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ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. 59 Keep compaiLy, i;. to be lovers. Keeshion, sb. the hedge parsley. Keeve, sb. a large tub used in bleach works, &c. Kell, eb, the debris of the skin. Kelp, sb. the ash of burnt seaweed, of value for the alkali and iodine contained in it. Kemp-itone, sb. a large cromlech near Dundonald, Go. of Down. Ken, V. to know. Kennel, v. to kindle. Kenspeckled, adj remarkable looking ; easily recognised. Keo8, sb» funny tricks ; jokes ; nonsense. Keous, sb. the rootlets of the potato plant. Kep, r. to catch ; to stop ; to head or turn back any animal. Kenies, sb. fleecy driving clouds. See Carry of the sky. Kettle-bellied, adj. big bellied. Kib, sb. a kind of ftpade used in stony or hilly ground where a plough cannot work. It is very narrow and thick. Kilmaddy, sb. the fishing frog, Lophius piscotonus. Kilt, V. badly hurt. ' The wean's kilt* . Kimlin, sb. a small wooden vessel, used for dressing butter in. Kindlin', sb. fuel. . King of the mnllet, a fish, the basse, Labrax Lup^is. Called also White Mullet. Kink, sb. a twist in a rope or chain. Kink, Keenk, sb, a paroxysm of coughing or of laughter. Kipple, sb. the coupling of the frame of a roof. Kipple butt, sb. that part of the principal of a roof which rests on the wall. Kisses, sb. small sweetmeats rolled up along with mottoes in a piece of coloured paper. Kist, sb. a chest. Kitchen, (1) sb, anything eaten as a relish with other food. ' Butter to butter's no kitchen,^ saying. (2) V. to save or husband anything carefully, Kitlin, sb. a kitten. Kittagh handed, left-handed. Colla Macdonnell {circa 1600) is known as Coll Kittagh.