Kecker. The windpipe (A.S.).—N. & S.W.
Kecks. Dry stalks of hemlock (A.B.). Hemlock must here be taken to mean several of the larger Umbelliferae, and to include occasionally growing plants as well as dry stems. There are many variants of the word, as Keeks (A.), Kecksey (A.B.), Gix (A.B.H.Wr.), Gicksies (Amateur Poacher, ch. iii), Gicks (Great Estate, ch. v).—N. & S.W.
Keep, Kip. Growing food for cattle, &c. (A.B.S.).—N. & S.W.
Kerf. A layer of turf or hay (A.B.C.). A truss of hay.—N.W.
Ketch. See Catch (1).
Keys, or Keyn. Fruit of ash and sycamore (A.B.).—N. & S.W.
*Kibble. *(1) To chip a stone roughly into shape (A.). Cf. Glouc. cabble, to break smelted pig-iron into small pieces, before proceeding to draw it into bar-iron. *(2) To cut up firewood (Wilts Arch. Mag. vol. xxiv. p. 210).—Obsolete.
Kid. (1) n. The cod or pod of peas, beans, &c.—N. & S.W. (2) v. To form pods; used of peas and beans. Well-kidded, of beans or peas, having the stalks full of pods (D.).—N. & S.W.
Kidney-stones. Dark water-worn pebbles (Eulogy, p. 28).—N.W.
'Kin. The same as Ciderkin.