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74 . THE DIALECT OF and is placed on the head. At merry-meetings there is a weU-kno'wn game called ' Buck under the water IdV Eitling, sb. very common for kitten : from the word cat. It was once in dispute, when J. B. was in the company, what animal most resembled a cat. Some said the tiger, lion, leopard, Ac, but Jem, with great gravity, observed, T ma 'pinion theer's nowt so mich lauk a cat as a gret big Jntlin' Kittle, vb, to have kittens. Kittle, acy, dangerous ; ticklish. Sec. Kiver, t. e, cover, sb, ten sheaves of com sot up together. £ight sheaves form a eiack. See Thrace. Knaokle, vb. to mend in a small way ; to trifle, &c. ' He is a knackling fellow,' i. e. one who works on small and varied jobs. So < knioknacks * are trifles. Knaekler, «6. connected with the above. Knade, past tense of to knead^ but hneaded is also used. Xnadekit, commonly called the nakity a kind of tub, two feet deep by one and a half broad, used to hold the meal and water to form the dough for oat-bread, from which vessel it is ladled and placed upon the oakbrade. They don't reckon to dean the nakity as it is considered the bread is better to manage by leaving the remnante dP the old bread in the tub. Knock on, vb. to get on fast. Knodden, past participle of to knead. Knoll (pronounced note; gl. noal), vb. to sound the knelL Knoll, sb. a little round hill, or the top of a hill. Eaven's KnM is the name of a tajcm. near Eamley Tyas. Knop, «5. a bud. A flower in bud is said to be ' in knop.^ Occurs in Scripture, as in Exod. xxxviL 20 : ' In the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his Amop«, and his flowers.' Knope, vb. to strike on the head ; to break (stones). Knopple, 6b, the head ; the diminutive of knob^ or knop, Knor and spell, the name of a game played with a wooden ball (the kiioT a BpeUy and a pommel. The 9pdl is a kind of stase with three or four iron feet to drive into the ground ; on the top of this stage is a spring made of steel, containing a cup to receive the knor, whi^ is about one or two inches in diameter, and usually made of holly or box. The spring is kept down by a mecky which is topped by the pommel when the hnor is intended to be struck. Two may plav at the game, or two sides. When a plaver goes in he drives the kncr for, say, 100 yards, %. e. five score, and he reckons five. Each person has the same number of strokes, previously agreed upon, but gener- ally only one innings.