Karping, carping, sb. speech, address. Wyntoun, VIII, 18, 85; VIII, 18, 189; IX, 9, 34. See carp.
Keik, kek, vb. to peep, to pry. O. N. kíkja, to pry, Norse kika. Undoubtedly a Scand. loan-word, i>ei as in gleit, gley.
Kendle, kendill, kennle, vb. to kindle. Lyndsay, 161, 4970; Gol. and Gaw., 1221; Rolland, I, 609. O. N. kendill, kynda, M. E. kindlen. See Brate.
Kilt, vb. to tuck up, O. N. kelta, kjalta, O. Dan. kiltæ, the lap, Dan., Norse kilte, to tuck up, O. Sw. kilta, sb. For discussion of this word see Skeat.
Kist, kyst, sb. chest, box. O. N. kista, Norse, Dan. kiste, a chest. O. E. cest would have given kest, or chest. See also Curtis, § 392. The tendency in Sco. is to change i to e before st, not e to i. Cp. restit, gestning.
Kittling, kittlen, sb. kitten. Burns, 38, 2, 3; Mansie Wauch, 23, 19; 210, 10. O. N. ketlingr, diminutive of ketta, she-cat, Norse kjetling. Cp. Cu. kitlin. The same diminutive formation appears in Dan. kylling, older kykling, Norse kjukling, a chicken.
Knuse, knoose, vb. to bruise, to press down with the knees, to beat, also to knead. Ramsay, I, 236. See Jamieson for secondary meanings. O. N. knusa, to bruise, to beat, Norse knusa, Dan. knuse, crush, O. Sw. knosa, knusa, crush, press tight, beat. Cp. Goth. knusian. O. E. cnysian, shows umlaut.
Kow, sb. a fright, terror. Winyet, I, 107, 12. O. N. kúga, to cow. See cow, vb.