kep

verb keps, kepping or keppit (ˈkɛpɪt)

(tr) Scot and Northern English dialect to catch

Word Origin

from keep (in obsolete sense: to put oneself in the way of)

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Examples from the Web for kep

Historical Examples

I had also kep some good coffee warm for her, and some toast and steak.
Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 4.
Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
Spinnin'-wheels out in the shed chamber, where his gran'mother Hooper kep' 'em?
Tiverton Tales
Alice Brown
Sure, yes,” he nodded emphatically, “I planted it that a-ways to kep it from the dirt.
The Night Riders
Ridgwell Cullum
That was why he kep' in hidin' an' didn't let Ann know where he was.
Mary Louise in the Country
L. Frank Baum (AKA Edith Van Dyne)
To think as her and Mr. Gold should ha' kep' single one for another.
Aunt Rachel
David Christie Murray

kep

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for kep

Historical Examples

I had also kep some good coffee warm for her, and some toast and steak.

Spinnin'-wheels out in the shed chamber, where his gran'mother Hooper kep' 'em?

Sure, yes,” he nodded emphatically, “I planted it that a-ways to kep it from the dirt.

That was why he kep' in hidin' an' didn't let Ann know where he was.

To think as her and Mr. Gold should ha' kep' single one for another.