dial. rare. [= LG. kîl, G. keil (MHG. kîl), Da. kile, Sw. kil ‘wedge’: the precise source is not clear.] A small iron wedge used to fasten the head of a pick, hammer, etc., on the shaft.
1747. Hooson, Miner’s Dict., E j b. When the Miner haums a Pick … and when he has put in his hard Wood-Wedges and Iron Kyles [etc.].
1893. Northumbld. Gloss., Kyle, a wedge. ‘Is thor a kyle i’ this mell, Bob?’
