Glossary - K

KAM crooked

KECKSY hemlock

KEECH a lump of tallow

KEEL to skin

KEEP to restrain

KEISAR Caesar, Emperor

KERN the rude foot soldiers of the Irish

KIBE a chilblain

KICKSHAW a made dish

KICKSY WICKSY a wife, used in disdain

KILN-HOLE the ash-hole under a kiln

KIND nature

KINDLE to bring forth young; used only of beasts

KINDLESS unnatural

KINDLY natural

KIRTLE a gown

KNAP to snap, crack

KNAVE a boy A serving-man

KNOT a figure in garden beds

KNOW to acknowledge