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kyle, kyles,
kyle [kəil]
n. A sound or strait.
callico, callicoe, calligo, calligoe, cyligae, kalico, kyligae, kylige, kyligo,
kyligae [ˈkeɪlɪgə, ˈkeɪlɪgeː]
n. Calico. A plain-woven textile made from unbleached and often not fully processed cotton.
keobe, kiobe, kjoab, kjoab, kjob, kyoab, kyobe, quoab,
kyoab [I.Sh. kjoːb]
n. A gift, recompense, promised reward, bribe. Something given in charity, alms. A kiss.
v. To bribe or induce by promise of a reward. To compensate or reward for services rendered. To make a gift in order to ingratiate oneself.
kipe, kype, kypie,
kype [kəip]
n. A hole for marbles.
dim. kypie NN.b. A game played with a soft ball and wooden bat.
keach, keitch, keitchin, ketch, ketchin, keytch, keytchin, kytch, kytchin,
kytch [kəitʃ, kɛtʃ]
v. To pitch, toss aside, hitch up.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
kytchin [ˈkəitʃɪn, ˈkɛtʃɪn]: Shaking about on a bumpy road.
 
See caitch also.
keite, kite, kyte, kytes, kytit, muckle-kytit,
kyte [kəit]
n. The belly or stomach.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
muckle-kytit: Pot-bellied.
keeth, keethin, kie, kith, kithe, kive, ky, kye, kyth, kyth$d, kyth$t, kythe, kythed, kythin, kythit, kytht, kyve,
kythe [kaeð, S. kɛiv]
n. Appearance, aspect.
v. To reveal, make manifest, show, prove, to show signs of. To show or present oneself or itself, to appear, to become manifest. To seem, to show one's true character. To appear in view, to come into sight. With intae: to turn, change, be transformed.
pt. pp. kythed
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
kythin [ˈkaeðɪn, S. ˈkɛivɪn]: Appearance, manifestation. Forthcoming, present, appearing.

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