KIN, s. kindred.

KINK, s. a violent fit of coughing, with suspension of breathing.

KINKHOST, KINGCOUGH, s. the hooping-cough.

KINSCH, s. a loop made on a string or rope.

KIPPER, s. a salmon split open, salted, and dried.

KIRK, s. church; a body of Presbyterian Christians.

To KIRK, v. a. to carry to church as a bride after being married.

KIRN, s. a churn.

To KIRN, v. a. to make a confused mass of anything.

KIRN-MILK, s. butter-milk.

KIST, KYST, s. a chest; a coffin.

KISTING, s. the act of placing a corpse in a coffin.

KIT, s. the whole of a person’s property.

KITCHEN, KITCHING, s. anything taken to bread, as meat, cheese, or butter.

KITH, s. acquaintances, friends.

KITLING, s. a kitten.

KITTIE, KITTOCK, s. an immodest female.

To KITTLE, v. a. to litter; to tickle; to puzzle; to perplex.

KITTLIE, adj. itchy.

KITTY-WREN, s. the common wren.

KNACKETY, adj. self-conceited; small; trifling.

KNACKY, adj. quick at a reply or repartee.

KNAPPISH, adj. snappish; tart.

KNOCK, s. a clock.

KNOIT, NOYT, s. a sharp blow.

KNOW, KNOWE, NOW, s. a little hill; a hillock.

KNYFE, s. a hanger; a dagger; a cutlass.

KOBIL, s. a small boat.

KOWSCHOT, CUSHAT, s. the ringdove.

To KRUYN, v. n. to murmur.

KY, KYE, s. pl. cows.

KYLE, s. a strait of the sea; a sound.

KYNRIK, s. a kingdom.

KYTE, s. the belly.

KYTIE, s. fat; big-bellied.

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LAB, s. a stroke; a blow; a lump.

To LABOUR, v. a. to plough.

LACHTER, s. the whole eggs laid successively by a hen.

To LACK, v. a. to slight.

LAD, s. a sweetheart

LADDIE, s. a boy, or young man.

LADE, LAID, s. a load.

LADE, LEAD, s. a mill course.

LAFE, LAVE, s. the rest.

LAIF, LAEF, s. a loaf.

LAIGH, LAYCHE, adj. low; flat.

LAIRD, LARDE, s. a person of superior rank; a landholder, under the degree of a knight or squire.

LAIRDSHIP, s. a landed estate.

LAITH, adj. reluctant; unwilling.

LAITHFOW, adj. bashful.

To LAMB, to yean.

LAMMER, LAMBER, s. amber. Lammer beads and red thread, when together, were supposed to be a charm with power to repel witchery in former times.