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90 EAST CORNWALL OLOSSABT. Kem, to liarden^ as com does after blossoming. A word with largo relationBhips. Kib. To kib a gap, is to mend a hedge with thorns^ and put tabe or tunres to keep them down. KibblOi a mine bucket Kiddylwink, a beer-house. Vide Tiddlywink. Killas, KellaSy a local name in Cornwall and Devon for every kind of day slate. It indudes, in different districts, soft day slate, roofing slate, fine-grained deavable sandstone, &c. It may be said to include all fine-grained sedimentary rocks of silidous nature and schistose in structure. Killiok, a stone set in a frame of wood, used by fishermen to anchor a boat in rou^h ^und, instead of a grapnel. '* The word heUick, as I am informM, si^pifies a cirde in Welsh ; and it is probable that the oirole of wood which holds the stone is the foundation of the name." "Video. Kimbly. The name of a thing, commonly a piece of bread, which is given under peculiar circumstances at weddmgs and christenings. It refers to a curious custom which probably at some time was genersd, but now exists only at Folperro, as far as I know. When the parties set out from the house to go to the Churdi, or on their business, one person is sent before them with this selected piece of bread in his or her hand (a woman is commonly preferred for this office), and the piece is given to the first individual that is met, whose attention has b^an drawn to the prindpal parties. I interpret it to have some reference to the idea of the evil eye, and its influence firom envy which might faM on the married persons or on the child, and which is sought to be averted by this unexpected eiift. It is also observed at births in order that by this gift env^ may oe turned away from the infant or happy parents. This himUy is commonly ^ven to persons bringing the first news to persons interested in the birtL" — JoNATHAK GoTTOH, Folporro. Kink, a twist in a rope ; entanglement. Kipper, a male salmon. Kit, (1) kith. (2) the buzzard, Btdeo vulgaris. Perhaps applied to the kite, Milvus regcUiBf before the bird became so exceedingly rare. Klip, to strike or cuff. " I Mipped 'en under the ear." Knagging, inclined to be contentious, and ill-tempered. Knap, the top or brow of a hill. Hark ! on the hnap of yonder hill ^ Some sweet shepherd tunes his quill. — ^Bbowite. As you shall see many fine seats set upon a hnap of ground. — Bacon*s EMayB. Knap-kneed, knock-kneed. Ko! an exclamation of entreaty. Video says Goh is an exclamation