_Bannatyne Poems._

3. The champion of a party in controversy.

_Winyet._

Dan. _kempe_, a giant; Isl. miles robustus.

~Kemp~, _s._ The act of striving for superiority, S.

_J. Nicol._

~Kemper~, _s._

1. One who strives; now generally applied to reapers striving on the harvest-field, S.

2. One who is supposed to excel in any respect, S.

_Ross._

Isl. _kaemper_, is the pl. of _kaempe_.

~Kempin~, _s._ The act of striving on the harvest-field, S.

_A. Douglas._

_To_ KEMPEL, _v.a._ To cut into separate parts, S. B.

Su. G. _kappa_, L. B. _kapul-are_, to amputate.

KEMPLE, _s._ Forty wisps or bottles of straw or hay, S.

_Courant._

_To_ KEN, _v. a._

1. To know, S.

O. E.

2. To make known.

_Wyntown._

3. To direct, in relation to a course.

_Douglas._

4. To direct, as to the means, S. B.

Isl. _kenn-a_, docere, inst.i.tuere.

_Barbour._

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.

_Fountainhall._

Su. G. _kaenn-a_, cognoscere, sensu forensi.

_To_ ~Ken~, _v. n._ To be acquainted.

_Wallace._

~Kennin~, _s._

1. Acquaintance, S. B.

2. A taste or smack of any thing, S.

3. 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, S.

_J. Nicol._

From _ken_, and A. S. _specce_, a mark.

KENE, KEYNE, _adj._

1. Daring.

_Gawan and Gol._

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