kebars, I, 332, F 6; II, 227 a: rafters.
kebbuck, IV, 323, 5: cheese.
keckle-pin, burnt like keckle-pin, II, 155, 38: that is, I suppose, like heckle-pin, the sound of the k being carried on from like. Mr William Forbes, of Peterhead, suggests the following explanation: The pins used to hold the straw raips which hold down the thatch on cob or mud huts; being driven into the top of the walls close to the eaves, they are always dry and ready to burn. The mass of interlaced straw is called a hackle. Used all over East Aberdeenshire.
keeked, keekit, I, 303, D 1; 304, E 3: peeped.
keel, V, [116], 10: red chalk.
keem, kem, kemb, kame, comb.
keen, v., V, [238], 18; [278], 38: ken, know.
keen, armour, II, 62, 10: no sense except for arms of offense (as in Old Eng.).
keen (of tying), II, 162, D 3: strong or hard.
keen(e), II, 45, 26; 46, 39; V, [192] f., 27, 57: bold. spak sharp and keene, III, 394, K 3: cuttingly, poignantly.