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Page 16 of 26 for the letter K

cheist, chist, kest, kist, kisted, kisteen, kistie, kistin, kistit, kist-neuk, kjist, kyest, kyist, kyust, kyustuck,
kist [kɪst]
n. A chest, box, trunk, coffer, a farm-servant's trunk. A wooden box or bin in a stable for holding the horses' corn. A coffin. The human chest, the thorax. Of a window: the shelf formed by the top of the lower sash.
dim. kistie
v. To place or pack in a box or chest To lay past as a store, to save. To lay or enclose in a coffin.
pt. pp. kistit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
kistin: The laying of a dead body in a coffin.
kist-neuk: The corner of a chest wher money or valuables are kept.
hatted_kit, hatted_kitt, hattit_kit, hattit_kitt, hattit-kit, kit, kittie, kitty,
kit [kɪt]
n. A wooden tub, circular box, or basin, col. a prison.
dim. kittie [ˈkɪtɪ]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hattit kit: A dish of milk with a creamy top, composed of buttermilk, milk and sugar and spices. A bowlful of sour cream.
keetchen, keetchenless, keetchie, keetchin, keetchy, keetshin, keitchen, keitchenless, keitchin, ketchen, ketchenless, ketchin, ketshin, kitcheen, kitchen, kitchenless, kitchie, kitchie-dame, kitchie-deem, kitchy,
kitchen [ˈkɪtʃɪn, ˈkɛt-]
also S. keetchen [ˈkitʃɪn]
n. A kitchen. Anything eaten or drunk along with plain food to give a relish or savour. An appetizer, a condiment. Perquisites of food.
dim. kitchie.
v. To give a relish or flavour to, to season. To make something go far or spin out, to be economical with, to use sparingly.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
kitchie-dame: A kitchen-maid.
kitchenless, keetchenless: Savourless.
beld_kite,
kite [kəit]
n. The kite (bird of prey).
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
beld kite: The osprey Pandion haliaetus.
kith,
kith [kɪθ]
n. Relations, neighbours, kindred.
kitter,
kitter [ˈkɪtər]
v. Of a sore: to fester, inflame, gather pus.
cutsie, cutsywik, facky, faikie, feckie, keenie, kitsie, kitti, kittick, kittie, kittie-neddie, kittie-needy, kittifaik, kittifake, kittiwaako, kittiwake, kittiweeg, kittock, kitty, kittyneddie, kitty-neddie, kitty-neddy, kitty-needie, kitty-needy, kutsie, kutye, kutyie, waeg, weeg, weeo, weig,
kittiwake [ˈkɪtɪwek]
The kittiwake Rissa tridactyla (from the bird's chief cry).
dim. NN.b. I. kittie
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cutsie: NEC. The kittiwake Rissa tridactyla.
keenie: MN. The kittiwake Rissa tridactyla (from the sound of its cry).
kittie-needie: SN. MN. The sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
skittie-neetie: MN. The dipper Cinclus cinclus.
kittiweeg, dim. kittie, kittock: I. The kittiwake Rissa tridactyla also I.Ork. weeo.
kittifaik, dim. faikie: NN.b. The kittiwake Rissa tridactyla.
cuittelt, cuittle, cuttle, jtetleen, ketleen, kettleens, kittelsom, kittelt, kittilt, kittl$t, kittle, kittled, kittlesom, kittlesome, kittlet, kittlie, kittlin, kittlt, kittly, kiutlin, kuittelt, kyuttle, skittly, tjetleens,
kittle [ˈkɪtl]
n. A tickle, tickling sensation.
adj. Tickly, itchy, easily tickled, having a sensitive skin. Of a task: tricky, difficult.
v. To tickle, to irritate by tickling, To annoy, stir up. To puzzle, perplex, nonplus.
pt. pp. kittelt
 
kittlie [ˈkɪtlɪ]
adj. Itchy, ticklish, intricate, difficult, obscure.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
kittelt up: Excited.
kittlesome [-səm]: Tricky, difficult.
kittlin: Tickling etc.
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.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
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
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
diskiver: To discover. pt. pp. diskivert, diskivered.
diskivery: Discovery.
kiverin: Covering.
rekiver [rəˈ-]: To recover. pt. pp. rekivert.
rekivery: Recovery.
unkiver: To uncover.

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