kenspeckle

• “I have left him in the upper cleugh, as he is somewhat kenspeckle, 27 and is marked both with cut and birn — the sooner the skin is off, and he is in saultfat, the less like you are to have trouble — you understand me?”

  The Monastery

• “It is a kenspeckle hoof-mark, for the shoe was made by old Eckie of”

  The Monastery

• “The immediate front of a battle is a bit too public for anyone to lie hidden in by day, especially when two or three feet of snow make everything kenspeckle.”

  Greenmantle

• “December 26th, 2006 at 4: 15 pm kenspeckle » search, wikified”

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• “But later, old Morrison was heard to remark that yon young Solomon had a heid on his shoothers, richt enough, a kenspeckle lad - no 'like some that sauntered and drank awa' their time, an 'sponged off their betters, etc.”

  Flashman's Lady

• “Through the throng of bearded sailors we strode and made our way to the kitchen of the Quay Inn. A place sacred to kenspeckle folk it was, and from its smoke-stained rafters hung many pieces of bacon and dried shallots, and there were also bunches of centaury, and camomile, and dandelion root, and bogbean, for the goodman's wife was cunning in medicines of the older-fashioned sort.”

  The McBrides A Romance of Arran

• “Up wi' him! 'cried Madge wi' the Fiery Face, who had just been loosed from the 'jougs,' wherein she had been confined for 'kenspeckle incontinence.”

  Border Ghost Stories

• “Now he felt kenspeckle, not in any suit of material clothes but in a droll sense of nakedness.”

  Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure

• “Red Donald brought with him a hundred claymores and he wasna half so kenspeckle (conspicuous).”

  A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45

• “But now, sir, now that your bonds are cut, I see nothing better for you than a well - washed face, for, indeed, you are by ordinary 'kenspeckle,' and no company for maids.”

  A Monk of Fife

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