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<hw>Kerv"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A carver.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Kesar</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ke"sar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Kaiser</er></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Keslop</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kes"lop</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS.<ets>c<?/selib</ets>, or <ets>c<?/slyb</ets>, milk curdled; cf. G. <ets>k\'84selab</ets>, <ets>k\'84selippe</ets>. See <er>Cheese</er>, and cf.<er>Cheeselep</er>.]</ety> <def>The stomach of a calf, prepared for rennet.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Kess</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kess</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To kiss.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer</i>

<h1>Kest</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kest</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp.</tt> <def>of <er>Cast</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Kestrel</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kes"trel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Castrel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small, slender European hawk (<spn>Falco alaudarius</spn>), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called <altname>windhover</altname> and <altname>stannel</altname>. The name is also applied to other allied species.</def>

<note>&hand; This word is often used in contempt, as of a mean kind of hawk. "Kites and <i>kestrels</i> have a resemblance with hawks."</note>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Ket</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ket</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>kj\'94t</ets> flesh; akin to Sw. <ets>k\'94tt</ets>, Dan. <ets>kj\'94d</ets>.]</ety> <def>Carrion; any filth.</def> <mark>[Prob. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Ketch</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ketch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. corrupted fr. Turk. <ets>q\'beiq</ets> : cf. F. <ets>caiche</ets>. Cf. <er>Ca\'8bque</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.</def>

<cs><col>Bomb ketch</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bomb</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ketch</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ketch</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A hangman. See <er>Jack Ketch</er>.</def>

<h1>Ketch</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ketch</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Catch</er>.]</ety> <def>To catch.</def> <mark>[Now obs. in spelling, and colloq. in pronunciation.]</mark>

<blockquote>To <b>ketch</b> him at a vantage in his snares. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>