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KEN, v.t. [L. canus, white, caneo, to be white, and this with L. cano, to sing, canto, Eng. to cant, to chant; L. gigno.]
1. To see at a distance; to descry.
We ken them from afar.
2. To know; to understand. [This verb is used chiefly in poetry.]
KEN, v.i. To look round.
KEN, n. View; reach of sight.
Coasting they kept the land within their ken.