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kail / kel yards   -    kitchen gardens

keck    -     a feeble or seedling root vegetable 

keik , keive    -     to lift up one end of something, to lift up                                one end of a container and empty out the                                contents

kelter    -     wealth 

kerry     -     a loud noise or a din, usually voices 

keyb    -    to sulk or pout 

key-paw, key-pawed     -     left hand, left-handed

kibble    -      to crush or grind oats, barley etc. coarsely 

kibblin'     -     narrow, straightened. "The rowms bin sich                             little kibblin' pleeces as I never seid" 

Kibbo Kift     -     a proof of great strength, usually by lifting a                           large load of wheat

kibosh    -     polish or finish. To put "a kibosh" on a pair of                         boots is to polish them particularly well.

kiggle, kiggly     -       to be unstable, stand insecurely 

kind, kindin'   -     to kindle, kindling 

kindle     -      to have young, except cats which are said                              to kittle 

Kings and Queens    -     the finest portions of any growing                                           crop

kissin' bush    -    a Christmas bush; generally of holly or                                    mistletoe and hung with ribbons, oranges,                              apples etc.. 

kissin' crust   -     the crust at the two ends of a loaf, where a                             join is made with another loaf and they                                   have to be split. 

kitlin'   -      (1) a kitten (2) a gentle person 

knab    -     a bite from a horse

knackety, knicky knacky    -      one who can turn his/her hand                                                 to anything

knock in to    -      to give up an engagement "I was to a' gone                             to Treacle Town to-neight, bur it's reinin'                                 cats an' dogs, an' I think I shall knock in to                             it" 

knockle up      -      a horse which has gone weak in its legs is                              said to have knockled up. 

koggle, koggly    -      to be unsteady