Kicking-in, subs. (Winchester).—See quot., and Kick.
c. 1840. Mansfield, School-Life at Winchester College, p. 138. But football wasn’t all beer and skittles to the Fags. There was an institution called KICKING-IN, which, while it lasted, was much worse than “watching out” at cricket, although it had the very great merit of not continuing so long; for, even on a whole holiday, we seldom had more than two hours of it.
Kick-off, subs. (Winchester).—Taking the football in hand and kicking it into the air: this was done after each Schitt (q.v.), Gowner (q.v.), or Goal (q.v.) by the losing side, and whenever a ball that had been kicked up in the air had been caught by one of the other side.—Mansfield (c. 1840).
Kid, subs. 1. (Winchester).—Cheese.
2. (The Leys).—A boy under fifteen. Hence KID-SIXES = football for KIDS—six a side.
Kill, verb (Winchester).—To hurt badly.
1800. Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent, “Glossary.” This word [KILL] ... means not killed, but much hurt. In Ireland, not only cowards but the brave “die many times before their death.” There “killing is no murder.”
1836. Marryat, Japhet, iii. Sure enough it cured me, but wasn’t I quite KILT before I was cured.
Kill-me-quick, subs. (The Leys).—A tuck-shop cake.
King Edward’s, Birm.—A curious custom exists here of inherited nicknames: e.g. Years ago a boy named Pearson was nicknamed “Jelly”; every Pearson, though unrelated to the other, for many years afterwards was nicknamed “Jelly.” A trio of brothers have been successively named “Tiddley,” others “Topsy,” and “Bowie.” An elder brother was called “Pussy,” and his younger brother “Kitten.”