 | John Trotter Brockett - 1825 - 296 страници
...KEEL-BULLIES, keelmen, the crew of the keel — the partners or brothers. See BULLY. KBEL-DEETERS, the wives and daughters of the keelmen, who sweep...Shap called Keld, from a fine spring in it — also Gunnerkeld. Isl. kelda, pains. Since this was written I find keld, a well, in Crav. Gloss. KELK, v.... | |
 | John Trotter Brockett - 1829 - 368 страници
...to carry on their gambols with more than ordinary spirit. KELD, the still part of a river, which has an oily smoothness while the rest of the water is...only heard this word on the Tyne, and confined to the"meaning here given ; but a friend, who lately visited Ullswater, informs me, that when the day... | |
 | Westmorland dialect - 1839 - 420 страници
...crook), hook and eye. KELP, a young crow.—MS. Glossary. KELD, the still part of a river, which has an oily smoothness, while the rest of the water is...Tyne, and confined to the meaning here given ; but a friend, who lately visited U Us water, informs me, that when the day is uniformly overcast, and the... | |
 | Westmorland dialect - 1839 - 432 страници
...Glossary. KEEP-AND-CREAK (keeper and crook) , hook and eye. KELD, the still part of a river, which has an oily smoothness, while the rest of the water is...Tyne, and confined to the meaning here given ; but a friend, who lately visited Ullswater, informs me, that when the day is uniformly overcast, and the... | |
 | Robert Ferguson - 1856 - 248 страници
...a place for watering cattle. The word " keld " is also 119 applied to the still parts of a lake or river which have, an oily smoothness while the rest of the water is ruffled. Broekett mentions having heard this word used on the Tyne, and the same expression is also applied... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - 1867 - 836 страници
...carry tlte keg. To continue; originally a smuggler's phrase. KEGGED. Feeling affronted or jeered at. KELDS. The still parts of a river, which have an oily...smoothness while the rest of the water is ruffled. KELF. The incision made in a tree by the axe when felling it. KELING. A large kind of cod. Thus in... | |
 | A. Ansted - 1919 - 340 страници
...the vessel about (see TACKING). " Keep the land a'board!" — Keep as near the land as may be safe. Kelds — The still parts of a river which have an...smoothness while the rest of the water is ruffled. Kellagh".— Another name for kilKck. It once meant a wooden anchor weighted with stone. Kelp. —... | |
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KELD, the still part of a river, which has an oily smoothness, while the rest of the water is ruffled. I have only heard this word on the Tyne, and confined to the meaning here given ; but a friend, who lately visited... 