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- kaam = (n) a mold for casting metal into bullets
- kaarm = (n) a heap of dirt
- kaav = (v) to snow heavily
- kaavie = (n) a heavy snowfall
- kabbie-labby = confused speaking, many person talking at the same time
- kabe = (n) a wooden pin against which a boats oar is rowed
- kaddie = tame lamb, often motherless, bottle fed and brought up at the house
- kaff = chaff
- kaim = (n) a ridge of high hills
- kaivle = (n) a wooden bit used to prevent a lamb from suckling on a ewe
- kaivle = (v) to fit a lamb with a kaivle
- kale = (n) cabbage
- kale flee = (n) white cabbage butterfly
- kallowed = (adj) calved ("a new-kallowed coo")
- kalwaet = (adj) cold, sharp, generally applied to weather
- kann = cleverness, adroitness, capability
- kannie = (n) a yoke-shaped piece of wood between the stammareen and stem
- kaper-noited = (adj) ill-natured, fractious (var. caper-noited)
- kapp = (n) wooden scoop for bailing boat
- kardoos = (n) a fine cut tobacco procured from the Dutch.
- kash = (n) a tobacco pouch
- katmoget = (adj) sheep markings, light color with dark undersides
- katmogit = (adj) Applied to animals white colored with black legs and belly
- katmollet = (adj) sheep markings, light-coloured nose and jaws
- kat-yugl = (n) the eagle-owl
- kavaburd = (n) a thick fall of snow, snow drifted violently by the wind
- kavil = (v) remove hook from fish's mouth
- kavlin-tree (n) wooden device with notched end to aid fish hook removal
- kawle, kavle = (v) to remove hook from the mouth of a large fish by means of a small stick notched at one end
- kecksie = hogweed
- ked = (n) sheep louse
- keedin = (n) the cheek
- keek = (v) kick
- keeldracht = (n) metal band protecting the wood of a boat's keel
- keel-draught = (n) a false keel to a boat
- keen = (n) a rock jutting out from the face of a cliff
- keeng = (n) a clasp of pewter used to repair broken china or earthenware
- keeng = (v) to unite pieces of a broken dish by means of a clasp
- keen-keen = expression of approval said to small (boy) child
- keetchin = (n) groats cooked with cabbage and pork (also used as a general term for adding an additional item to a meal or snack to make it more tasty and/or nutritous).
- keling, keilling = (n) a cod
- kelliemuff = (n) a mitt
- kemp-booth = (n) a rowing contest
- ken = know, (I ken dee)
- kent = knew
- keobe = (n) A reward, a gift
- keobe = (v) to bribe or induce by promise of a reward
- kep = (n) cap
- kep an corner = (adj) across the diagonal, squint
- keppr = (n) a flat piece of wood secured in the mouth of a horse when bringing home the sheaves to prevent his eating the corn
- kepsin = Capstan
- ketlin (n) kitten
- keüss = (n) a pile or heap
- kie = (v) to detect, to catch in the act
- kiegek (keiggir in some areas) = stiffness in the neck from keeping it in one position too long
- kinda = (adj) rather, somewhat
- kippock = (n) a small number of piltacks banded together
- kirk = (n) church
- kirkasucken = (n) the buried dead in churchyards, as distinguished from those in a watery grave
- kirn = (v) churn
- kirn-milk = (n) a soft cheese
- kirpit = too small in size, mostly used in reference to clothing or indoor space
- kirr = (interj) hush
- kirr = (v) to hush or silence
- kirrat = noise, din
- kirsen = decent
- kirser = (n) a cat
- kirssen = Applied to a very lean animal; also to food when not wholesome (??)
- kirvie = (n) a certain quantity of straw or grass; literally, three sheaves tied together
- kishie = (n) basket made of straw or reeds and carried on back
- kist = usually a wooden sea chest, but also used sometimes to refer to a coffin
- kistit = corpse contained in a coffin and ready for burial
- kit,kitt = (n) a shallow vessel for milking in, with a closely- fitting lid
- kittie-sweerie = (n) an instrument for winding yarn
- kittle = (v) tickle
- kittly = (adj) ticklish
- kiunin = (n) a rabbit
- kjimsie = (n) a fellow
- kjit = (n) wooden pail with a lid
- klaager = (n) sea word for a hen
- klacht = (v) to seize hold
- klack, klak = (n) a fishing ground near the shore
- klag = (v) to lick up, as a sponge or soft cloth licks up wet or dust
- klagging = clamouring
- klakaskurr = (n) an inshore fishing seat
- klamoos = (n) outcry, loud noise
- klat = (n) prattling, chattering
- klat = (v) to prattle, chatter, babble
- klatsh = (n) a slap, as with the palm of the hand
- klaug = (n) sound made by chickens
- kleber = (n) soapstone, steatite
- kleebie = (n) a heated stone plunged into buttermilk, to separate the curd from the whey. The curd is called kirnmilk and the whey when mixed with water is called bland.
- kleester = (v) to daub or semar with mud or the like
- kleevins = (n) tongs, also "femorum intercapedo"
- kleipit = (adj) miserly, stingy
- klegg = (n) horsefly
- klett = (n) rocky outcrop on a beach
- klibber = wooden saddle on ponies back to hold burden
- klibbi-tengs = (n) fire tongs made from bent flat metal
- kliek = (n) a hook
- kliekit = snatched away from the hand
- klif = (n) a hoof
- kline = (v) spread ( as butter)
- kliv-gaeng = (n) a great crowd in motion
- klivsie = (n) a name applied to sheep
- klivven = (adj) cloven
- da Klomper = (n) sea-name for land (Foula)
- klondyker = (n) Eastern European factory ship, crew member of such ship.
- klookie = (adj) cunning, artful, cautious
- kloor = a scratch which is painful or damages the surface
- kloss = (n) narrow passageway between buildings (see 'transe')
- kloss = (adv) near to
- klovek = (n) cleft, fissure between the buttocks
- klumbung - (n) an ill-shapen mass
- klump = (v) to make a noise in walking, as with clogs
- klumpsie = (v) to silence
- klunsh = (n) a lump
- klurt = (n) a lump, clod
- klurt = (v) to daub, to defile
- klush = (n) a clumsy fellow, a full-built ship, anything clumsy
- kluvie = (n) the claw of a hammer
- kluvie-hammer = (n) a claw-hammer
- klymiewick = (n) a small candle, a taper
- knab-knop = (n) the knoop of a hill, a protruberance
- knabsie = (n) a short, stout athletic person, applied also to animals
- knackers = testes
- knap = (v) a Shetlanders attempt to speak English
- knark = (v) to crack, to creak, to crunch with the teeth
- knarp = (n) a bite, a small piece
- knarp = (v) to bite
- kneeshal = (n) the patela or whirlbone of the knee
- knep = (v) to clench, to lock fast
- kneppit = (adj) closed, clenched, as a fist
- kniffie = (adj) smart, clever, agile
- knippach = (n) a bunch, a small bundle; generally applied to two or three small fish tied together
- knockit corn = (n) groats
- knock-beetle = (n) a person who is severely beaten
- knoop = (n) that part of a hill which towers above or projects from the rest
- knop-tangle = (n) a kind of seaweed (Fucus nodosus)
- knoren = (n) a boat
- knorin = (n) boat ; see bodin (Low 1774)
- knowe = (n) mound, hillock
- knub = (n) a smart blow; the bump raised by such a blow; a short club
- knub = (v) to thump, thrash, pommell
- knuilt = (n) a blow, a smart rap
- knuilt = (v) to strike smartly
- knurls = (n) a game resembling cricket, in which a wooden ball or knob, called the "Knarl" is struck with a bat
- koab, quoab = (n) a reward, a gift, a bribe ("I'se doe what du wants me, bit faith I maun hae a gud koab.")
- kockieloorie = (n) daisy
- koilk = (n) the concave shape inside the base of a bottle
- kole = (n) cabbage, kail
- komin = (n) duty, obligation
- kongl, kongil = (n) a piece of burning peat
- koofie = (n) a broad, flat round-shaped sea shell
- koo-fish = (n) a kind of shell-fish, the Venous (Cyprina Islandica)
- koom = (n) anything broken into small pieces, as biscuits, coal, etc.;
- koorin = (n) cattle
- koos =(n) pile, heap
- koos = (v) pile up
- korkalett = (n) lichen Lecanora tartarea used as red dyestuff, ususually collected in May and June, or the pigment prepared from it
- korn = (n) a small quantity of anything
- kors = (n) a cross, a mark on a bysmar
- kors-mass = (n) a half-yearly festival held on 3rd May and 14th September
- koush = (v) to drive (hens only) (koush yun hens oot o da coarn rig)
- koy = (n) a bed, an enclosure; also a sheltered place where cattle may be kept during the night
- kraa-head = (n) the chimney head
- kraahiell = (n) the name given to the small, black mussel growing on half-tide rocks
- kraansie = (n) a corallite (Millepora polymorpho)
- kramm = (v) to scratch
- krammer = (n) sea word for a cat
- krammek = (n) paw
- kraiget = (adj) sheep markings, neck of different color from body
- krang = (n) the body of a whale divested of the blubber, abandoned by the whale-fishers, a carcass
- krank = (n) sick, ill
- kranset = (adj) sheep markings, dark color, white around eyes and neck
- kransit = (n) cross-grained, ill-tempered
- krapen = (n) fish livers and oatmeal
- kreagh = loudly clear one's throat
- krieckle = (v) to creep, crawl, stagger
- kringle, cringle-bread, kringle-bread = (n) a kind of bread brought from Norway by Hanse merchants
- krooner = (n) Grey Gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus)
- kroe = an indoor fuel peat storage area, typically a large floor level cupboard
- kroogil = in a crouched and hunched posture which effects full minimisation of overall body size, usually adopted in conjuction with achieving maximum shelter from all available surroundings, for the purposes of self-protection
- krubb = (n) a crib, a small enclosure
- krubbie = (n) a pit, hole, or place, in which potatoes, etc., are covered in order to preserve them
- krubbit = (adj) narrowed, straitened, for want of room, narrow
- krugie = (n) bait for fish
- krummek = (n) hand with the fingers bent
- krunet = (adj) sheep markings, dark color, with white patch on top of head
- krunter = (n) grey gurnard (Trigla gurnardus)
- kucker = get better, (he's startin ta kucker up
- kug = (v) to retch
- kuggke = (v) to move from side to side, to rock, to swing
- kugglie = (adj) easily rocked or rolled about, unsteady
- kuggly = (adj) unstable, unbalanced ( dunna stand on yun stool, it's kinda kuggly)
- kumm = (n) dust
- kummel = (v) to overturn, usually referring to a boat (whummel in some areas)
- kuna = (n) a wife, a married woman
- kunie = (n) a wife
- kupp = (n) the stern of a boat or ship
- kurf = (n) a surface, a fine surface
- kurfie = (n) a shell, a smooth shell
- kurfuffle = (v) to muffle up
- kurin = (n) cow (Low 1774)
- kurnur = (v) to be silent
- kurnur = (n) not to say a word, ("not to say kurnur")
- kurr = (n) a whisper
- ky = (v) to discover, to betray
- kyeawr = coir, cheap poor quality rough fibre rope, originally made from coconut husks
- kye = (n) cattle
- kyemp = (v) compete,
- kypie = (n) a boys game, a small round hole is made in the ground for marbles
- kyunnin = (n) rabbit
