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

Gael. gial and cinnea, expl. "paid to one's kinsmen;" or A. S. geld, compensatio, and cynn, cognatio.

To KELE, v. a. To kill.
Douglas.

A. S. cwell-an, id.

KELL, s.
1. A dress for a woman's head.
Douglas.
2. The hinder part of a woman's cap, the caul, S.

Belg. kovel, a coif.

KELLACH, KELLACHY, s. A small cart of wicker, fixed to a square frame and tumbling shafts, Ang.
Statist. Acc.

Isl. Su. G. kaelke, a dray or sledge.

KELPIE, WATER-KELPIE, s.
1. The spirit of the waters, who, as is vulgarly believed, gives previous intimation of the destruction of those who perish within his jurisdiction, by preternatural lights and noises, and even assists in drowning them, S.
Minstrelsy Border.

Alem. chalp, Germ. kalb, a calf?

2. A raw-boned youth.
Gl. Shirr.