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▪ I. kilp north. dial. Forms: 5–6 kylpe, 5 kelpe, 6 kilpe, 7–9 kilp, 9 kelp. [cf. ON. kilpr handle, loop; also clip n.1 sense 2.] The movable or detachable handle (pair of clips) of a pot or cauldron; also, a pot-hook or crook from which a pot is suspended; the bail or hoop-handle of a pot or kettle; rarely, a hook in general.
1425Mem. Ripon (Surtees) III. 156 Item pro scitulis emptis Ebor., 10d. Item pro uno kylpe de ferro ad eosdem, 1d. 1483Cath. Angl. 203/1 A kylpe (A. kelpe) of a caldron, perpendiculum. 1590Inv. John Nevil of Faldingworth, One brasse pot with kilpes. 1674–91Ray N.C. Words 40 Kilps, pothooks. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., Kelps, the iron pothooks suspended in the chimney; also the bow or circular handle of the pot itself. 1881J. Sargisson Joe Scoap 287 (Cumberl. dial.) T' kilps an' creuks fer t' back band. ▪ II. kilp var. kelp3. |