Meaning of kenspecked | Babel Free

Definitions

Marked and easily recognized; kenspeck.

Northern-England, UK, dialectal, obsolete

Examples

“Yynge Heraudyn al bie the grene Wode sate, / Hereynge the swote Chelandrie ande the Oue, / Seeinge the kenspecked amaylde flourettes nete, / Envyngynge to the Birds hys Love songe true.”

“A piece of money is sworn to after a robbery,—it has a hole in it;—a sheep upon a similar circumstance is identified,—it is peculiarly coloured;—and probably the thief himself, from a peculiar physiognomy, is pointed out,—as kenspecked.”

“Ewes can be souted (diseased), sheep can be kessen (on their backs and unable to rise), and various animals kenspecked (branded, marked).”

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