Emily Dickinson Lexicon

KIT'TLE, v.t. [Sax. citelan.]

To tickle. [Not used.] Sherwood.

KIT'TLISH, a.

Ticklish. Grose.

KIVE, n. [Fr. cuve.]

A mashing vat.

KIV'ER, v.t.

To cover. [Vulgar.]

KLICK, n.

A stroke or blow. [A word in vulgar use.]

KLICK, v.i. [A different orthography or diminutive of clack.]

1. To make a small, sharp sound by striking two things together.
2. In Scotland, to pilfer, by taking with a snatch.

KNAB, v.t. [nab. D. knappen; G. id.]

To bite; to gnaw; to nibble. [This word may belong to the root of nibble, and it properly signifies to catch or seize suddenly with the teeth.] L'Estrange.

KNAB'BED, pp.

Bitten; gnawed.

KNAB'BLE, v.i.

To bite or nibble. [Not used.] Brown.

KNACK, n. [nak.]

1. A little machine; a petty contrivance; a toy. A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. Shak.
2. A readiness; habitual facility of performance; dexterity; adroitness. My author has a great knack at remarks. Atterbury. The Dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of knack at rhyme. Swift.
3. A nice trick. For how should equal colors do the knack? Chameleons who can paint in white and black? Pope.

KNACK, v.i. [nak. G. knacken; Dan. knager.]

To crack; to make a sharp abrupt noise. [Little used.] Johnson.

KNACK-ER, n. [nak'er.]

1. A maker of knacks, toys or small work. Mortimer.
2. A rope-maker, or collar-maker. [Not in use.] Ainsworth. Entick.

KNACK'ISH, a.

Trickish. More.

KNACK'ISH-NESS, n.

Artifice; trickishness.

KNACK'Y, a.

Having a knack, cunning; crafty; [Local.]

KNAG, n. [nag. Dan. knag, Sw. knagg, a knot in wood, Ir. cnag, W. cnwc.]

1. A knot in wood, or a protuberant knot; a wart.
2. A peg for hanging things on.
3. The shoot of a deer's horns.

KNAG'GY, n. [nag'gy.]

Knotty; full of knots; rough with knots; hence, rough in temper.

KNAP, n. [nap. Sax. cnaep, W. cnap, a button, a knob, D. knop.]

A protuberance; a swelling. [Little used. See Knob.] Bacon.

KNAP, v.i. [nap.]

To make a short, sharp sound. Wiseman.

KNAP, v.t. [nap. D. knappen. See Knab.]

1. To bite; to bite off; to break short. [Little used.] More.
2. To strike with a sharp noise. [Little used.] Bacon.

KNAP'BOT-TLE, n. [nap'bottle.]

A plant.

KNAP'PISH, a. [nap'pish.]

Snappish. [See Snap.]

KNAP'PLE, v.i. [nap'ple.]

To break off with an abrupt sharp noise.

KNAP'SACK, n. [nap'sack.]

[G. knappsack; D. knapzak, from knappen, to eat.] A soldier's bag, carried on his back, and containing necessaries of food and clothing. It may be of leather or coarse cloth.

KNAP'WEED, n. [nap'weed.]

A plant of the genus Centaurea, so called probably from knap, a button. Fam. of Plants.