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Traditional English :: ken
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kenie.html - n. & v. --n. range of sight or knowledge (it's beyond my ken). --v.tr. (kenning; past and past part. kenned or kent) Sc. & N.Engl.
1 recognize at sight.
2 know. [OE cennan f. Gmc] |
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Traditional English :: kendo
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kenie.html - n.
a Japanese form of fencing with two-handed bamboo swords. [Jap., = sword-way] |
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Traditional English :: kennel
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kenie.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a small shelter for a dog.
2 (in pl.) a breeding or boarding establishment for dogs.
3 a mean dwelling. --v. (kennelled, kennelling; US kenneled, kenneling)
1 tr. put into or keep in a kennel.
2 intr. live in or go to a kennel. [ME f. OF chenil f. med.L canile (unrecorded) f. L canis dog] |
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Traditional English :: kenning
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kenie.html - n.
a compound expression in Old English and Old Norse poetry, e.g. oar-steed = ship. [ME, = 'teaching' etc. f. KEN] |
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Traditional English :: kenosis
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kenie.html - n. Theol. the renunciation of the divine nature, at least in part, by Christ in the Incarnation. kenotic adj. [Gk. kenosis f. kenoo to empty f. kenos empty] |
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Traditional English :: kenspeckle
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kenie.html - adj.
Sc. conspicuous. [kenspeck of Scand. orig.: rel. to KEN] |
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