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kent, kint,
kent [kɛnt]
n. A shepherds staff.
n. A shepherds staff.
bencape, benkaip, benkep, blue_cap, blue_kaip, blue_kep, bluecap, caip, caipin, cap, cape, cappie, cappin, cappin, cappit, caup, caupin, cep, ceppin, cyap, cyapin, kaip, kaip, kaipin, kaipit, kanpskaip, kapp, kappin, kep, keppie keppin, keppin, keppit, kjep, kjepin, knapscall, knapscap, knapskep, napskape, pirnie-cap, pirnie-kaip, pirnie-kep, scuipie_kaip, scuipie_kep, skoopie_kep, toorie-kep, tourie-kaip, tourie-kep,
kep [kɛp, NEC, SN, MN. kep]
n. A cap. S. A lady's cap.
dim. keppie An ice-cream cone.
v. To confer a degree on a graduate by touching their head with a cap.
pt. pp. keppit
n. A cap. S. A lady's cap.
dim. keppie An ice-cream cone.
v. To confer a degree on a graduate by touching their head with a cap.
pt. pp. keppit
Compounds and phrases etc.
benkep: MN. adj. Prime, first rate.
black kep: NEC. The coal tit Periparus ater or S. C. MN. sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus.
blue kep: The blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus.
Deil's keps: NEC. SN. MN. The monk's-hood Aconitum napellus.
keppin: Capping. SWC. The loop or hinge of leather on the soople of a flail.
knapskep [ˈ(k)naps-]: arch. A helmet or headpiece.
pirnie-kep: A woolen nightcap.
scuipie kep: A cloth cap with a peak.
set up (somebody's) kep: To reprimand, rebuke severely.
tourie-kep: A knitted woolen hat with a pop-pom.
yill-kep: The cover or lid of a drinking vessel.
black kep: NEC. The coal tit Periparus ater or S. C. MN. sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus.
blue kep: The blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus.
Deil's keps: NEC. SN. MN. The monk's-hood Aconitum napellus.
keppin: Capping. SWC. The loop or hinge of leather on the soople of a flail.
knapskep [ˈ(k)naps-]: arch. A helmet or headpiece.
pirnie-kep: A woolen nightcap.
scuipie kep: A cloth cap with a peak.
set up (somebody's) kep: To reprimand, rebuke severely.
tourie-kep: A knitted woolen hat with a pop-pom.
yill-kep: The cover or lid of a drinking vessel.
caip, cap, cape, caper, cep, kaep, kaip, kape, keep-a-gush, kep, kep$, kep-a-gush, kepit, kepp, kepper, keppit, kip,
kep [kɛp, kep]
n. The act of catching with the hands, a catch. The heading off or intercepting of animals. A contrivance for checking, stopping, or holding such as a door-check or a catch for a latch etc. A chance, opportunity or windfall. The reach or range of vision.
v. To contain, restrain, watch over, guard etc. To catch a falling object with the hands or in a receptacle. To catch, suffer or incur mischief or harm. To stop, intercept, head off, check in pursuit, prevent, keep out or ward off. To seize by violence, to lay hold of what is not one’s own. To meet, encounter. To catch a bus or train etc.
pt. pp. keppit
n. The act of catching with the hands, a catch. The heading off or intercepting of animals. A contrivance for checking, stopping, or holding such as a door-check or a catch for a latch etc. A chance, opportunity or windfall. The reach or range of vision.
v. To contain, restrain, watch over, guard etc. To catch a falling object with the hands or in a receptacle. To catch, suffer or incur mischief or harm. To stop, intercept, head off, check in pursuit, prevent, keep out or ward off. To seize by violence, to lay hold of what is not one’s own. To meet, encounter. To catch a bus or train etc.
pt. pp. keppit
keppie
adj. Alert in catching a thing before it reaches the ground.
adj. Alert in catching a thing before it reaches the ground.
Compounds and phrases etc.
kep-a-gush: A splay-footed person.
kepper [ˈkɛpər, ˈkepər]: A person good at catching. A privateer.
keppin: Containing, catching etc.
kep up: To confine or gather and hold the hair by a band etc.
kepper [ˈkɛpər, ˈkepər]: A person good at catching. A privateer.
keppin: Containing, catching etc.
kep up: To confine or gather and hold the hair by a band etc.
carse, carses, kerse, kerses, kerses, kersses,
kerse [kɛrs]
n. (Water) Cress, usually Nasturtium officinale.
pl. kerses The cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis.
n. (Water) Cress, usually Nasturtium officinale.
pl. kerses The cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis.
Compounds and phrases etc.
meidae kerses: SW. The cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis.
Cairsy, kersey, Kersy,
kersey [ˈkɛrse]
n. A kind of coarse, ribbed cloth with a short nap, woven from short-stapled wool.
n. A kind of coarse, ribbed cloth with a short nap, woven from short-stapled wool.
Kershopefit, Kershupfit,
Kershopefit [ˈkɛrshəpfɪt]
pn. Kershopefoot (Cumbria).
pn. Kershopefoot (Cumbria).
cairve, cairved, cairven, cairvin, cairvins, carvit, cerve, cervin, cervins, kerv, kerve, kerved, kerven, kervin, kervins, kervit,
kerve [keːrv]
v. To carve.
pt. kerved
pp. kerven
v. To carve.
pt. kerved
pp. kerven
Compounds and phrases etc.
kervin: Carving. pl. kervins Carvings.
Kessack, Kessock,
Kessock [ˈkɛsək]
pn. Kessock (Highland).
Applied to a small variety of herring.
pn. Kessock (Highland).
Applied to a small variety of herring.
cat, cats, cattie, catty, ket, kettie, ketty,
ket [kɛt]
n. A matted fleece. The couch-grass or quick grass Elymus repens. A spongy peat composed of tough matted fibres.
adj. Irascible, quick-tempered.
v. Of a plough: to become entangled, obstructed by matted clumps of couch-grass and similar weeds.
n. A matted fleece. The couch-grass or quick grass Elymus repens. A spongy peat composed of tough matted fibres.
adj. Irascible, quick-tempered.
v. Of a plough: to become entangled, obstructed by matted clumps of couch-grass and similar weeds.
ketty
adj. Matted or lumpy turf often bound together by couch-grass.
adj. Matted or lumpy turf often bound together by couch-grass.
ket, kett,
ket [kɛt]
n. S. Carrion, tainted flesh. Rubbish, trash.
n. S. Carrion, tainted flesh. Rubbish, trash.