Lancashire Dialect Glossary K
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Ka, Keaw , Ceaw – a cow (SB)
Kale – to take another person’s turn
Kale, turn to be served: "Coal-pit kale." (SB)
Kalling – idling and gossiping
Kama or Komm – a comb (SB)
Kamin, Kommin – combing (SB)
Kamin-komm – a combing comb, a small-toothed comb; Redyin-komm, a large-toothed comb (SB)
Kample or Cample – to prate (SB)
Kappil or Cappil – a patch on a shoe (SB)
Karnil – a kernel (SB)
Kather, kayther, keyther – a cradle ‘Keep th’ keyther stirrin’ gently;
an’ make very little din’ [see also cayther]
Katty-green – in the township of Heaton; Katty-greenwell, same place (SB)
Kawve or Cawve – calf
Kayve – to upset, to turn over: "he's keyvt his cart." (SB)
Kazzarly – subject to casualties (obs.) (SB)
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Keather or Keyther – a cradle; Cader, cymraeg (SB)
Keaw or Ceaw – a cow (SB)
Keawr, keawer, ceawer – cower, sit, to sit down
‘Tha never stops i’ th’ heawse an heawr
Bud in th’ owd ale-heawse tha will keawr’
Keawl – to crouch, to quail (SB)
Keawlt – abashed, intimidated (SB)
Keawlin – intimidating (SB)
Keawltn – they intimidated (SB)
Keawnt or Ceawnt count, to number (SB)
Keck – to be pert (SB)
Kecking – said of a young woman who is showing off with her head in the air.
Putting on airs.
Keckle – unsteady (SB)
Kecklety – likely to topple over (SB)
Keckle – prate, impertinence (SB)
Keeklin – prating, assuming (SB)
Keck-meg – a pert young woman (SB)
Keegh – to cough; also a cold (obs.) (SB)
Keend – to kindle: "keend a foyer" (SB)
Keendn – kindling (SB)
Keent – kindled (SB)
Keem – to comb (SB)
Keen-bitten – eager, sharp, alert to take advantage (SB)
Keep – catch (obs.) (SB)
Keigh – key ‘T; North wind is whistlin’ thro’ th’ keighole’
Keigh or Kye – cows (SB)
Kegley – shaky ‘Kegley on her pins’
Kelter – money
Kem – to comb ‘Kem thi yure’
Kemming – combing
Kersn or Kersen – to christen (SB)
Kersnt or Kersent – christened (SB)
Kerson, kersunt – christen, christened
Kesmus, kessmus – Christmas ‘Yo’re comin’! ay, an’ so is Kessmas’
Kest, cast (SB)
Kest off – cast off (SB)
Kest – to cast accounts (SB)
Kest-op – to cast up accounts (SB)
Kesting – when the house flagstones become damp it is said to be a sign
of fine weather
Kestlin – a calf before its time (SB)
Kestit – cast up (SB)
Keyke, kyke – crooked or overturning
Keyney – key-pawed (left handed)
Keythur or Kayther – cradle
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Kibboes – long sticks (SB)
Kibe – to draw the mouth crooked in contempt
Kibe – to gibe, to mock (SB)
Kibe-heels – sore heels (obs.) (SB)
Kill – a kiln; Breek-kill, a brick-kiln (SB)
Kill-danes – a field at the bottom of Castle-hill, Rochdale (SB)
Kilt – killed ‘An’ heaw Samson kilt theawsands wi’ th’ jaw of an ass’
Killt – killed (SB)
Killin – killing (SB)
Killtn – they killed (SB)
Kink – to lose the breath with coughing: chin-cough (SB)
Kink-haust – a violent cough or cold (SB)
Kipper – amourous (SB)
Kipple – to lift a weight from the ground, and throw it upon the shoulders without help or stoppage (SB)
Kist – chest ‘My gronny’s sent a kist o’ drawers’
Kittle – ticklish, uncertain also to bring forth young (SB)
Kittlin’ – kitten ‘Just look at t’kittlin’ heaw id plays’
Kloof – a clough; a deep and precipitous hollow
Knattle – cross, ill-natured
Knep – to snap, to bite (obs.) (SB)
Knoblucks – small lumps (SB)
Knocker-up – one who roused people who went early to work
Knockus – knuckles (SB)
Knoggy – knotty (SB)
Knotchel or Notchel – to disclaim responsibility. To cry knotchel, is to give public notice that the notifier will not be answerable for any debt or debts of another party (SB)
Knowe – a knoll, a hillock (SB)
Knowe-hill – nr. Rochdale (SB)
Known – know
Knowed – knew
Knurs – knots, warts on trees (SB)
Ko' – quoth: "Heaw arto, ko' he?" "Pratty weel ko' I." (SB)
Kreym – cream
Kuller – colour ‘a gowden kuller’
Kwort – to court, to make love (SB)
Kwortin’ – courting, a modern term for hooin’
Kwortn – they court (SB)
Kwortship – courtship (SB)
Kwort – a court of justice the court at London, or other court (SB)
Kybe – to pout the lip in scorn (SB)
Kynd – kind (SB)
Kyndly – kindly (SB)
Kyndniss – kindness (SB)
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