Kemp
[kemp] /kɛmp/
noun
1.
British Dialect.
2.
Scot. and North England. a contest, as between two athletes or two groups of workers, especially a reaping contest between farmworkers.
verb (used without object)
3.
Scot. and North England. to contest, fight, or strive, especially to strive in a reaping contest.
[kemp] /kɛmp/
noun
1.
a short, coarse, brittle fiber, used chiefly in the manufacture of carpets.
[kemp] /kɛmp/
noun
1.
Jack F. 1935–2009, U.S. politician: congressman 1970–89.
2.
a male given name.
/kɛmp/
noun
1.
a coarse hair or strand of hair, esp one in a fleece that resists dyeing
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- Kempt
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- Kempy
[kemp] /kɛmp/ noun 1. a short, coarse, brittle fiber, used chiefly in the manufacture of carpets. /kɛmp/ noun 1. a coarse hair or strand of hair, esp one in a fleece that resists dyeing
- Kemuel
helper of God, or assembly of God. (1.) The third son of Nahor (Gen. 22:21). (2.) Son of Shiphtan, appointed on behalf of the tribe of Ephraim to partition the land of Canaan (Num. 34:24). (3.) A Levite (1 Chr. 27:17).