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K
K, (K are from the Latin, which used the letter but little except in
the early period of the language. It came into the Latin from the
Greek, which received it from a Ph\'d2nician source, the ultimate
origin probably being Egyptian,. Etymologically K is most nearly
related to c, g, h (which see).
NOTE: In many words of one syllable k is used after c, as in crack,
check, deck, being necessary to exhibit a correct pronunciation in
the derivatives, cracked, checked, decked, cracking; since without
it, c, before the vowels e and i, would be sounded like s.
Formerly, k was added to c in certain words of Latin origin, as in
musick, publick, republick; but now it is omitted.
NOTE: See Guide to Pronunciation , §§ 240, 178, 179, 185.
Kaama
Kaa"ma (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The hartbeest.
Kabala
Kab"a*la (?), n. See Cabala.
Kabassou
Ka*bas"sou (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Cabassou.
Kabob
Ka*bob" (?), n. & v. t. See Cabob, n. & v. t.
Kabook
Ka*book" (?), n. (min.) A clay ironstone found in Ceylon.
Kabyle
Ka*byle" (?), n. [Ar. qab\'c6la.] (Ethnol.) A Berber, as in Algiers or
Tunis. See Berber.
Kadder
Kad"der (?), n. [Cf. Caddow.] (Zo\'94l.) The jackdaw.
Kadi, Kadiaster
Ka"di (?), Ka`di*as"ter (?), n. A Turkish judge. See Cadi.
Kafal
Ka*fal" (?), n. (Bot.) The Arabian name of two trees of the genus
Balsamodendron, which yield a gum resin and a red aromatic wood.
Kaffir, Kafir
Kaf"fir (?), Ka"fir (?), n. [Ar. k infidel, pagan, fr. kafara to be
skeptical in religious matters; -- a name given to certain infidel
races by the Mohammedans. Cf. Giaour.] (Ethnol.) (a) One of a race
which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen, inhabit South Africa. They
inhabit the country north of Cape Colony, the name being now
specifically applied to the tribes living between Cape Colony and
Natal; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs. (b) One of a race
inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia. [Spelt also Caffre.] Kaffir
corn (Bot.), a Cape Colony name for Indian millet.
Kaffle
Kaf"fle (?), n. See Coffle.
Kafilah
Ka"fi*lah (?), n. See Cafila.
Kaftan
Kaf"tan (?), n & v. See Caftan.
Kage
Kage (?), n. A chantry chapel inclosed with lattice or screen work.
Kagu
Ka"gu (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A singular, crested, grallatorial bird
(Rhinochetos jubatus), native of New Caledonia. It is gray above,
paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely
barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern.
Kaguan
Ka`gu*an" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The colugo.
Kahani
Ka"ha"ni (?), n. A kind of notary public, or attorney, in the Levant.
Kahau
Ka*hau" (?), n. [Native name, from its cry.] (Zo\'94l.) A long-nosed
monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), native of Borneo. The general color of
the body is bright chestnut, with the under parts, shoulders, and
sides of the head, golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper
part of the back brown. Called also proboscis monkey. [Written also
kaha.]
Kail
Kail (?), n.
1. (Bot.) A kind of headless cabbage. Same as Kale, 1.
2. Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables. [OE. or Scot.]
3. A broth made with kail or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also,
a dinner. [Scot.]
Kail yard, a kitchen garden. [Scot.]
Kaimacam
Kai`ma*cam" (?), n. Same as Caimacam.
Kain
Kain (?), n. (Scots Law) Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be
paid in kind by a tenant to his landlord. Wharton (Law Dict.).
Kainit
Kai"nit (?), n. [Trade name, fr. kainite.] Salts of potassium used in
the manufacture of fertilizers.
Kainite
Kai"nite (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) A compound salt consisting chiefly of
potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt
salt mines in Prussian Saxony.
Kainozoic
Kai`no*zo"ic (?), a. See Cenozoic.
Kaique
Ka*ique" (?), n. (Naut.) See Caique.
Kairine
Kai"rine (?), n. (Chem.) A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid
derived from quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine.
Kairoline
Kai`ro*line (?), n. (Chem.) An organic base obtained from quinoline.
It is used as a febrifuge, and resembles kairine.
Kaiser
Kai"ser (?), n. [Gr., fr. L. Caesar. Cf. Kesar, and Czar.] The ancient
title of emperors of Germany assumed by King William of Prussia when
crowned sovereign of the new German empire in 1871.
Kaka
Ka"ka (?), n. [Maori kaka a parrot; -- so named from its note.]
(Zo\'94l.) A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, especially the
brown parrot (Nestor meridionalis).
NOTE: &hand; Th e mo untain ka ka, or ke a (N . no tabilis), is
remarkable for having recently acquired carnivorous habits. It
attacks and kills lambs and pigs, sometimes doing great damage.
Night kaka. (Zo\'94l.) The kakapo.
Kakapo
Ka`ka*po" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops
habroptilus), native of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day,
but is active at night. It resembles an owl in its colors and general
appearance. It has large wings, but can fly only a short distance.
Called also owl parrot, night parrot, and night kaka.
Kakaralli
Kak`a*ral"li (?), n. A kind of wood common in Demerara, durable in
salt water, because not subject to the depredations of the sea worm
and barnacle.
Kakistocracy
Kak`is*toc"ra*cy (?), n. [Gr. Government by the worst men.
Kakoxene
Ka*kox"ene (?), n. See Cacoxene.
Kalan
Ka*lan" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The sea otter.
Kalasie
Ka`la*sie" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A long-tailed monkey of Borneo
(Semnopithecus rubicundus). It has a tuft of long hair on the head.
Kale
Kale (?), n. [Scot. kale, kail, cale, colewort, Gael. cael; akin to
Ir. cal, W. cawl, Armor. kaol. See Cole.]
1. (Bot.) A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head,
being nearly the original or wild form of the species. [Written also
kail, and cale.]
2. See Kail, 2.
Sea kale (Bot.), a European cruciferous herb (Crambe maritima), often
used as a pot herb; sea cabbage.
Kaleege
Ka*leege" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of several species of large, crested,
Asiatic pheasants, belonging to the genus Euplocamus, and allied to
the firebacks.
Kaleidophon, Kaleidophone
Ka*lei"do*phon (?), Ka*lei"do*phone (?), [Gr. (Physics.) An instrument
invented by Professor Wheatstone, consisting of a reflecting knob at
the end of a vibrating rod or thin plate, for making visible, in the
motion of a point of light reflected from the knob, the paths or
curves corresponding with the musical notes produced by the
vibrations.
Kaleidoscope
Ka*lei"do*scope (?), n. [Gr. -scope.] An instrument invented by Sir
David Brewster, which contains loose fragments of colored glass, etc.,
and reflecting surfaces so arranged that changes of position exhibit
its contents in an endless variety of beautiful colors and symmetrical
forms. It has been much employed in arts of design.
Shifting like the fragments of colored glass in the kaleidoscope.
G. W. Cable.
Kaleidoscopic, Kaleidoscopical
Ka*lei`do*scop"ic (?), Ka*lei`do*scop"ic*al (?), a. Of, pertaining to,
or formed by, a kaleidoscope; variegated.
Kalendar
Kal"en*dar (?), n. See Calendar.
Kalendarial
Kal`en*da"ri*al (?), a. See Calendarial.
Kalender
Kal"en*der (?), n. See 3d Calender.
Kalends
Kal"ends (?), n. Same as Calends.
Kali
Ka"li (?), n. [Skr. kali.] (Hind. Cosmog.) The last and worst of the
four ages of the world; -- considered to have begun B. C. 3102, and to
last 432,000 years.
Kali
Ka"li, n. [Skr. k\'bel\'c6.] (Hind. Myth.) The black, destroying
goddess; -- called also Doorga, Anna Purna.
Kali
Ka"li (?), n. [Ar. qali. See Alkali.] (Bot.) The glasswort (Salsola
Kali).
Kalif
Ka"lif (?), n. See Caliph.
Kaliform
Ka"li*form (?), a. [Kali + -form.] Formed like kali, or glasswort.
Kaligenous
Ka*lig"e*nous (?), a. [Kali + -genous. See Alkali.] Forming alkalies
with oxygen, as some metals.
Kalium
Ka"li*um (?), n. [NL. See Kali.] (Chem.) Potassium; -- so called by
the German chemists.
Kalki
Kal"ki (?), n. [Skr.] The name of Vishnu in his tenth and last avatar.
Whitworth.
Kalmia
Kal"mi*a (?), n. [NL. Named in honor of Peter Kalm, a Swedish
botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous
evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also mountain
laurel, ivy bush, lamb kill, calico bush, etc.
Kalmuck
Kal"muck (?), n.
1. pl. (Ethnol.) See Calmucks.
2. A kind of shaggy cloth, resembling bearskin.
3. A coarse, dyed, cotton cloth, made in Prussia.
Kalong
Ka*long" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit
bat (Pteropus edulis).
Kaloyer
Ka*loy"er (?), n. See Caloyer.
Kalpa
Kal"pa (?), n. [Skr.] (Hind. Myth.) One of the Brahmanic eons, a
period of 4,320,000,000 years. At the end of each Kalpa the world is
annihilated.
Kalsomine
Kal"so*mine (?), n. & v. t. Same as Calcimine.
Kam
Kam (?), a. [From Celtic; cf. Gael., Ir., & W. cam. Cf. Jamb, n.]
Crooked; awry. [Obs.] "This is clean kam." Shak.
Kama
Ka"ma (?), n. [Skr. k\'bema love, the god of love.] The Hindoo Cupid.
He is represented as a beautiful youth, with a bow of sugar cane or
flowers.
Kamala
Ka*ma"la (?), n. (Bot.) The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East
Indian tree (Mallotus Philippinensis) used for dyeing silk. It is
violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm. [Written
also kameela.]
Kame
Kame (?), n. A low ridge. [Scot.] See Eschar.
Kami
Ka"mi (?), n. pl. [Japanese.] A title given to the celestial gods of
the first mythical dynasty of Japan and extended to the demigods of
the second dynasty, and then to the long line of spiritual princes
still represented by the mikado.
Kamichi
Ka"mi*chi (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A curious South American bird (Anhima, OR
Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with
poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long,
slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each
wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous
birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese
(Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied
also to the chaja. See Chaja, and Screamer.
Kamptulicon
Kamp*tu"li*con (?), n. [Gr. A kind of elastic floor cloth, made of
India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.
Kampylite
Kam"py*lite (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) A variety of mimetite or arseniate of
lead in hexagonal prisms of a fine orange yellow. [Written also
campylite.]
Kamsin, Khamsin
Kam*sin", Kham*sin" (?), n. [Ar. khams\'c6n, fr. khams\'d4n, oblique
case khams\'c6n, fifty; -- so called because it blows for about fifty
days, from April till June.] A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming
from the Sahara. [Written also Khamseen.]
Kamtschadales
Kam"tscha*dales (?), n. pl. (Ethnol.) An aboriginal tribe inhabiting
the southern part of Kamtschatka.
Kan
Kan (?), v. t. To know; to ken. [Obs.] See Ken.
Kan
Kan (?), n. See Khan.
Kanacka, Kanaka
Ka*nack"a (?), Ka*na"ka (?), n. [Native name, prop., a man.] A native
of the Sandwich Islands.
Kanchil
Kan"chil (?), n. [Malay canch\'c6l.] (Zo\'94l.) A small chevrotain of
the genus Tragulus, esp. T. pygm\'91us, or T. kanchil, inhabiting
Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its
agility and cunning.
Kand
Kand (?), n. (Mining) Fluor spar; -- so called by Cornish miners.
Kangaroo
Kan"ga*roo" (?), n. [Said to be the native name.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one
of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family
Macropodid\'91. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent
islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while
the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo
(Macropus major) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or
fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the
genus Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus
Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the
genus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded districts. See Wallaby.
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Kangaroo apple (Bot.), the edible fruit of the Tasmanian plant Solanum
aviculare. -- Kangaroo grass (Bot.), a perennial Australian forage
grass (Anthistiria australis). -- Kangaroo hare (Zo\'94l.), the jerboa
kangaroo. See under Jerboa. -- Kangaroo mouse. (Zo\'94l.) See Jumping
mouse, under Jumping. -- Kangaroo rat (Zo\'94l.), the potoroo.
Kansas
Kan"sas (?), n. pl. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians allied to the
Winnebagoes and Osages. They formerly inhabited the region which is
now the State of Kansas, but were removed to the Indian Territory.
Kantian
Kant"i*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Immanuel Kant, the German
philosopher; conformed or relating to any or all of the philosophical
doctrines of Immanuel Kant.
Kantian
Kant"i*an, n. A follower of Kant; a Kantist.
Kantianism, Kantism
Kant"i*an*ism, Kant"ism (?), n. The doctrine or theory of Kant; the
Kantian philosophy.
Kantist
Kant"ist n. A disciple or follower of Kant.
Kanttry
Kant"try (?), n. Same as Cantred.
Kaolin, Kaoline
Ka"o*lin, Ka"o*line (?), n. [Chin. kao-ling.] (Min.) A very pure white
clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to form
the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain clay. It is chiefly
derived from the decomposition of common feldspar.
NOTE: &hand; Th e na me is now applied to all porcelain clays which
endure the fire without discoloration.
Kaolinization
Ka`o*lin`i*za"tion (?), n. The process by which feldspar is changed
into kaolin.
Kaolinize
Ka"o*lin*ize (?), v. t. To convert into kaolin.
Kapelle
Ka*pel"le (?), n. [G.] (Mus.) A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra
of a prince's chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually
orchestral. Grove.
Kapellmeister
Ka*pell"meis`ter (?), n. [G.] (Mus.) See Capellmeister.
Kapia
Ka"pi*a (?), n. [Native name.] (Min.) The fossil resin of the kauri
tree of New Zealand.
Kapnomar
Kap"no*mar (?), n. Chem.) See Capnomor.
Karagane
Kar"a*gane (?), n. [Russ. karagan'] (Zo\'94l.) A species of gray fox
found in Russia.
Karaism
Ka"ra*ism (?), n. Doctrines of the Karaites.
Karaite
Ka"ra*ite (?), n. [Heb.q\'ber\'be to read.] (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of
Jews who adhere closely to the letter of the Scriptures, rejecting the
oral law, and allowing the Talmud no binding authority; -- opposed to
the Rabbinists.
Karatas
Ka*ra"tas (?), n. (Bot.) A West Indian plant of the Pineapple family
(Nidularium Karatas).
Karma
Kar"ma (?), n. [Skr.] (Buddhism) One's acts considered as fixing one's
lot in the future existence. (Theos.) The doctrine of fate as the
inflexible result of cause and effect; the theory of inevitable
consequence.
Karmathian
Kar*ma"thi*an (?), n. One of a Mohammedan sect founded in the ninth
century by Karmat.
Karn
Karn (?), n. [Cornish. Cf. Cairn.] (Mining) A pile of rocks;
sometimes, the solid rock. See Cairn.
Karob
Ka"rob (?), n. [Cf. Carat.] The twenty-fourth part of a grain; -- a
weight used by goldsmiths. Crabb.
Karpholite
Kar"pho*lite (?), n. [Gr. -lite: cf. F. carpholithe.] (Min.) A fibrous
mineral occurring in tufts of a straw-yellow color. It is a hydrous
silicate of alumina and manganese.
Karreo
Kar*reo" (?), n.; pl. Karroos (. One of the dry table-lands of South
Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations. [Also
karoo.] The Great Karroo, OR The Karroo, a vast plateau, in Cape
Colony, stretching through five degrees of longitude, at an elevation
of about 3,000 feet.
Karstenite
Kar"sten*ite (?), n. Same as Anhydrite.
Karvel
Kar"vel (?), n. [Obs.] See Carvel, and Caravel.
Karyokinesis
Kar"y*o*ki*ne`sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.) The indirect division
of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm,
complicated changes take place in the nucleus, attended with movement
of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed to karyostenosis. The nucleus
becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are separated
into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute
the daughter nuclei. Called also mitosis. See Cell development, under
Cell.
Karyokinetic
Kar`y*o*ki*net"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to karyokinesis;
as, karyokinetic changes of cell division.
Karyomiton
Kar`y*om"i*ton (?), n. [NL., Gr. ( (Biol.) The reticular network of
fine fibers, of which the nucleus of a cell is in part composed; -- in
opposition to kytomiton, or the network in the body of the cell. W.
Flemming.
Karyoplasma
Kar`y*o*plas"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a num + (Biol.) The protoplasmic
substance of the nucleus of a cell: nucleoplasm; -- in opposition to
kytoplasma, the protoplasm of the cell.
Karyostenosis
Kar`y*o*ste*no"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.) Direct cell division
(in which there is first a simple division of the nucleus, without any
changes in its structure, followed by division of the protoplasm of
the karyostenotic mode of nuclear division.
Kasack
Ka*sack" (?), n. (Ethnol.) Same as Cossack.
Kat
Kat (?), n. (Bot.) An Arabian shrub Catha edulis) the leaves of which
are used as tea by the Arabs.
Katabolic
Kat`a*bol"ic (?), a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to katabolism; as,
katabolic processes, which give rise to substances (katastates) of
decreasing complexity and increasing stability.
Katabolism
Ka*tab"o*lism (?), n. [Gr. (Physiol.) Destructive or downward
metabolism; regressive metamorphism; -- opposed to anabolism. See
Disassimilation.
Katastate
Kat"a*state (?), n. [Gr. ( (Physiol.) A substance formed by a
katabolic process; -- opposed to anastate. See Katabolic.
Kate
Kate (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The brambling finch.
Kathetal
Kath"e*tal (?), a. [Gr. Cathetus.] (Math.) Making a right angle;
perpendicular, as two lines or two sides of a triangle, which include
a right angle.
Kathetometer
Kath`e*tom"e*ter (?), n. Same as Cathetometer.
Kattinumdoo
Kat`ti*num"doo (?), n. A caoutchouc like substance obtained from the
milky juice of the East Indian Euphorbia Kattimundoo. It is used as a
cement.
Katydid
Ka"ty*did` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous
insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustid\'91, common in
the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of
the front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the
males make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination
Katy-did, whence the name.
Kauri
Ka"u*ri (?), n. [Native name.] (Bot.) A lofty coniferous tree of New
Zealand Agathis, OR Dammara, australis), furnishing valuable timber
and yielding one kind of dammar resin. [Written also kaudi, cowdie,
and cowrie.]
Kava
Ka"va (?), n. [Polynesian.] (Bot.) A species of Macropiper (M.
methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating
beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication;
also, the beverage itself. [Written also kawa, kava, and ava.]
Kavass
Ka*vass" (?), n.; pl. Kavasses (#) [Turk. k\'bevv\'bes] An armed
constable; also, a government servant or courier. [Turkey]
Kaw
Kaw (?), v. i. & n. See Caw.
Kawaka
Ka*wa"ka (?), n. (Bot.) a New Zealand tree, the Cypress cedar
(Libocedrus Doniana), having a valuable, fine-grained, reddish wood.
Kawn
Kawn (?), n. A inn. [Turkey] See Khan.
Kayak
Kay"ak (?), n. (Naut.) A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a
frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits
amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the
Eskimos and other Arctic tribes.
Kayaker
Kay"ak*er (?), n. One who uses a kayak.
Kayko
Kay"ko (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The dog salmon.
Kayles
Kayles (?), n. pl. [Akin to Dan. kegle, Sw. kegla, D. & G. kegel, OHG.
kegil, whence F. quille.] A game; ninepins. [Prov Eng.] Carew.
Kaynard
Kay"nard (?), n. [F. cagnard.] A lazy or cowardly person; a rascal.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
Keck
Keck (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kecked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kecking.]
[Cf. dial. G. k\'94cken, k\'94ken.] To heave or to retch, as in an
effort to vomit. [R.] Swift.
Keck
Keck, n. An effort to vomit; queasiness. [R.]
Keckle
Kec"kle (?), v. i. & n. See Keck, v. i. & n.
Keckle
Kec"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Keckled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Keckling
(?).] (Naut.) To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its
surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend
from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice. Totten.
Keckling
Kec"kling (?), n. Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See
Keckle, v. t.
Kecklish
Kec"klish (?), a. [From keck, keckle.] Inclined to vomit; squeamish.
[R.] Holland.
Kecksy
Keck"sy (?), n.; pl. Kecksies (-s&icr;z). [Properly pl. of kex. See
Kex.] (Bot.) The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the
cow parsnip or the hemlock. [Written also kex, and in pl., kecks,
kaxes.]
Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs.
Shak.
Kecky
Keck"y (?), a. Resembling a kecksy. Grew.
Kedge
Kedge (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kedged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kedging.]
[Cf. dial. Sw. keka to tug, to drag one's self slowly forward; or
perh. fr. ked, and kedge, n., for ked anchor, named from the ked or
cask fastened to the anchor to show where it lies.] (Naut.) To move (a
vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and
hauling the vessel up to it.
Kedge
Kedge, n. [See Kedge, v. t.] (Naut.) A small anchor used whenever a
large one can be dispensed witch. See Kedge, v. t., and Anchor, n.
Keger
Keg"er (?) n. (Naut.) A small anchor; a kedge.
Kedlook
Ked"look (?), n. [Cf. dial. G.k\'94ddik, k\'81dik, kettich, keek, Dan.
kidike, E. charlock, and AS. cedelc the herb mercury.] (Bot.) See
Charlock.
Kee
Kee (?), n. pl. of Cow. [AS. c, pl. of c cow. See Kine.] See Kie, Ky,
and Kine. [Prov. Eng.] Gay.
Keech
Keech (?), n. [Cf. Prov. E. keech a cake.] A mass or lump of fat
rolled up by the butcher. [Obs.] Shak.
Keel
Keel (?), v. t. & i. [AS. c to cool, fr. c cool. See Cool.] To cool;
to akin or stir [Obs.]
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. Shak.
Keel
Keel, n. A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
Keel
Keel, n. [Cf. AS. ce\'a2l ship; akin to D. & G. kiel keel, OHG. chiol
ship, Icel. kj, and perh. to Gr. gla ball, round water vessel. But the
meaning of the English word seems to come from Icel. kj\'94lr keel,
akin to Sw. k\'94l, Dan. kj\'94l.]
1. (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed
together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel.
It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs
attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel,
a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden
ship. See Illust. of Keelson.
2. Fig.: The whole ship.
3. A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from
Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twentyone tons, four cwt.
[Eng.]
4. (Bot.) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous
flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See
Carina.
5. (Nat. Hist.) A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or
curved surface.
Bilge keel (Naut.), a keel peculiar to ironclad vessels, extending
only a portion of the length of the vessel under the bilges. Ham. Nav.
Encyc. -- False keel. See under False. -- Keel boat. (a) A covered
freight boat, with a keel, but no sails, used on Western rivers. [U.
S.] (b) A low, flat-bottomed freight boat. See Keel, n., 3. -- Keel
piece, one of the timbers or sections of which a keel is composed. On
even keel, in a level or horizontal position, so that the draught of
water at the stern and the bow is the same. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Keel
Keel, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Keeled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Keeling.]
1. To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
2. To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
To keel over, to upset; to capsize. [Colloq.]
Keelage
Keel"age (?), n. [Cf. F. guillage, fr. guille keel; of German or Scand
origin. See 3d Keel.] The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship
entering a port; also, the duty or toll. Bouvier. Wharton.
Keeled
Keeled (?), a.
1. (Bot.) Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on the back;
as, a keeled leaf.
2. (Zo\'94l.) Having a median ridge; carinate; as, a keeled scale.
Keeler
Keel"er (?), n. [See 3d Keel.]
1. One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; -- called also keelman.
2. A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for
calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc.
Keelfat
Keel"fat` (?), n. [Keel to cool + fat a large tub, a vat.] (Brewing) A
cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc. [Written also keelvat.] Johnson.
Keelhaul
Keel"haul` (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Keelhauled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Keelhauling.] [3d keel + haul: cf. LG. & D. kielhalen, G. kielholen. ]
[Written also keelhale.] (Naut.) To haul under the keel of a ship, by
ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced
as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies. Totten.
Keeling
Kee"ling (?), n. [Cf. Icel. keila, Sw. kolja, Dan. kulle.] (Zo\'94l.)
A cod.
Keelivine
Kee"li*vine (?), n. [Cf. Gael. cil ruddle.] A pencil of black or red
lead; -- called also keelyvine pen. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Keelman
Keel"man (?), n.; pl. -men (. See Keeler,
1.
Keelrake
Keel"rake` (?), v. t. (Naut.) Same as Keelhaul.
Keels
Keels (?), n. pl. Ninepins. See Kayles.
Keelson
Keel"son (?), n. [Akin to Sw. k\'94lsvin, Dan. kj\'94lsviin, G.
kielschwein; apparently compounded of the words keel and swine; but
cf. Norweg. kj\'94lsvill, where svill is akin to E. sill, n. ]
(Shipbuilding) A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the
floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the
keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the
keelson of a timber ship. Cross keelson, a similar structure lying
athwart the main keelson, to support the engines and boilers.
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Keelvat
Keel"vat` (?), n. See Keelfat.
Keen
Keen (?), a. [Compar. Keener (?); superl. Keenest.] [OE. kene sharp,
bold, AS.c bold; akin to D. koen, OHG. kuoni, G. k\'81hn, OSw. kyn,
k\'94n, Icel. k\'91nn, for koenn wise; perh. akin to E. ken, can to be
able.
1. Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor
with a keen edge.
A bow he bare and arwes [arrows] bright and kene. Chaucer.
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes. Shak.
2. Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental
acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen
features.
To make our wits more keen. Shak.
Before the keen inquiry of her thought. Cowper.
3. Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen
satire or sarcasm.
Good father cardinal, cry thou amen To my keen curses. Shak.
4. Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind,
etc, ; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes. Goldsmith.
5. Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite. "Of full kene will."
Piers Plowman.
So keen and greedy to confound a man. Shak.
NOTE: &hand; Ke en is often used in the composition of words, most
of which are of obvious signification; as, keen-edged, keen-eyed,
keen-sighted, keen-witted, etc.
Syn. -- Prompt; eager; ardent; sharp; acute; cutting; penetrating;
biting; severe; sarcastic; satirical; piercing; shrewd.
Keen
Keen, v. t. To sharpen; to make cold. [R.]
Cold winter keens the brightening flood. Thomson.
Keen
Keen, n. [Ir. caoine.] A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf.
Coranach. [Ireland] Froude.
Keen
Keen, v. i. To wail as a keener does. [Ireland]
Keener
Keen"er (?), n. A professional mourner who wails at a funeral.
[Ireland]
Keenly
Keen"ly, adv. In a keen manner.
Keenness
Keen"ness, n. The quality or state of being keen.
Keep
Keep (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kept (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Keeping.] [OE.
k, AS.c to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere
lover, OE. copnien to desire.]
1. To care; to desire. [Obs.]
I kepe not of armes for to yelp [boast]. Chaucer.
2. To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of;
to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to
detain.
If we lose the field, We can not keep the town. Shak.
That I may know what keeps me here with you. Dryden.
If we would weigh and keep in our minds what we are considering,
that would instruct us. Locke.
3. To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain
unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor.
His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. Milton.
Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on. Addison.
NOTE: &hand; In th is sense it is often used with prepositions and
adverbs, as to keep away, to keep down, to keep from, to keep in,
out, or off, etc. "To keep off impertinence and solicitation from
his superior."
Addison.
4. To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take
charge of.
The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was always kept in
the castle of Vicegrade. Knolles.
5. To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.
Behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee. Gen. xxviii. 15.
6. To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate,
reveal, or betray, as a secret.
Great are thy virtues . . . though kept from man. Milton.
7. To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden,
to dress it and to keep it. Gen. ii. 15.
In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor. Carew.
8. To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to keep books,
a journal, etc. ; also, to enter (as accounts, records, etc. ) in a
book.
9. To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the like; to
conduct; to manage; as, to keep store.
Like a pedant that keeps a school. Shak.
Every one of them kept house by himself. Hayward.
10. To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to keep
boarders.
11. To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a
servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.
I keep but three men and a boy. Shak.
12. To have habitually in stock for sale.
13. To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to intermit or
fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to keep silence; to keep one's
word; to keep possession.
Both day and night did we keep company. Shak.
Within this portal as I kept my watch. Smollett.
14. To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or
violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to neglect; to be
faithful to.
I have kept the faith. 2 Tim. iv. 7.
Him whom to love is to obey, and keep His great command. Milton.
15. To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as, to keep
one's house, room, bed, etc. ; hence, to haunt; to frequent. Shak.
'Tis hallowed ground; Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it keep. J.
Fletcher.
16. To observe duty, as a festival, etc. ; to celebrate; to solemnize;
as, to keep a feast.
I went with them to the house of God . . . with a multitude that
kept holyday. Ps. xlii. 4.
To keep at arm's length. See under Arm, n. -- To keep back. (a) To
reserve; to withhold. "I will keep nothing back from you." Jer. xlii.
4. (b) To restrain; to hold back. "Keep back thy servant also from
presumptuous sins." Ps. xix. 13. -- To keep company with. (a) To
frequent the society of; to associate with; as, let youth keep company
with the wise and good. (b) To accompany; to go with; as, to keep
company with one on a voyage; also, to pay court to, or accept
attentions from, with a view to marriage. [Colloq.] -- To keep
counsel. See under Counsel, n. -- To keep down. (a) To hold in
subjection; to restrain; to hinder. (b) (Fine Arts) To subdue in tint
or tone, as a portion of a picture, so that the spectator's attention
may not be diverted from the more important parts of the work. -- To
keep good (OR bad) hours, to be customarily early (or late) in
returning home or in retiring to rest. -- To keep house. (a) To occupy
a separate house or establishment, as with one's family, as
distinguished from boarding; to manage domestic affairs. (b) (Eng.
Bankrupt Law) To seclude one's self in one's house in order to evade
the demands of creditors. -- To keep one's hand in, to keep in
practice. -- To keep open house, to be hospitable. -- To keep the
peace (Law), to avoid or to prevent a breach of the peace. -- To keep
school, to govern, manage and instruct or teach a school, as a
preceptor. -- To keep a stiff upper lip, to keep up one's courage.
[Slang] -- To keep term. (a) (Eng. Universities) To reside during a
term. (b) (Inns of Court) To eat a sufficient number of dinners in
hall to make the term count for the purpose of being called to the
bar. [Eng.] Mozley & W. -- To keep touch. See under Touch, n. -- To
keep under, to hold in subjection; hence, to oppress. -- To keep up.
(a) To maintain; to prevent from falling or diminution; as, to keep up
the price of goods; to keep up one's credit. (b) To maintain; to
continue; to prevent from ceasing. "In joy, that which keeps up the
action is the desire to continue it." Locke. Syn. -- To retain;
detain; reserve; preserve; hold; restrain; maintain; sustain; support;
withhold. -- To Keep. Retain, Preserve. Keep is the generic term, and
is often used where retain or preserve would too much restrict the
meaning; as, to keep silence, etc. Retain denotes that we keep or hold
things, as against influences which might deprive us of them, or
reasons which might lead us to give them up; as, to retain vivacity in
old age; to retain counsel in a lawsuit; to retain one's servant after
a reverse of fortune. Preserve denotes that we keep a thing against
agencies which might lead to its being destroyed or broken in upon;
as, to preserve one's health; to preserve appearances.
Keep
Keep (?), v. i.
1. To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay;
as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the
house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of
company, or out reach.
2. To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.
If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it makes will not
keep. Mortimer.
3. To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell. [Now disused except
locally or colloquially.]
Knock at his study, where, they say, he keeps. Shak.
4. To take care; to be solicitous; to watch. [Obs.]
Keep that the lusts choke not the word of God that is in us.
Tyndale.
5. To be in session; as, school keeps to-day. [Colloq.]
To keep from, to abstain or refrain from. -- To keep in with, to keep
on good terms with; as, to keep in with an opponent. -- To keep on, to
go forward; to proceed; to continue to advance. -- To keep to, to
adhere strictly to; not to neglect or deviate from; as, to keep to old
customs; to keep to a rule; to keep to one's word or promise. -- To
keep up, to remain unsubdued; also, not to be confined to one's bed.
Keep
Keep, n.
1. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
Chaucer.
Pan, thou god of shepherds all, Which of our tender lambkins takest
keep. Spenser.
2. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as,
to be in good keep.
3. The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support;
as, the keep of a horse.
Grass equal to the keep of seven cows. Carlyle.
I performed some services to the college in return for my keep. T.
Hughes.
4. That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a castle;
specifically, the strongest and securest part of a castle, often used
as a place of residence by the lord of the castle, especially during a
siege; the donjon. See Illust. of Castle.
The prison strong, Within whose keep the captive knights were laid.
Dryden.
The lower chambers of those gloomy keeps. Hallam.
I think . . . the keep, or principal part of a castle, was so
called because the lord and his domestic circle kept, abode, or
lived there. M. A. Lower.
5. That which is kept in charge; a charge. [Obs.]
Often he used of his keep A sacrifice to bring. Spenser.
6. (Mach.) A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place.
To take keep, to take care; to heed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Keeper
Keep"er (?), n.
1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has
possession of anything.
2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and
the charge of prisoners.
3. One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as,
the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc. ; the keeper
of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a
preserver.
The Lord is thy keeper. Ps. cxxi. 6.
4. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
Discreet; chaste; keepers at home. Titus ii. 5.
5. A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place;
as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock
protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the
finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of
the strap.
6. A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper.
Downing.
Keeper of the forest (O. Eng. Law), an officer who had the principal
government of all things relating to the forest. -- Keeper of the
great seal, a high officer of state, who has custody of the great
seal. The office is now united with that of lord chancellor. [Eng.] --
Keeper of the King's conscience, the lord chancellor; -- a name given
when the chancellor was an ecclesiastic. [Eng.] -- Keeper of the privy
seal (styled also lord privy seal), a high officer of state, through
whose hands pass all charters, pardons, etc., before they come to the
great seal. He is a privy councillor, and was formerly called clerk of
the privy seal. [Eng.] -- Keeper of a magnet, a piece of iron which
connects the two poles, for the purpose of keeping the magnetic power
undiminished; an armature.
Keepership
Keep"er*ship (?), n. The office or position of a keeper. Carew.
Keeping
Keep"ing, n.
1. A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
His happiness is in his own keeping. South.
2. Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good
keeping.
The work of many hands, which earns my keeping. Milton.
3. Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are
in keeping with each other.
4. (Paint.) Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a
work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping.
Keeping room, a family sitting room. [New Eng. & Prov. Eng.] Syn. --
Care; guardianship; custody; possession.
Keepsake
Keep"sake` (?), n. Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of
the giver; a token of friendship.
Keesh
Keesh (?), n. See Kish.
Keeve
Keeve (?), n. [AS. c, fr. L. cupa a tub, cask; also, F. cuve. Cf.
Kive, Coop.]
1. (Brewing) A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub. Ure.
2. (Bleaching) A bleaching vat; a kier.
3. (Mining) A large vat used in dressing ores.
Keeve
Keeve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Keeved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Keeving.]
1. To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation.
2. To heave; to tilt, as a cart. [Prov. Eng.]
Keever
Keev"er (?), n. See Keeve, n.
Keffe-kil
Kef"fe-kil (?), n. (Min.) See Kiefekil.
Keg
Keg (?), n. [Earlier cag, Icel. kaggi; akin to Sw. kagge.] A small
cask or barrel.
Keilhau-ite
Keil"hau-ite (?), n. (Min.) A mineral of a brownish black color,
related to titanite in form. It consists chiefly of silica, titanium
dioxide, lime, and yttria.
Keir
Keir (?), n. See Kier.
Keitloa
Keit*lo"a (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A black, two-horned,
African rhinoceros (Atelodus keitloa). It has the posterior horn about
as long as the anterior one, or even longer.
Keld
Keld (?), a. [Cf. Cavl.] Having a kell or covering; webbed. [Obs.]
Drayton.
Kele
Kele (?), v. t. [See Keel to cool.] To cool. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Kell
Kell (?), n. A kiln. [Obs.]
Kell
Kell, n. [A modification of kale.] A sort of pottage; kale. See Kale,
2. Ainsworth.
Kell
Kell, n. [Cf. Caul.]
1. The caul; that which covers or envelops as a caul; a net; a fold; a
film. [Obs.]
I'll have him cut to the kell. Beau. & Fl.
2. The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect. B. Jonson.
Keloid
Ke"loid (?), a. [Gr. -oid.] (Med.) Applied to a variety of tumor
forming hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin. -- n. A
keloid tumor.
Kelotomy
Ke*lot"o*my (?), n. (Med.) See Celotomy.
Kelp
Kelp (?), n. [Formerly kilpe; of unknown origin.]
1. The calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the
manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine.
2. (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed.
NOTE: &hand; La minaria is th e co mmon ke lp of Gr eat Br itain;
Macrocystis pyrifera and Nereocystis Lutkeana are the great kelps
of the Pacific Ocean.
Kelp crab (Zo\'94l.), a California spider crab (Epialtus productus),
found among seaweeds, which it resembles in color. -- Kelp salmon
(Zo\'94l.), a serranoid food fish (Serranus clathratus) of California.
See Cabrilla.
Kelpfish
Kelp"fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A small California food fish
(Heterostichus rostratus), living among kelp. The name is also applied
to species of the genus Platyglossus.
Kelpie, Kelpy
Kel"pie, Kel"py, n.; pl. Kelpies (#). [Cf. Gael. cailpeach, calpach,
colpach, a heifer, steer, colt, colpa a cow or horse.] (Scotch Myth.)
An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly
believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to
be drowned. Jamieson.
Kelpware
Kelp"ware` (?), n. Same as Kelp, 2.
Kelson
Kel"son (?), n. See Keelson. Sir W. Raleigh.
Kelt
Kelt (?), n. See Kilt, n. Jamieson.
Kelt
Kelt, n. [Cf. Icel. kult quilt.] Cloth with the nap, generally of
native black wool. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Kelt
Kelt, n. A salmon after spawning. [Scot.]
Kelt
Kelt, n. Same as Celt, one of Celtic race.
Kelter
Kel"ter (?), n. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. cealt clothes, Gael. cealltair spear,
castle, cause, Prov. E. kilter tool, instrument. Cf. Kilt.] Regular
order or proper condition. [Written also kilter.] [>Colloq.]
If the organs of prayer be out of kelter or out of tune, how can we
pray? Barrow.
<-- now most commonly out of kilter -->
Keltic
Kelt"ic (?), a. & n. Same as Celtic, a. & n.
Kemb
Kemb (?), n. t. [imp. & p. p. Kembed (?) or Kempt (p. pr. & vb. n.
Kembing.] [OE.kemben, AS. cemban, fr. camb comb.] To comb. [Obs.]
His longe hair was kembed behind his back. Chaucer.
Kemelin
Kem"e*lin (?), n. [Cf. Prov. E.kemlin, kimlin, kimmel, a salting tub,
any tub, kembing a brewing tub, G. kumme bowl, basin, W. cwmman a tub,
brewing tub.] A tub; a brewer's vessel. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Kemp, Kempty
Kemp (?), Kemp"ty (?), n. Coarse, rough hair wool or fur, injuring its
quality.
Kempe
Kem"pe (?), a.Rough; shaggy. [Obs.] "Kempe hairs." Chaucer.
Kemps
Kemps (?), n. pl. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The long flower stems of
the ribwort plantain (Plantago Lanceolata). Dr. Prior.
Kempt
Kempt (?), p. p. of Kemb. B. Jonson.
Ken
Ken (?), n. [Perh. from kennel.] A house; esp., one which is a resort
for thieves. [Slang, Eng.]
Ken
Ken, n. t. [imp. & p. p. Kenned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kenning.]
[OE.kennen to teach, make known, know, AS. cennan to make known,
proclaim, or rather from the related Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. &
G. kennen to know, Goth. kannjan to make known; orig., a causative
corresponding to AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. &root;45. See Can
to be able, Know.]
1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or Scot.]
2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.] "We ken
them from afar." Addison
'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. Shak.
Ken
Ken, v. i. To look around. [Obs.] Burton.
Ken
Ken, n. Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge.
"Beyond his ken." Longfellow.
Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension. South.
It was relief to quit the ken And the inquiring looks of men.
Trench.
Kendal green, OR Kendal
Ken"dal green` (?), OR Ken"dal.A cloth colored green by dye obtained
from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in
Westmoreland, England. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green ? Shak.
Kennel
Ken"nel (?), n. [See Channel, Canal.] The water course of a street; a
little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle. Bp. Hall.
Kennel
Ken"nel, n. [OE.kenel, (assumed) OF. kenil, F. chenil, LL. canile, fr.
L. canis a dog. Cf. Canine.]
1. A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds.
A dog sure, if he could speak, had wit enough to describe his
kennel. Sir P. Sidney.
2. A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs. Shak.
3. The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.
Kennel
Ken"nel, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kenneled (?) or Kennelled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Kennelling.] To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
The dog kenneled in a hollow tree. L'Estrange.
Kennel
Ken"nel, v. t. To put or keep in a kennel. Thomson.
Kennel coal
Ken"nel coal` (?). See Cannel coal.
Kenning
Ken"ning (?), n. [See Ken, v. t.]
1. Range of sight. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles.
Keno
Ke"no (?), n. [F. quine five winning numbers, fr. L. quini five each,
quinque five. See Five.] A gambling game, a variety of the game of
lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.
[U. S.]
Kenogenesis
Ken`o*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Gr. genesis.] (Biol.) Modified evolution, in
which nonprimitive characters make their appearance in consequence of
a secondary adaptation of the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its
environment; -- distinguished from palingenesis. [Written also
c\'91nogenesis.]
Kenogenetic
Ken`o*ge*net"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to kenogenesis; as,
kenogenetic processes. -- Ken`o*ge*net"ic*al*ly (#), adv.
Kenspeckle
Ken"spec`kle (?), a. Having so marked an appearance as easily to be
recognized. [Scot.]
Kent bugle
Kent" bu"gle (?). [Probably named after a Duke of Kent.] (Mus.) A
curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of which the
performer can play upon every key in the musical scale; -- called also
keyed bugle, and key bugle. Moore.
Kentle
Ken"tle (?), n. [From Quintal.] (Com.) A hundred weight; a quintal.
Kentledge
Kent"ledge (?), n. [OF. cant edge, corner, D.kant. See Cant edge,
angle.] (Naut.) Pigs of iron used for ballast. [Written also
kintlidge.]
Kentucky
Ken*tuck"y (?), n. One of the United States. Kentucky blue grass
(Bot.), a valuable pasture and meadow grass (Poa pratensis), found in
both Europe and America. See under Blue grass. -- Kentucky coffee tree
(Bot.), a tall North American tree (Gymnocladus Canadensis) with
bipinnate leaves. It produces large woody pods containing a few seeds
which have been used as a substitute for coffee. The timber is a very
valuable.
Kephalin
Keph"a*lin (?), n. [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.) One of a group of nitrogenous
phosphorized principles, supposed by Thudichum to exist in brain
tissue.
Kept
Kept (?), imp. & p. p. of Keep. Kept mistress, a concubine; a woman
supported by a man as his paramour.
Keramic
Ke*ram"ic (?), a. Same as Ceramic.
Keramics
Ke*ram"ics (?), n. Same as Ceramics.
Keramographic
Ker`a*mo*graph"ic (?), a. [Gr. graph + ic.] Suitable to be written
upon; capable of being written upon, as a slate; -- said especially of
a certain kind of globe. Scudamore.
Kerana
Ke*ra"na (?), n. (Mus.) A kind of long trumpet, used among the
Persians. Moore (Encyc. of Music).
Kerargyrite
Ke*rar"gy*rite (?), n. See Cerargyrite.
Kerasin
Ker"a*sin (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A nitrogenous substance free from
phosphorus, supposed to be present in the brain; a body closely
related to cerebrin.
Kerasine
Ker"a*sine (?), a. [Gr. Resembling horn; horny; corneous.
Keratin
Ker"a*tin (?), n. [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.) A nitrogenous substance, or
mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of
combination, and forming the chemical basis of epidermal tissues, such
as horn, hair, feathers, and the like. It is an insoluble substance,
and, unlike elastin, is not dissolved even by gastric or pancreatic
juice. By decomposition with sulphuric acid it yields leucin and
tyrosin, as does albumin. Called also epidermose.<-- a
sulfur-containing fibrous proein. -->
Keratitis
Ker`a*ti"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the
cornea.
Keratode
Ker"a*tode (?), n. See Keratose.
Keratogenous
Ker`a*tog"e*nous (?), a. [Gr. -genous.] Producing horn; as, the
keratogenous membrane within the horny hoof of the horse.
Keratoidea
Ker`a*toi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Same as
Keratosa.
Keratome
Ker"a*tome (?), n. [Gr. (Surg.) An instrument for dividing the cornea
in operations for cataract.
Keratonyxis
Ker`a*to*nyx"is (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) The operation of removing a
cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye, and
breaking up the opaque mass.
Keratophyte
Ker"a*to*phyte (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A gorgonian coral having a
horny axis.
Keratosa
Ker`a*to"sa (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of sponges
having a skeleton composed of hornlike fibers. It includes the
commercial sponges.
Keratose
Ker"a*tose` (?), n. [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.) A tough, horny animal
substance entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges,
and other invertebrates; -- called also keratode.
Keratose
Ker"a*tose`, a. (Zo\'94l.) Containing hornlike fibers or fibers of
keratose; belonging to the Keratosa.
Keraunograph
Ke*rau"no*graph (?), n. [Gr. graph.] A figure or picture impressed by
lightning upon the human body or elsewhere. -- Ker`au-nog"ra-phy (#),
n.
Kerb
Kerb (?), n. See Curb.
Kerbstone
Kerb"stone` (?), n. See Curbstone.
Kercher
Ker"cher (?), n. A kerchief. [Obs.]
He became . . . white as a kercher. Sir T. North.
Kerchered
Ker"chered (?), a. Covered, or bound round, with a kercher. [Obs.] G.
Fletcher.
Kerchief
Ker"chief (?), n.; pl. Kerchiefs (#). [OE. coverchef, OF. cuevrechief,
couvrechef, F. couvrechef, a head covering, fr. couvrir to cover + OF.
chief head, F. chef. See Cover, Chief, and cf. Curfew.]
1. A square of fine linen worn by women as a covering for the head;
hence, anything similar in form or material, worn for ornament on
other parts of the person; -- mostly used in compounds; as,
neckerchief; breastkerchief; and later, handkerchief.
He might put on a hat, a muffler, and a kerchief, and so escape.
Shak.
Her black hair strained away To a scarlet kerchief caught beneath
her chin. Mrs. Browning.
2. A lady who wears a kerchief. Dryden.
Kerchiefed, Kerchieft
Ker"chiefed, Ker"chieft (?), a. Dressed; hooded; covered; wearing a
kerchief. Milton.
Kerf
Kerf (?), n. [AS. cyrf a cutting off, fr. ceorfan to cut, carve. See
Carve.] A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or
sawing.
Kerite
Ke"rite (?), n. [Gr. A compound in which tar or asphaltum combined
with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product
closely resembling rubber; -- used principally as an insulating
material in telegraphy. Knight.
Kerl
Kerl (?), n. See Carl.
Kermes
Ker"mes (?), n. [Ar. & Per. girmiz. See Crimson, and cf. Alkermes.]
1. (Zo\'94l.) The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect
(Coccus ilicis), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several
species of oak near the Mediterranean. They are round, about the size
of a pea, contain coloring matter analogous to carmine, and are used
in dyeing. They were anciently thought to be of a vegetable nature,
and were used in medicine. [Written also chermes.]
2. (Bot.) A small European evergreen oak (Quercus coccifera) on which
the kermes insect (Coccus ilicis) feeds. J. Smith (Dict. Econ.
Plants).
Kermes mineral. (a) (Old Chem.) An artificial amorphous trisulphide of
antimony; -- so called on account of its red color. (b) (Med. Chem.) A
compound of the trioxide and trisulphide of antimony, used in
medicine. This substance occurs in nature as the mineral kermesite.
Kermesse
Ker"messe (?), n. [F.] See Kirmess.
Kern
Kern (?), n. [Ir.ceatharnach.Cf. Cateran. ]
1. A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and
Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term
of contempt. Macaulay.
Now for our Irish wars; We must supplant those rough, rug-headed
kerns. Shak.
2. Any kind of boor or low-lived person. [Obs.] Blount.
3. (O. Eng. Law) An idler; a vagabond. Wharton.
Kern
Kern, n. (Type Founding) A part of the face of a type which projects
beyond the body, or shank.
Kern
Kern, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kerned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kerning. ] (Type
Founding) To form with a kern. See 2d Kern.
Kern
Kern, n. [See Churn. ] A churn. [Prov. Eng.]
Kern
Kern, n. [AS. cweorn, cwyrn. See Quern. ] A hand mill. See Quern.
Johnson.
Kern
Kern, v. i. [Cf. G. kern kernel, grain; akin to E. corn. See Corn,
Kernel. ]
1. To harden, as corn in ripening. [Obs.] Carew.
2. To take the form of kernels; to granulate. [Obs.]
It is observed that rain makes the salt kern. Dampier.
Kerned
Kerned (?), a. (Print.) Having part of the face projecting beyond the
body or shank; -- said of type. "In Roman, f and j are the only kerned
letters." MacKellar.
Kernel
Ker"nel (?), n. [OE. kernel, kirnel, curnel, AS.cyrnel, fr. corn
grain. See Corn, and cf. Kern to harden.]
1. The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls;
the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything
included in a shell, husk, or integument; as, the kernel of a nut. See
Illust. of Endocarp.
' A were as good crack a fusty nut with no kernel Shak.
2. A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn.
3. A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a
concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
4. The central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist;
the core; as, the kernel of an argument.
Kernel
Ker"nel, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kerneled (?) OR Kernelled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Kerneling OR Kernelling.] To harden or ripen into kernels; to
produce kernels.
Kerneled, Kernelled
Ker"neled, Ker"nelled (?), a. Having a kernel.
Kernelly
Ker"nel*ly (?), a. Full of kernels; resembling kernels; of the nature
of kernels. Holland.
Kerish
Ker"ish (?), a. [From Kern a boor.] Clownish; booorish. [Obs.] "A
petty kernish prince." Milton.
Kerolite
Ker"o*lite (?), n. (Min.) Same as Cerolite.
Kerosene
Ker"o*sene` (?), n. [Gr. An oil used for illuminating purposes,
formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous
shale, etc., and hence called also coal oil. It is now produced in
immense quantities, chiefly by the distillation and purification of
petroleum. It consists chiefly of several hydrocarbons of the methane
series.
Kers, Kerse
Kers, Kerse (?), n. A cress. [Obs.] Chaucer. Not worth a kers. See
under Cress.
Kersey
Ker"sey (?), n.; pl. Kerseys (#). [Prob. from the town of Kersey in
Suffolk, Eng.] A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven
from wool of long staple.
Kerseymere
Ker"sey*mere (?), n. [For cassimere, confounded with kersey.] See
Cassimere.
Kerseynette
Ker`sey*nette" (?), n. See Cassinette.
Kerve
Kerve (?), v. t. To carve. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Kerver
Kerv"er (?), n. A carver. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Kesar
Ke"sar (?), n. See Kaiser [Obs.] Spenser.
Keslop
Kes"lop (?), n. [AS.c, or c, milk curdled; cf. G. k\'84selab,
k\'84selippe. See Cheese, and cf.Cheeselep.] The stomach of a calf,
prepared for rennet. Halliwell.
Kess
Kess (?), v. t. To kiss. [Obs.] Chaucer
Kest
Kest (?), imp. of Cast. [Obs.]
Kestrel
Kes"trel (?), n. [See Castrel.] (Zo\'94l.) A small, slender European
hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is
reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called
windhover and stannel. The name is also applied to other allied
species.
NOTE: &hand; This word is often used in contempt, as of a mean kind
of hawk. "Kites and kestrels have a resemblance with hawks."
Bacon.
Ket
Ket (?), n. [Icel. kj\'94t flesh; akin to Sw. k\'94tt, Dan. kj\'94d.]
Carrion; any filth. [Prob. Eng.] Halliwell.
Ketch
Ketch (?), n. [Prob. corrupted fr. Turk. q\'beiq : cf. F. caiche. Cf.
Ca\'8bque.] (Naut.) An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast
and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty
tons burden. Bomb ketch. See under Bomb.
Ketch
Ketch, n. A hangman. See Jack Ketch.
Ketch
Ketch, v. t. [See Catch.] To catch. [Now obs. in spelling, and colloq.
in pronunciation.]
To ketch him at a vantage in his snares. Spenser.
Ketchup
Ketch"up (?), n. A sauce. See Catchup.
Ketine
Ke"tine (?), n. [See Ketone.] (Chem.) One of a series of organic bases
obtained by the reduction of certain isonitroso compounds of the
ketones. In general they are unstable oily substances having a pungent
aromatic odor.
Ketmie
Ket`mie" (?), n. (Bot.) The name of certain African species of
Hibiscus, cultivated for the acid of their mucilage. [Written also
ketmia.]
Ketol
Ke"tol (?), n. [Ketone + indol.] (Chem.) One of a series of series of
complex nitrogenous substances, represented by methyl ketol and
related to indol. Methyl ketol, a weak organic base, obtained as a
white crystalline substance having the odor of f\'91ces.
Ketone
Ke"tone (?), n. [Cf. Acetone.] (Chem.) One of a large class of organic
substances resembling the aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of
certain salts of organic acids and consisting of carbonyl (CO) united
with two hydrocarbon radicals. In general the ketones are colorless
volatile liquids having a pungent ethereal odor.
NOTE: &hand; Th e ketones are named by adding the suffix-one to the
stems of the organic acids from which they are respectively
derived; thus, acetic acid gives acetone; butyric acid, butyrone,
etc.
Ketonic
Ke*ton"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a ketone;
as, a ketonic acid.
Kettle
Ket"tle (?), n. [OE. ketel; cf. AS. cetel, cetil, cytel; akin to D.
kjedel, G. kessel, OHG. chezzil, Icel. ketill, SW. kittel, Dan.
kjedel, Goth. katils; all perh. fr. L. catillus, dim. of catinus a
deep vessel, bowl; but cf. also OHG. chezz\'c6 kettle, Icel. kati
small ship.] A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a
cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liguids. Kettle
pins, ninepins; skittles. [Obs.] Shelton. -- Kettle stitch
(Bookbinding), the stitch made in sewing at the head and tail of a
book. Knight.
Kettledrum
Ket"tle*drum` (?), n.
1. (Mus.) A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical
kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it.
NOTE: &hand; Ke ttledrums, in pairs, were formerly used in martial
music for cavalry, but are now chiefly confined to orchestras,
where they are called tympani.
2. An informal social party at which a light collation is offered,
held in the afternoon or early evening. Cf. Drum, n., 4 and 5.
Kettledrummer
Ket"tle*drum`mer (?), n. One who plays on a kettledrum.
Keuper
Keu"per (?), n. [G.] (Geol.) The upper division of the European
Triassic. See Chart of Geology.
Kevel
Kev"el (?), n. [Prov. E. kevil, cavel, rod, pole, a large hammer,
horse's bit; cf. Icel. kefli cylinder, a stick, mangle, and Dan.
kievle a roller.]
1. (Naut.) A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.
2. A stone mason's hammer. [Written also cavil.]
Kevel head (Naut.), a projecting end of a timber, used as a kevel.
Kevel, Kevin
Kev"el, Kev"in (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The gazelle.
Kever
Kev"er (?), v. t. & i. To cover. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Keverchief
Kev"er*chief (?), n. A kerchief. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Kex
Kex (?), n. [W. cecys, pl., hollow stalks.]
1. (Bot.) A weed; a kecksy. Bp. Gauden.
Though the rough kex break The starred mosaic. Tennyson.
2. A dry husk or covering.
When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair flying
butterfly. Holland.
Key
Key (?), n. [OE. keye, key, kay, AS. c
1. An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or
drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism
of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place.
2. An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or adjusting
any mechanism; as, a watch key; a bed key, etc.
3. That part of an instrument or machine which serves as the means of
operating it; as, a telegraph key; the keys of a pianoforte, or of a
typewriter.
4. A position or condition which affords entrance, control, pr
possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the key of a
country; the key of a political situation. Hence, that which serves to
unlock, open, discover, or solve something unknown or difficult; as,
the key to a riddle; the key to a problem.
Those who are accustomed to reason have got the true key of books.
Locke.
Who keeps the keys of all the creeds. Tennyson.
5. That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make fast, or
adjust to position.
6. (Arch.) (a) A piece of wood used as a wedge. (b) The last board of
a floor when laid down.
7. (Masonry) (a) A keystone. (b) That part of the plastering which is
forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
8. (Mach.) (a) A wedge to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their
relative position; a cotter; a forelock. See Illusts. of Cotter, and
Gib. (b) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling,
etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by
friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing,
being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank,
pulley, etc.
9. (Bot.) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, as
the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara; -- called also key fruit.
10. (Mus.) (a) A family of tones whose regular members are called
diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight),
mediant or three, dominant or five, subdominant or four, submediant or
six, supertonic or two, and subtonic or seven. Chromatic tones are
temporary members of a key, under such names as " sharp four," "flat
seven," etc. Scales and tunes of every variety are made from the tones
of a key. (b) The fundamental tone of a movement to which its
modulations are referred, and with which it generally begins and ends;
keynote.
Both warbling of one song, both in one key. Shak.
11. Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
You fall at once into a lower key. Cowper.
Key bed. Same as Key seat. -- Key bolt, a bolt which has a mortise
near the end, and is secured by a cotter or wedge instead of a nut.
Key bugle. See Kent bugle. -- Key of a position OR country. (Mil.) See
Key, 4. -- Key seat (Mach.), a bed or groove to receive a key which
prevents one part from turning on the other. -- Key way, a channel for
a key, in the hole of a piece which is keyed to a shaft; an internal
key seat; -- called also key seat. -- Key wrench (Mach.), an
adjustable wrench in which the movable jaw is made fast by a key. --
Power of the keys (Eccl.), the authority claimed by the ministry in
some Christian churches to administer the discipline of the church,
and to grant or withhold its privileges; -- so called from the
declaration of Christ, "I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom
of heaven." Matt. xvi. 19.
Key
Key (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Keved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Keying.] To
fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
Francis. To key up. (a) (Arch.) To raise (the whole ring of an arch)
off its centering, by driving in the keystone forcibly. (b) (Mus.) To
raise the pitch of. (c) Hence, fig., to produce nervous tension in.
Keyage
Key"age (?), n. [OF.caiage, F. guayage. See lst Key, Quay.] Wharfage;
quayage.
Keyboard
Key"board` (?), n. The whole arrangement, or one range, of the keys of
an organ, typewriter, etc.
Key-cold
Key"-cold` (?), a. Cold as a metallic key; lifeless. [Formerly, a
proverbial expression.] Shak. Milton.
Keyed
Keyed (k&emac;d), a. Furnished with keys; as, a keyed instrument;
also, set to a key, as a tune. Keyed bugle. See Kent bugle.
Keyhole
Key"hole` (?), n.
1. A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key.
2. (a) (Carp.) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined
together, to receive the key which fastens them. (b) (Mach.) a mortise
for a key or cotter.
Keyhole limpet (Zo\'94l.), a marine gastropod of the genus Fissurella
and allied genera. See Fissurella. -- Keyhole saw, a narrow, slender
saw, used in cutting keyholes, etc., as in doors; a kind of compass
saw or fret saw. -- Keyhole urchin (Zo\'94l.), any one of numerous
clypeastroid sea urchins, of the genera Melitta, Rotula, and Encope;
-- so called because they have one or more perforations resembling
keyholes.
Keynote
Key"note` (?), n.
1. (Mus.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or
passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all
the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone.
2. The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the
keynote of a policy or a sermon.
Keyseat
Key"seat` (?), v. t. To form a key seat, as by cutting. See Key seat,
under Key.
Keystone
Key"stone` (?), n. (Arch.) The central or topmost stone of an arch.
This in some styles is made different in size from the other
voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with carving. See Illust. of
Arch. Keystone State, the State of Pennsylvania; -- so called from its
having been the central State of the Union at the formation of the
Constitution.
Key tone
Key" tone` (?). (Mus.) See Keynote.
Keyway
Key"way` (?), n. See Key way, under Key.
Khaliff
Kha"liff (?), n. See Caliph.
Khamsin
Kham*sin` (?), n. Same as Kamsin.
Khan
Khan (?), n. [Pers. & Tart. kh\'ben.] [Also kan, kaun.] A king; a
prince; a chief; a governor; -- so called among the Tartars, Turks,
and Persians, and in countries now or formerly governed by them.
Khan
Khan, n. [Per. kh\'ben, kh\'benah, house, tent, inn.] An Eastern inn
or caravansary. [Written also kawn.]
Khanate
Khan*ate (, n. Dominion or jurisdiction of a khan.
Khaya
Kha"ya (?), n. (Bot.) A lofty West African tree (Khaya Senegalensis),
related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the
wood. The bark is used as a febrifuge.
Khedive
Khe`dive" (?), n. [F. kh\'82dive, Pers. khediw a prince.] A governor
or viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of Turkey to the
ruler of Egypt.
Khenna
Khen"na (?), n. See Henna.
Kholah
Kho"lah (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The Indian jackal.
Kholsun
Khol"sun (, n. (Zo\'94l.) The dhole.
Khutbah
Khut"bah (?), n. [Ar.] An address or public prayer read from the steps
of the pulpit in Mohammedan mosques, offering glory to God, praising
Mohammed and his descendants, and the ruling princes.
Kiabooca wood
Ki`a*boo"ca wood` (?). See Kyaboca wood.
Kiang
Ki*ang" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The dziggetai.
Kibble
Kib"ble (?), v. t. To bruise; to grind coarsely; as, kibbled oats.
[Prov.Eng.] Halliwell.
Kibble
Kib"ble, n. A large iron bucket used in Cornwall and Wales for raising
ore out of mines. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also kibbal.]
Kibblings
Kib"blings (?), n. pl. Portions of small fish used for bait on the
banks of Newfoundland.
Kibe
Kibe (?), n. [W. cib + gwst pain, sickness.] A chap or crack in the
flesh occasioned by cold; an ulcerated chilblain. "He galls his kibe."
Shak.
Kibed
Kibed (?), a. Chapped; cracked with cold; affected with chilblains; as
kibed heels. Beau. & Fl.
Kibitka
Ki*bit"ka (?), n.; pl. Kibitkas (. [Russ.]
1. A tent used by the Kirghiz Tartars.
2. A rude kind of Russian vehicle, on wheels or on runners, sometimes
covered with cloth or leather, and often used as a movable habitation.
Kiblah
Kib"lah (, n. See Keblah.
Kiby
Kib"y (?), a. Affected with kibes. Skelton.
Kichil
Kich"il (?),. [Obs.] See Kechil. Chaucer.
Kick
Kick (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kicred (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Kicking.]
[W. cicio, fr. cic foot.] To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the
foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.
He [Frederick the Great] kicked the shins of his judges. Macaulay.
To kick the beam, to fit up and strike the beam; -- said of the
lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found wanting in weight.
Milton. -- To kick the bucket, to lose one's life; to die. [Colloq. &
Low]
Kick
Kick, v. i.
1. To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with
the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike
backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence,
figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to
spurn.
I should kick, being kicked. Shak.
2. To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc.<-- also kicj back -->
Kick
Kick, n.
1. A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot.
A kick, that scarce would more a horse, May kill a sound divine.
Cowper.
2. The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which
prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring. See Illust.
of Pocketknife.
3. (Brickmaking) A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the
surface of the brick.
4. The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged.
Kickable
Kick"a*ble (?), a. Capable or deserving of being kicked. "A kickable
boy." G. Eliot.
Kickapoos
Kick`a*poos" (?), n. pl.; sing. Kickapoo (. (Ethnol.) A tribe of
Indians which formerly occupied the region of Northern Illinois,
allied in language to the Sacs and Foxes. <-- kickback. n. recoil, of
a gun or machine, as in older automobile engines when started by
turning a crank. 2. a secret, and usually illegal, payment, by a
recipient of money paid for goods or services, to a facilitator of the
transaction, of a portion of that money. -->
Kicker
Kick"er, n. One who, or that which, kicks.
Kickshaw
Kick"shaw` (?), n. See Kickshaws, the correct singular.
Kickshaws
Kick"shaws` (?), n.; pl. Kickshawses (#) [Corrupt. fr. F. guelgue
chose something, fr. L. gualis of what kind (akin to E. which) +
suffix -guam + causa cause, in LL., a thing. See Which, and Cause.]
1. Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy.
Art thou good at these kickshawses! Shak.
2. A fancy dish; a titbit; a delicacy.
Some pigeons, . . . a joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny
kickshaws. Shak.
Cressy was lost by kickshaws and soup-maigre. Fenton.
Kickshoe
Kick"shoe` (?), n. A kickshaws. Milton.
Kicksy-wicksy, Kicky-wisky
Kick"sy-wick`sy (?), Kick"y-wisk`y (?), n. That which is restless and
uneasy.
NOTE: &hand; Ki cky-wicky, or , in some editions, Kicksy-wicksy, is
applied contemptuously to a wife by Shakespeare, in "All's Well
that Ends Well," ii. 3, 297.
Kicksy-wicksy
Kick"sy-wick`sy, a. Fantastic; restless; as, kicksy-wicksy flames.
Nares.
Kickup
Kick"up (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The water thrush or accentor. [Local, West
Indies]
Kid
Kid (?), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. ki, Dan. & Sw. kid; akin to
OHG. kizzi, G. kitz, kitzchen, kitzlein.]
1. (Zo\'94l.) A young goat.
The . . . leopard shall lie down with the kid. Is. xi. 6
.
2. A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily imposed on.
[Slang] Charles Reade.
3. A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the
skin of rats, etc.
4. pl. Gloves made of kid. [Colloq. & Low]
5. A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one in which
they receive their food. Cooper.
Kid
Kid, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kidded; p. pr. & vb. n. Kidding.] To bring
forth a young goat.
Kid
Kid, n. [Cf. W. cidysen.] A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze. [Prov.
Eng.] Wright.
Kid
Kid, p. p. of Kythe. [Obs.] Gower. Chaucer.
Kid
Kid, v. t. See Kiddy, v. t. [Slang]
Kidde
Kid"de (?), imp. of Kythe. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Kidderminster
Kid"der*min`ster (?), n. A kind of ingrain carpeting, named from the
English town where formerly most of it was manufactured.
Kiddier
Kid"di*er (?), n. [Cf. OSw. kyta to truck.] A huckster; a cadger.
[Obs.] Halliwell.
Kiddle
Kid"dle (?), n. [Cf. LL.kidellus, Armor. ki\'beel] A kind of
basketwork wear in a river, for catching fish. [Improperly spelled
kittle.]
Kiddow
Kid"dow (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The guillemot. [Written also kiddaw.]
[Prov. Eng.]
Kiddy
Kid"dy (?), v. t. To deceive; to outwit; to hoax. [Slang] Dickens.
Kiddy
Kid"dy, n. A young fellow; formerly, a low thief. [Slang, Eng.]
Kiddyish
Kid"dy*ish, a. Frolicsome; sportive. [Slang]
Kidfox
Kid"fox` (?). (Zo\'94l.) A young fox Shak.
Kidling
Kid"ling (?), n. [Kid +-ling: cf. Sw. kidling.] A young kid.
Kidnap
Kid"nap` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kidnaped (?) or Kidnapped; p. pr. &
vb. n. Kidnaping or Kidnapping.] [Kid a child + Prov. E. nap to seize,
to grasp. Cf. Knab, Knap, Nab.] To take (any one) by force or fear,
and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place. Abbott.
You may reason or expostulate with the parents, but never attempt
to kidnap their children, and to make proselytes of them. Whately.
NOTE: &hand; Or iginally us ed on ly of stealing children, but now
extended in application to any human being, involuntarily abducted.
Kidnaper, OR Kidnapper
Kid"nap`er (?), OR Kid"nap`per, n. One who steals or forcibly carries
away a human being; a manstealer.
Kidney
Kid"ney (?), n.; pl. Kidneys (#). [OE. kidnei, kidnere, from Icel. koi
belly, womb (akin to Goth. gipus, AS. cwip womb) + OE. nere kidney;
akin to D. nier, G. niere, OHG. nioro, Icel. n, Dan. nyre, Sw. njure,
and probably to Gr. (Kite belly.]
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1. (Anat.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste
products from the animal body; a urinary gland.
NOTE: &hand; In man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one
each side of vertebral column in the back part of the abdomen, each
kidney being connected with the bladder by a long tube, the ureter,
through which the urine is constantly excreted into the bladder to
be periodically discharged.
2. Habit; disposition; sort; kind. Shak.
There are in later other decrees, made by popes of another kidney.
Barrow.
Millions in the world of this man's kidney. L'Estrange.
Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that kidney, pretend,
forsooth, to crack their jokes on prudence. Burns.
NOTE: &hand; Th is use of the word perhaps arose from the fact that
the kidneys and the fat about them are an easy test of the
condition of an animal as to fatness. "Think of that, -- a man of
my kidney; -- . . . as subject to heat as butter."
Shak.
3. A waiter. [Old Cant] Tatler.
Floating kidney. See Wandering kidney, under Wandering. -- Kidney bean
(Bot.), a sort of bean; -- so named from its shape. It is of the genus
Phaseolus (P. vulgaris). See under Bean. -- Kidney ore (Min.), a
variety of hematite or iron sesquioxide, occurring in compact
kidney-shaped masses. -- Kidney stone. (Min.) See Nephrite, and Jade.
-- Kidney vetch (Bot.), a leguminous herb of Europe and Asia
(Anthyllis vulneraria), with cloverlike heads of red or yellow
flowers, once used as a remedy for renal disorders, and also to stop
the flow of blood from wounds; lady's-fingers.
Kidney-form, Kidney-shaped
Kid"ney-form` (?), Kid"ney-shaped` (?), a. Having the form or shape of
a kidney; reniform; as, a kidney-shaped leaf. Gray.
Kidneywort
Kid"ney*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) A kind of saxifrage (Saxifrage
stellaris). (b) The navelwort.
Kie
Kie (?), n. pl. [Cf. Kee.] Kine; cows. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Kiefekil
Kie"fe*kil (?), n. [Per. keff foam, scum + gil clay, mud.] (Min.) A
species of clay; meerschaum. [Also written keffekil.]
Kier
Kier (?), n. [Icel. ker a tub.] (Bleaching) A large tub or vat in
which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching
liquor; -- also called keeve.
Kieselguhr
Kie"sel*guhr` (?), n. [G., fr. kiesel flint + guhr an earthy deposit
or sediment in water.] Siliceous earth; specifically, porous
infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the
manufacture of dynamite.
Kieserite
Kie"ser*ite (?). n. [Named after Prof. Kieser, of Jena.] (Min.)
Hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt mines of Stassfurt,
Prussian Saxony.
Kieve
Kieve (?), n. See Keeve, n.
Kike
Kike (?), v. i. [Cf. D. kijken, Sw. kika.] To gaze; to stare. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Kike
Kike (?), v. t. & i. To kick [Obs.] Chaucer. <-- kike n. derogatory
name for a jew. -->
Kilderkin
Kil"der*kin (?), n. [OD. kindeken, kinneken, a small barrel, orig., a
little child, fr. kind child; akin to G.kind, and to E. kin.] A small
barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer
gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure. [Written
also kinderkin.]
Kill
Kill (?), n. A kiln. [Obs.] Fuller.
Kill
Kill, n. [D. kil.] A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as,
the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van
Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as, Schuylkill,
Catskill, etc.
Kill
Kill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Killed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Killing.] [OE.
killen, kellen, cullen, to kill, strike; perh. the same word as
cwellen, quellen, to kill (cf. Quell), or perh. rather akin to Icel.
kolla to hit in the head, harm, kollr top, summit, head, Sw. kulle, D.
kollen to kill with the ax.]
1. To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any
means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay.
Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words ! Shak.
2. To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of
a book. "To kill thine honor." Shak.
Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares. Shak.
3. To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's
language, a shower of rain kills the wind.
Be comforted, good madam; the great rage, You see, is killed in
him. Shak.
4. To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali
kills acid.
To kill time, to busy one's self with something which occupies the
attention, or makes the time pass without tediousness. Syn. -- To
murder; assassinate; slay; butcher; destroy. -- To Kill, Murder,
Assassinate. To kill does not necessarily mean any more than to
deprive of life. A man may kill another by accident or in
self-defense, without the imputation of guilt. To murder is to kill
with malicious forethought and intention. To assassinate is tomurder
suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill without murdering; the
duelist murders, but does not assassinate his antagonist; the assassin
kills and murders.
Killdee, Killdeer
Kill"dee` (?), Kill"deer` (?), n. [So named from its notes.]
(Zo\'94l.) A small American plover (\'92gialitis vocifera).
NOTE: &hand; It is da rk gr ayish brown above; the rump and upper
tail coverts are yellowish rufous; the belly, throat, and a line
over the eyes, white; a ring round the neck and band across the
breast, black.
Killer
Kill"er (?), n.
1. One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which
several species are known.
NOTE: &hand; Th e killers have a high dorsal fin, and powerful jaws
armed with large, sharp teeth. They capture, and swallow entire,
large numbers of seals, porpoises, and dolphins, and are celebrated
for their savage, combined attacks upon the right whales, which
they are said to mutilate and kill. The common Atlantic species
(Orca gladiator), is found both on the European and the American
coast. Two species (Orca ater and O. rectipinna) occur on the
Pacific coast.
Killesse
Kil*lesse" (?), n. [Cf. Coulisse.] (Arch.) (a) A gutter, groove, or
channel. (b) A hipped roof. [Prov. Eng.] Parker.
Killifish
Kil"li*fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several small American
cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus and allied genera. They live
equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are
usually striped or barred with black. Called also minnow, and brook
fish. See Minnow.
Killigrew
Kil"li*grew (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The Cornish chough. See under Chough.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Killikinick
Kil`li*ki*nick" (?), n. See Kinnikinic.
Killing
Kill"ing (?), a. Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal;
in a colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible. --
Kill"ing*ly, adv.
Those eyes are made so killing. Pope.
Nothing could be more killingly spoken. Milton.
Kill-joy
Kill"-joy` (?), n. One who causes gloom or grief; a dispiriting
person. W. Black.
Killock
Kil"lock (?), n. [Cf. Scot.killick "the flue [fluke] of an anchor."
Jamieson.] A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stone
inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together. [Written also killick.]
Killow
Kil"low (?), n. [Prov. E. kollow the smut or grime on the backs of
chimneys.] An earth of a blackish or deep blue color. Woodward.
Kiln
Kiln (?), n. [OE.kilne, kulne, AS. cyln, cylen; akin to Icel. kylna;
prob. from the same source as coal. See Coal.]
1. A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated
chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything;
as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying
grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone.
2. A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.
Kiln-dry
Kiln"-dry` (?), v. t. To dry in a kiln; as, to kiln-dry meal or grain.
Mortimer.
Kilnhole
Kiln"hole` (?), n. The mouth or opening of an oven or kiln. Shak.
Kilo
Ki"lo (?), n.; pl. Kilos (#). [F.] An abbreviation of Kilogram.
Kilogram, Kilogramme
Kil"o*gram (?), Kil"o*gramme, n. [F. kilogramme; pref. kilo- (fr. Gr.
chi`lioi a thousand ) + gramme. See 3d Gram.] A measure of weight,
being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34
grains). It is equal to the weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled
water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39° Fahrenheit.
Kilogrammeter, Kilogrammetre
Kil"o*gram*me`ter (?), Kil"o*gram*me`tre, n. (Mech.) A measure of
energy or work done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram
through the height of one meter, in the latitude of Paris.
Kiloliter, Kilolitre
Kil"o*li`ter (?), Kil"o*li`tre, n. [F. kilolitre. See Kilogram, and
Liter.] A measure of capacity equal to a cubic meter, or a thousand
liters. It is equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet, and to 220.04 imperial
gallons, or 264.18 American gallons of 321 cubic inches.
Kilometer, Kilometre
Kil"o*me`ter (?), Kil"o*me`tre, n. [F. kilometre. See Kilogram, and
Meter.] A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to
3,280.8 feet, or 62137 of a mile.
Kilostere
Kil"o*stere` (?), n. [F.kilostere. See Kilogram, and Stere.] A cubic
measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent to 35,315 cubic
feet.
Kilowatt
Kil"o*watt (?), n. [See Kilogram and Watt.] (Elec.) One thousand
watts.
Kilt
Kilt (, p. p. from Kill. [Obs.] Spenser.
Kilt
Kilt, n. [OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan. kilte op to
truss, tie up, tuck up.] A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the
waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in
the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg. [Written also kelt.]
Kilt
Kilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Kilting.] To tuck
up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Kilted
Kilt"ed, a.
1. Having on a kilt.
2. Plaited after the manner of kilting.
3. Tucked or fastened up; -- said of petticoats, etc.
Kilter
Kil"ter (?), n. See Kelter.
Kilting
Kilt"ing (?), n. (Dressmaking) A perpendicular arrangement of flat,
single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth
of the preceding one.
Kimbo
Kim"bo (?), a. [Cf. Akimbo.] Crooked; arched; bent. [Written also
kimbow.] Dryden.
Kimmerian
Kim*me"ri*an (?), a. See Cimmerian.
Kimnel
Kim"nel (?), n. A tub. See Kemelin. [Obs.]
She knew not what a kimnel was Beau. & Fl.
Kimry
Kim"ry (?), n. See Cymry.
kin
kin (. [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen, LG. -- ken.] A diminutive
suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
Kin
Kin (?), n. (Mus.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind,
with from five to twenty-five silken strings. Riemann.
Kin
Kin, n. [OE. kin, cun, AS. cynn kin, kind, race, people; akin to
cennan to beget, D. kunne sex, OS. & OHG. kunni kin, race, Icel. kyn,
Goth. kuni, G. & D. kind a child, L. genus kind, race, L. gignere to
beget, Gr. jan to beget. Kind, King, Gender kind, Nation.]
1. Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or
marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having
common descent.
2. Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
The father, mother, and the kinbeside. Dryden.
You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons. Bacon.
Kin
Kin, a. Of the same nature or kind; kinder. "Kin to the king." Shak.
Kin\'91sodic
Kin`\'91*sod"ic (?), a. (Physiol.) Kinesodic.
Kin\'91sthesis
Kin`\'91s*the"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Physiol.) The perception
attendant upon the movements of the muscles. Bastian.
Kinate
Ki"nate (?), n. [Cf. F. kinate. ] (Chem.) See Quinate. [Obsolescent]
Kincob
Kin"cob (?), n. India silk brocaded with flowers in silver or gold. --
a. Of the nature of kincob; brocaded. Thackeray.
Kind
Kind (?), a. [Compar. Kinder (?); superl. Kindest.] [AS. cynde,
gecynde, natural, innate, prop. an old p. p. from the root of E. kin.
See Kin kindred.]
1. Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural;
native. [Obs.] Chaucer.
It becometh sweeter than it should be, and loseth the kind taste.
Holland.
2. Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial;
sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart.
Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to
learning was his fault. Goldsmith.
3. Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and confer
happiness; averse to hurting or paining; benevolent; benignant;
gracious.
He is kind unto the unthankful and to evil. Luke vi 35.
O cruel Death, to those you take more kind Than to the wretched
mortals left behind. Waller.
A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind. Garrick.
4. Proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness, gentleness, or
benevolence; as, a kind act. "Manners so kind, yet stately." Tennyson.
5. Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness.
Syn. -- Benevolent; benign; beneficent; bounteous; gracious;
propitious; generous; forbearing; indulgent; tender; humane;
compassionate; good; lenient; clement; mild; gentle; bland; obliging;
friendly; amicable. See Obliging.
Kind
Kind, n. [OE. kinde, cunde, AS. cynd. See Kind, a.]
1. Nature; natural instinct or disposition. [Obs.]
He knew by kind and by no other lore. Chaucer.
Some of you, on pure instinct of nature, Are led by kind t'admire
your fellow-creature. Dryden.
2. Race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or humankind.
"Come of so low a kind." Chaucer.
Every kind of beasts, and of birds. James iii.7.
She follows the law of her kind. Wordsworth.
Here to sow the seed of bread, That man and all the kinds be fed.
Emerson.
3. Nature; style; character; sort; fashion; manner; variety;
description; class; as, there are several kinds of eloquence, of
style, and of music; many kinds of government; various kinds of soil,
etc.
How diversely Love doth his pageants play, And snows his power in
variable kinds ! Spenser.
There is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another
of fishes, and another of birds. I Cor. xv. 39.
Diogenes was asked in a kind of scorn: What was the matter that
philosophers haunted rich men, and not rich men philosophers ?
Bacon.
A kind of, something belonging to the class of; something like to; --
said loosely or slightingly. In kind, in the produce or designated
commodity itself, as distinguished from its value in money.
Tax on tillage was often levied in kind upon corn. Arbuthnot.
Syn. -- Sort; species; class; genus; nature; style; character; breed;
set.
Kind
Kind, v. t. [See Kin.] To beget. [Obs.] Spenser.
Kindergarten
Kin"der*gar`ten (?), n. [G., lit., children's garden; kinder (pl. of
kind child, akin to E. kin kindred) + garten garden.] A school for
young children, conducted on the theory that education should be begun
by gratifying and cultivating the normal aptitude for exercise, play,
observation, imitation, and construction; -- a name given by Friedrich
Froebel, a German educator, who introduced this method of training, in
rooms opening on a garden.
Kindergartner
Kin"der*gart`ner (?), n. One who teaches in a kindergarten.
Kind-hearted
Kind"-heart`ed (?), a. Having kindness of nature; sympathetic;
characterized by a humane disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord.
To thy self at least kind-hearted prove. Shak.
Kind-heartedness
Kind"-heart`ed*ness, n. The state or quality of being kind-hearted;
benevolence.
Kindle
Kin"dle (?), v. t. & i. [OE. kindlen, cundlen. See Kind.] To bring
forth young. [Obs.] Shak.
The poor beast had but lately kindled. Holland.
Kindle
Kin`dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kindled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kindling
(?).] [Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr. L. candela; cf. also
Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf. Candle.]
1. To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to
begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings.
His breath kindleth coals. Job xii. 21.
2. Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite
to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite; as, to kindle
anger or wrath; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame.
So is a contentious man to kindle strife. Prov. xxvi. 21.
Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy thither. Shak.
Kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam. Milton.
Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. Dryden.
Syn. -- Enkindle; light; ignite; inflame; provoke; excite; arouse;
stir up.
Kindle
Kin"dle (?), v. i.
1. To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a flame.
When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned;
neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Is. xliii. 2.
2. Fig.: To begin to be excited; to grow warm or animated; to be
roused or exasperated.
On all occasions where forbearance might be called for, the Briton
kindles, and the Christian gives way. I. Taylor.
Kindler
Kin"dler (?), n. One who, or that which, kindles, stirs up, or sets on
fire."Kindlers of riot." Gay.
Kindless
Kind"less (?), a Destitute of kindness; unnatural.[Obs.] "Kindless
villain." Shak.
Kindliness
Kind"li*ness (?), n.
1. Natural inclination; natural course. [Obs.] Milton.
2. The quality or state of being kindly; benignity; benevolence;
gentleness; tenderness; as, kindliness of disposition, of treatment,
or of words.
In kind a father, but not in kindliness. Sackville.
3. Softness; mildness; propitiousness; as, kindliness of weather, or
of a season.
Fruits and corn are much advanced by temper of the air and
kindliness of seasons. Whitlock.
Kinding
Kin"ding (?), n.
1. The of causing to burn, or of exciting or inflaming the passions.
2. pl. Materials, easily lighted, for starting a fire.
Kindly
Kind"ly (?), a. [Compar. Kindlier (?); superl. Kindliest.] [AS.
cyndelic. See Kind, n. ]
1. According to the kind or nature; natural. [R.]
The kindly fruits of the earth. Book of Com. Prayer.
An herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting. Spenser.
Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is kindly for Him as the
Son of Man to save the sons of men. L. Andrews.
2. Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to do good to;
benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as, kindly affections, words,
acts, etc.
The shade by which my life was crossed, . . . Has made me kindly
with my kind. Tennyson.
3. Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent.
In soft silence shed the kindly shower. Pope.
Should e'er a kindlier time ensue. Wordsworth.
NOTE: &hand; "N othing et hical was connoted in kindly once: it was
simply the adjective of kind. But it is God's ordinance that kind
should be kindly, in our modern sense of the word as well; and thus
the word has attained this meaning."
Trench.
Kindly
Kind"ly, adv.
1. Naturally; fitly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Examine how kindly the Hebrew manners of speech mix and incorporate
with the English language Addison.
2. In a kind manner; congenially; with good will; with a disposition
to make others happy, or to oblige.
Be kindly affectioned one to another, with brotherly love. Rom.
xii. 10.
Kindness
Kind"ness (?), n. [From Kind. a.]
1. The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses;
manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.
I do fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way. Shak.
Unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. Wordsworth.
2. A kind act; an act of good will; as, to do a great kindness. Syn.
-- Good will; benignity; grace; tenderness; compassion; humanity;
clemency; mildness; gentleness; goodness; generosity; beneficence;
favor.
Kindred
Kin"dred (?), n. [OE. kinrede, kynrede, kunreden (with excrescent d),
fr. AS. cunn kin, race + the termination to advise, G. rathen. Cf.
Hatred.]
1. Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.
Like her, of equal kindred to the throne. Dryden.
2. Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former;
relations; persons related to each other.
I think there's no man is secure But the queen's kindred. Shak.
Syn. -- Kin; kinsfolk; relatives; kinsmen; relations; relationship;
affinity.
Kindred
Kin"dred, a. Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as,
kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.
True to the kindred points of heaven and home. Wordsworth.
Kine
Kine (?), n. pl. [For older kyen, formed like oxen, fr. AS. c, itself
pl. of c cow. See Cow, and cf. Kee, Kie.] Cows. "A herd of fifty or
sixty kine." Milton.
Kinematic, Kinematical
Kin`e*mat"ic (?), Kin`e*mat"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to
kinematics. Kinematic curves, curves produced by machinery, or a
combination of motions, as distinguished from mathematical curves.
Kinematics
Kin`e*mat"ics (?), n. [Gr. ( (Physics) The science which treats of
motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the
comparison and relation of motions.
NOTE: &hand; Ki nematics fo rms pr operly an in troduction to
mechanics, as involving the mathematical principles which are to be
applied to its data of forces.
Nichol.
Kinepox
Kine"pox` (?), n. (Med.) See Cowpox. Kin"e*scope (, n. See
Kinetoscope.
Kinesiatrics
Kin`e*si*at"rics (?), n. [Gr. ( (Med.) A mode of treating disease by
appropriate muscular movements; -- also termed kinesitherapy,
kinesipathy, lingism, and the movement cure.
Kinesipathy
Kin`e*sip"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) See Kinesiatrics.
Kinesitherapy
Kin`e*si*ther"a*py (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) See Kinesiatrics.
Kinesipathy
Kin`e*sip"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) See Kinesiatrics.
Kinesodic
Kin`e*sod"ic (?), a. [Gr. kin\'82sodigue.] (Physiol.) Conveying
motion; as; kinesodic substance; -- applied esp. to the spinal cord,
because it is capable of conveying doth voluntary and reflex motor
impulses, without itself being affected by motor impulses applied to
it directly.
Kinetic
Ki*net"ic (?), q. [Gr. (Physics) Moving or causing motion; motory;
active, as opposed to latent. Kinetic energy. See Energy, n. 4.
Kinetics
Ki*net"ics (?), n. (Physics) See Dynamics.
Kinetogenesis
Ki*ne`to*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Gr. -scope.] An instrument for producing
curves by the combination of circular movements; -- called also
kinescope.
King
King (, n. A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones
or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood,
and struck with a hammer.
King
King, n.[AS. cyng, cyning; akin to OS. kining, D. koning, OHG. kining,
G. k\'94nig, Icel. konungr, Sw. koning, OHG. kuning, Dan. konge;
formed with a patronymic ending, and fr. the root of E. kin; cf. Icel.
konr a man of noble birth. Kin.]
1. A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority
over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a
monarch; a prince. "Ay, every inch a king." Shak.
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from
principle. Burke.
There was a State without king or nobles. R. Choate.
But yonder comes the powerful King of Day, Rejoicing in the east
Thomson.
2. One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief
among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the
lobby; the king of beasts.
3. A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of
diamonds.
4. The chief piece in the game of chess.
5. A crowned man in the game of draughts.
6. pl. The title of two historical books in the Old Testament.
NOTE: &hand; Ki ng is often used adjectively, or in combination, to
denote pre\'89minence or superiority in some particular; as,
kingbird; king crow; king vulture.
Apostolic king.See Apostolic. -- King-at-arms, OR King-of-arms, the
chief heraldic officer of a country. In England the king-at-arms was
formerly of great authority. His business is to direct the heralds,
preside at their chapters, and have the jurisdiction of armory. There
are three principal kings-at-arms, viz., Garter, Clarencieux, and
Norroy. The latter (literally north roy or north king) officiates
north of the Trent. -- King auk (Zo\'94l.), the little auk or sea
dove. -- King bird of paradise. (Zo\'94l.), See Bird of paradise. --
King card, in whist, the best unplayed card of each suit; thus, if the
ace and king of a suit have been played, the queen is the king card of
the suit. -- King Cole , a legendary king of Britain, who is said to
have reigned in the third century. -- King conch (Zo\'94l.), a large
and handsome univalve shell (Cassis cameo), found in the West Indies.
It is used for making cameos. See Helmet shell, under Helmet. -- King
Cotton, a popular personification of the great staple production of
the southern United States. -- King crab. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The limulus
or horseshoe crab. See Limulus. (b) The large European spider crab or
thornback (Maia sguinado). -- King crow. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A black drongo
shrike (Buchanga atra) of India; -- so called because, while breeding,
they attack and drive away hawks, crows, and other large birds. (b)
The Dicrurus macrocercus of India, a crested bird with a long, forked
tail. Its color is black, with green and blue reflections. Called also
devil bird. -- King duck (Zo\'94l.), a large and handsome eider duck
(Somateria spectabilis), inhabiting the arctic regions of both
continents. -- King eagle (Zo\'94l.), an eagle (Aquila heliaca) found
in Asia and Southeastern Europe. It is about as large as the golden
eagle. Some writers believe it to be the imperial eagle of Rome. --
King hake (Zo\'94l.), an American hake (Phycis regius), fond in deep
water along the Atlantic coast. -- King monkey (Zo\'94l.), an African
monkey(Colobus polycomus), inhabiting Sierra Leone. -- King mullet
(Zo\'94l.), a West Indian red mullet (Upeneus maculatus); -- so called
on account of its great beauty. Called also goldfish. -- King of
terrors, death. -- King parrakeet (Zo\'94l.), a handsome Australian
parrakeet (Platycercys scapulatus), often kept in a cage. Its
prevailing color is bright red, with the back and wings bright green,
the rump blue, and tail black. -- King penguin (Zo\'94l.), any large
species of penguin of the genus Aptenodytes; esp., A. longirostris, of
the Falkland Islands and Kerguelen Land, and A. Patagonica , of
Patagonia. -- King rail (Zo\'94l.), a small American rail (Rallus
elegans), living in fresh-water marshes. The upper parts are fulvous
brown, striped with black; the breast is deep cinnamon color. -- King
salmon (Zo\'94l.), the quinnat. See Quinnat. -- King's, OR Queen's,
counsel (Eng. Law), barristers learned in the law, who have been
called within the bar, and selected to be the king's or gueen's
counsel. They answer in some measure to the advocates of the revenue
(advocati fisci) among the Romans. They can not be employed against
the crown without special license. Wharton's Law Dict. -- King's
cushion, a temporary seat made by two persons crossing their hands.
[Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. -- The king's English, correct or current
language of good speakers; pure English. Shak. -- King's OR Queen's,
evidence, testimony in favor of the Crown by a witness who confesses
his guilt as an accomplice. See under Evidence. [Eng.] -- King's evil,
scrofula; -- so called because formerly supposed to be healed by the
touch of a king. -- King snake (Zo\'94l.), a large, nearly black,
harmless snake (Ophiobolus getulus) of the Southern United States; --
so called because it kills and eats other kinds of snakes, including
even the rattlesnake. -- King's spear (Bot.), the white asphodel
(Asphodelus albus). -- King's yellow, a yellow pigment, consisting
essentially of sulphide and oxide of arsenic; -- called also yellow
orpiment. -- King tody (Zo\'94l.), a small fly-catching bird
(Eurylaimus serilophus) of tropical America. The head is adorned with
a large, spreading, fan-shaped crest, which is bright red, edged with
black. -- King vulture (Zo\'94l.), a large species of vulture
(Sarcorhamphus papa), ranging from Mexico to Paraguay, The general
color is white. The wings and tail are black, and the naked
carunculated head and the neck are briliantly colored with scarlet,
yellow, orange, and blue. So called because it drives away other
vultures while feeding. -- King wood, a wood from Brazil, called also
violet wood, beautifully streaked in violet tints, used in turning and
small cabinetwork. The tree is probably a species of Dalbergia. See
Jacaranda.
King
King (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kinged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kinging). ]
To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty. [R.]
Shak.
Those traitorous captains of Israel who kinged themselves by
slaying their masters and reigning in their stead. South.
Kingbird
King"bird (?), n. (Zo\'94l.)
1. A small American bird (Tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its
courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially
when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical
tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark
ash above, and blackish on the bead and tail. The quills and wing
coverts are whitish at the edges. It is white beneath, with a white
terminal band on the tail. The feathers on the head of the adults show
a bright orange basal spot when erected. Called also bee bird, and bee
martin. Several Southern and Western species of Tyrannus are also
called king birds.
2. The king tody. See under King.
Kingbolt
King"bolt` (?), n. A vertical iron bolt, by which the forward axle and
wheels of a vehicle or the trucks of a railroad car are connected with
the other parts.
King Charles spaniel
King Charles span"iel (?). (Zo\'94l.) A variety of small pet dogs,
having, drooping ears, a high, dome-shaped forehead, pug nose, large,
prominent eyes, and long, wavy hair. The color is usually black and
tan.
Kingcraft
King"craft (?), n. The craft of kings; the art of governing as a
sovereign; royal policy. Prescott.
Kingcup
King"cup` (?), n. (Bot.) The common buttercup.
Kingdom
King"dom (?), n. [AS. cyningd. See 2d King, and -dom.]
1. The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority;
sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.
Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Ps. cxiv. 13.
When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he
strengthened himself. 2 Chron. xxi. 4.
2. The territory or country subject to a king or queen; the dominion
of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or has control.
Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. Shak.
You're welcome, Most learned reverend sir, into our kingdom. Shak.
3. An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling
characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral
kingdom. "The animal and vegetable kingdoms." Locke.
Animal kingdom. See under Animal. -- Kingdom of God. (a) The universe.
(b) That spiritual realm of which God is the acknowledged sovereign.
(c) The authority or dominion of God. -- Mineral kingdom. See under
Mineral. -- United Kingdom. See under United. -- Vegetable kingdom.
See under Vegetable. Syn. -- Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy;
sovereignty; domain.
Kingdomed
King"domed (?), a. Having a kingdom or the dignity of a king; like a
kingdom. [R.]
"Twixt his mental and his active parts, Kingdom'd Achilles in
commotion rages And batters down himself. Shak.
Kingfish
King"fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) An American marine food fish of the
genus Menticirrus, especially M. saxatilis, or M. nebulosos, of the
Atlantic coast; -- called also whiting, surf whiting, and barb. (b)
The opah. (c) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See Cero. (d)
The queenfish.
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Kingfisher
King"fish`er (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous species of birds
constituting the family Alcedinid\'91. Most of them feed upon fishes
which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others
feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty
species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world,
but are particularly abundant in the East Indies.
NOTE: &hand; Th e be lted ki ng-fisher of the United States (Ceryle
alcyon) feeds upon fishes. It is slate-blue above, with a white
belly and breast, and a broad white ring around the neck. A dark
band crosses the breast. The common European species (Alcedo
ispida), which is much smaller and brighter colored, is also a
fisher. See Alcedo. The wood kingfishers (Halcyones), which inhabit
forests, especially in Africa, feed largely upon insects, but also
eat reptiles, snails, and small Crustacea, as well as fishes. The
giant kingfisher of Australia feeds largely upon lizards and
insects. See Laughing jackass, under Laughing.
Kinghood
King"hood (?), n. The state of being a king; the attributes of a king;
kingship. Gower.
Kingless
King"less, a. Having no king. F. Lieber.
Kinglet
King"let (?), n.
1. A little king; a weak or insignificant king. Carlyle.
2. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species of small singing birds of the
genus Regulus and family Sylviid\'91.
NOTE: &hand; Th e golden-crowned kinglet (Regulus satrapa), and the
rubycrowned kinglet (R. calendula), are the most common American
species. The common English kinglet (R. cristatus) is also called
golden-crested wren, moonie, and marigold finch. The kinglets are
often popularly called wrens, both in America and England.
Kinglihood
King"li*hood (?), n. King-liness. Tennyson.
Kingliness
King"li*ness, n. The state or quality of being kingly.
Kingling
King"ling (?), n. Same as Kinglet, 1. Churchill.
Kingly
King"ly (?), a. [Compar. Kinglier (?); superl. Kingliest.] Belonging
to, suitable to, or becoming, a king; characteristic of, resembling, a
king; directed or administered by a king; monarchical; royal;
sovereign; regal; august; noble; grand. "Kingly magnificence." Sir P.
Sidney. "A kingly government." Swift. "The kingly couch." Shak.
The kingliest kings are crowned with thorn. G. Massey.
Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly cares. Cowper.
Syn. -- Regal; royal; monarchical; imperial; august; sovereign; noble;
splendid. -- Kingly, Regal. Kingly is Anglo-Saxon, and refers
especially to the character of a king; regal is Latin, and now relates
more to his office. The former is chiefly used of dispositions,
feelings, and purposes which are kinglike; as, kingly sentiments;
kingly condescension; " a kingly heart for enterprises." Sir P.
Sidney. The latter is oftener applied to external state, pomp, etc.;
as, regal state, regal title, etc. This distinction is not observed by
our early writers, but is gaining ground.
Kingly
King"ly, adv. In a kingly or kinglike manner. Shak.
Low bowed the rest; he, kingly, did but nod. Pore.
NOTE: &hand; Al though th is ci tation, one from Paradise Lost, and
one from Shakespeare's ll4th Sonnet are given by lexicographers as
examples of adverbial use, it is by no means clear that the word is
not an adjective in each instance.
King-post
King"-post` (?), n. (Carp.) A member of a common form of truss, as a
roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of
the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main
rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also
crown-post.
King's Bench
King's Bench (?). (Law) Formerly, the highest court of common law in
England; -- so called because the king used to sit there in person. It
consisted of a chief justice and four puisne, or junior, justices.
During the reign of a queen it was called the Queen's Bench. Its
jurisdiction was transferred by the judicature acts of 1873 and 1875
to the high court of justice created by that legislation.
Kingship
King"ship (?), n. The state, office, or dignity of a king; royalty.
Landor.
Kingston, Kingstone
King"ston (?), King"stone` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The black angel fish.
See Angel fish, under Angel.
Kingston metal
King"ston met"al (?). An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes
used for the bearings and packings of machinery. McElrath.
Kingston valve
King"ston valve (?). (Marine Steam Engin.) A conical valve, opening
outward, to close the mouth of a pipe which passes through the side of
a vessel below the water line.
Kingtruss
King"truss` (?). (Carp.) A truss, framed with a king-post; -- used in
roofs, bridges, etc.
Kinic
Ki"nic (?), a. [Cf. F.kinique.] (Chem.) See Quinic.
Kink
Kink (?), n. [D. kink a bend or turn, or Sw. kink.]
1. A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous
doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a
cord.
2. An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice. [Colloq.]
Cozzens.
Kink
Kink (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kinked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kinking.] To
wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a
rope or thread.
Kink
Kink, n. [Cf. Chincough, Kink-haust.] A fit of coughing; also, a
convulsive fit of laughter. [Scot.]
Kinkajou
Kin"ka*jou` (?), n. [F. kinkajou, quincajou, from the native American
name.] (Zo\'94l.) A nocturnal carnivorous mammal (Cercoleptes
caudivolvulus) of South America, about as large as a full-grown cat.
It has a prehensile tail and lives in trees. It is the only
representative of a distinct family (Cercoleptid\'91) allied to the
raccoons. Called also potto, and honey bear.
Kinkhaust
Kink"haust` (?), n. [Prov. E. kink to gasp (cf. Chin cough) + haust a
cough (akin to E. wheeze).] Whooping cough. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.]
Kinkle
Kin"kle (?), n. Same as 3d Kink.
Kinky
Kink"y (?), a.
1. Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl; as, kinky hair.
2. Queer; eccentric; crotchety. [Colloq. U.S.]
Kinnikinic
Kin`ni*ki*nic" (?), n. [Indian, literally, a mixture.] Prepared leaves
or bark of certain plants; -- used by the Indians of the Northwest for
smoking, either mixed with tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a
plant so used, as the osier cornel (Cornus stolonijra), and the
bearberry (Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi). [Spelled also kinnickinnick and
killikinick.]
Kino
Ki"no (?), n. The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used
variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.
NOTE: &hand; Th e ch ief su pply is from an East Indian leguminous
tree, the Pterocarpus Marsupium. Other sources are the African
Pterocarpus erinaceus, the tropical American sea grape (Coccoloba
uvifera), and several Australian Eucalypti. See Botany bay kino,
under Botany bay, Gum butea, under Gum, and Eucalyptus.
Kinology
Ki*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] That branch of physics which treats
of the laws of motion, or of moving bodies. <-- kinetics? mechanics?
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Kinone
Ki"none (?), n. (Chem.) See Quinone.
Kinoyl
Ki"noyl (?), n. (Chem.) [Obs.] See Quinoyl.
Kinrede
Kin"rede (?), n. Kindred. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Kinsfolk
Kins"folk` (?), n. Relatives; kindred; kin; persons of the same family
or closely or closely related families.
They sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. Luke ii. 44.
Kinship
Kin"ship (?), n. Family relationship.
Kinsman
Kins"man (?), n.; pl. Kinsmen (. A man of the same race or family; one
related by blood.
Kinsmanship
Kins"man*ship, n. Kinship. Thackeray.
Kinswoman
Kins"wom`an (?), n.; pl. Kinswomen (. A female relative. Shak.
Kintlidge
Kint"lidge (?), n. (Naut.) See Kentledge.
Kiosk
Ki*osk" (?), n. [Turk. kiushk, ki\'94shk, Per. k.] A Turkish open
summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars. <-- 2. A small
structure, typically located on a street and sometimes in a parking
lot, with one or more open sides, used to vend merchandise, such as
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Kioways
Ki"o*ways` (?), n. pl.; sing. Kioway (. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians
distantly related to the Shoshones. They formerly inhabited the region
about the head waters of the North Platte.
Kip
Kip (?), n. The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather
made from it; kipskin. Kip leather. See Kipskin.
Kipe
Kipe (?), n. [Cf. OE. kipen to catch, Icel. kippa to pull, snatch. Cf.
Kipper.] An osier basket used for catching fish. [Prov. Eng.]
Kipper
Kip"per (?), n. [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. Kipe.]
1. (Zo\'94l.) A salmon after spawning.
2. A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called
because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good
when fresh. [Scot.]
Kipper time, the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden.
[Eng. & Scot.]
Kipper
Kip"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kippered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kippering.]
To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. "Kippered salmon."
Dickens.
Kipper
Kip"per, a. Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay;
sprightly. [Prov. Eng.]<-- = chipper? --> Halliwell.
Kippernut
Kip"per*nut` (?), n. (Bot.) A name given to earthnuts of several
kinds.
Kipskin
Kip"skin` (?), n. [Kip + skin.] Leather prepared from the skin of
young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and
cowhide.
Kirk
Kirk (?), n. [Scot.; cf. Icel. kirkja, of Greek origin. See Church.] A
church or the church, in the various senses of the word; esp., the
Church of Scotland as distinguished from other reformed churches, or
from the Roman Catholic Church. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Kirked
Kirked (?), a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Turned upward; bent. [Obs.] Rom.
of R.
Kirkman
Kirk"man (?), n.; pl. Kirkmen (.
1. A clergyman or officer in a kirk. [Scot.]
2. A member of the Church of Scotland, as distinguished from a member
of another communion. [Scot.]
Kirkyard
Kirk"yard` (?), n. A churchyard. [Scot.]
Kirmess
Kir"mess (?), n. [D. kermis; cf. G. kirmes; prop., church mass. See
Church, and Mass a religious service.] In Europe, particularly in
Belgium and Holland, and outdoor festival and fair; in the United
States, generally an indoor entertainment and fair combined.
Kirschwasser
Kirsch"was`ser (?), n. [G., fr. kirsche cherry + wasser water.] An
alcoholic liquor, obtained by distilling the fermented juice of the
small black cherry.
Kirsome
Kir"some, a. [Corrupted from chrisom.] Christian; christened. [Obs.]
I am a true kirsome woman. Beau. & Fl.
Kirtle
Kir"tle (?), n. [OE. kirtel, curtel, AS. cyrtel; skin to Icel.
kyrtill, Sw. kjortel, Dan. kiortel, kiole.] A garment varying in form
and use at different times, and worn doth by men and women.
Wearing her Norman car, and her kirtle of blue. Longfellow.
NOTE: &hand; Th e te rm is still retained in the provinces, in the
sense of " an outer petticoat."
Halliwell.
Kirtled
Kir"tled (?), a. Wearing a kirtle. Byron.
Kirumbo
Ki*rum"bo (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A bird of Madagascar (Leptosomus
discolor), the only living type of a family allied to the rollers. It
has a pair of loral plumes. The male is glossy green above, with
metallic reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black.
Kish
Kish (?), n. [Cf. G. kies gravel, pyrites.] (Min.) A workman's name
for the graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting.
Kismet
Kis"met (?), n. [Per. qismat.] Destiny; fate. [Written also kismat.]
[Oriental]
Kiss
Kiss (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kissed (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Kissing.]
[OE. kissen, cussen, AS. cyssan, fr. coss a kiss; of uncertain origin;
akin to D. kus, G. kuss, Icel. koss.]
1. To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence,
submission, forgiveness, etc.
He . . . kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack, That at the
parting all the church echoed. Shak.
2. To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly.
When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees. Shak.
Kiss
Kiss, v. i.
1. To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect,
etc.; as, kiss and make friends.
2. To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly.
Like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume. Shak.
Rose, rose and clematis, Trail and twine and clasp and kiss.
Tennyson.
Kissing comfit, a perfumed sugarplum to sweeten the breath. [Obs or
Prov. End.] Shak.
Kiss
Kiss, n. [OE. kiss, derived under the influence of the verb from the
older form coss, AS. coss. See Kiss, v.]
1. A salutation with the lips, as a token of affection, respect, etc.;
as, a parting kiss; a kiss of reconciliation.
Last with a kiss, she took a long farewell. Dryden.
Dear as remembered kisses after death. Tennyson.
2. A small piece of confectionery.
Kisser
Kiss"er (?), n. One who kisses. Beau. & Fl.
Kissingcrust
Kiss"ing*crust` (?), n. (Cookery) The portion of the upper crust of a
loaf which has touched another loaf in baking. Lamb.
A massy fragment from the rich kissingcrust that hangs like a
fretted cornice from the upper half of the loaf. W. Howitt.
Kist
Kist (?), n. [See Chest.] A chest; hence, a coffin. [Scot. & Prov.
End.] Jamieson. Halliwell.
Kist
Kist, n. [Ar. gist.] A stated payment, especially a payment of rent
for land; hence, the time for such payment. [India]
Kistvaen
Kist"vaen (?), n. [W. cist-faen.] (Arch\'91ol.) A Celtic monument,
commonly known as a dolmen.
Kit
Kit, v. t. [imp. Kitte.] To cut. [Obs.] Chaucer.
t
t, n. [See Kitten.] A kitten. Kit fox (Zo\'94l.), a small burrowing
fox (Vulpes velox), inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains. It
is brownish gray, reddish on the breast and flanks, and white below.
Called also swift fox.
Kit
Kit, n. [Gf. AS. cytere harp, L. cithara. Cf. Guitar.] A small violin.
"A dancing master's kit." Grew.
Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his
fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance. Dickens.
Kit
Kit, m. [Cf. D. kit a large bottle, OD. kitte beaker, decanter.]
1. A large bottle.
2. A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the bottom; as, a
kit of butter, or of mackerel. Wright.
3. straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket. [Prov.
Eng.] Halliwell.
4. A box for working implements; hence, a working outfit, as of a
workman, a soldier, and the like.
5. A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used with
whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole kit of them. <--
now: the whole kit and kaboodle -->
Kitcat
Kit"cat` (?), a.
1. Designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged;
-- so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook, who served the club
with mutton pies.
2. Designating a canvas used for portraits of a peculiar size, viz.,
twenty-right or twenty-nine inches by thirtysix; -- so called because
that size was adopted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for the portraits he
painted of the members of the Kitcal Club. Fairholt.
Kitcat
Kit"cat`, n. A game played by striking with a stick small piece of
wood, called a cat, shaped like two coned united at their bases;
tipcat. Cotton. Kitcat roll (Agric.), a roller somewhat in the form of
two cones set base to base. [Prov. Eng.]
Kitchen
Kitch"en (?), n. [OE. kichen, kichene, kuchene, AS. cycene, L.
coquina, equiv. to culina a kitchen, fr. coquinus pertaining to
cooking, fr. coquere to cook. See Cook to prepare food, and cf.
Cuisine.]
1. A cookroom; the room of a house appropriated to cookery.
Cool was his kitchen, though his brains were hot. Dryden.
A fat kitchen makes a lean will. Franklin.
2. A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen.
Kitchen garden. See under Garden. -- Kitchen lee, dirty soapsuds.
[Obs.] " A brazen tub of kitchen lee." Ford. -- Kitchen stuff, fat
collected from pots and pans. Donne.
Kitchen
Kitch"en, v. t. To furnish food to; to entertain with the fare of the
kitchen. [Obs.] Shak.
Kitchener
Kitch"en*er, n. A kitchen servant; a cook. Carlyle.
Kitchenmaid
Kitch"en*maid` (?), n. A woman employed in the kitchen. Shak.
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Kitchen middens
Kitch"en mid`dens (?). [Dan. kj\'94k-kenm\'94ddings kitchen leavings;
cf. Scot. midden a dunghill.] Relics of neolithic man found on the
coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten
feet high, one thousand feet long, and two hundred feet wide. The name
is applied also to similar mounds found on the American coast from
Canada to Florida, made by the North American Indians.
Kitchen-ry
Kitch"en-ry (?), n. The body of servants employed in the kitchen.
[Obs.] Holland.
Kite
Kite (?), n. [OE. kyte, AS.c; cf. W. cud, cut.]
1. (Zo\'94l.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvin\'91, of which
many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and
usually a forked tail.
NOTE: &hand; Th e Eu ropean sp ecies ar e Mi lvus ic tinus an d M.
govinda; the sacred or Brahmany kite of India is Haliastur Indus;
the American fork-tailed kite is the Nauclerus furcatus.
2. Fig. : One who is rapacious.
Detested kite, thou liest. Shak.
3. A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or
cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
4. (Naut.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
5. (Geom.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of
symmetry. Henrici.
6. Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain
credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of
exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or
bill. [Cant]
7. (Zo\'94l.) The brill. [Prov. Eng. ]
Flying kites. (Naut.) See under Flying. -- Kite falcon (Zo\'94l.), an
African falcon of the genus Avicida, having some resemblance to a
kite.
Kite
Kite, v. i. To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See
Kite, 6. [Cant]
Kite
Kite, n. The belly. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Kiteflying, n. A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use
of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting. -- Kiteflier
Kite"fly`ing (?), n. A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's
credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also
kiting. -- Kite"fli`er, n. See Kite, n., 6. [Cant] McElrath.
Thackeray.
Kith
Kith (?), n. [OE. kith, cu, AS. cc known. Uncouth, Can, and cf.
Kythe.] Acquaintance; kindred.
And my near kith for sore me shend. W. Browne.
The sage of his kith and the hamlet. Longfellow.
Kith and kin, kindred more or less remote.
Kithara
Kith"a*ra (?), n. See Cithara.
Kithe
Kithe (?), v. t. [Obs.] See Kythe. Chaucer.
Kitish
Kit"ish (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Like or relating to a kite.
Kitling
Kit"ling (?), n. [Kit a kitten + ling: cf. Icel. ketlingr.] A young
kitten; a whelp. [Obs. or Scot.] B. Jonson.
Kitte
Kit"te (?), imp. of Kit to cut. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Kittel
Kit"tel (?), v. t. See Kittle, v. t.
Kitten
Kit"ten (?), n. [OE. kiton, a dim. of cat; cf. G.kitze a young cat,
also a female cat, and F. chaton, dim. of chat cat, also E. kitling.
See Cat.] A young cat.
Kitten
Kit"ten, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Kittened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Kittening.] To bring forth young, as a cat; to bring forth, as
kittens. Shak. H. Spencer.
Kittenish
Kit"ten*ish, a. Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish
disposition. Richardson.
Kittiwake
Kit"ti*wake (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A northern gull (Rissa tridactyla),
inhabiting the coasts of Europe and America. It is white, with black
tips to the wings, and has but three toes.
Kittle
Kit"tle (?), v. i. [Cf. Kit a kitten.] (Zo\'94l.) To bring forth
young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Kittle
Kit"tle, v. t. [Cf. AS. citelian; akin to D. kittelen, G. kitzeln,
Icel. kitla, Sw. kittla, kittsla, Dan. kildre. Cf. Tickle.] To tickle.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [Written also kittel.] Halliwell. Jamieson.
Kittle
Kit"tle, a. Ticklish; not easily managed; troublesome; difficult;
variable. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell. Sir W. Scott.
Kittlish
Kit"tlish (?), a. Ticklish; kittle. Sir W. Scott.
Kittysol
Kit*ty*sol" (?), n. [Sp. quitasol.] The Chinese paper parasol.
Kive
Kive (?), n. A mash vat. See Keeve. [Obs.]
Kiver
Kiv"er (?), v. t. To cover. -- n. A cover. [Disused except in
illiterate speech.]
Kivikivi, Kiwikiwi
Ki`vi*ki"vi (?), Ki`wi*ki"wi (?), n.; pl. Kivikivies (Kiwikiwies (.
(Zo\'94l.) Any species of Apteryx, esp. A. australis; -- so called in
imitation of its notes. Called also kiwi. See Apteryx.
Kjoekken moeddings
Kjoek"ken moed`dings (?). [Dan.] See Kitchen middens.
Klamaths
Kla"maths (?), n. pl.; sing. Klamath (Ethnol.) A collective name for
the Indians of several tribes formerly living along the Klamath river,
in California and Oregon, but now restricted to a reservation at
Klamath Lake; -- called also Clamets and Hamati.
Kleeneboc
Kleene"boc` (kl&emac;n"b&ocr;k`), n. [D. kleen little, small + bok
buck.] (Zo\'94l.) An antelope (Cerphalopus pygm\'91us), found in South
Africa. It is of very small size, being but one foot high at shoulder.
It is remarkable for its activity, and for its mild and timid
disposition. Called also guevi, and pygmy antelope.
Kleptomania
Klep`to*ma"ni*a (?), n. [Gr. mania.] A propensity to steal, claimed to
be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility.
Wharton.
Kleptomaniac
Klep`to*ma"ni*ac (?), n. A person affected with kleptomania.
Klick
Klick (?), n. & v. See Click.
Klicket
Klick"et (?), n. [Cf. Clicket.] (Mil.) A small postern or gate in a
palisade, for the passage of sallying parties. [Written also klinket.]
Klinkstone
Klink"stone` (?), n. See Clinkstone.
Klinometer
Kli*nom"e*ter (?), n. See Clinometer.
Klipdas, Klipdachs
Klip"das (?), Klip"dachs` (?), n. [D. klip cliff + das badger, akin to
G. dachs.] (Zo\'94l.) A small mammal (Hyrax Capensis), found in South
Africa. It is of about the size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the
daman. Called also rock rabbit.
Klipfish
Klip"fish` (?), n. Dried cod, exported from Norway. [Written also
clipfish.]
Klipspringer
Klip"spring`er (?), n. [D., lit., cliff springer.] (Zo\'94l.) A small,
graceful South African antelope (Nanotragus oreotragus), which, like
the chamois, springs from one crag to another with great agility; --
called also kainsi. [Written also klippspringer.]
Kloof
Kloof (?), n. [D. See Clove a cleft.] A glen; a ravine closed at its
upper end. [South Africa]
Klopemania
Klo`pe*ma"ni*a (?), n. [Gr. mania.] See Kleptomania.
Knab
Knab (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knabbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Knabbing.]
[See Nab, v. t., and cf. Knap, v. t.]
1. To seize with the teeth; to gnaw. "Knabbing crusts." [Obs.]
L'Estrange.
2. To nab. See Nab, v. t. [Colloq.]
Knabble
Knab"ble (?), v. i. [Freq. of knab.] To bite or nibble. [Obs.]
Horses will knabble at walls, and rats gnaw iron. Sir T. Browne.
Knack
Knack (?), v. i. [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. G. knacken to break,
Dan. knage to crack, and E. knock.]
1. To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink. [Obs. or Prov.
Eng.] Bp. Hall.
2. To speak affectedly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Knack
Knack, n.
1. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. Shak.
2. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill;
facility; dexterity.
The fellow . . . has not the knack with his shears. B. Jonson.
The dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of knack at rhyme.
Swift.
3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and
dexterity; a trick; a device. "The knacks of japers." Chaucer.
For how should equal colors do the knack ! Pope.
Knacker
Knack"er (?), n.
1. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc. Mortimer.
2. One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the
fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also
clapper. Halliwell.
Knacker
Knack"er, n. [Cf. Icel.hnakkr a saddle.]
1. a harness maker. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. One who slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh for dog's
meat. [Eng.]
Knackish
Knack"ish, a. Trickish; artful. [Obs.] -- Knack"ish*ness, n. [Obs.]
Dr. H. More.
Knack-kneed
Knack"-kneed` (?), a. See Knock-kneed.
Knacky
Knack"y (?), a. Having a knack; cunning; crafty; trickish. [Prov. Eng.
& Scot.] Halliwell.
Knag
Knag (?), n. [Cf. Prov. G. knagge a knot in wood, Sw. knagg, Dan. knag
a hook to hand clothes on, a bracket; Gael. & Ir. cnag peg, knob.]
1. A knot in wood; a protuberance. Wright.
2. A wooden peg for hanging things on. Wright.
3. The prong of an antler Holland.
4. The rugged top of a hill. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Knagged
Knag"ged (?), a. Full of knots; knaggy.
Knaggy
Knag"gy (?), a. Knotty; rough; figuratively, rough in temper. Fuller.
-- Knag"gi*ness (#), n.
Knap
Knap (?), n. [AS. cn\'91p, cn\'91pp, top, knob, button; cf. Icel.
knappr knob, Sw. knapp, Dan. knap button, W., Gael., & Ir. cnap knob,
button, and E. knop.] A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button;
hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop.
The highest part and knap of the same island. Holland.
Knap
Knap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Knapping.] [D.
knappen to chew, bite, crack, take hold of; prob. of imitative
origin.]
1. To bite; to bite off; to break short. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. ]
He will knap the spears apieces with his teeth. Dr. H. More.
He breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder. Ps. xlvi. 9
(Book of Common Prayer.)
2. To strike smartly; to rap; to snap. Bacon.
Knap
Knap, v. i. To make a sound of snapping. Wiseman.
Knap
Knap, n. A sharp blow or slap. Halliwell.
Knapbottle
Knap"bot`tle (?), n. (Bot.) The bladder campion (Silene inflata).
Knappish
Knap"pish (?), a. [See Knap to strike.] Snappish; peevish. [Obs.]
Grafton.
Knapple
Knap"ple (?), v. i. [Freq. of knap, v., cf. D. knabbelen to gnaw.] To
break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to nibble. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.]
Knappy
Knap"py (?), a. Having knaps; full of protuberances or humps; knobby.
[Obs.] Huloet.
Knapsack
Knap"sack` (?), n. [D. knapzak; knappen to eat + zak a bag. See Knap,
v. t., and Sack.] A case of canvas or leather, for carrying on the
back a soldier's necessaries, or the clothing, etc., of a traveler.
And each one fills his knapsack or his scrip With some rare thing
that on the field is found. Drayton.
Knapweed
Knap"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) The black centaury (Centaurea nigra); -- so
called from the knoblike heads of flowers. Called also bullweed.
Knar
Knar (?), n. See Gnar. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Knarl
Knar"l (?), n. A knot in wood. See Gnarl.
Knarled
Knarled (?), a. Knotted. See Gnarled.
Knarred
Knarred (?), a. Knotty; gnarled.
The knarred and crooked cedar knees. Longfellow.
Knarry
Knar"ry (?), a. Knotty; gnarled. Chaucer.
Knave
Knave (?), n. [OE., boy, servant, knave, AS. cnafa boy, youth; cf. AS.
cnapa boy, youth, D. kna, G. knabe boy, knappe esquire, Icel. knapi,
Sw. knape esquire, kn\'84fvel knave.]
1. A boy; especially, a boy servant. [Obs.] Wyclif. Chaucer.
O murderous slumber, Lay'st thou thy leaden mace upon my boy That
plays thee music ? Gentle knave, good night. Shak.
2. Any male servant; a menial. [Obs.] Chaucer.
He's but Fortune's knave, A minister of her will. Shak.
3. A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain.
"A pair of crafty knaves." Shak.
In defiance of demonstration, knaves will continue to proselyte
fools. Ames.
NOTE: &hand; "H ow ma ny serving lads must have been unfaithful and
dishonest before knave -which meant at first no more than boy --
acquired the meaning which it has now !"
Trench.
4. A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a
jack.
Knave child, a male child. [Obs.] Chaucer. Syn. -- Villain; cheat;
rascal; rogue; scoundrel; miscreant.
Knavery
Knav"er*y (?), n.; pl. Knaveries (.
1. The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a
knavish action.
This is flat knavery, to take upon you another man's name. Shak.
2. pl. Roguish or mischievous tricks. Shak.
Knaveship
Knave"ship, n. A small due, in meal, established by usage, which is
paid to the under miller. [Scot.]
Knavess
Knav"ess (?), n. A knavish woman. Carlyle.
Knavish
Knav"ish, a.
1. Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish;
fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish
trick. "Knavish politicians." Macaulay.
2. Mischievous; roguish; waggish.
Cupid is knavish lad, Thus to make poor females mad. Shak.
Knavishly
Knav"ish*ly, adv.
1. In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently. Holland.
2. Mischievously; waggishly; roguishly. "Knavishly witty." Gayton.
KNavishness
KNav"ish*ness, n. The quality or state of being knavish; knavery;
dishonesty.
Knaw
Knaw (?), v. t. See Gnaw. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
Knawel
Knaw"el (?), n. [Akin to G. knauelk, kn\'84uel,prop., a ball of
thread, coil. Cf. Clew.] (Bot.) A low, spreading weed (Scleranthus
annuus), common in sandy soil.
Knead
Knead (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kneaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Kneading.]
[OE. kneden, As. cnedan; akin to D. kneden, G. kneten, Sw. kn, Icel.
kno; cf. OSlav.gnesti.]
1. To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to
work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed
mass, as the materials of bread, cake, etc.; as, to knead dough.
The kneading, the making of the cake, the heating of the oven, and
the baking. Shak.
2. Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat.
I will knead him : I'll make him supple. Shak.
Kneading trough, a trough or tray in which dough is kneaded. Ex. viii.
3.
Kneadable
Knead"a*ble (?), a. That may be kneaded; capable of being worked into
a mass.
Kneader
Knead"er (?), n. One who kneads.
Kneadingly
Knead"ing*ly, adv. In the manner of one kneading.
Knebelite
Kne"bel*ite (?), n. [From Major von Knebel.] (Min.) A mineral of a
gray, red, brown, or green color, and glistening luster. It is a
silicate of iron and manganese.
Kneck
Kneck (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) The twisting of a rope or
cable, as it is running out. [Eng.]
Knee
Knee (?), n. [OE. kne, cneo, As. cne\'a2, cne\'a2w; akin to OS. knio,
kneo, OFries. kn\'c6, G. & D. knie, OHG. chniu, chneo, Icel. kn, Sw.
kn\'84,Dan. kn\'91, Goth. kniu, L.genu, Gr. j\'benu, Cf.
Genuflection.]
1. In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
2. (Anat.) (a) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh
and leg. (b) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint,
corresponding to the wrist in man.
3. (Mech. & Shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an
angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
4. A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.
Give them title, knee, and approbation. Shak.
Knee breeches. See under Breeches. -- Knee holly, Knee holm (Bot.),
butcher's broom. -- Knee jerk (Physiol.) a jerk or kick produced by a
blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which
causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle; one of the
so-called tendon reflexes. -- Knee joint. See in the Vocabulary. --
Knee timber, timber with knees or angles in it. -- Knee tribute, or
Knee worship, tribute paid by kneeling; worship by genuflection.
[Obs.] "Knee tribute yet unpaid." Milton.
Knee
Knee (?), v. t. To supplicate by kneeling. [Obs.]
Fall down, and knee The way into his mercy. Shak
Kneebrush
Knee"brush` (?), n.
1. (Zo\'94l.) A tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some species of
antelopes and other animals; -- chiefly used in the plural.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A thick mass or collection of hairs on the legs of bees,
by aid of which they carry the collected pollen to the hive or nest;
-- usually in the plural.
Kneecap
Knee"cap` (?), n.
1. (Anat.) The kneepan.
2. A cap or protection for the knee. <-- kneecap v. t. to break the
knees of, often by shooting in the kneecap. -- a method of punishment
sometimes used by criminal organizations against people who offend
them -->
Knee-crooking
Knee"-crook`ing (?), a. Obsequious; fawning; cringing. "Knee-crooking
knave." Shak.
Kneed
Kneed (?), a.
1. Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed;
out-kneed; weak-kneed.
2. (Bot.) Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the
knee when a little bent; as, kneed grass.
Knee-deep
Knee"-deep` (?), a.
1. Rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow knee-deep.
Grass knee-deep within a month. Milton.
2. Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water.
Where knee-deep the trees were standing. Longfellow.
Knee-high
Knee"-high` (?), a. Rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the
water is knee-high.
Kneejoint
Knee"joint` (?), n.
1. The joint of the knee.
2. (Mach.) A toggle joint; -- so called because consisting of two
pieces jointed to each other end to end, making an angle like the knee
when bent.
Kneejointed
Knee"joint`ed, a. (Bot.) Geniculate; kneed. See Kneed, a., 2.
Kneel
Kneel (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Knelt (?) or Kneeled (p. pr. & vb. n.
Kneeling.] [OE. knelen, cneolien; akin to D. knielen, Dan. kn\'91le.
See Knee.] To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; --
sometimes with down.
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not
this sin to their charge. Acts vii. 60.
As soon as you are dressed, kneel and say the Lord's Prayer. Jer.
Taylor.
Kneeler
Kneel"er (?), n.
1. One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling. Tennyson.
2. A cushion or stool to kneel on.
3. (Eccl. Hist.) A name given to certain catechumens and penitents who
were permitted to join only in parts of church worship.
Kneelingly
Kneel"ing*ly, adv. In a kneeling position.
Kneepan
Knee"pan` (?), n. (Anat.) A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the
tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.
Kneepiece
Knee"piece` (?), n. A piece shaped like a knee; as, the kneepieces or
ears of a boat.
Knell
Knell (?), n. [OE. knel, cnul, AS. cnyll, fr. cnyllan to sound a bell;
cf. D. & G. knallen to clap, crack, G. & Sw. knall a clap, crack, loud
sound, Dan. knalde to clap, crack. Cf. Knoll, n. & v.] The stoke of a
bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal;
a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound
indicating, the passing away of anything.
The dead man's knell Is there scarce asked for who. Shak.
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day. Gray.
Knell
Knell, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Knelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Knelling.]
[OE. knellen, knillen, As. cnyllan. See Knell, n.] To sound as a
knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a
warning or evil omen.
Not worth a blessing nor a bell to knell for thee. Beau. & Fl.
Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known, Of hopes laid waste,
knells in that word, "alone". Ld. Lytton.
Knell
Knell, v. t. To summon, as by a knell.
Each matin bell, the baron saith, Knells us back to a world of
death. Coleridge.
Knelt
Knelt (?), imp. & p. p. of Kneel.
Knew
Knew (?), imp. of Know.
Knicker
Knick"er (?), n. [D. knikker.] A small ball of clay, baked hard and
oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]
Halliwell. Bartlett.
Knickerbockers
Knick"er*bock`ers (?), n. pl. The name for a style of short breeches;
smallclothes.
Knickknack
Knick"knack` (?), n. [See Knack.] A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw.
Knickknackatory
Knick"knack`a*to*ry (?), n. A collection of knickknacks. Richardson.
Knickknackery
Knick"knack`er*y (?), n. Knickknacks.
Knife
Knife (?), n.; pl. Knives (#). [OE. knif, AS. cn\'c6f; akin to D.
knijf, Icel. kn\'c6fr, Sw. knif, Dan. kniv.]
1. An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and
having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many
different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing
knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping
knife, etc. /as>.
2. A sword or dagger.
The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. Shak.
Knife grass (Bot.) a tropical American sedge (Scleria latifolia),
having leaves with a very sharp and hard edge, like a knife. -- War to
the knife, mortal combat; a conflict carried to the last extremity.
Knife
Knife, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knifed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Knifing (?).]
1. (Hort.) To prune with the knife.
2. To cut or stab with a knife. [Low]
Knifeboard
Knife"board` (?), n. A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
Knifeedge
Knife"*edge` (?), n. (Mech.) A piece of steel sharpened to an acute
edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of
motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate
with the least possible friction. Knife-edge file. See Illust. of
File.
Knight
Knight (?), n. [OE. knight, cniht, knight, soldier, As. cniht, cneoht,
a boy, youth, attendant, military follower; akin to D. & G. knecht
servant; perh. akin to E. kin.]
1. A young servant or follower; a military attendant. [Obs.]
2. (a) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and
admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including
an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a
stainless life. (b) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that
of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be
addressed as Sir; as, Sir John. [Eng.] Hence: (c) A champion; a
partisan; a lover. "Give this ring to my true knight." Shak "In all
your quarrels will I be your knight." Tennyson.
Knights, by their oaths, should right poor ladies' harms. Shak.
NOTE: &hand; Fo rmerly, wh en a knight's name was not known, it was
customary to address him as Sir Knight. The rank of a knight is not
hereditary.
3. A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.
4. A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
[Obs.]
Carpet knight. See under Carpet. -- Knight of industry. See Chevalier
d'industrie, under Chevalier. -- Knight of Malta, Knight of Rhodes,
Knight of St. John of Jerusalem. See Hospitaler. -- Knight of the
post, one who gained his living by giving false evidence on trials, or
false bail; hence, a sharper in general. Nares. "A knight of the post,
. . . quoth he, for so I am termed; a fellow that will swear you
anything for twelve pence." -- Nash. -- Knight of the shire, in
England, one of the representatives of a county in Parliament, in
distinction from the representatives of cities and boroughs. --
Knights commanders, Knights grand cross, different classes of the
Order of the Bath. See under Bath, and Companion. Knights of labor, a
secret organization whose professed purpose is to secure and maintain
the rights of workingmen as respects their relations to their
employers. [U. S.] -- Knights of Pythias, a secret order, founded in
Washington, d.C., in 1864, for social and charitable purposes. --
Knights of the Round Table, knights belonging to an order which,
according to the legendary accounts, was instituted by the mythical
King Arthur. They derived their common title from the table around
which they sat on certain solemn days. Brande & C.
Knight
Knight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Knighting.] To
dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign
only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir
---.
A soldier, by the honor-giving hand Of Cknighted in the field.
Shak.
Knightage
Knight"age (?), n. To body of knights, taken collectively.
Knight bachelor
Knight" bach"e*lor (?); pl. Knights bachelors (. A knight of the most
ancient, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any
order of chivalry. See Bachelor, 4.
Knight banneret
Knight" ban"ner*et (?); pl. Knights bannerets. A knight who carried a
banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight
bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of
attendants. The dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in
person on the field of battle.
Knight baro-net
Knight" bar"o-net (?). See Baronet.
Knight-errant
Knight"-er`rant (?), n.; pl. Knight-errants, or Knights-errant. A
wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for
the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity.
Knight-errantry
Knight"-er`rant*ry (?), n.; pl. Knight-errantries (. The character or
actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of
adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme. <--
# in original, the "pl." mark is absent, and is added for consistency
with other entries. -->
The rigid guardian [i. e., conscience] of a blameless heart Is weak
with rank knight-erratries o'errun. Young.
Knight-er-ratic
Knight"-er-rat"ic (?), a. Pertaining to a knight-errant or to
knight-errantry. [R.] Quart. Rev.
Knighthead
Knight"head` (?), n. (Naut.) A bollard timber. See under Bollard.
Knighthood
Knight"hood (?), n. [Knight + hood: cf. AS. chihth\'bed youth.]
1. The character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of knights as
a class; hence, chivalry. "O shame to knighthood." Shak.
If you needs must write, write C\'91sar's praise; You 'll gain at
least a knighthood, or the bays. Pope.
2. The whole body of knights.
The knighthood nowadays are nothing like the knighthood of old
time. Chapman.
NOTE: &hand; "W hen the order of knighthood was conferred with full
solemnity in the leisure of a court or court or city, imposing
preliminary ceremonies were required of the candidate. He prepared
himself by prayer and fasting, watched his arms at night in a
chapel, and was then admitted with the performance of religious
rites. Knighthood was conferred by the accolade, which, from the
derivation of the name, would appear to have been originally an
embrace; but afterward consisted, as it still does, in a blow of
the flat of a sword on the back of the kneeling candidate."
Brande & C.
Knightless
Knight"less, a. Unbecoming a knight. [Obs.] "Knightless guile."
Spenser.
Knightliness
Knight"li*ness (?), n. The character or bearing suitable for a knight;
chivalry. Spenser.
Knightly
Knight`ly, a. [AS. cnihtlic boyish.] Of or pertaining to a knight;
becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly
spirit.
For knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit. Spenser.
[Excuses] full knightly without scorn. Tennyson.
Knightly
Knight"ly, adv. In a manner becoming a knight.
And why thou comest thus knightly clad in arms. Shak.
Knight marshal
Knight" mar"shal (?). (Eng. Law) An officer in the household of the
British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the
royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of
the household being one of the parties. Wharton.
Knight service
Knight" serv"ice (?). (Eng. Feud. Law) A tenure of lands held by
knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry, n.,
4.
Knight Templar
Knight" Tem"plar (?); pl. Knights Templars (. See Commandery, n., 3,
and also Templar, n., 1 and 3.
Knit
Knit (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knit or Knitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Knitting.] [OE. knitten, knutten, As. cnyttan, fr. cnotta knot; akin
to Icel. kn, Sw. knyta, Dan. knytte. See Knot.]
1. To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to
fasten by tying.
A great sheet knit at the four corners. Acts x. 11.
When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your
brows. Shak.
2. To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread
in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or
by machinery; as, to knit stockings.
3. To join; to cause to grow together.
Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are under a
discharge. Wiseman.
4. To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together
in love.
Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit. Shak.
Come , knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round.
Milton.
A link among the days, toknit The generations each to each.
Tennyson.
5. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
knits his brow and shows an angry eye. Shak.
Knit
Knit, v. i.
1. To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making
knots or loops.
2. To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in
time knit and become sound.
To knit up, to wind up; to conclude; to come to a close. "It remaineth
to knit up briefly with the nature and compass of the seas." [Obs.]
Holland.
Knit
Knit, n. Union knitting; texture. Shak.
Knitback
Knit"back` (?), n. (Bot.) The plant comfrey; -- so called from its use
as a restorative. Dr. Prier.
Knitch, Knitchet
Knitch (?), Knitch"et (?), n. [Cf. Knit.] A number of things tied or
knit together; a bundle; a fagot. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
When they [stems of asphodel] be dried, they ought to be made up
into knitchets, or handfuls. Holland.
Knits
Knits (?), n. pl. [Prob. same word as nit a louse's egg.] (Mining)
Small particles of ore. Raymond.
Knitster
Knit"ster (?), n. A woman who knits. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Knitter
Knit"ter (?), n. One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a
knitting machine. Shak.
Knitting
Knit"ting (?), n.
1. The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.
2. Union formed by knitting, as of bones.
Knitting machine, one of a number of contrivances for mechanically
knitting stockings, jerseys, and the like. -- Knitting , a stiff rod,
as of steel wire, with rounded ends for knitting yarn or threads into
a fabric, as in stockings. -- Knitting sheath, a sheath to receive the
end of a needle in knitting.
Knittle
Knit"tle (?), n. [From Knit.]
1. A string that draws together a purse or bag. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
2. pl. (Naut.) See Nettles.
Knives
Knives (?), n. pl. of Knife. See Knife.
Knob
Knob (?), n. [A modification of knop. Cf. Nob.]
1. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump;
as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.
2. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or
drawer. Chaucer.
3. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. [U. S.] Bartlett.
4. (Arch.) See Knop.
Knob latch, a latch which can be operated by turning a knob, without
using a key.
Knob
Knob, v. i. To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [Obs.]
Drant.
Knobbed
Knobbed (?), a. Containing knobs; full of knobs; ending in a nob. See
Illust of Antenna.
The horns of a roe deer of Greenland are pointed at the top, and
knobbed or tuberous at the bottom. Grew.
Knobber
Knob"ber (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Knobbler.
Knobbing
Knob"bing (?), n. (Stone Quarrying) Rough dressing by knocking off
knobs or projections.
Knobbler
Knob"bler, n. (Zo\'94l.) The hart in its second year; a young deer.
[Written also knobber.] Halliwell.
He has hallooed the hounds upon a velvet-headed knobbler. Sir W.
Scott.
Knobbling fire
Knob"bling fire (?). A bloomery fire. See Bloomery.
Knobby
Knob"by, a. [From Knob.]
1. Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances. Dr. H. More.
2. Irregular; stubborn in particulars. [Obs.]
The informers continued in a knobby kind of obstinacy. Howell.
3. Abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly. [U.S.] Bartlett.
Knobstick
Knob"stick` (?), n. One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a
trades union. [Cant, Eng.]
Knock
Knock (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Knocked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Knocking.]
[OE. knoken, AS. cnocian, cnucian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. Sw.
knacka.Cf. Knack.]
1. To drive or be driven against something; to strike against
something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another. Bacon.
2. To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to
knock with a club; to knock on the door.
For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. Dryden.
Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Matt. vii. 7.
To knock about, to go about, taking knocks or rough usage; to wander
about; to saunter. [Colloq.] "Knocking about town." W. Irving. -- To
knock up, to fail of strength; to become wearied or worn out, as with
labor; to give out. "The horses were beginning to knock up under the
fatigue of such severe service." De Quincey.<-- (b) to make pregnant
(vulgar) --> -- To knock off, to cease, as from work; to desist. -- To
knock under, to yield; to submit; to acknowledge one's self conquered;
-- an expression probably borrowed from the practice of knocking under
the table with the knuckles, when conquered. "Colonel Esmond knocked
under to his fate." Thackeray.
Knock
Knock (?), v. t.
1. To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to
drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to
knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table.
When heroes knock their knotty heads together. Rowe.
2. To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
Master, knock the door hard. Shak.
To knock down. (a) To strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or
by blows; as, to knock down an assailant. (b) To assign to a bidder at
an auction, by a blow or knock; to knock off. -- To knock in the head,
OR on the head, to stun or kill by a blow upon the head; hence, to put
am end to; to defeat, as a scheme or project; to frustrate; to quash.
[Colloq.] -- To knock off. (a) To force off by a blow or by beating.
(b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the counter. (c)
To leave off (work, etc.). [Colloq.] -- To knock out, to force out by
a blow or by blows; as, to knock out the brains. -- To knock up. (a)
To arouse by knocking. (b) To beat or tire out; to fatigue till unable
to do more; as, the men were entirely knocked up. [Colloq.] "The day
being exceedingly hot, the want of food had knocked up my followers."
Petherick. (c) (Bookbinding) To make even at the edges, or to shape
into book form, as printed sheets.<-- (d) To make pregnant. [vulgar:
Often used in passive, "she got knocked up"] --> <-- [MW10]: Knock off
(a) v. i. and t. to quit (working). (b) accomplish, frequently used
when the task is accomplished rapidly. (c) (Coll.) to kill; to defeat
(opponents). (d) to discount, to deduct (a sum from a price). (d) rob.
(also "knock over") (e) to make a knockoff of; copy, imitate.-->
Knock
Knock, n.
1. A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
2. A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. " A knock at the
door." Longfellow.
A loud cry or some great knock. Holland.
Knock off, a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the
needles.
Knockdown
Knock"down` (?), n. A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an
animal.
Knockdown
Knock"down`, a. Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow;
as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument. [Colloq.]
Knocker
Knock"er (?), n. One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an
instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in
seeking for admittance.
Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, <-I said; Tie up the
knocker; say I'm sick, I'm dead. Pope.
Knocking
Knock"ing, n. A beating; a rap; a series of raps.
The . . . repeated knockings of the head upon the ground by the
Chinese worshiper. H. Spencer.
Knockings
Knock"ings (?), n. pl. (Mining) Large lumps picked out of the sieve,
in dressing ore.
Knock-knee
Knock"-knee` (?), n. (Med.) A condition in which the knees are bent in
so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.
Knock-kneed
Knock"-kneed` (?), a. Having the legs bent inward so that the knees
touch in walking. [Written also knack-kneed.] <-- knockoff. a cheap
imitation of something popular, often produced illegally and of
inferior materials. -->
Knockstone
Knock"stone` (?), n. (Mining) A block upon which ore is broken up.
Knoll
Knoll (?), n. [AS. cnoll; akin to G. knolle, knollen, clod, lump,
knob, bunch, OD. knolle ball, bunch, Sw. kn\'94l, Dan. knold.] A
little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or
crown of a hill.
On knoll or hillock rears his crest, Lonely and huge, the giant
oak. Sir W. Scott.
Knoll
Knoll (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Knolling.]
[OE. knollen, AS. cnyllan. See Knell.] To ring, as a bell; to strike a
knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing. "Knolled to
church." Shak.
Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours. Tennyson.
Knoll
Knoll, v. i. To sound, as a bell; to knell. Shak.
For a departed being's soul The death hymn peals, and the hollow
bells knoll. Byron.
Knoll
Knoll, n. The tolling of a bell; a knell. [R.] Byron.
Knoller
Knoll"er, n. One who tolls a bell. [Obs.] Sherwood.
Knop
Knop (?), n. [OE. knop, knoppe; cf. D.knop, knoop, G. knopf, Dan.
knap, knop, Sw. knapp, knopp, button, bud, Icel. knappr, and E. knap,
n. Cf. Knap, Knob.]
1. A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.
Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their
flowers. Ex. xxv. 21.
2. (Arch.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the
ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial;
-- called also knob, and knosp.
Knop sedge (Bot.), the bur reed (Sparganium); -- so called from its
globular clusters of seed vessels. Prior.
Knopped
Knopped (?), a. Having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons.
[Obs.] Rom. of R.
Knoppern
Knop"pern (?), n. [Cf. G. knopper. See Knop.] (Zo\'94l.) A kind of
gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, -- used in tanning
and dyeing.
Knopweed
Knop"weed` (?), n. Same as Knapweed.
Knor
Knor (?), n. See Knur. [Obs.]
Knosp
Knosp (?), n. [Cf. G. knospe bud, E. knop, knar.] (Arch.) Same as
Knop,2. Milman.
Knot
Knot (?), n. [OE. knot, knotte, AS. cnotta; akin to D. knot, OHG.
chnodo, chnoto, G. knoten, Icel. kn, Sw. knut, Dan. knude, and perh.
to L. nodus. Cf. Knout, Knit.]
1. (a) A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more
threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or
entangling. (b) A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc.,
as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself. (c) An
ornamental tie, as of a ribbon.
NOTE: &hand; Th e na mes of kn ots vary according to the manner of
their making, or the use for which they are intended; as, dowknot,
reef knot, stopper knot, diamond knot, etc.
2. A bond of union; a connection; a tie. "With nuptial knot." Shak.
Ere we knit the knot that can never be loosed. Bp. Hall.
3. Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a
perplexity; a problem.
Knots worthy of solution. Cowper.
A man shall be perplexed with knots, and problems of business, and
contrary affairs. South.
4. A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately
interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc. "Garden knots." Bacon.
Flowers worthy of paradise, which, not nice art In beds and curious
knots, but nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and
plain. Milton.
5. A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a hand; a
clique; as, a knot of politicians. "Knots of talk." Tennyson.
His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries. Shak.
Palms in cluster, knots of Paradise. Tennyson.
As they sat together in small, separate knots, they discussed
doctrinal and metaphysical points of belief. Sir W. Scott.
6. A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber
running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard
place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead
branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.
7. A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
With lips serenely placid, felt the knot Climb in her throat.
Tennyson.
8. A protuberant joint in a plant.
9. The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a
matter. [Obs.]
I shoulde to the knotte condescend, And maken of her walking soon
an end. Chaucer.
10. (Mech.) See Node.
11. (Naut.) (a) A division of the log line, serving to measure the
rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same
proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of
knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows
the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour. Hence: (b) A nautical
mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her
speed is said to be eight knots.
12. A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder knot.
13. (Zo\'94l.) A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the northern
parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above,
with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The
lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts
white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne.
NOTE: &hand; Th e name is said to be derived from King Canute, this
bird being a favorite article of food with him.
The knot that called was Canutus' bird of old, Of that great king
of Danes his name that still doth hold, His appetite to please that
far and near was sought. Drayton.
Knot
Knot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Knotting.]
1. To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot
on, as a rope; to entangle. "Knotted curls." Drayton.
As tight as I could knot the noose. Tennyson.
2. To unite closely; to knit together. Bacon.
3. To entangle or perplex; to puzzle. [Obs. or R.]
Knot
Knot, v. i.
1. To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become
entangled.
Cut hay when it begins to knot. Mortimer.
2. To knit knots for fringe or trimming.
3. To copulate; -- said of toads. [R.] Shak.
Knotberry
Knot"ber`ry (?), n. (Bot.) The cloudberry (Rudus Cham\'91morus); -- so
called from its knotted stems.
Knotgrass
Knot"grass` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) a common weed with jointed stems
(Polygonum aviculare); knotweed. (b) The dog grass. See under Dog.
NOTE: &hand; An in fusion of Polygonum aviculare was once supposed
to have the effect of stopping the growth of an animal, and hence
it was called, as by Shakespeare, "hindering knotgrass."
We want a boy extremely for this function, Kept under for a year
with milk and knotgrass. Beau. & Fl.
Knotless
Knot"less, a. Free from knots; without knots. "Silver firs with
knotless trunks." Congreve.
Knotted
Knot"ted (?), a.
1. Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the
knotted oak. Dryden.
2. Interwoven; matted; entangled.
Make . . . thy knotted and combined locks to part. Shak.
3. Having intersecting lines or figures.
The west corner of thy curious knotted garden. Shak.
4. (Geol.) Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed
of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming
knots in relief on the weathered surface; as, knotted rocks. Percival.
5. Entangled; puzzling; knotty. [R.]
They're catched in knotted lawlike nets. Hudibras.
Knottiness
Knot"ti*ness (?), n. [From Knotty.]
1. The quality or state of being knotty or full of knots.
2. Difficulty of solution; intricacy; complication. " Knottiness of
his style." Hare.
Knotty
Knot"ty (?), a. [Compar. Knottier (?); superl. Knottiest.]
1. Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a
knotty rope.
2. Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head.[R.] Rewe.
3. Difficult; intricate; perplexed.
A knotty point to which we now proceed Pope.
Knotweed
Knot"weed" (?), n. (Bot.) See Knot.
Knotwort
Knot"wort (?), n. (Bot.) A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the
genus Illecebrum (I. verticillatum.)
Knout
Knout (nout OR n??t), n. [Russ. knut'; prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Sw.
knut knot, knout, Icel. kn knot: cf. F. knout. See Knot.] A kind of
whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is
a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so
that it mangles the flesh.
Knout
Knout, v. t. To punish with the knout Brougham.
Know
Know (?), n. Knee. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Know
Know (?), v. t. [imp. Knew (?); p. p. Known (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Knowing.] [OE. knowen, knawen, AS. cn\'84wan; akin to OHG. chn\'84an
(in comp.), Icel. kn\'84 to be able, Russ, znate to know, L. gnoscere,
noscere, Gr. jn; fr. the root of E. can, v. i., ken. (Ken, Can to be
able, and cf. Acquaint, Cognition, Gnome, Ignore, Noble, Note.]
1. To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to
have full information of; as, to know one's duty.
O, that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it
come! Shak.
There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know it. Dryden.
Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. Longfellow.
2. To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to
know things from information.
3. To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less
familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience
of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization.
He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. 2 Cor. v. 21.
Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. Milton.
4. To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to
know a person's face or figure.
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Matt. vil. 16.
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him. Luke xxiv. 31.
To know Faithful friend from flattering foe. Shak.
At nearer view he thought he knew the dead. Flatman.
5. To have sexual commerce with.
And Adam knew Eve his wife. Gen. iv. 1.
NOTE: &hand; Kn ow is of ten fo llowed by an ob jective an d an
infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a dependent
sentence, etc.
And I knew that thou hearest me always. John xi. 42.
The monk he instantly knew to be the prior. Sir W. Scott.
In other hands I have known money do good. Dickens.
To know how, to understand the manner, way, or means; to have
requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity. How is sometimes
omitted. " If we fear to die, or know not to be patient." Jer. Taylor.
Know
Know, v. i.
1. To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to
possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with of.
Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Is. i. 3.
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether
it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. John vii. 17.
The peasant folklore of Europe still knows of willows that bleed
and weep and speak when hewn. Tylor.
2. To be assured; to feel confident.
To know of,to ask, to inquire. [Obs.] " Know of your youth, examine
well your blood." Shak.
Knowable
Know"a*ble (?), a. That may be known; capable of being discovered,
understood, or ascertained.
Thus mind and matter, as known or knowable, are only two different
series of phenomena or qualities. Sir W. Hamilton.
Knowa bleness
Know"a* ble*ness, n. The state or quality of being knowable. Locke.
Know-all
Know"-all` (?), n. One who knows everything; hence, one who makes
pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre; -- usually ironical.
[Colloq. or R.]<-- = know-it-all -->
Knower
Know"er (?), n. One who knows. Shak.
Knowing
Know"ing, a.
1. Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a knowing
dog.
The knowing and intelligent part of the world. South.
2. Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal. [Colloq.]
Knowing
Know"ing, n. Knowledge; hence, experience. " In my knowing." Shak.
This sore night Hath trifled former knowings. Shak.
Knowingly
Know"ing*ly, adv.
1. With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously;
deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend. Strype.
2. By experience. [Obs.] Shak.
Knowingness
Know"ing*ness, n. The state or quality of being knowing or
intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.
Knowleche
Knowl"eche (?), n. & v. [Obs.] See Knowl, edge.
We consider and knowleche that we have offended. Chaucer.
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Knowleching
Knowl"ech*ing (?), n. Knowledge. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Knowledge
Knowl"edge (?), n. [OE. knowlage, knowlege, knowleche, knawleche. The
last part is the Icel. suffix -leikr, forming abstract nouns, orig.
the same as Icel. leikr game, play, sport, akin to AS. l\'bec, Goth.
laiks dance. See Know, and cf. Lake, v. i., Lark a frolic.]
1. The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or
duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.
Knowledge, which is the highest degree of the speculative
faculties, consists in the perception of the truth of affirmative
or negative propositions. Locke.
2. That which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a
cognition; -- chiefly used in the plural.
There is a great difference in the delivery of the mathematics,
which are the most abstracted of knowledges. Bacon.
Knowledges is a term in frequent use by Bacon, and, though now
obsolete, should be revived, as without it we are compelled to
borrow "cognitions" to express its import. Sir W. Hamilton.
To use a word of Bacon's, now unfortunately obsolete, we must
determine the relative value of knowledges. H. Spencer.
3. That which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction;
acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition.
Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. 1 Cor. viii. 1.
Ignorance is the curse of God; - Knowledge, the wing wherewith we
fly to heaven. Shak.
4. That familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical
skill; as, a knowledge of life.
Shipmen that had knowledge of the sea. 1 Kings ix. 27.
5. Scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my
knowledge.
Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldst take
knowledge of me? Ruth ii. 10.
6. Sexual intercourse; -- usually preceded by carnal; as, carnal
knowledge. Syn. -- See Wisdom.
Knowledge
Knowl"edge, v. t. To acknowledge. [Obs.] "Sinners which knowledge
their sins." Tyndale.
Known
Known (?), p. p. of Know.
Know-nothing
Know"-noth`ing (?), n. A member of a secret political organization in
the United States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of
foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the exclusive
choice of native Americans for office.
NOTE: &hand; Th e pa rty or iginated in 1853, and existed for about
three years. The members of it were called Know-nothings, because
they replied "I don't know," to any questions asked them in
reference to the party.
Know-nothingism
Know"-noth`ing*ism (?), n. The doctrines, principles, or practices, of
the Know-nothings.
Knubs
Knubs (?), n. pl. Waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a
cocoon.
Knuckle
Knuc"kle (?), n. [OE. knokel, knokil, AS. cuncel; akin to D. knokkel,
OFries. knokele, knokle, G. kn\'94chel, Sw. knoge, Dan. knokkel, G.
knochen bone, and perh. to E. knock.]
1. The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the
closing of the fingers. Davenant.
2. The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a quadruped,
especially of a calf; -- formerly used of the kneejoint of a human
being.
With weary knuckles on thy brim she kneeled sadly down. Golding.
3. The joint of a plant. [Obs.] Bacon.
4. (Mech.) The joining pars of a hinge through which the pin or rivet
passes; a knuckle joint.
5. (Shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden
change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical
side joins a nearly flat bottom.
6. A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points,
worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the
person struck; as, brass knuckles; -- called also knuckle duster.
[Slang.]
Knuckle joint (Mach.), a hinge joint, in which a projection with an
eye, on one piece, enters a jaw between two corresponding projections
with eyes, on another piece, and is retained by a pin which passes
through the eyes and forms the pivot. -- Knuckle of veal (Cookery),
the lower part of a leg of veal, from the line of the body to the
knuckle.
Knuckle
Knuc"kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Knuckled (?);; p. pr. & vb. n. Knuckling
(?).] To yield; to submit; -- used with down, to, or under. To knuckle
to. (a) To submit to in a contest; to yield to. [Colloq.] See To knock
under, under Knock, v. i. (b) To apply one's self vigorously or
earnestly to; as, to knuckle to work. [Colloq.]
Knuckle
Knuc"kle, v. t. To beat with the knuckles; to pommel. [R.] Horace
Smith.
Knuckled
Knuc"kled (?), a. Jointed. [Obs.] Bacon.
Knuff
Knuff (?), n. [Cf. Cnof a churl.] A lout; a clown. [Obs.]
The country knuffs, Hob, Dick, and Hick, With clubs and clouted
shoon. Hayward.
Knur
Knur, n. [See Knurl.] A knurl. Woodward.
Knurl
Knurl (?), n. [See Knar, Gnar.] A contorted knot in wood; a
crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
2. One who, or that which, is crossgrained.
Knurl
Knurl (?), v. t. To provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in
the edge of a flat knob, or coin; to mill.
Knurled
Knurled (?), a.
1. Full of knots; gnarled.
2. Milled, as the head of a screw, or the edge of a coin.
Knurly
Knurl"y (?), [Compar. Knurlier (; superl. Knurliest.] [See Knur, and
cf. Gnarly.] Full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or
resisting much.
Knurry
Knur"ry (?), a. Full of knots. [Obs.] Drayton.
Koaita
Ko*ai"ta (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Coaita.
Koala
Ko*a"la (?), n. A tailless marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found
in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck.
Called also Australian bear, native bear, and native sloth. <-- and
koala bear. -->
Kob, Koba
Kob (?), Ko"ba (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species of
African antelopes of the genus Kobus, esp. the species Kobus
sing-sing.
Kobalt
Ko"balt (?), n. See Cobalt.
Kobellite
Ko"bel*lite, n. [From Franz von Kobell, of Munich.] (Min.) A blackish
gray mineral, a sulphide of antimony, bismuth, and lead.
Kobold
Ko"bold (?), n. [G., perh. orig., house god, hose protector. See
Cobalt] A kind of domestic spirit in German mythology, corresponding
to the Scottish brownie and the English Robin Goodfellow.
Kodak
Ko"dak (?), n. A kind of portable camera.
Koel
Ko"el (?), n. [Native name in India.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several
species of cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys, found in India, the East
Indies, and Australia. They deposit their eggs in the nests of other
birds.
Koff
Koff (?), n. [D. kof.] A two-masted Dutch vessel.
Kohinoor, Kohnur
Koh`i*noor", Koh`*nur (?), n. [Per. koh-i-n, lit., mountain of light.]
A famous diamond, surrendered to the British crown on the annexation
of the Punjab. According to Hindoo legends, it was found in a Golconda
mine, and has been the property of various Hindoo and Persian rulers.
Kohl
Kohl (?), n. [See Alcohol.] A mixture of soot and other ingredients,
used by Egyptian and other Eastern women to darken the edges of the
eyelids.
Kohl-rabi
Kohl"-ra`bi (?), n.; pl. Kohl-rabies (#). [G. Cf. Cole, Rape the
plant.] (Bot.) A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a
large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the
ground.
Kokama
Ko*ka"ma (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The gemsbok.
Koklass
Ko"klass (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any pheasant of the genus Pucrasia. The
birds of this genus inhabit India and China, and are distinguished by
having a long central and two lateral crests on the head. Called also
pucras.
Kokoon
Ko*koon" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The gnu.
Kolarian
Ko*la"ri*an (?), n. (Ethnol.) An individual of one of the races of
aboriginal inhabitants which survive in Hindostan. -- a. Of or
pertaining to the Kolarians.
Komenic
Ko*me"nic (?), a. [Prob. G. mekonin (by transposition of letters) +
-ic.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived
from meconic acid. [Written also comenic.]
Komtok
Kom"tok (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) An African freshwater fish (Protopterus
annectens), belonging to the Dipnoi. It can breathe air by means of
its lungs, and when waters dry up, it encases itself in a nest of hard
mud, where it remains till the rainy season. It is used as food.
Kon
Kon (?), v. t. To know. See Can, and Con. [Obs.]
Ye konnen thereon as much as any man. Chaucer.
Konite
Ko"nite (?), n. (Min.) See Conite.
Konze
Konze (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A large African antelope (Alcelaphus
Lichtensteini), allied to the hartbeest, but having shorter and
flatter horns, and lacking a black patch on the face.
Koodoo
Koo"doo (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A large South African antelope
(Strepsiceros kudu). The males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes
four feet long. The general color is reddish or grayish brown, with
eight or nine white bands on each side, and a pale dorsal stripe. The
old males become dark bluish gray, due to the skin showing through the
hair. The females are hornless. Called also nellut. [Written also
kudu.]
Kookoom
Koo"koom (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The oryx or gemsbok. [Written also
kookaam.]
Koolokamba
Koo`lo*kam"ba (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A west African anthropoid ape
(Troglodytes koolokamba, or T. Aubryi), allied to the chimpanzee and
gorilla, and, in some respects, intermediate between them.
Koolslaa
Kool"slaa` (?), n. See Coleslaw.
Koord
Koord (?), n. See Kurd.
Koordish
Koord"ish, n. See Kurdish.
Koorilian
Koo*ril"i*an (?), a & n. Same as Kurilian.
Kopeck
Ko"peck (?), n. [Russ. kopeika.] A small Russian coin. One hundred
kopecks make a rouble, worth about sixty cents<-- in 1910, but three
hundredths of a cent at the end of 1994. By 1992, obsolete and no
longer minted. -->. [Written also kopek, copec, and copeck.]
Koran
Ko"ran (?; 277), n. [Ar. gor\'ben. See Alcoran.] The Scriptures of the
Mohammedans, containing the professed revelations to Mohammed; --
called also Alcoran. [Written also Kuran or Quran.]
Korin
Ko"rin (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The gazelle.
Korrigum
Kor"ri*gum (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A West African antelope
(Damalis Senegalensis), allied to the sassaby. It is reddish gray,
with a black face, and a black stripe on the outside of the legs above
the knees.
Kosmos
Kos"mos (?), n. See Cosmos. Gladstone.
Kotow
Ko*tow" (?), n. [Chinese, knock head.] The prostration made by
mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship,
by knocking the forehead on the ground. There are degrees in the rite,
the highest being expressed by three knockings. [China]<-- now now
kowtow --> S. W. Williams.
Kotow
Ko*tow", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kotowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kotowing.]
To perform the kotow.<-- now kowtow -->
Koulan
Kou"lan (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A wild horse (Equus, or
Asinus, onager) inhabiting the plants of Central Asia; -- called also
gour, khur, and onager. [Written also kulan.]
NOTE: &hand; It is so metimes co nfounded wi th the dziggetai, to
which it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but fulvous in
summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal stripe, and a short,
erect mane. In size, it is intermediate between the horse and ass.
Koumiss
Kou"miss (?), n. [Russ. kumys; of Mongolian origin.] An intoxicating
fermented or distilled liquor originally made by the Tartars from
mare's or camel's milk. It can be obtained from any kind of milk, and
is now largely made in Europe. [Written also koumyss, kumiss, kumish,
and kumys.]
Koumiss has from time immemorial served the Tartar instead of wine
or spirits. J. H. Newman.
Kousso
Kous"so (?), n. (Bot.) An Abyssinian rosaceous tree (Brayera
anthelmintica), the flowers of which are used as a vermifuge. [Written
also cusso and kosso.]
Kowtow
Kow*tow" (?), n. & v. i. The same as Kotow.
I have salaamed and kowtowed to him. H. James.
Kra
Kra (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A long-tailed ape (Macacus cynomolgus) of India
and Sumatra. It is reddish olive, spotted with black, and has a black
tail.
Kraal
Kraal (?; 277), n. [D., a village, inclosure, park, prob. fr. Pg.
curral a cattle pen; the same word as Sp. corral. See Corral.]
1. A collection of huts within a stockade; a village; sometimes, a
single hut. [South Africa]
2. An inclosure into which are driven wild elephants which are to be
tamed and educated. [Ceylon]
Krait
Krait (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A very venomous snake of India
(Bungarus c\'d2ruleus), allied to the cobra. Its upper parts are
bluish or brownish black, often with narrow white streaks; the belly
is whitish.
Kraken
Kra"ken (?), n. [Prob. from OSw. krake, or ODan. krage the trunk of a
tree, the branches of which are not entirely cut off, to which it was
likened by the Norwegian mariners.] A fabulous Scandinavian sea
monster, often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as
resembling an immense octopus.
To believe all that has been said of the sea serpent or kraken,
would be credulity; to reject the possibility of their existence,
would be presumption. Goldsmith.
Like a kraken huge and black. Longfellow.
Krakowiak
Kra*ko"wi*ak (?), n. (Mus.) A lively Polish dance. See Cracovienne.
Krameria
Kra*me"ri*a (?), n. [NL. So called after the German botanists, J. G.
H. & W. H. Kramer.] (Bot.) A genus of spreading shrubs with many
stems, from one species of which (K. triandra), found in Peru, rhatany
root, used as a medicine, is obtained.
Krameric
Kra*mer"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, Krameria
(rhatany); as, krameric acid, usually called ratanhia-tannic acid.
Krang
Krang (?), n. [Cf. D. kreng a carcass.] The carcass of a whale after
the blubber has been removed. [Written also crang and kreng.]
Kranging hook
Krang"ing hook` (?). (Whaling) A hook for holding the blubber while
cutting it away. [Written also cranging hook.]
Kreatic
Kre*at"ic (?), a. See Creatic.
Kreatin
Kre"a*tin (?), n. (Chem.) See Creatin.
Kreatinin
Kre*at"i*nin (?), n. (Chem.) See Creatinin.
Kreel
Kreel (?), n.See Creel.
Kremlin
Krem"lin (?), n. [Russ. kremle.] The citadel of a town or city;
especially, the citadel of Moscow, a large inclosure which contains
imperial palaces, cathedrals, churches, an arsenal, etc. [Russia] <--
(metaphorically) the government of Russia (or, 1920-1992, of the
Soviet Union) -->
Krems
Krems (?), n. A variety of white lead. See Krems lead, under Lead, n.
Kreng
Kreng (?), n. See Krang.
Kreosote
Kre"o*sote (?), n. See Creosote.
Kreutzer
Kreut"zer (?), n. [G. kreuzer.] A small copper coin formerly used in
South Germany; also, a small Austrian copper coin. [Written also
kreuzer.]
Kriegsspiel
Kriegs"spiel` (, n. [G., fr. krieg war + spiel play.] A game of war,
played for practice, on maps. Farrow.
Kris
Kris (?), n. A Malay dagger. See Creese.
Krishna
Krish"na (, n. [Skr. (Hindoo Myth.) The most popular of the Hindoo
divinities, usually held to be the eighth incarnation of the god
Vishnu.
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Kritarchy
Kri"tarch*y (?), n. [Gr. The rule of the judges over Israel.
Samson, Jephthah, Gideon, and other heroes of the kritarchy.
Southey.
Krokidolite
Kro*kid"o*lite (?), n. (Min.) See Crocidolite.
Krone
Kro"ne (?), n.[Dan.] A coin of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, of the
value of about twenty-eight cents. See Crown, n., 9.
Krooman
Kroo"man (?), n.; pl. Kroomen (. One of a negro tribe of Liberia and
the adjacent coast, whose members are much employed on shipboard.
Kruller
Krul"ler (?), n. See Cruller.
Krummhorn, Krumhorn
Krumm"horn`, Krum"horn` (?), n. [G. krummhorn horn.] (Mus.) (a) A reed
instrument of music of the cornet kind, now obsolete (see Cornet, 1,
a.) (b) A reed stop in the organ; -- sometimes called cremona.
Krupp gun
Krupp" gun" (?). A breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the
works of Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia. Guns of over eight-inch
bore are made up of several concentric cylinders; those of a smaller
size are forged solid. Knight.
Kryolite
Kry"o*lite (?), n. (Min.) See Cryolite.
Ksar
Ksar (?), n. See Czar.
Kshatriya, Kshatruya
Ksha"tri*ya (?), Ksha"tru*ya (?), n.[Skr. kshatriya one belonging to
the military caste.] The military caste, the second of the four great
Hindoo castes; also, a member of that caste. See Caste. [India]
Kuda
Ku"da (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The East Indian tapir. See Tapir.
Kudos
Ku"dos (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ky^dos glory.] Glory; fame; renown;
praise. W. H. Russel.
Kudos
Ku"dos, v. t. To praise; to extol; to glorify. "Kudos'd egregiously."
[R.] Southey.
Kudu
Ku"du (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Koodoo.
Kufic
Ku"fic (?), a. See Cufic.
Kukang
Ku*kang" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) [Native name.] The slow lemur. See Lemur.
Kuklux
Ku`klux" (?), n. The name adopted in the southern part of the United
States by a secret political organization, active for several years
after the close of the Civil War, and having for its aim the
repression of the political power of the freedmen; -- called also
Kuklux Klan.<-- also spelled Ku Klux Klan, also called the Klan. -->
Kulan
Ku"lan (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Koulan.
Kumish, Kumiss
Ku"mish (?), Ku"miss (?), n. See Koumiss.
Kummel
Kum"mel (?), n. [G. k\'81mmel cumin, caraway seed, L. cuminum. Cf.
Cumin.] A Russian and German liqueur, consisting of a sweetened spirit
flavored with caraway seeds.
Kumquat
Kum"quat (?), n. [Chin. kin keu.] (Bot.) A small tree of the genus
Citrus (C. Japonica) growing in China and Japan; also, its small acid,
orange-colored fruit used for preserves.
Kupfernickel
Kup"fer*nick"el (?), n. [G. See Copper, and Nickel.] (Min.)
Copper-nickel; niccolite. See Niccolite.
Kurd
Kurd (?), n.A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western
Asia belonging to the Turkish and Persian monarchies. [Written also
Koord.]<-- parts of this group live in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq -->
Kurdish
Kurd"ish, a. Of or pertaining to the Kurds. [Written also Koordish.]
Kurilian
Ku*ril"i*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Kurile Islands, a chain of
islands in the Pacific ocean, extending from the southern extremity of
Kamschatka to Yesso. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of the Kurile
Islands. [Written also Koorilian.]
Kursaal
Kur"saal` (?), n.[G.] A public hall or room, for the use of visitors
at watering places and health resorts in Germany.
Kusimanse
Ku`si*man"se (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A carnivorous animal (Crossarchus
obscurus) of tropical Africa. It its allied to the civets. Called also
kusimansel, and mangue.
Kuskus
Kus"kus (?), [Per. & Hind. khaskhas.] (Bot.) See Vetiver.
Kussier
Kus"si*er (?), n. (Mus.) A Turkish instrument of music, with a hollow
body covered with skin, over which five strings are stretched.
[Written also kussir.]
Kutauss
Ku*tauss" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The India civet (Viverra zibetha).
Kutch
Kutch (?), n. (Goldbeating) The packet of vellum leaves in which the
gold is first beaten into thin sheets.
Kutch
Kutch, n. See Catechu.
Ky
Ky (?), n. pl. Kine. [Scot.] See Kee, Kie, and Kine.
Kyaboca wood
Ky`a*bo"ca wood` (?). (Bot.) (a) Amboyna wood. (b) Sandalwood
(Santalum album).
Kyannite
Ky"an*nite (?), n. See Cyanite.
Kyanize
Ky"an*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kyanized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Kyanizing (?).] [From Mr. Kyan, the inventor of the process.] To
render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of
corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure.
Kyanol
Ky"a*nol (?), n. [See Cyanite.] (Chem.) (a) Aniline. [Obs.] (b) A base
obtained from coal tar. Ure.
Kyanophyll
Ky*an"o*phyll (?), n. (Bot.) Same as Cyanophyll.
Kyar
Kyar (?), n. Cocoanut fiber, or the cordage made from it. See Coir.
Kyaw
Kyaw (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A daw. [Scot.]
Kyd
Kyd (?), p. p. of Kythe.
Kydde
Kyd"de (, imp. of Kythe, to show. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOTE: &hand; Spenser erroneously uses kydst to mean "knowest."
Kyke
Kyke (?), v. i. [See 1st Kike.] To look steadfastly; to gaze. [Obs.]
[Written also kike, keke.]
This Nicholas sat ever gaping upright, As he had kyked on the newe
moon. Chaucer.
Kyley
Ky"ley (?), n.A variety of the boomerang.
Kyloes
Ky"loes (?), n. pl. The cattle of the Hebrides, or of the Highlands.
[Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Kymnel
Kym"nel (?), n. See Kimnel. [Obs.] Chapman.
Kymograph
Ky"mo*graph (?), n. [Gr. -graph.] (Physiol.) An instrument for
measuring, and recording graphically, the pressure of the blood in any
of the blood vessels of a living animal; -- called also kymographion.
Kymographic
Ky`mo*graph"ic (?), a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to a kymograph; as,
a kymographic tracing.
Kymric
Kym"ric (?), a & n. See Cymric, a. & n.
Kymry
Kym"ry (?), n. See Cymry.
Kynrede
Kyn"rede (?), n. Kindred. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Kynurenic
Ky`nu*ren"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or
designating, an acid obtained from the urine of dogs. By decomposition
the acid yields a nitrogenous base (called kynurin) and carbonic acid.
[Written also cynurenic.]
Kyrie
Kyr"i*e (?), n. See Kyrie eleison.
Kyrie eleison
Kyr"i*e e*lei"son (?). [Gr. ky`rie 'elei^son .]
1. (R. C. Ch.) Greek words, meaning "Lord, have mercy upon us," used
in the Mass, the breviary offices, the litany of the saints, etc.
Addis & Arnold.
2. The name given to the response to the Commandments, in the service
of the Church of England and of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Kyrielle
Kyr`i*elle (?), n. [Cf. F. kyrielle.] A litany beginning with the
words. "Kyrie eleison." Shipley.
Kyriolexy, Kyriology
Kyr"i*o*lex`y (?), Kyr`i*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. Curiologic.] The use of
literal or simple expressions, as distinguished from the use of
figurative or obscure ones. Krauth-Fleming.
Kyriological
Kyr`i*o*log"ic*al (?), a. [See Curiologic.] Serving to denote objects
by conventional signs or alphabetical characters; as, the original
Greek alphabet of sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it
represented the pure elementary sounds. See Curiologic. [Written also
curiologic and kuriologic.]
NOTE: &hand; Th e te rm is also applied, as by Warburton, to those
Egyptian hieroglyphics, in which a part is put conventionally for
the whole, as in depicting a battle by two hands, one holding a
shield and the other a bow.
Kythe, Kithe
Kythe, Kithe (?), v. t. [imp. Kydde, Kidde (k&icr;d"de); p. p. Kythed
(?), Kid; p. pr. & vb. n. Kything.] [OE. kythen, kithen, cu, to make
known, AS. c, fr. c known. Uncouth, Ca to be able, and cf. Kith.] To
make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. [Obs: or Scot.]
For gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse. Chaucer.
Kythe
Kythe, v. t. To come into view; to appear. [Scot.]
It kythes bright . . . because all is dark around it. Sir W. Scott.
Kytomiton
Ky*tom"i*ton, n.[NL., from Gr. (Biol.) See Karyomiton.
Kytoplasma
Ky`to*plas"ma (?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.) See Karyoplasma.
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