kail

/ keɪl /

noun

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From this custom his congregation was known as the “kail kirk.”

Too many cooks are apt to spoil the kail.”

I said he was botanizing; Mrs. Paget said the basket was too big for that: he must be looking for kail, or dock, or dandelion greens for dinner.

As the word kail is not to be found in his Dictionary, an English reader will be at a loss to find out what he means.

But how are we to sup our porridge and kail?

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