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Rh message, very important tidings or errand; to send a k.;. 3), , two pieces of wood laid crosswise and fixed at the end of the churn-staff, for butter-churning; (a pair o’) kirn-korses; 4) a cruciform mark on a steelyard by which to distinguish the centre; in of two such marks on a steelyard; de bismer-korses, half a korses. 5) exclamation in swearing: ! “cross”! k. upo dee! k. upo dat! — -mass, , the 3rd of May (Inventio Crucis), and the 14th of September (Elevatio Crucis), = Krossmessa, Cors(e)-mass. — The form of the word is  (cors), but the meanings spring from kross,, a cross, cross-pin, which, inter alia, is found in sense of a circulating fiery-cross, =  1;  tingakrossur, , fiery-cross. Meaning 2 of   has been developed from meaning 1. With  3, “kirn-korses”,  kirnekross, , wheel in a wheel-churn (R.). — In place-names commonly in the older form  [krɔs, krås; krȯs, krȯᶊ],  as the first part, and denoting a cross, in former times placed on or near the spot where  the passers-by performed their devotions. See Shetl. Stedn. p. 124.

†kort [kɔ‘rt, kå‘rt, kȯ‘rt], , short; also scant. a more recent word. (and ) kort, kort,

koss [kȯᶊ],, to scare away poultry (hens) by shouting; see and ,

koss [kȯᶊ],, outcry, by which to scare away poultry (hens); see and ,

kossi [kȯsi (kȯᶊɩ)] and kotsa, kotsi [kȯtsa, kȯtsi],, a calf or cow, used as a call or fondling term. Elsewhere more commonly: . See ,
 * : and

down in the  [boga]-k., barley-bread, and |kå‘rka]-k., oaten bread. In Low’s list of words (from ): Coust, Boga coust and Corka coust. 2) in former times: a certain tax of corn, to D. Balfour commonly paid in ¹⁄₃ meal, and ²⁄₃ malt or corn ( and ). in sense of sustenance (in provisions), food, corn, and  cost, coist,, a) sustenance or duty payable in kind, tax in kind; b) in a special sense: meal and malt (Jam., Edm.).
 * kost$n$ [kɔst],, 1) bread; handed
 * Balfour. —  kostr, ,

, tumulus.. As a place-name, names of hills, are found: de Kostins [ᶄȯstɩns] or de Køstins [ᶄøstɩns], a lumpy hill in Bonidale, sea-term for a (steep) tract of coast in Westing,, forming a height; de K(j)osta [ᶄɔsta], sea-term, used by Yell fishermen of the promontory “Tonga [tɔŋga]” in Unst ; Kostifell [kɔs··tefel·], sea-term for the hill Sulmisvird [*-varða], — kǫstr,, a heap, heterogeneous mass. köstur, , kaest, (Jam., Suppl.), a dunghill.
 * kost$1$, kjost [(kȯst) ᶄȯst, kjȯst],
 * de K(j)ostins [ᶄȯstens, kjȯstɩns],

kotl, kottel [kȯ$2$təl, kȯi‘təl], , 1) to tickle, = $s$, , 2) to put aside secretly, to pilfer.  a)  kutla,, = kitla, to tickle, and b) kitla, , in sense of to poke, rake up the fire (R.).

kotti [kȯti],, a pet name and call for a hen: chickabiddy; (little) k.! ? ( to J.I.). See ,

kovl$w$, kovel,, see , ,

kovl$i$, kovel [kȯvəl],, thick, warm clothing, head-covering. Also