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Kennel

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A dog’s house, from the Latin canis (a dog), Italian canile; but kennel (a gutter), from the Latin canna (a cane, whence canālis), our canal, channel, etc.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Kema
Kempfer-Hausen
Kempis
Ken or Kiun
Kendal Green
Kenelm (St.)
Kenna
Kenna Quhair [I know not where]
Kenne
Kennedy
Kennel
Kenno
Kensington
Kent (Latin, Cantium)
Kent’s Hole
Kent Street Ejectment
Kentish Fire
Kentish Moll
Kentishmen’s Tails
Kentucky (U.S. America)
Kepler’s Fairy