Job-jurnal, C, a toy on the principle of a humming top, but made with a shouldered stick passed through a perforated nut-shell and an apple, or failing that, a potato stuck upon the lower end, to be spun by pulling a string wrapped upon the shaft within the shell. In Furness this name is applied to the pig-nut, which in central Cumberland is called a _yowie-yorlin_, and in Dumfriesshire a _hornick_. Joggle, C, to shake sharply, or violently. “He dreàv us ower rwoads ’at varra nār _joggled_ us to bits.” Said by an old lady at Loweswater. Jook, S, to shrink, or dip the head to elude observation or missile. “It’s past _jooking_ when the heid’s off.”—Proverb. K. Kail, S; Keàl, C, broth—so called from a frequent ingredient. “He gat his _kail_ in a riven dish.”—Proverb. “Swoaps o’ drink an’ gud lythe _keàle_ Cheer up each day.” _Stagg._ The New Year’s Epistle. Kaim’t, C, literally crooked, but used to signify cross, or peevish. “Aa boddert my brain thinkan some on them ower, An’ than set to wark an’ wreàtt doon three or fower O’ t’ _kaymtest_ an’ t’ creuktest, like ‘garrak’ an’ ‘dyke-stower,’ Sek like as we use in oald Cummerlan’.” _Dickinson._ The words of oald Cummerlan’. Keàv, C, to dance awkwardly. “That barn, says Hyne, i’ Palmer’ toft, ’Ill dea reet weel to _keàv_ in.” _Mark Lonsdale._ The Upshot. Keek, S and C, to peep. “He that _keeks_ through a keyhole may see what will vex him.”—Proverb. “She conquers mair nor Bonnypart Whene’er she _keeks_ aroun’”. _Anderson._ The Thursby Witch. Ken, S and C, know. “_Ken_ yersel and yere neighbours ’ill no mis-_ken_ ye.” Proverb. Kirk-garth, C, church-yard. “They tak meear pastime e what they see i’ th’ _kirk-garth_ nor what they hear i’ th’ kirk.”—_Mrs. Wheeler._ Dialogues. Kit, C, a small tub or bucket. “A riddlin’—a riddlin’, an oald wife striddlin’, An’ a _kit_ full o’ cunning things in a coald morning.” An ancient conundrum. Kimmer, S, a familiar designation for woman—something like gossip. The young women who assist at christenings are called “maiden _kimmers_.” “How do ye, kimmer? An’ how do ye thrive— A how monie bairns ha’e ye? _Kimmer!_ I ha’e five.” Song—A’ Noddin’. Knowe, S, knoll, hillock. “His gear may buy him glens an’ _knowes_.” _Burns._ To Daunton me. L. Lafter, C, a brood of chickens, etc.; also a setting of eggs. “I hevn’t a ne’bour ’ill lend me a _lafter_ of eggs.” Said by a farmer’s wife.