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

KYNRIK, s.
1. Kingdom.
Wallace.
2. Possession of a kingdom.
Acts Ja. I.

A. S. cynric, regnum.

KINSCH, s. Apparently, kindred.
Montgomerie.

KINSCH, KINCH, s.
1. The twist or doubling given to a cord or rope, S.
2. A cross rope capped about one stretched longitudinally, and tightening it, S.
Gl. Moray.
3. An advantage unexpectedly obtained.
Ibid.

Isl. kinka, artuum nodus; Belg. kink, a bend.

To Kinsch, v. a. To twist and fasten a rope, as above described, S.

KIOW-OWS, s. pl.
1. Silly tattles, trifling discourse, S. B.
2. Things of a trivial nature, S. B.

Corr. perhaps from E. gewgaws.

To Kiow-ow, v. n. To trifle either in discourse or conduct, S. B.

To KIP, v. a. To take the property of another by fraud or violence, Loth.