A Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire Part 12

Kamics, Kramics _s._ rest-harrow

Keamy _adj._ covered with a thin white mould; applied to cider

Kecker, Kyecker-pipe, Kyecker, Kyeck-horn, the wind-pipe, a pervious pipe, from _kike_ to look through

Keeve, or Kive _s._ a large tub used in brewing or cider making _v._ to put the wort or cider in a keeve to ferment

Keep _s._ a large basket

Keffel _s._ a bad, worn-out horse (Welsh, _Keffyl_)

Kern _v._ to coagulate as milk; also applied to fruit and wheat becoming visible after the blossoming

Kex, Kexy _s._ dry, pervious stalks, as of cow-parsley and hemlock Kexies, see Kecker

Kid _s._ a pod To Kiddy _v._ ex. They do kiddy, but they don't villy

Kilter _s._ money

Kircher _s._ caul, used by butchers

Kittle, or Kettle-Smock _s._ a carter's frock

Knap _s._ a rising ground

Knee-sick _adj._ applied to corn when the stalk is not strong enough to bear the ear

Knottle _v._ to entangle with knots

Knottlins _s._ the intestines of a pig prepared for food

Knot _s._ flower-bed

Knot-Sheep _s._ sheep without horns

Kowetop _s._ the barm which rises above the rim of the tub

Kurpy, Kerp _v._ to speak affectedly; scold (Lat. _increpare_)

Labber _v._ to loll out the tongue

Lades, or Ladeshrides _s._ the sides of a waggon which project over the wheels

Ladies-smock _s._ bindweed _Convolvulus sepium_, _Cardamine pratensis_

Lady-Cow _s._ lady-bird _Coccinella septempunctata_,

Laiter _s._ the whole number of eggs laid by a hen before she becomes broody, ex. She 've laaid out her laiter

Lamiger _s._ lame, a cripple

Lar _s._ bar of a gate

Larks-lees, Leers _v._ neglected lands

Lart, Lawt _s._ a loft, as c.o.c.k-lart, hay-lart, apple-lart

Lary, Leary, Lear _adj._ empty, thin _s._ flank; Lear-quills, small quills

Las-chargeable _interj._ be quiet! _i.e._, he who last speaks or strikes in contention is most to blame

Lat, or Lart _s._ a lath, ex. Lartin nails

Lat _s._ shelf

Lat.i.tat _s._ a noise or scolding

Lattin-sheet _s._ iron-tinned; also as _adj._ made of tin, as a Lattin Saucepan

Lave _v._ to throw water from one place to another; to gutter, as a candle

Lay-field _s._ a piece laid down to gra.s.s

Lea, Leaze, Leers _s._ an open pasture field

Leapy, Lippary _s._ wet, rainy weather

Learn, Larn _v._ to teach, ex. Who larned 'e thay tricks

Leathern-bird, Leather-wing _s._ the bat

Ledge _v._ lay hands on; to lay eggs

Lent-lilies _s._ daffodils

Lescious ex. She is lescious of a place, _i,e._, knows of it and thinks it may suit

Levers _s._ a species of rush or sedge

Levvy _s._ a level (Fr. _levee_)

Lew, Lewth, Lewthy shelter, sheltered, lee-side

Libbets _s._ tatters; _little-bits_

Lidden _s._ a story, a song (Ger. _lied_)

Lief, Leaf _v._ leave; ex. I would as lief