·vt Range of sight.
II. Kenning ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Ken.
III. Kenning ·vt The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles.
a measure. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A mode of increasing wages formerly, according to whaling law, by seeing how a man performed his dut...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A hand spy-glass or telescope. ...