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Rh the long-tailed duck, anas glacialis. Also Orkney. to Barry, caloo, callow, denotes pintail, anas acuta. an onomatopœic word.

kalv-tree,, a cylindrical piece of wood with a notch at the one end, for thrusting into the mouth of a fish to remove the hook when swallowed too far down. See -tree.

(komba)],, sharp-crested mountain ridge, a comb. Now only as a place-name. “Kamb” is now found as the name of a farm in , originally: *undir kambi, while the large, comb-shaped hill, at the foot of which the farm lies, is called “de Kame (Kaim)” or “de Hill o’ Kamb”. “Komba” is the old, not quite obsolete name of a hill on the isle of Foula [fula], now generally called “de Kame (Kaim)”. “Komba [kɔmba]” is the old, now obsolete name of “de Hill o’ Hellister”,, only preserved in the name “de o’ Komba”. A form “komb” is found in in the name “Fellakomb [fel··akɔmb·]”. With dropped final b, Burrafirt’, ), hill-ridge, pasture-land for horses: *hestakambr; Brattikom [bräƫ··ekom·] (Aithslee, ): *bratti kambr; Rongakom [råŋ··(g)akɔm·] (Skaw, ): *rangi kambr. de Komens [koməns],  : Mukla Korn [mokla kōm], and Litla Kom [lɩtla kōm] : *mikli, lítli kambr. See Sh. Stedn. pp. 115—116. kambr,, a comb; a crested ridge of hills. — The form “kame, kaim”, has superseded , , in the  language.
 * kamb [kamb] and *komba [kɔmba
 * Hestakam [hæs··takam·] (Nip o’
 * kambarnir. With lengthened o-sound:

kani [kani, kāni],, (the hindmost part of) the stern-compartment of a boat, the space between the last rib and the stern, the hindmost hind- most part of “de shot” (stern-compartment). [kani]. [kani, kāni]. [kani]. kani, , something projecting on an object, a trunk, snout, also a kind of boat (B.H.), kanabragð,, the top of a boat’s stem to which the ropes are fastened (B.H.). kane, , a bowl (“kani” in also a small wooden vessel).  kahn, , a boat.

†kankersten [ka‘ŋ··kərsten·], , (white) quartz, a hard species of stone.

kann$m$ [kan (kaᶇ, käᶇ)],, inspection, counting up, of cows which have been collected in the out-field (to see that none is missing); “ane o’ my k., twaa o’ my k., t’ree o’ my k.”, : reported of a woman’s counting-up of her cows (: kăn). *kann. See below , — In the now more general sense: ability in carrying out a task; skill; knowledge; handiness, partly =, , is  can, cann,

kann$n$ [kan],, a can as a measure of liquids, of train-oil; = ¹⁄₄ and ¹⁄₃₆ of a barrel ( to Rental of Yetland, 1628); see kanna, “justukanna” as ¹⁄₄ bolli. Balfour gives “can” as a measure of “¹⁄₄₈ of a barrel.” — In general sense,  assimilates to can,
 * , Corresponding to

kann [kan, käᶇ (kaᶇ)],, 1) to inspect; to count up, count the cows (in the out-field) to see that none is missing; to k. de kye [‘cows’] or de baess [‘beasts’, the cattle], to  [käin] de kye: Øja, to  [kaᶇd (kaᶇd)]: the cows; to  among de kye, to examine or count the cows, choosing out the best . 2) to try to identify by closer examination or
 * to de kye, to count