskivered.
diskivery: Discovery.
kiverin: Covering.
rekiver [rəˈ-]: To recover. pt. pp. rekivert.
rekivery: Recovery.
unkiver: To uncover.
klaeber, klebber, kleber, klebie, kleeber, kleebie,
kleber [I.Sh. ˈklebər, ˈklibər]
n. Steatite, soapstone.
dim. klebie
cleip, clipe, cliyp, clype, clypet, clypid, clypit, kläipet, kleipet, klipe, klipet, klipit, klype, klypit,
klipe [I.Sh. kləip]
n. A lean or emaciated person. A miser. A thin barley bannock.
v. To pinch, squeeze, to cling. To be miserly.
pt. pp. klipit adj. Thin or emaciated. Miserly.
klonger, klunger,
klonger [I.Sh. ˈklɔŋgər]
n. The dog-rose Rosa canina.
clumbung, clumbungie, klumbung, klumbungi,
klumbung [I.Ork. ˈklʌmˈbʌŋ]
n. An ill-shaped, clumsy thing. A thick-set, clumsy person.
dim. klumbungie
haif-knab, hauf-knabbie, hauf-knabby, kinabbrie, knab, knabberie, knabbery, knabbie, knabbie, knabby, knabi, knabrie, knag, nab, nabb, nabberie, nabbery, nabbie, nabbie, nabby, nabby,
knab [(k)nab]
n. A person of wealth or social importance, a snob.
 
knabby [ˈ(k)nabɪ]
adj. Well-to-do, having rank, means, or position, genteel, pretentious, dressed above one's station.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hauf-knabby: bourgeois.
knabberie [ˈ(k)nabərɪ]: The gentry.
knabbie: A type of trim, stylish ring-net fishing boat.
knab, knablach, knableich, knablich, nab, nabb,
knab [(k)nab]
n. A hillock or knoll. The summit thereof. A rocky protuberance, a promontory.
 
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knablach: MN. A large or unevenly shaped stone, a boulder.
fernackert, firnackit, forknacket, forknackit, fornacket, fornackit, knack, knackers, knacketie, knackety, knackie, knacksy, knacky, knak, knakky, knaks, knawky, nack, nackers, nackey, nackie, nacksy, nawkie, nax,
knack [(k)nak, MN. tnak]
n. A sharp, crisp, clicking, breaking or striking noise, a sharp blow, a snap, a crack. A humiliating kind of punishment. A piece of quick repartee, a sharp or stinging retort, a joke, a clever or witty saying.
v. To make a sharp cracking noise, snap the fingers, slap or strike, deride, make fun of.
 
knackie [ˈ(k)nakɪ, MN. ˈtnakɪ]
adj. Clever, ingenious.
 
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Auld Knacksie: Old Knock, Saint Paul
forknacket: A hard slap, a wallop.
knackers: Two flat pieces of wood or bone, used as castanets.
knacketie [ˈ(k)nakətɪ, MN. ˈtnakətɪ]: adj. Skilful, cunning.
knacker, knackered, knackers, knackert, nacker, nackers, nackert, nakkert,
knacker [ˈ(k)nakər, MN. ˈtnakər]
n. One who slaughters old or sick horses.
pl. knackers sl. Testicles.
v. To slaughter an old or sick horse.
pt. pp. knackert, knackered sl. Worn out, broken.

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