An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

KEELIVINE, KEELIVINE-PEN, s. A black-lead pencil, S. Perhaps q. guille de vigne, a quill made from the vine.
Sir J. Sinclair.

KEEPSAKE, s. A token of regard, S.

KEEST, pret. Puked, S. B.

KEETHING SIGHT, the view of the motion of a salmond, by marks in the water, S. B.
Law Case.

This is the same with [Kythe], q. v.

To KEIR, v. a. To drive, S. B.
Bannatyne Poems.

Isl. keir-a, S. G. koer-a, to drive.

KEIR, s. In some parts of S., an ancient fortification.

C. B. caer, a fort.

Statist. Acc.