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To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend. And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. Gen. ii. 15. In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor. Carew.

he caul; that which covers or envelops as a caul; a net; a fold; a film. [Obs.] I'll have him cut to the kell. Beau. & Fl.

To catch. [Now obs. in spelling, and colloq. in pronunciation.] To ketch him at a vantage in his snares. Spenser.

r of rain kills the wind. Be comforted, good madam; the great rage, You see, is killed in him. Shak.

kindly rage doth sting. Spenser. Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is kindly for Him as the Son of Man to save the sons of men. L. Andrews.

om. Ps. cxiv. 13. When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself. 2 Chron. xxi. 4.

t his mental and his active parts, Kingdom'd Achilles in commotion rages And batters down himself. Shak.

dred; kin; persons of the same family or closely or closely related families. They sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. Luke ii. 44.

Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat. I will knead him : I'll make him supple. Shak. Kneading trough, a trough or tray in which dough is kneaded. Ex. viii. 3.

nighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John. [Eng.] Hence:

Drops of some drug put in one's drink to stupefy him for purpose of robbery, etc. [Slang, U. S.]

experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization. He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. 2 Cor. v. 21. Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. Milton.

The same as Kotow. I have salaamed and kowtowed to him. H. James.

hat hung at his back down by a lace. Chaucer. For striving more, the more in laces strong Himself he tied. Spenser.

issness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim. It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney. Macaulay.

To be without or destitute of; to want; to need. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God. James i. 5.

His head had now felt the razor, his back the rod; all that laconical discipline pleased him well. Bp. Hall.

o dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern. And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. Shak.

Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy. [Obs.] Came too lag to see him buried. Shak.

A lamp or candlestick. [R.] By him who 'mid the golden lampads went. Trench.