Kittle
[kitl]
Definition
(v. i.) To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.
(v. t.) To tickle.
(a.) Ticklish; not easily managed; troublesome; difficult; variable.
Typed by Anatole
Definition
adj. (Scot.) ticklish intractable.—v.t. (Scot.) to tickle.—adj. Kitt′ly easily tickled sensitive.—n. Kitt′ly-bend′ers (Amer.) running on thin bending ice.
Checker: Sherman
Examples
- I've been locked up as much as a silver tea-kittle. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I can't,' replied the girl; 'Missis Raddle raked out the kitchen fire afore she went to bed, and locked up the kittle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- As to a fish-kittle, Mrs. Crupp said, well! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I've seed it a-bilin' round Santorin like a kittle. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Checker: Sherman