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Kelt, n. [Cf. Icel. kult quilt.] Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Kelt, n. A salmon after spawning. [Scot.]

Kelt, n. Same as Celt, one of Celtic race.

Kel"ter (?), n. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. cealt clothes, Gael. cealltair spear, castle, cause, Prov. E. kilter tool, instrument. Cf. Kilt.] Regular order or proper condition. [Written also kilter.] [>Colloq.]

If the organs of prayer be out of kelter or out of tune, how can we pray?

Barrow.

Kelt"ic (klt"k), a. & n. Same as Celtic, a. & n.

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Kemb (km), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kembed (kmd) or Kempt (kmt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Kembing.] [OE. kemben, AS. cemban, fr. camb comb.] To comb. [Obs.]

His longe hair was kembed behind his back.

Chaucer.

Kem"e*lin (km"*ln), n. [Cf. Prov. E. kemlin, kimlin, kimmel, a salting tub, any tub, kembing a brewing tub, G. kumme bowl, basin, W. cwmman a tub, brewing tub.] A tub; a brewer's vessel. [Obs.] Chaucer.

{ Kemp (kmp), Kemp"ty (?), } n. Coarse, rough hair in wool or fur, injuring its quality.

Kem"pe (km"pe), a. Rough; shaggy. [Obs.] "Kempe hairs." Chaucer.

Kemps (kmps), n. pl. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The long flower stems of the ribwort plantain (Plantago Lanceolata). Dr. Prior.

Kempt (kmt; 215), p. p. of Kemb. B. Jonson.

Ken (kn), n. [Perh. from kennel.] A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves. [Slang, Eng.]

Ken, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kenned (knd); p. pr. & vb. n. Kenning.] [OE. kennen to teach, make known, know, AS. cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G. kennen to know, Goth. kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. &radic;45. See Can to be able, Know.] 1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or Scot.]

2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.] "We ken them from afar." Addison

'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait.

Shak.

Ken, v. i. To look around. [Obs.] Burton.

Ken, n. Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge. "Beyond his ken." Longfellow.

Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension.

South.

It was relief to quit the ken And the inquiring looks of men.

Trench.

{ Ken"dal green` (?), or Ken"dal. } A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland, England. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).