V. ~Cuning~.

KINRENT, KYNRENT, _s._ Kindred.

A. S. _cynrene_, _cynryn_, id.

_Wallace._

KYNRIK, _s._

1. Kingdom.

_Wallace._

2. Possession of a kingdom.

_Acts Ja. I._

A. S. _cynric_, regnum.

KINSCH, _s._ Apparently, kindred.

_Montgomerie._

KINSCH, KINCH, _s._

1. The twist or doubling given to a cord or rope, S.

2. A cross rope capped about one stretched longitudinally, and tightening it, S.

_Gl. Moray._

3. An advantage unexpectedly obtained.

_Ibid._

Isl. _kinka_, artuum nodus; Belg. _kink_, a bend.

_To_ ~Kinsch~, _v. a._ To twist and fasten a rope, as above described, S.

KIOW-OWS, _s. pl._

1. Silly tattles, trifling discourse, S. B.

2. Things of a trivial nature, S. B.

Corr. perhaps from E. _gewgaws_.

_To_ ~Kiow-ow~, _v. n._ To trifle either in discourse or conduct, S. B.

_To_ KIP, _v. a._ To take the property of another by fraud or violence, Loth.

Su. G. _kipp-a_, to seize violently.

_To_ KIP, _v. n._ To play the truant, Loth.

KIPPAGE, _s._ Disorder, confusion, S. Loth.

KIPPER, _s._

1. Salmon in the state of sp.a.w.ning, S. A. _reid fische_, synon.

_Acts Ja. IV._

Teut. _kipp-en_, excludere ova.

2. Salmon salted, hung and dried, S.

_To_ ~Kipper~, _v. a._ To cure fish by means of salt and pepper, and by hanging them up, S.

_Statist. Acc._

KIR, _adj._ Cheerful, Ayrs.

Isl. _kirr_, tranquillus.

KIRK, _s._

1. The body of Christians adhering to one doctrine, S.

_Scots Confess._

2. A house appropriated for public worship, S.

A. S. _cyrce_, ecclesia.

_Knox._

_To_ ~Kirk~, _v. a._ To carry to church; as to _kirk a bride_, &c. S.

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