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

KITTIWAKE, s. The tarrock, S.
Sibbald.

KITTY-WREN, s. The wren, S.

To KITTLE, v. a.
1. To litter.
Minstr. Bord.
2. To bring forth kittens, S.

Su. G. kitsla, id. from katt, a cat; or Isl. kad, foetus recens.

Kittling, s. A kitten, S.

To KITTLE, KITILL, v. a.
1. To tickle, S.

A. S. citel-an, Belg. kittel-en, Isl. kitl-a, id. Perh. the root is Isl. kid-a, molliter fricare.

2. To excite a pleasant sensation in the mind.
Douglas.
3. To enliven, to excite, S.
Ramsay.
4. To puzzle, to perplex, S.

Kittle, adj.
1. Easily tickled, S.

Teut. keteligh, id.