32 WEST CORNWALL GLOSSARY. Kente-pathen-g^y wooden pins belonging to the stone anchor used in punts. B. Y. Kente- purthupfi^ (^ hard), W. P. P., Mousehole fishermen. Kern, v, to curdle. Kerned, p. p, as cuij, turned from flower to fruit "The apple blowths have kerned,** The word set is often used, as '* the blos- soms have all set." Metal fixed or concreted around quartz is also said **to have herned** Eeyeran, the leather that joins the two pieces of wood in a flail. Kib, V, to mend a gap in a hedge with thorns. Kibbed, fenced by wood, thorns, briars, &c., being laid down, as applied to a hedge. Polwhele. Kibble, a mine bucket. Kibby, adj. sticky. "To play kibhy** a term of contempt used by boys in playing marbles when the marbles hit the player's nails. Kibby heels, chapped heels. Kioker, a small mizen used by fishing boats. W. P. P. Kiokliflh, adj, ticklish ; tottering. Kioky, V. to stutter ; to stammer.
- A kick-hammering fellow," a
stammerer. " A kick in his speech, a defect. Kiddaw, a sea-bird ; a guillem. Kidge, V, to stick ; to unite, as broken bones. * * We don't kidge/* we don't agree. Kidley-wink, Tidly-wink, a beer- shop. A man is sometimes said
- to keep a kidly/*
Kidling, adj. ailing; physically weak. S. C. J. Kidling or kidly^ T. C, tricking; cozening. Kiggal, "a spindle. Kiggal- rings, spindle whirls." Bottrell. Eillas, clay-slate ; schist Killick, a stone set in a frame of wood, or thick rope used to anchor boats on rough grounds. "I must up killick and go," I must be off. Killimore, an earth-nut. Halli- well. Cornish, literally the grove- nut. Polwhele. Kimbly, the name of an oifering, generally a piece of bread or cake, still given in some districts to the first person met on g^ing to a wedding or a christening. Sometimes given to a person bringing the news of a birth to an interested person. A cake, called a groamng cake, is made in some houses after the birth of a child, of which eveiy caller is expected to partake. '* The mother carries the groaning cake when going to be church^" H. B. C. King^, donkeys. Eedrutb, Cam- ish Telegraph, Sept, 1879. Kip, a cap or net. Kipes, a thin, lanky person. Kipesy, adj, thin; lanky. "A kipes, as thin as a bundle of pipes." Kiskey, a dried, brittle stem. The dry stems or stalks of
- keggas," wild carrot, or wild
parsmp. *'A withered kiskey o£ a man." Kist-vean, a small stone chest Kit, a smear, v. to dab. Halli- well. Kit, kith and kin. <' The whole kit of them." Kit, a kite. As yellow as a kife foot" (pron^ keet). Kitt, V, to steal ore. KittenB, the kidneys. Kittereen, a primitive omnibus.
- 'The Kit'Tereen was an open
car that ran between Penzance and Truro, set up by Christopher Treen. J. W.
