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<hw>Kempt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Kemb</er>.</def>

<i>B. Jonson. </i>

<h1>Ken</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ken</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. from <ets>kennel</ets>.]</ety> <def>A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves.</def> <mark>[Slang, Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Ken</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ken</hw>, <tt>n. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Kenned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Kenning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE.<ets>kennen</ets> to teach, make known, know, AS. <ets>cennan</ets> to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related Icel. <ets>kenna</ets> to know; akin to D. & G. <ets>kennen</ets> to know, Goth. <ets>kannjan</ets> to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to AS. <ets>cunnan</ets> to know, Goth. <ets>kunnan</ets>. &root;45. See <er>Can</er> to be able, <er>Know</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. <mark>[Archaic or Scot.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b></def> <def>To recognize; to descry; to discern</def>. <mark>[Archaic or Scot.]</mark> "We <i>ken</i> them from afar."

<i>Addison</i>

<blockquote>'T is he. I <b>ken</b> the manner of his gait. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ken</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ken</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To look around.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Burton.</i>

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<hw>Ken</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge.</def> "Beyond his <i>ken</i>."

<i>Longfellow.</i>

<blockquote>Above the reach and <b>ken</b> of a mortal apprehension. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It was relief to quit the <b>ken</b> And the inquiring looks of men. <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Kendal green, &or; Kendal</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw><hw>Ken"dal green`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, &or; <hw>Ken"dal</hw>.<hw><def>A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at <i>Kendal</i>, in Westmoreland, England.</def>

<i>J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).</i>

<blockquote>How couldst thou know these men in <b>Kendal green</b> ? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Kennel</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ken"nel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Channel</er>, <er>Canal</er>.]</ety> <def>The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Kennel</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ken"nel</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE.<ets>kenel</ets>, (assumed) OF. <ets>kenil</ets>, F. <ets>chenil</ets>, LL. <ets>canile</ets>, fr. L. <ets>canis</ets> a dog. Cf. <er>Canine</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds.</def>

<blockquote>A dog sure, if he could speak, had wit enough to describe his <b>kennel</b>. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs.</def>