Sc. and north. dial. [f. KENT sb.1; cf. CONT v.] intr. and trans. To punt.

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1820.  Scott, Abbot, xxxv. They will row very slow,… or kent where depth permits, to avoid noise.

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1846.  Richardson, Borderer’s Table Bk., VII. 175. A man had just been kented over the Tweed.

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