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kilt
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kilt \Kilt\, p. p. from Kill. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kilt \Kilt\, n. [OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan. kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up.] A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg. [Written also kelt.] [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kilt \Kilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Kilting.] To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
