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201 Kiddle, Kiddly, or Kiddlin. To be engaged about various little jobs. " Always kiddlin about." Kidge. To stick, to unite, to " chum " together. Kidney. To agree together, to be chums together, to confederate, as, " they kidney together very well." (Kidge. M.A.C.) Kiggal. A spindle. Bottrell. This is a Celtic Cornish word, spelt Kygd or Kigel, and meaning a distaff. Killas. Clay slate, the " schist " of the geologists. . Killeck. A stone used as an anchor for punts. W.F.P, Killi-more. Earth-nuts. HalUwell. Grove-nuts. Pol- whele. Kelli or Killi is a Celtic Cornish word mean- ing a grove, and mor berries. Moran, a berry. Kimbly. Couch, in his History of Polperro, says that "at weddings it was formerly the custom when the party set out for church, for one person to be sent before with a piece of bread or cake in his or her hand, (a woman was usually selected) and this was presented to the first person met in the procession. The gift w^as called the " kimbly," and w^as also given at births to the person who brought the first news to those interested in the new arrival." Kimbly was also given to the one who brought first news in the smuggling times. " If us catches sight of 'em (smug- glers) comin in we'll rin down and tell the news, and you shall have himhhj for telling it." Mrs, Parr's Adam & Eve,