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414 Sometimes also sea-fowl, gulls, are caught by means of a rod of this description; to k. weegs (weeg = three-toed gull); b) to catch sea-fowl,  guillemots and puffins on a sea-cliff where birds nest, by means of a rod with a hook at the end. — *kilpa or *kylpa. (Lister) kylpa,, to fish with a rod. of  kilpr, , handle of a vessel; loop.  also kälp, kjelp, , a) rope-handle; b) a switch or short stick used as an implement, and  kållpa, , to fish with a rod through a hole in the ice.

kilpek [kɩ‘lpək, ᶄɩ‘lpək, ᶄe‘lpək], , wooden box in which the bait (limpets) is collected and kept; square box with gable-shaped ends to which a string, serving as a handle, is fastened. ,, from  kilpr, , handle of a vessel; loop ( kylp, ). kylpa,, a narrow (cylindrical) cooking-pot with a handle, is a cognate word, though “kylp”, in this case, seems to contain a somewhat different root-meaning ( kylpen,, deep and narrow,  to vessels).

kilpersten, kelpersten [ke‘l··pərsten·, kɛ‘l··pərsten·, ᶄɛ‘l··pərsten·], kilpinsten, kelpinsten [ke‘l··pɩnsten·, ᶄɛ‘l··pɩnsten· (ᶄe‘l··pɩnsten·)],, a large, flat stone, at the top of the mouth of a kiln, the innermost edge ''of which projects into the. kiln space,'' protecting the corn, spread on laths, from the fire in the kiln. Of the forms of pronunciation “ᶄɛ‘l··pərsten·” is characteristic of, “ke‘l··pɩnsten·” of, and “kɛ‘l··pɩnsten·, ᶄɛ‘l··pɩnsten·” of. From  is also reported a form [ke‘l··pisten·], and from also  [ᶄɛ‘l··pasten·]. In  is partly used of a projecting stone , inside the mouth of the kiln. — Variants of the main vowel-sound in the first part of the : [kjɔ‘l··pɩnsten·, kjå‘l··pɩnsten·]; reported from [kjɔ‘lpɩn-]; and  [kjå‘lpɩn-]. — The first part of the is probably kilpr (kylpr),, the handle of a vessel; loop; stick, , mentioned under, , and , - presupposes a forms to “kylp”, — Compare the names a), , the etymological conjectures given under these headings.
 * kylp-;  “kjølp, kjolp” as parallel
 * b), and

kilpin-stick [(kɩ‘l··pɩn-) k$n, w$e‘l··pɩnstɩk·, ᶄe‘l··pɩnstɩk·],, a) a rod to which a rope, with a loop at the end, is attached, for hoisting up lambs or sheep from ledges in steep, unapproachable places (by the coast), sometimes also for catching sea-fowl (gulls); b) a rod with a hook at the end, for catching sea-fowl, guillemots and puffins, on a sea-cliff where birds nest.
 * kilp- or *kylp-. See further ,

kilpusk,, see *,

kilset, kil-set [kɩl·sɛt··],, to chase obstinate sheep by driving them into some corner or other ( a bend in a fence) or into a natural enclosure, in order to catch them there.  for * from kyrrsetja,, which is found handed down in sense of to put or lay something in a certain place ready to hand, to sequester. For the change of r and l in Norn, see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 38 h, and the  word.

kilsket [ᶄɩ‘lskət, ᶄe‘lskət], , excessively merry; wild and wanton; a k. bein’. . from an older *, * by change of r to l — see the preceding word — and originating from kerskinn,, coarsely