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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1818 Excerpt: ... KER 5. To be able. Wyntown. 6. To ken a widow to her terce, to set apart her proportion of the lands which belonged to her deceased husband; a forensic phrase, S. Fountainliall. Su. G. kaenn-a, cognoscere, sensu fo To Ken, V. n. To be acquainted. Wallace. Kennih, S. 1. Acquaintance, S.B. 2. A taste or smack of any thing, S. 5. A small portion. S. J. Nicol. 4. A slight degree, S. Burns. Su.G. kaenn-a, to discover by the senses. Kenspeckle, adj. Having so singular an appearance, as to be easily recognised, 5. J. Nicol. From ken, and A. S. specce, a mark. KENE, KEYNE, ad;. 1. Oaring. Gawanand Gol. 2. Cruel. Sir Tristrem. A.S. cene, Su.G. koen, audax. KENE R ED, pre. Stirred. Sir Gawan. From C.B. cynhyrv-u, to move, to stir. KENT, s. A long staff used by shepherds for leaping over ditches or brooks, S. Ross. To KEP, KEPP, KEIP, v.a. 1. To intercept, S. Douglas. 2. To receive in the act of falling, S. Bellenden. S. To meet in a hostile way. Barbour. 4. To meet in an amicable way, S. B. Gawanand Gol. 5. To meet accidentally, S. A.S. cep-an, Teut. kepp-en, capture. Kepar, S. One who catches at a thing. Dunbar. KEPE, s. Care, heed. To tak kepe, to take care. Wattace. A.S. cep-an, curare, advertere. KER, KAR, adj. Left, S. Skene. Gael. caerr, id. KER, s. The soft kernel of suet, Ang. KERB, KIRB STONES, The large stones on the borders of a causeway; q. curb-stones, because serving as a fence to the rest, S. Statist, Acc. KERS, KERSS, s. V. Cause. PS KERSSES, s. pl. Cresses, S. A. S. caerse, Belg kerss, id. KEST, KEI ST, pret.v. I. Threw. Complaynt S. 2. Threw off in the chase. Douglas. 5. Contrived, formed a plan. Wallace. KEST, part pa. Cased. Houlatc. KET, KETT, s. The flesh of animals that have died of disease or from accident, Loth. Bord. Su. G. koett, Isl. kaet...
