Defn: Rough; shaggy. [Obs.] "Kempe hairs." Chaucer.
KEMPS
Kemps, n. pl. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
Defn: The long flower stems of the ribwort plantain (Plantago
Lanceolata). Dr. Prior.
KEMPT
Kempt,
Defn: p. p. of Kemb. B. Jonson.
KEN
Ken, n. Etym: [Perh. from kennel.]
Defn: A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves. [Slang, Eng.]
KEN Ken, n. t. [imp. & p. p. Kenned; p. pr. & vb. n. Kenning.] Etym: [OE.kennen to teach, make known, know, AS. cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G. kennen to know, Goth. kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. sq. root45. See Can to be able, Know.]
1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or Scot.]
2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.] "We ken them from afar." Addison 'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. Shak.