Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
kecky |
adjective |
Resembling a kecksy. |
kedge |
noun |
To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it., A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed witch. See Kedge, v. t., and Anchor, n. |
keech |
noun |
A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher. |
keels |
noun pl. |
Ninepins. See Kayles. |
keesh |
noun |
See Kish. |
keeve |
noun |
A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub., A bleaching vat; a kier., A large vat used in dressing ores., To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation., To heave; to tilt, as a cart. |
kelpy |
noun |
An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be drowned. |
kempt |
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of Kemb, p. p. of Kemb. |
kempe |
adjective |
Rough; shaggy. |
kemps |
noun pl. |
The long flower stems of the ribwort plantain (Plantago Lanceolata). |
kerse |
noun |
A cress. |
kerve |
verb t. |
To carve. |
kesar |
noun |
See Kaiser. |
ketch |
noun |
An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, — usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden., A hangman. See Jack Ketch., To catch. |
ketol |
noun |
One of a series of series of complex nitrogenous substances, represented by methyl ketol and related to indol. |
kevel |
noun |
A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed., A stone mason’s hammer., Alt. of Kevin |
kevin |
noun |
The gazelle. |
kever |
verb t. & |
i. To cover. |
keved |
imp. & past participle |
of Key |
keyed |
adjective |
Furnished with keys; as, a keyed instrument; also, set to a key, as a tune. |