KEP, v. To catch, as, "to catch a ball in the hand;" also, "to kep water," applied to a vessel which receives rain when it is falling, or water from a spout. See Car. (2). A. S. cep-an, as well as LAT. cap-tare, and cap-ere, seem to have the same general origin. Sibbald mentions TEUT. kepp-en, captare.

"Kep me in your arms twa,

And latna me fa' down."

Jam. Pop. Ball. xi, 45.

"Mourn, Spring, thou darling of the year!

Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear."

Burns.

KESLOP, n. The stomach of a calf prepared for rennet. GERM. kase-lab. See Kislop in Jam.

A. S. cese-lib.

W. and C.

KEST,

KAST,

KESSEN,

p. pa. Cast off, left off, as being done with; applied to old garments. Used in a like sense in Shaks. As You Like It, act iii, s. 4, "A pair of cast lips of Diana."

This is the interpretation given by Theobald. KEST, v. pret. of cast. Used in the sense of "threw away," by Wicliffe, Apol. for Lollards. W. and C.

KET, n. Filth, offal, carrion. Jam, Car., For., Will. KEVEL, n. A large hammer used in stone quarries. Will. KIDNAPPERS, n. pl. A foolish practice formerly prevailed

of telling children, when behaving ill, that kidnappers would come and take them away. H.

KILL, n. Kiln. See Jam., Car.

KIND, a. On very friendly terms.

KING-COUGH, n. Hooping-cough TEUT. kincken.

"It shall ne'er be said in our country

Thou dy'dst o' th' chin-cough."

Beau. and Flet., Bonduca.

See Chin-cough in John. and Web. Kink-host in

Jum., Car.

KINNLE, v. To bring forth young, applied to a rabbit.

Car., H.

KIRN, n. Churn.

See Car. v. Kern.

KIRN, v. To churn. A. S. cernan.

KIRN-MILK, n. Churn-milk.

KIRSMAS, n. Christmas.

Kirsen in Car.

See Kersmas, Kersen, and

KIRSEN, v. To christen. DUT. kerstenen. See Jam., W. and C.

KIRSNIN, n. Christening.

KIST, n. A chest: less frequently used than "chist." See Jam., Car.

KIT,

KITTY,}

p. n. Christopher.

KIT, n. A small wooden vessel with one or two ears. A. S. kitte. DUT. kit. See Jam., Car., H., Will. KITE, n. A plaything made of paper, the flying of which in the air is a favorite pastime of boys. See Strutťs Sp. and Pas.

KITH, n. "Kith and kin," friends and relations. See

P. Plough., fol. 85 a.

"At kith or kin I need na speir,

An I saw ane-an-twenty, Tam."

W. and C.

See Kin in Bar.

Burns.

KITTLE, v. Now applied only to a cat's bringing forth

"And the brisk mouse may feast herself with crums,

Till that the green-eyed kitlin comes."

Herrick's Hesperides.

See Jam., Car., W. and C., Wilb., P. P. v. Kytlinge.

KITTLE, v. To tickle. A. S. citelan. Will.
KITTLED, pret. and p. pa. of kittle.

KITTLE,
KITTLISH,

(a. 1. Easily tickled. 2. Difficult, in a physical sense. 3. Difficult, nice, used in a moral sense. 4. Uncertain, variable, and in this sense applied to the weather.

The first form of the adjective is most frequently used, in the senses 2, 3, 4. See Jam.

KNACK, n. Habitual facility of doing anything.

"Knaves, who in full assemblies have the knack
Of turning truth to lies and white to black."

"The Dean was famous in his time,
And had a kind of knack at rhyme."

Dryden.

Swift.

KNACKERS, n. Two flat pieces of wood or bone, of unequal length, one of which is held between the first and second fingers, and the other between the second and third fingers, and which are made to beat a tune. They are a sort of rude castanets. I have heard this plaything also in London, where the name is clappers.

"The princes that war riche on raw

Gert nakers strike and trumpes blaw."

Minot's Poems.

Ritson thus defines this word: "Nakers, Tymbals, a species of martial music, adopted from the Saracens.' See Nacks in Car.

KNAP, n. A blow. Car.

KNARL, v. To gnaw.

KNAW, v. To know. A. S. cnawan.

KNAWLEDGE, n. Knowledge. Car.

KNAWN, p. pa. Known. Car.

Car.

KNOCKLE DOWN, A cry among boys when playing at marbles, the meaning of which is, that he whose turn it is, is to shoot with his hand on the ground,

and not from any height above the ground, a privilege to which he is only entitled by having first cried out "Please at you." See Knuckle-down in Bar. KNODDEN, p. pa. of knead, as, "knodden-cake." Car. KURSIN'D, p. pa. Christened. So used by Jonson. KYE, n. pl. Cows. See Jam., Car., H., W. and C. KYLEY (Kyloe), n. The designation given to a small breed of Scotch cattle. See Jam. v. Kyloe.

KYTLE, n. A loose, short coat, without laps, usually made

LABBER, v. To dabble in water, to wet.

LACE, v. To beat, to flog. Car., Will.

Jam.

LACED, a. An epithet applied to tea which is mixed with some kind of spirit.

Mr. Nisby is of opinion that laced coffee is bad for the head."-Spectator, No. 317.

"He is forced every morning to drink his dish of coffee by itself, without the addition of the Spectator, that used to be better than lace to it.". Spectator, No. 488.

Car.

"If haply he the sect pursues,

That read and comment upon news;

He takes up their mysterious face,

He drinks his coffee without lace."

Prior.

LAD, n. A young man. Frequently applied to one in a menial situation. See Jam.

Applied also to any one who is an adept in or very

fond of anything, as, “He's the lad for running.”

LADE (pronounced l'yad), n. Load.

Car.

LADE (pronounced l'yad), v. To load. Car.

LADE (pronounced l'yad), v. To throw out water, as, for instance, "by means of a bowl or dish, the water which

a boat has taken in by leaking."

"He chides the sea that sunders him from them,
Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way."

Shak., 3 Hen. VI, iii, 2. LAFE (pronounced l'yaf), n. Loaf. A. S. hlaf. Car. LAKE, v. To play. Will.

"Hæc vox in Septentrionali Angliæ regione, non in aliis invaluit, quia Dani illam partem primam invaserunt, uni vel altero seculo, priusquam reliquam Angliam subjugarunt."-Skinner.

See Car., H., Wilb., W. and C., Pr. Pa. v. lakyn. LAKES, n. Sports, games.

LAKIN,
BABBY-LAKIN,

<IN,}, n. A child's plaything. H., W. and C.

LANG, a. Long. A. S. lang. Car., W. and C.
LANG-SETTLE, n. A long wooden seat, having a back

and two arms. It is frequently made of carved black

oak. A. S. lang and setl. Jam., Car., H., Will., Nar. LANT, n. Three-card lant, the game of loo. John., Jam. LANTED, a. Beaten in the game of lant.

LAP, v. Pret. of leap.

LAP, v. To wrap. See Wlap in H., Lanc.

LAP UP, v. To cease from any work.

Car.

LAPSTONE, n. A large stone used by shoemakers. Car. LARN, v. To learn. Car.

LARNIN, n. Learning. Car.

LASH-COMB, n. A large comb. Car., Jen.

Lass is sometimes used for a female menial servant.
Occasionally, to mark the inferiority of age more de-