northern coasts of England.

KATABATHRA. Subterraneous passages in certain mountains in Greece,
through which the superfluous waters are discharged.

KATAN. A Japanese sword, otherwise _cattan_.

KATTAN. A corruption of _yataghan_ (which see).

KATTY. _See_ CATTY.

KAULE. A license for trade, given by the authorities in India to our
early voyagers.

KAVA. A beverage, in the South Sea Islands, made by steeping the _Piper
inebrians_ in water.

KAVER. A word used in the Hebrides for a gentle breeze.

KAY, OR KEY [probably from the Dutch _kaayen_, to haul]. A place to
which ships are hauled. Knoll or head of a shoal--_kaya_, Malay.

KAYAK. A fishing-boat in all the north polar countries; most likely a
corrupted form of the eastern _kaique_ by our early voyagers.

KAYNARD. A term of reproach amongst our early voyagers, probably from
_canis_.

KAYU-PUTIH, OR CAJEPUTI OIL. From the Malay words _kayu_, wood; and
_putih_, oil; the useful oil obtained from the _Melaleuca leucadendron_.

KAZIE. A Shetland fishing-boat.

K.C.B. Sigla of Knight Commander of the most honourable military order
of the Bath.

KEAVIE. A coast name for a species of crab that devours cuttle-fish
greedily.

KEAVIE-CLEEK. In the north a crooked piece of iron for catching crabs.

KECKLING, OR CACKLING. Is covering a cable spirally (in opposition to
_rounding_, which is close) with three-inch old rope to protect it from
chafe in the hawse-hole.

KEDELS. _See_ KIDDLES.

KEDGE, OR KEDGER. A small anchor used to keep a ship steady and clear
from her bower-anchor while she rides in harbour, particularly at the
turn of the tide. The kedge-anchors are also used to warp a ship from
one part of a harbour to another. They are generally furnished with an
iron stock, which is easily displaced for the convenience of stowing.
The old English word _kedge_ signified brisk, and they are generally run
in to a quick step. (_See_ ANCHOR, WARP.)--_To kedge._ To warp a ship
ahead, though the tide be contrary, by means of the kedge-anchor and
hawser.

KEDGER. A mean fellow, more properly _cadger_; one in everybody's mess,
but in no one's watch. An old term for a fisherman.

KEDGE-ROPE. The rope which belongs to the kedge-anchor, and restrains
the vessel from driving over her bower-anchor.

KEDGING. The operation of tide-working in a narrow channel or river, by
kedge-hauling.

KEEL. The lowest and principal timber of a ship, running fore and aft
its wh