a. Sc. rare. [f. kail, KALE + -Y.]

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  1.  Besmeared with kail.

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a. 1605.  Polwart, Flyting w. Montgomerie, 777. Pudding pricker … Kailly lippes.

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  2.  nonce-use. Having the characteristics of the ‘kailyard school’: see KALE-YARD 2.

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1897.  Academy, 3 Dec., 378/1. It is impossible to avoid the term ‘Kailyard’ in this connexion. More than a little kaily is the work.

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