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Rh snail-shell, kukulur,, snail (= fjörukongur. B.H.). a lump; see ,

kokr, koker [kɔkər (kåkər)] and kukr, kuker [kokər],, to cheer up, to revive, to k. ane ; also to talk gently; to fondle, caress. : [kokər]. Elsewhere more : [kɔkər (kåkər)]. Also commonly with inserted j:, [kjɔkər]. More rarely used as, to become revived, to recover, to. — kokra (kukra),, inter alia to fondle; to talk gently ( to cackle; whinny; to emit monotonous, detached sounds); cocker,

kokrin, kokerin [kɔk··ərɩn·] and more : kjokrin, kjokerin [kjɔk··ərɩn·], sea-term, fishermen’s tabu-name for hen. In Papa Stour the word is found with close o-sound:  [(kok··ərɩn·) kjok··ərɩn·]. — the cackling one. kokra (and kukra), , to emit monotonous, detached sounds; to cackle, whinny, See the preceding word.

kol [kɔl],, a small piece of partly burnt, glowing peat on the hearth, small  or piece of a. kol,, is handed down in sense of coal; fire or something burning (from this “kola”,, a lamp). See ,

kolgrof [(kɔlgrȯf) kɔ$i$lgrȯf], kolgref [kɔlgref, kålgref],, a piece of ground very carelessly delved; “to dell [‘delve’] or lay onyting (a piece, a ‘rig’) in k.”, in delving a piece of ground with a spade: to prepare the ground roughly, leaving it in an uneven state. In a wider sense: to lay onyting in k., to execute a piece of work carelessly and badly. . — de or  [-grev] is found as a place-name on the east side of the isle of Hascosay [has··kose·], situated between Yell and Fetlar. The said place is of a very rough character, uneven and full of depressions. From this is derived the name of the sound “Kolgref or Kolgrev Sund” (between Hascosay and Fetlar). — kolgrǫf, , a charcoal pit. See ,

koli [kɔli (kåli)],, a small, cup-shaped, open lamp (made of iron), a train-oil lamp. From is reported a form with long å [kååli]. — koIa,kola, [sic], a small, open lamp (train-oil lamp).

kolihekk [kɔl·ihæk· (kål·i-)], , a wooden frame for the lamp, , to hang in. See ,

kolirag [kɔl·irag· (kål·i-)],, the wick in a train-oil lamp,. The word is now only used in in which the original sense has become obscure, as: (torn) i’, torn into strips, rags, applied to a piece of cloth, a garment — with reference to rag. — rak,, the wick of a candle; rak,, also wick in a train-oil lamp (kola).

kolket [kȯ‘ᶅkət (kȯi‘lkət)], , knobby, unshapely, out of its proper shape.. Doubtless of a verb *, to bring out of shape.  kolka, kulka, , to work badly, to bungle, and see the word.

kolki [kȯ‘ᶅki (kȯi‘lki)],, 1) a protuberance, knob or lump: a) de k. o’ de kettle, the protuberance (round little swelling) on the outside of the bottom of a kettle. (in Unst,, also [kjȯ‘ᶅki] and  [ku‘lki]). and  :  [ku‘lki, ko‘lki], de k. o’ de kettle; b) the hindmost curve of the stomach of a fish; de k. o’ de .  and several places ( hollow in the centre of the hearth
 * [ku‘lki]). 2) small