Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Kittle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kiddle \Kid"dle\, n. [Cf. LL. kidellus, Armor. ki[=a]el]
A kind of basketwork wear in a river, for catching fish.
[Improperly spelled {kittle}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kittle \Kit"tle\, v. i. [Cf. {Kit} a kitten.] (Zo["o]l.)
To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kittle \Kit"tle\, v. t. [Cf. AS. citelian; akin to D. kittelen,
G. kitzeln, Icel. kitla, Sw. kittla, kittsla, Dan. kildre.
Cf. {Tickle}.]
To tickle. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [Written also {kittel}.]
--Halliwell. --Jamieson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kittle \Kit"tle\, a.
Ticklish; not easily managed; troublesome; difficult;
variable. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Halliwell. --Sir W. Scott.
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