kipple, I, 333, 5; IV, 432, 6: couple, rafter.
kipple-roots, I, 304, F 5: the ends of couples (rafters) that rest on the top of the wall. “In rude erections the couples were rough unhewn tree-stems, which were placed with their thickest, or root, ends on the walls, the smaller ends abutting at the ridge of the roof.” J. Aiken.
kirking, I, 371, 6, 12, 14: churching.
kirk-shot, IV, 359, 10: the fishings on the water where nets are shot, belonging to, or adjacent to, the kirk.
kirk-style, I, 441, 8-10; 498, 16, 24; IV, 183, 9, 11; 360, 16: the gate of the enclosure round a church, or, the stile in the church-yard wall.
kirk-toun, II, 219, 13: village in which is a parish church.
kirkyard, V, [299], 4: churchyard.
kirn, n. and v., V, [115], 6: churn.
kirtle, kirtell, kyrtell, part of a man’s dress, perhaps waistcoat: III, 65, 194; 71, 299. name given to a variety of articles of female attire, explained as jacket, corsage or waist, upper petticoat, a loose upper garment, tunic or short mantle, etc. dress of silk worn under a gown, over a petticoat, I, 433, 9. gown, petticoat and kirtle, III, 273, 14. kirtle and gown, III, 215, 10; IV, 432, 7, 8.
kist, chest, I, 15, A 3; B 3; 17, D 2; III, 189, 34; IV, 485, 19; V, [115], 5: coffin.