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• Ken

  ·vi To look around. II. Ken ·noun A house; ·esp., one which is a resort for thieves. III. Ken ·nou...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• ken

  to know ; also to observe at a distance. I ken him afar off. N. Out of ken, ought of sight. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Ken, Thomas

  (1637-1711) Religious writer, s. of an attorney, was b. at Little Berkhampstead, ed. at Winchester ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• bowsing ken

  An ale-house or gin-shop. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• cackler's ken

  A hen roost. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fencing ken

  The magazine, or warehouse, where stolen goods are secreted. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• flash ken

  A house that harbours thieves. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• ken miller

  A housebreaker. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• ken cracker

  A housebreaker. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• queer ken

  A prison. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• smuggling ken

  A bawdy-house. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• snoozing ken

  A brothel. The swell was spiced in a snoozing ken of his screens; the gentleman was robbed of his ba...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• stalling ken

  A broker's shop, or that of a receiver of stolen goods. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• stuling ken

  See stalling ken. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• ken specked

  marked or branded for distinction. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• mis-ken

  to mistake, to misunderstand. North. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• ken, to

  Ang.-Sax. descrying, as Shakspeare in Henry VI.: "And far as I could ken thy chalky cliffs." ♦ K...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• ken-speckled

  Conspicuous; having distinct marks. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• burn the ken

  Strollers living in an alehouse without paying their quarters, are said to burn the ken. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• gentry cove ken

  A gentleman's house. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose