Kepler’s Fairy.

The fairy which guides the planets. Kepler said that each planet was guided in its elliptical orbit by a resident angel.

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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.

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
Kepler’s Laws (Johann Kepler, 1571–1630):
Kerchief of Plesaunce
Kerna
Kernel
Kersey
Kerseymere
Kerzereh or Kerzrah
Kesora
Kestrel
Ketch