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KELL, _s._

1. A dress for a woman's head.

_Douglas._

2. The hinder part of a woman's cap, the _caul_, S.

Belg. _kovel_, a coif.

KELLACH, KELLACHY, _s._ A small cart of wicker, fixed to a square frame and tumbling shafts, Ang.

_Statist. Acc._

Isl. Su. G. _kaelke_, a dray or sledge.

KELPIE, WATER-KELPIE, _s._

1. The spirit of the waters, who, as is vulgarly believed, gives previous intimation of the destruction of those who perish within his jurisdiction, by preternatural lights and noises, and even a.s.sists in drowning them, S.

_Minstrelsy Border._

Alem. _chalp_, Germ. _kalb_, a calf?

2. A raw-boned youth.

_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._

KELT, _s._ Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool, S. used both as a _s._ and _adj._

_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._

_Leg. St Androis._

Isl. _kult_, tapestry, or any raised work.

KELT, _s._ A salmon that has been sp.a.w.ning, a foul fish, S.

_Statist. Acc._

Belg. _kuytvisch_ id. _kuyt_, Teut. _kiete_, sp.a.w.n.

_To_ KELTER, _v. n._ To move in an undulating manner, S.

Germ. _kelter_, vivarium.

KELTER, _s._ Money, Dumfr.

Germ. _gelt_, id.

KELTIE, _s._ A large gla.s.s or b.u.mper, imposed under the notion of punishment on those who, as it is expressed, do not _drink fair_, S.

_Keltie's mends_, id.

_Statist. Acc._

KELTIES, _s. pl._ Children, Ang.

Su. G. _kullt_, a boy.

KEMBIT, _s._ The pith of hemp, Ayrs.

Gael. _cainab_, hemp.

To KEME, _v. a._ To comb.

V. ~Kaim~.

KEMESTER, _s._ A wool-comber, S.

_Burrow Lawes._

_To_ KEMP, _v. n._ To strive, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _camp-ian_, Su. G. _kaemp-a_, certare.

~Kemp~, _s._

1. A champion.

_Douglas._

A. S. _cempa_, miles; Su.G. _kaempe_, athleta.

2. Sometimes it includes the idea of strength and uncommon size.

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