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▪ I. kyte Sc. and north. dial.|kaɪt|
Also 7 kyt, 7–9 kite.
[Etymology uncertain. Cf. early mod.Du. (Kilian) kijte, kiete (mod.W. Flemish kijte, kiet), var. of MDu. cuyte, kuite a fleshy part of the body, esp. the thigh (Du. kuit calf of the leg), = MLG. kût, fleshy part, entrails (Lübben).
The suggestion of Jamieson, repeated by later dicts., that kyte represents OE. cwið, ON. kvið belly, is inadmissible.]
The belly, stomach, paunch.
c1540Lyndesay Kitteis Confessioun 140 Thocht Codrus kyte suld cleue and birst. a1585Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 754 Misly kyt! 1674Ray N.C. Words 27 A Kite; A Belly, Cumb. 1787Burns To a Haggis iv, Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve Are bent like drums. 1820Scott Monast. xxxiii, To dress dainties at dinner-time for his ain kyte. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., Kite, stomach. 1895Crockett Men of Moss Hags xxxvi. 259 His horse..is now filling his kyte in my stable, as his master is eke doing in hall.
▪ II. kyte
obs. form of kite, the bird, etc. |