The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire

by James Jennings

Kil'ter. s. Money.

King'bow, or rather, a-kingbow. adv. Kimbo.

Chaucer has this word kenebow, which is, perhaps, the true one—a kenebow, implying a bow with a keen or sharp angle.

"He set his arms in kenebow."

CHAUCER, Second Merchant's Tale.

Or place the arms a-Kingbow, may be to place them in a consequential manner of commanding, like a king.

Kir'cher. s. The midriff; the diaphragm.

Kirsmas. s. Christmas.

Kirsen. v. a. To Christen.

[These two words are instances of the change of place of certain letters, particularly r.]