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Káli, s. [sea-wrack or glass-wort, the ashes of which is used in making glass] Gwýg (dylusg, ysnoden) y môr-gwmmon, gwimmon. Karl-cat, See Carle- [he-] cat. Karl-hemp, s. Cywarch gwrryw. Kástrel, or kestrel, s. [a sort of hawk] Cidyll (cudyll) côch, y genlli (geinllef) gôch, &c. Katharine, or Catharine, s. [a woman's name] Catrin, Catring, Calling.

Kaw, s. [the cry of a crow, of a jack-daw] Cre;

cogor.

To kaw, v. n. [make a noise like a crow, a jackdaw, &c.] Creu; cogor.

To kaw for breath. See to Breathe short, &c. To keck, v. n. [as one does when something sticks in the throat, or when the stomach heaves at something nauseous] Corn-dagu (cryn dagu ;) bod ar (yn barod i) chwydu; bod â gorwyd (gwrthwyneb) arno wrth weled rhyw ffieidd-beth; bod cylla un yn codi (cwnnu, ymhoelyd) yn erbyn rhyw beth aflan.

To keckle a cable, [bind about] Bancawio rhaff angor, amrwymo rhaff angor â chordyn rhag ei threulio.

Kecks, s. [dry sticks, stalks] Briwydd, crâs galaf, creision.

Kedge, or kedger, s. [a small anchor used in haling a vessel up or down a narrow river against the wind and tide] Angoryn (angor bychan) i lusgo llong wrtho ar hyd afon, neu trwy gyf yng-le, yn erbyn y dŵr a'r gwynt; angor llusgo, llnsg-angor.

To kédge, Llusgo yn erbyn y dŵr a'r gwynt. Keel of a ship, Trum-bren (trum-wydd, trum, cil) llong.

Keel, keeler, or keel-fat, s. [a vessel for cooling wort] Twba brecci, ciler frecci, twba, ciler; cerwyn.

To keel the pot, [cool, or prevent from boiling over] Coethi'r crochan, diboethi.

To keel-hale a criminal at sea [hale from one side of the vessel to the other, under the keel, by a rope] Llusgo (tynnu) dan y trumwydd, tynnu trwy'r tonnau. Kéeling-fish, s. Rhyw fôr-bysg.

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Kéelson, s. [a piece of timber above the keel in a ship] Darn o bren yngwaelod llong a enwir felly.

Keen, a. [sharp, &c.] Llym, awch-lym, awchus, A keen knife, Cyllell lem. As keen as a razor, Cyn llymmed a'r ellyn. As keen as mustard [Prov.] Cyn llymmed a'r nodwydd ddûr. Keen, [vehement, &c.] See Eager, and Ardent [eager, &c.]

Keen, a. [applied to winds, weather, &c. severe, piercing, or excessively cold] Llym, llymdost, tost-lym, teneu-lym, blyng-lym, oerllyd tôst, du-oer, oer anoddef, ¶ yn blingo y ffordd y cerddo.

Keen, a. [applied to expressions, &c. tart, pungent, or satirical] Llym, pigowg-lym, surlym, tost-lym, tôst, pigog, yn brathu, yn cnoi. Keen, a. [sharp, sharp-set, or hungry] Awchlym (awchus, llym ei awch) at fwyd, awyddus i fwyd, gwangcus.

Keen, a. fapplied to the understanding, &c. sagacious] Synhwyr lym, lym (crâff, cyflym)

ei ddeall, &c. cytrwys, ystrywus, &c. See Cunning[subtil, Sec.]

Keen, [implying the disposition; rigorous, &c.]
See Austere [rigid, severe.]
Kéenly, gd, Yn llym, yn awch-lym.
Kéerness, 8. Llymder, awchusrwydd, awch,

afwch.

Keenness [vehemence] of desire, of pursuit, &c. See Eagerness, Ardency [eagerness, &c.] and an ardent Desire (under D.)

Keenness of appetite, Awch at (awydd neu addug i) fwyd, llym-chwant am beth i'w fwytta, llymder cylla; gwangc.

Keenness of expression. See Acrimony, Bitterness, &c.

Keenness, [implying the disposition, severity, rigorousness.] See Austereness.

Keenness, [of the weather, &c. severity, coldness, or sharpness] Llymder, blyngder, surni, lym-surni, gerwindeb, oerder, oerni, llym-oerni, &c.

To keep, v. a. Cadw, gwarchadw, &c. To keep, v. a. [have the keeping of] Cadw, achadw, gwarchadw, gwarchod, areilio. To keep [retain] anger, Cadw (dal) digofaint, dal llid, Jer. iii. 12.

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