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icatory tribunals. T. Wharton. Power to reject in an authoritative or judicatory way. Bp. Hall.

A petticoat. Halliwell.

n in; as, to keep one's house, room, bed, etc. ; hence, to haunt; to frequent. Shak. 'Tis hallowed ground; Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it keep. J. Fletcher.

The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle. Bp. Hall.

The stomach of a calf, prepared for rennet. Halliwell.

Carrion; any filth. [Prob. Eng.] Halliwell.

To bruise; to grind coarsely; as, kibbled oats. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell.

A huckster; a cadger. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Kine; cows. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A chest; hence, a coffin. [Scot. & Prov. End.] Jamieson. Halliwell.

straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

To tickle. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [Written also kittel.] Halliwell. Jamieson.

To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Bp. Hall.

sely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also clapper. Halliwell.

Having a knack; cunning; crafty; trickish. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell.

The rugged top of a hill. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A sharp blow or slap. Halliwell.

of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.] Halliwell. Bartlett.

A number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. When they [stems of asphodel] be dried, they ought to be made up into knitchets, or handfuls. Holland.