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60 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. KitOe, V. to bring forth kittens ; to bring forth young alive. ' Some fishes spawn and others kittle.' Kittling, adj A hare with young is called a ' kittling hare.' Knab, v. to snatch up ; to steal. Kxutp, V. to strike repeated blows, as with a hammer. Kaapsaok breed, children bom in the army. Kaockin' trougli, sb. a large mortar made of stone, formerly used for pounding barley in. It held about twenty quarts. The 'mell' used was of wood. Kaowd, Vowd, sb. the grey gurnard, Trigla gurnardxts, Knowe, ab. a knoll ; a small hOl. Knowin', sb, a knowing ; just what could be perceived. * We took a wee knowin* o whisky.* Knowled^ble, adj. knowing. Pigs is a dale knowledgibler nor people think." — Ollminice. Knur, sb. a dwarf ; an3rthing small or dwarfish ; any animal that has become stunted in his growth. Xrittityy acfj. of uncertain temper ; skittish ; cross ; unreliable. Kye, sb. cows. Lab, sb. a game of marbles. Labour, v. * To labour a field,' to dig it or cultivate it. Lachter, sb. a brood of chickens, Sec. ; a quantity. Lacken day, sb. a wet day. Lag, lag, Leg, leg, the call to geese. Laimeter, Lamiter, sb. a lame person. Lair, sb. A man or horse is said to lair when he sinks in mud of snow, and cannot extricate himself. Laivins, sb. the refuse. Lamed to the ground. ' I got a stab of a bayonet in the groin, which has lamed me to the ground.* Lament'able, adj. unpleasant ; disagreeable. < It's a most lament'- able wet day.' ' The smell of the fish was most lamenfahle.* Lammas floods, sb. heavy rains which are expected about the first of August Land, sb. cultivated land or pasture, as opposed to a road. ' Come on the landt* i. e. come off the road into the fields. Landed, v. arrived ; placed. * I Tanded off the car at six o'clock.' ' I gave him won skite, an' landed him into the middle of a whin- bush.*