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<p><centered><point26>K.</point26></centered><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>K</ent><br/
<hw>K</hw>, <pr>(k<amac/)</pr>, <def>the eleventh letter of the English
alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter
<hwf>K</hwf> 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<oe/nician source, the ultimate origin
probably being Egyptian. Etymologically <hwf>K</hwf> is most nearly
related to <it>c</it>, <it>g</it>, <it>h</it> (which see).</def></p>

<p> <note>In many words of one syllable <xex>k</xex> is used after
<xex>c</xex>, as in <xex>crack</xex>, <xex>check</xex>, <xex>deck</xex>,
being necessary to exhibit a correct pronunciation in the derivatives,
<xex>cracked</xex>, <xex>checked</xex>, <xex>decked</xex>,
<xex>cracking</xex>; since without it, <it>c</it>, before the vowels
<it>e</it> and <it>i</it>, would be sounded like <it>s</it>. Formerly,
<xex>k</xex> was added to <xex>c</xex> in certain words of Latin origin,
as in <xex>musick</xex>, <xex>publick</xex>, <xex>republick</xex>; but
now it is omitted.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>See <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex> , <sect/<sect/ 240, 178,
179, 185.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>K2</ent><br/
<hw>K2</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mountain in Northern Kashmir; it is one
of the highest in the world, 28,250 feet high.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Godwin Austen, Dapsang.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Ka</ent><br/
<hw>Ka</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <fld>(Hinduism)</fld> <def>An unknown
god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>ka</ent><br/
<hw>ka</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Ancient Egyptian Religion)</fld> <def>A
spiritual aspect of the individual, living within the body during life,
and surviving the body after death. It was believed to be one of two
spirits inhabiting the body, the other being the <contr>ba</contr>,
which deserts teh body at death.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaaba</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*a"ba</hw> <pr>(k<adot/*<amac/"b<adot/)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos>
<ety>[Ar. <ets>ka'bah</ets>, lit., a square building, fr.
<ets>ka'b</ets> cube.]</ety> <def>The small and nearly cubical stone
building, in the court of the Great Mosque at Mecca, toward which all
Muslims must pray. It contains a sacred black stone, believed by Muslims
to be one of the precious stones of paradise, and to have been brought
to Abraham when he was constructing the Kaaba, by the Angel Gabriel. The
Kaaba itself predates Mohammed, having been a pantheon which contained
Arab idols, which were destroyed by Mohammed.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>caaba</asp>, <asp>kaabeh</asp> and <asp>kaabah</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaama</ent><br/
<hw>Kaa"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The
hartbeest.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kabala</ent><br/
<hw>Kab"a*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Cabala</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kabassou</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*bas"sou</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>See <er>Cabassou</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kabob</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*bob"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. & v. t.</pos> <def>See
<er>Cabob</er>, <pos>n. & v. t.</pos></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kabook</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*book"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(min.)</fld> <def>A
clay ironstone found in Ceylon.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kabyle</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*byle"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar.
<ets>qab<imac/la</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A Berber, as in
Algiers or Tunis. See <er>Berber</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kadder</ent><br/
<hw>Kad"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf.
<er>Caddow</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The jackdaw.</def></p>

<p><ent>Kadiaster</ent><br/
<ent>Kadi</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Ka"di</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ka`di*as"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>,
}</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A Turkish judge. See <er>Cadi</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kafal</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*fal"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The
Arabian name of two trees of the genus <gen>Balsamodendron</gen>, which
yield a gum resin and a red aromatic wood.</def></p>

<p><ent>Kafir</ent><br/
<ent>Kaffir</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kaf"fir</hw> <pr>(k<acr/f"f<etil/r)</pr>, <hw>Ka"fir</hw>
<pr>(k<aum/"f<etil/r)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar.
<ets>k<amac/fir</ets> infidel, pagan, fr. <ets>kafara</ets> to be
skeptical in religious matters; -- a name given to certain infidel races
by the Muslims. Cf. <er>Giaour</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn>
<fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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, including the Ponda, Xosa,
and Tembu; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
<def>One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia.</def>
<altsp>[Spelt also <asp>Caffre</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any Black African; -- a disparaging and offensive
term used by white South Africans.</def> <mark>[South Africa]</mark>
<br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> kaffir, caffer, caffre.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kaffir corn</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a Cape
Colony name for Indian millet.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaffle</ent><br/
<hw>Kaf"fle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Coffle</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kafilah</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ka"fi*lah</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Cafila</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kafir</ent><br/
<hw>kafir</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Kaffir</er>.</def>
<mark>[South Africa]</mark> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> kaffir, caffer, caffre.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kafka</ent><br/
<hw>Kafka</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def><person>Franz Kafka</person>, a
writer, b. 1883, d. 1924.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Franz Kafka.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kafkaesque</ent><br/
<hw>Kafkaesque</hw> <pos>prop. a.</pos> <ety>[fr. <person>Franz
<etsep>Kafka</etsep></person>, novelist; especially from his novels such
as "The Trial".]</ety> <def>Frightening, threatening, and bewildering in a
vague and unexplicable way; -- of situations or regulations. Often used
to describe illogical bureaucratic entanglements with no reasonable
solution.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaftan</ent><br/
<hw>Kaf"tan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. & v.</pos> <def>See
<er>Caftan</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kage</ent><br/
<hw>Kage</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A chantry chapel inclosed
with lattice or screen work.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kagu</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ka"gu</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A
singular, crested, grallatorial bird <spn>(Rhinochetos jubatus)</spn>,
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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaguan</ent><br/
<hw>Ka`gu*an"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>The colugo.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kahani</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ka"ha"ni</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of notary
public, or attorney, in the Levant.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kahau</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*hau"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name, from its
cry.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A long-nosed monkey (<spn>Nasalis
larvatus</spn>, formerly <spn>Semnopithecus nasalis</spn>), 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
<altname>proboscis monkey</altname>. It is now an endangered
species.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kaha</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kail</ent><br/
<hw>Kail</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>
<def>A kind of headless cabbage. Same as <er>Kale</er>, 1.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables.</def> <mark>[OE.
or Scot.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A broth made with kail or other vegetables; hence,
any broth; also, a dinner.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kail yard</b></col>, <cd>a kitchen garden.</cd>
<mark>[Scot.]</mark></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaimacam</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kai`ma*cam"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as
<er>Caimacam</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kain</ent><br/
<hw>Kain</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld>
<def>Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant
to his landlord.</def> <rj><au>Wharton (Law Dict.).</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kainit</ent><br/
<hw>Kai"nit</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Trade name, fr.
<ets>kainite</ets>.]</ety> <def>Salts of potassium used in the
manufacture of fertilizers.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kainite</ent><br/
<hw>Kai"nite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/
recent.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A compound salt consisting chiefly
of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt
salt mines in Prussian Saxony.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kainozoic</ent><br/
<hw>Kai`no*zo"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See
<er>Cenozoic</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaique</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*ique"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>
<def>See <er>Caique</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kairine</ent><br/
<hw>Kai"rine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A
pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from quinoline, and used
as an antipyretic in medicine.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kairoline</ent><br/
<hw>Kai`ro*line</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>
<def>An organic base obtained from quinoline. It is used as a febrifuge,
and resembles kairine.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaiser</ent><br/
<hw>Kai"ser</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr., fr. L.
<ets>Caesar</ets>. Cf. <er>Kesar</er>, and <er>Czar</er>.]</ety>
<def>The ancient title of emperors of Germany assumed by <person>King
William of Prussia</person> when crowned sovereign of the new German
empire in 1871.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaka</ent><br/
<hw>Ka"ka</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Maori <ets>kaka</ets> a
parrot; -- so named from its note.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A New
Zealand parrot of the genus <gen>Nestor</gen>, especially the
<stype>brown parrot</stype> (<spn>Nestor meridionalis</spn>).</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The <stype>mountain kaka</stype>, or <stype>kea</stype>
(<spn>Nestor notabilis</spn>), is remarkable for having recently
acquired carnivorous habits. It attacks and kills lambs and pigs,
sometimes doing great damage.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Night kaka</b></col>. <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <cd>The
kakapo.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kakapo</ent><br/
<hw>Ka`ka*po"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A
singular nocturnal parrot (<spn>Strigops habroptilus</spn>), 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 <altname>owl
parrot</altname>, <altname>night parrot</altname>, and <altname>night
kaka</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kakaralli</ent><br/
<hw>Kak`a*ral"li</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of wood
common in Demerara, durable in salt water, because not subject to the
depredations of the sea worm and barnacle.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kakistocracy</ent><br/
<hw>Kak`is*toc"ra*cy</hw>
<pr>(k<acr/k`<icr/s*t<ocr/k"r<adot/*s<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<ety>[Gr. <grk>ka`kistos</grk> worst + <grk>kratei^n</grk> to
rule.]</ety> <def>Government by the worst men.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kakoxene</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*kox"ene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Cacoxene</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kalahari</ent><br/
<hw>Kalahari</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A desert in Southwestern
Africa, most of which is located in the country of
<partof>Botswana</partof>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Kalahari Desert.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kalan</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*lan"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The
sea otter.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kalantas</ent><br/
<hw>kalantas</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A Philippine timber tree
(<spn>Toona calantas</spn> or <spn>Cedrela calantas</spn>) having hard
red fragrant wood.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Philippine mahogany, Philippine cedar, <spn>Toona
calantas</spn>, <spn>Cedrela calantas</spn>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kalasie</ent><br/
<hw>Ka`la*sie"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (<spn>Semnopithecus
rubicundus</spn>). It has a tuft of long hair on the head.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kale</ent><br/
<hw>Kale</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Scot. <ets>kale</ets>,
<ets>kail</ets>, <ets>cale</ets>, colewort, Gael. <ets>cael</ets>; akin
to Ir. <ets>cal</ets>, W. <ets>cawl</ets>, Armor. <ets>kaol</ets>. See
<er>Cole</er>.]</ety><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A variety of cabbage in which the
leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the
species.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kail</asp>, and
<asp>cale</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>See <er>Kail</er>, 2.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Sea kale</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a European
cruciferous herb (<spn>Crambe maritima</spn>), often used as a pot herb;
sea cabbage.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaleege</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*leege"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic pheasants,
belonging to the genus <gen>Euplocamus</gen>, and allied to the
firebacks.</def></p>

<p><ent>Kaleidophone</ent><br/
<ent>Kaleidophon</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Ka*lei"do*phon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ka*lei"do*phone</hw>
<pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <ety>[Gr. <?/ beautiful + <?/ appearance, form +
<?/ sound.]</ety> <fld>(Physics.)</fld> <def>An instrument invented by
<person>Professor Wheatstone</person>, 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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaleidoscope</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*lei"do*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/
beautiful + <grk>e'i^dos</grk> form + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <def>An
instrument invented by <person>Sir David Brewster</person>, 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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Shifting like the fragments of colored glass in the
<qex>kaleidoscope</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>G. W. Cable.</qau></rj></p>

<p><ent>Kaleidoscopical</ent><br/
<ent>Kaleidoscopic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Ka*lei`do*scop"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>,
<hw>Ka*lei`do*scop"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos>
<def>Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a kaleidoscope;
variegated.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kalendar</ent><br/
<hw>Kal"en*dar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Calendar</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kalendarial</ent><br/
<hw>Kal`en*da"ri*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See
<er>Calendarial</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kalender</ent><br/
<hw>Kal"en*der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See 3d
<er>Calender</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kalends</ent><br/
<hw>Kal"ends</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as
<er>Calends</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kali</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ka"li</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr.
<ets>kali</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Hind. Cosmog.)</fld> <def>The last and
worst of the four ages of the world; -- considered to have begun <sc>B.
C.</sc> 3102, and to last 432,000 years.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kali</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ka"li</hw>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[Skr.
<ets>k<amac/l<imac/</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Hind. Myth.)</fld> <def>The
black, destroying goddess; -- called also <altname>Doorga</altname>,
<altname>Anna Purna</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kali</ent><br/
<hw>Ka"li</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>qali</ets>.
See <er>Alkali</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The glasswort
(<spn>Salsola Kali</spn>).</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kalian</ent><br/
<hw>kalian</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A pipe with a long flexible tube
connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through
water. See also <er>hookah</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> hookah, hubble-bubble, narghile, water
pipe.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kalif</ent><br/
<hw>Ka"lif</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Caliph</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaliform</ent><br/
<hw>Ka"li*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Kali</ets> +
<ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Formed like kali, or glasswort.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaligenous</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*lig"e*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Kali</ets>
+ <ets>-genous</ets>. See <er>Alkali</er>.]</ety> <def>Forming alkalies
with oxygen, as some metals.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kalium</ent><br/
<hw>Ka"li*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See
<er>Kali</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Potassium; -- so called by
the German chemists.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kalki</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kal"ki</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr.]</ety>
<def>The name of Vishnu in his tenth and last avatar.</def>
<rj><au>Whitworth.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kalmia</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kal"mi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. Named in
honor of <person>Peter <etsep>Kalm</etsep></person>, a Swedish
botanist.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of North American shrubs
with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called
also <altname>mountain laurel</altname>, <altname>ivy bush</altname>,
<altname>lamb kill</altname>, <altname>calico bush</altname>,
etc.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kalmuck</ent><br/
<hw>Kal"muck</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>See
<er>Calmucks</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A kind of shaggy cloth, resembling
bearskin.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A coarse, dyed, cotton cloth, made in
Prussia.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kalong</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*long"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A
fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (<spn>Pteropus
edulis</spn>).</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaloyer</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*loy"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Caloyer</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kalpa</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kal"pa</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr.]</ety>
<fld>(Hind. Myth.)</fld> <def>One of the Brahmanic eons, a period of
4,320,000,000 years. At the end of each Kalpa the world is
annihilated.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kalsomine</ent><br/
<hw>Kal"so*mine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. & v. t.</pos> <def>Same as
<er>Calcimine</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kam</ent><br/
<hw>Kam</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From Celtic; cf. Gael.,
Ir., & W. <ets>cam</ets>. Cf. <er>Jamb</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety>
<def>Crooked; awry.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/This is clean
<xex>kam</xex>.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kama</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ka"ma</hw> <pr>(k<aum/"m<aum/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr.
<ets>k<amac/ma</ets> love, the god of love.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
Hindu Cupid. He is represented as a beautiful youth, with a bow of sugar
cane or flowers.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Desire; animal passion;</def> -- <note>supposed to
create the <col><b>ka"ma ru"pa</b></col> <pr>(r<oomac/p<adot/)</pr>
<ety>[Skr. <ets>r<umac/pa</ets> shape, image]</ety>, a kind of
simulacrum or astral likeness of a man which exists after his death in
an invisible plane of being, called <col><b>ka"ma lo"ca</b></col>
<pr>(l<omac/"k<adot/)</pr> <ety>[Skr. <ets>l<omac/ka</ets> space,
world]</ety>, until the impulses which created it are exhausted and it
finally fades away.</note><-- not the same as karma --><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kamala</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*ma"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The
red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree (<spn>Mallotus
Philippinensis</spn>) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic, and
is used in the treatment of tapeworm.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>kameela</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kame</ent><br/
<hw>Kame</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A low ridge.</def>
<mark>[Scot.]</mark> <see>See <er>Eschar</er>.</see><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kamet</ent><br/
<hw>Kamet</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A mountain in India and Tibet,
25,447 feet high.</def> <mark>[proper name]</mark><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kami</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ka"mi</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Japanese,
<tr>god</tr>.]</ety> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kamichi</ent><br/
<hw>Ka"mi*chi</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A
curious South American bird (<spn>Anhima </spn> <it>or</it>
<spn>Palamedea cornuta</spn>), 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 (<ord>Anseres</ord>). Called also <altname>horned
screamer</altname>. The name is sometimes applied also to the
<altname>chaja</altname>. See <er>Chaja</er>, and
<er>Screamer</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kamptulicon</ent><br/
<hw>Kamp*tu"li*con</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to
bend + <?/ material, fr. <?/ wood, matter.]</ety> <def>A kind of elastic
floor cloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and
powdered cork.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kampylite</ent><br/
<hw>Kam"py*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ bent,
curved, fr. <?/ to bend.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of
mimetite or arseniate of lead in hexagonal prisms of a fine orange
yellow.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>campylite</asp>.]</altsp></p>

<p><ent>Khamsin</ent><br/
<ent>Kamsin</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kam*sin"</hw>, <hw>Kham*sin"</hw> }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>khams<imac/n</ets>, fr.
<ets>khams<umac/n</ets>, oblique case <ets>khams<imac/n</ets>, fifty; --
so called because it blows for about fifty days, from April till
June.]</ety> <def>A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the
Sahara.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Khamseen</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kamtschadales</ent><br/
<hw>Kam"tscha*dales</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[from the
older spelling <ets>Kamtschatka</ets> for Kamchatka.]</ety>
<fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>An aboriginal tribe inhabiting the southern
part of the Kamchatka peninsula; called also
<altname>Kamchadals</altname> and <altname>Itelmen</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kan</ent><br/
<hw>Kan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To know; to ken.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <see>See <er>Ken</er>.</see><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kan</ent><br/
<hw>Kan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Khan</er>.</def></p>

<p><ent>Kanaka</ent><br/
<ent>Kanacka</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Ka*nack"a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ka*na"ka</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>,
}</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name, prop., a man.]</ety> <def>A
native of the Sandwich Islands.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kanawha</ent><br/
<hw>Kanawha</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The Kanawha River, a tributary
of the Ohio River.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Kanawha River.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kanchil</ent><br/
<hw>kan"chil</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Malay
<ets>canch<imac/l</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A small
chevrotain of the genus <gen>Tragulus</gen>, esp. <spn>Tragulus
pygm<ae/us</spn>, or <spn>Tragulus kanchil</spn>, inhabiting Java,
Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its agility
and cunning.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kanchanjanga</ent><br/
<hw>Kanchanjanga</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>same as
<er>Kanchenjunga</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Kanchenjunga, Kinchinjunga.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kanchenjunga</ent><br/
<hw>Kanchenjunga</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A mountain in
<country>India</country> and <country>Nepal</country>, 28,146 feet
high.</def> <mark>[proper name]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Kanchanjanga, Kinchinjunga.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kand</ent><br/
<hw>kand</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>Fluor
spar; -- so called by Cornish miners.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kangaroo</ent><br/
<hw>kan"ga*roo"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Said to be the
native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species
of jumping marsupials of the family <fam>Macropodid<ae/</fam>. They
inhabit <country>Australia</country>, 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
(<spn>Macropus major</spn>) is the largest species, sometimes becoming
twelve or fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging
to the genus <gen>Dendrolagus</gen>, live in trees; the rock kangaroos,
of the genus <gen>Petrogale</gen>, inhabit rocky situations; and the
brush kangaroos, of the genus <gen>Halmaturus</gen>, inhabit wooded
districts. See <er>Wallaby</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><-- p. 809 --></p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kangaroo apple</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the
edible fruit of the Tasmanian plant <spn>Solanum aviculare</spn>.</cd>
-- <col><b>Kangaroo grass</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a perennial
Australian forage grass (<spn>Anthistiria australis</spn>).</cd> --
<col><b>Kangaroo hare</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the jerboa
kangaroo. See under <er>Jerboa</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Kangaroo
mouse</b></col>. <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Jumping mouse</cref>,
under <er>Jumping</er>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kangaroo rat</ent><br/
<hw>kangaroo rat</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A jumping
rodent of the genus <gen>Dipodomys</gen> of the family
<fam>Heteromyidae</fam>, which lives in arid regions of Mexico and the
western U. S.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An Australian mammal of the genus
<gen>Notomys</gen>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>a small ratlike Australian
kangaroo of the genus <gen>Potorous</gen>, also called the
<altname>potoroo</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kangaroo's-foot</ent><br/
<hw>kangaroo's-foot</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A sedgelike spring-flowering
herb (<spn>Anigozanthus manglesii</spn>) of Australia, having clustered
flowers covered with woolly hairs.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> kangaroo paw, kangaroo-foot plant, Australian sword
lily, <spn>Anigozanthus manglesii</spn>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kansan</ent><br/
<hw>Kansan</hw> <pos>prop. a.</pos> <def>of or pertaining to
Kansas.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kansan</ent><br/
<hw>Kansan</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>a resident of Kansas.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kansas</ent><br/
<hw>Kan"sas</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A state of the
central United States, bordering the Mississippi River to the
west.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kansas</ent><br/
<hw>Kan"sas</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos>
<fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kant</ent><br/
<hw>Kant</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def><person>Immanuel
<etsep>Kant</etsep></person>, a German philosopher
(1724-1804).</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Immanuel Kant.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kantian</ent><br/
<hw>Kant"i*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to
<person>Immanuel <etsep>Kant</etsep></person>, the German philosopher;
conformed or relating to any or all of the philosophical doctrines of
<person>Immanuel Kant</person>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kantian</ent><br/
<hw>Kant"i*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A follower of Kant; a
Kantist.</def></p>

<p><ent>Kantism</ent><br/
<ent>Kantianism</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kant"i*an*ism</hw>, <hw>Kant"ism</hw> }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The doctrine or theory of Kant; the Kantian
philosophy.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kantist</ent><br/
<hw>Kant"ist</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A disciple or follower of
Kant.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kanttry</ent><br/
<hw>Kant"try</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as
<er>Cantred</er>.</def></p>

<p><ent>Kaoline</ent><br/
<ent>Kaolin</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Ka"o*lin</hw>, <hw>Ka"o*line</hw> }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chin. <ets>kao-ling</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld>
<def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The name is now applied to all porcelain clays which
endure the fire without discoloration.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaolinization</ent><br/
<hw>Ka`o*lin`i*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The process
by which feldspar is changed into kaolin.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaolinize</ent><br/
<hw>Ka"o*lin*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To convert
into kaolin.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kapelle</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ka*pel"le</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G.]</ety>
<fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a
prince's chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral.</def>
<rj><au>Grove.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kapellmeister</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ka*pell"meis`ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<ety>[G.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>See
<er>Capellmeister</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kapia</ent><br/
<hw>Ka"pi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety>
<fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>The fossil resin of the kauri tree of New
Zealand.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kapnomar</ent><br/
<hw>Kap"no*mar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>
<def>See <er>Capnomor</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kapok</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*pok"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prob. fr. the native
name.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A silky wool derived from the seeds
of <spn>Ceiba pentandra</spn> (syn. <spn>Eriodendron
anfractuosum</spn>), a bombaceous tree of the East and West
Indies.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karagane</ent><br/
<hw>Kar"a*gane</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Russ.
<ets>karagan'</ets>]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A species of gray fox
found in Russia.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karaism</ent><br/
<hw>Ka"ra*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Doctrines of the
Karaites.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karaite</ent><br/
<hw>Ka"ra*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb.
<ets>q<amac/r<amac/</ets> to read.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld>
<def>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 <contr>Rabbinists</contr>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karakul</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ka`ra*kul"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[Russ.
<ets>karakul'</ets> curly fleece of Bokhara and Khiva sheep.]</ety>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A type of Astrakhan, esp. in fine grades, obtained from
the Karakul sheep. See sense 2 and cf. <er>Caracul</er>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia, bearing
a soft curly fleece that is black in the young lambs, but which grows
brown or gray when adult; the lambs are valued for their soft curly
black fur.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> broadtail, caracul.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A large lake in the Pamirs of Central Asia, lying
13,200 feet above sea level.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karat</ent><br/
<hw>Karat</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the unit of measurement for the
proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75 2.122e-314old;
24-karat gold is pure gold.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> carat.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karatas</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*ra"tas</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A
West Indian plant of the Pineapple family (<spn>Nidularium
Karatas</spn>).</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>karate</ent><br/
<hw>ka*ra"te</hw> <pr>(k<aum/*r<aum/"t<asl/)</pr> <pos>n.</pos>
<ety>[Japanese, <tr>empty hand</tr>.]</ety> <def>a traditional Japanese
system of unarmed combat; sharp blows and kicks are given to
pressure-sensitive points on the body of the opponent.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karenic</ent><br/
<ent>Karen</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Karen</hw>, <hw>Karenic</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A
language spoken in the Thai-Burmese borderlands.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karma</ent><br/
<hw>Kar"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr.]</ety>
<sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Buddhism, Hinduism)</fld> <def>One's acts considered
as fixing one's lot in the future existence.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Theos.)</fld> <def>The doctrine of fate as the
inflexible result of cause and effect, especially the principle by which
a person is rewarded or punished in a subsequent incarnation for deeds
in the previous incarnation; the theory of inevitable
consequence.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>One's destiny; fate.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mysticism)</fld> <def>The supposed non-physical
emanations that a person gives off, which may affect other people;
vibrations.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karmathian</ent><br/
<hw>Kar*ma"thi*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of an
Islamic sect founded in the ninth century by Karmat.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karn</ent><br/
<hw>Karn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cornish. Cf.
<er>Cairn</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A pile of rocks;
sometimes, the solid rock. See <er>Cairn</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karob</ent><br/
<hw>Ka"rob</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf.
<er>Carat</er>.]</ety> <def>The twenty-fourth part of a grain; -- a
weight used by goldsmiths.</def> <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaross</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*ross"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety>
<def>A native garment or rug of skin sewed together in the form of a
square.</def> <mark>[South Africa]</mark></p>

<p><q>The wants of a native . . . are confined to a <qex>kaross</qex>
(skin cloak) or some pieces of cotton cloth.</q> <rj><qau>James
Bryce.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karpholite</ent><br/
<hw>Kar"pho*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ rice
straw + <ets>-lite</ets>: cf. F. <ets>carpholithe</ets>.]</ety>
<fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A fibrous mineral occurring in tufts of a
straw-yellow color. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and
manganese.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karroo</ent><br/
<hw>Kar*roo"</hw> <pr>(k<adot/r*r<oomac/")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>;
<plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Karroos</plw>
<pr>(k<adot/r*r<oomac/z")</pr>.</plu> <def>One of the dry table-lands of
South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable
elevations.</def> <altsp>[Also <asp>karoo</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><mcol><col><b>The Great Karroo</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>The
Karroo</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a vast plateau, in Cape Colony, stretching
through five degrees of longitude, at an elevation of about 3,000
feet.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karstenite</ent><br/
<hw>Kar"sten*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as
<er>Anhydrite</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karvel</ent><br/
<hw>Kar"vel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<def>See <er>Carvel</er>, and <er>Caravel</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karyokinesis</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kar"y*o*ki*ne`sis</hw>
<pr>(k<acr/r`<icr/*<osl/*k<isl/*n<emac/"s<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ka`ryon</grk> a nut, kernel + <grk>kinei^n</grk>
to move.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>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 <contr>karyostenosis</contr>. The
nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are
separated into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and
constitute the <xex>daughter nuclei</xex>. Called also
<altname>mitosis</altname>. See <cref>Cell development</cref>, under
<er>Cell</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The changes that occur in the nucleus of a cell,
especially movements of the chromosomes, in the process of cell
division.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karyokinetic</ent><br/
<hw>Kar`y*o*ki*net"ic</hw>
<pr>(k<acr/r`<icr/*<osl/*k<isl/*n<ecr/t"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>
<fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to karyokinesis; <as>as,
<ex>karyokinetic</ex> changes of cell division</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karyomiton</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kar`y*om"i*ton</hw>
<pr>(k<acr/r`<icr/*<ocr/m"<icr/*t<ocr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.,
Gr. <grk>ka`ryon</grk> a nut + <grk>mi`tos</grk> a thread.]</ety>
<fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The reticular network of fine fibers, of which
the <xex>nucleus</xex> of a cell is in part composed; -- in opposition
to <contr>kytomiton</contr>, or the network in the <xex>body</xex> of
the cell.</def> <rj><au>W. Flemming.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>karyoplasma</ent><br/
<ent>karyoplasm</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>kar`y*o*plas"m</hw> <pr>(k<acr/r`<icr/*<osl/*pl<acr/z"'m)</pr>,
<hw>kar`y*o*plas"ma</hw></mhw>
<pr>(k<acr/r`<icr/*<osl/*pl<acr/z"m<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ka`ryon</grk> a nut + <grk>pla`sma</grk> a thing
molded.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The protoplasmic substance of the
nucleus of a cell; nucleoplasm; -- in opposition to
<contr>cytoplasm</contr>, the protoplasm of the cell.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karyostenosis</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kar`y*o*ste*no"sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.,
fr. Gr. <grk>ka`ryon</grk> a nut, kernel + <?/ a being
straitened.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>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
cell); -- in opposition to <contr>karyokinesis</contr>.</def> <br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Karyostenotic</ent><br/
<hw>Kar`y*o*ste*not"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>
<fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or connected with, karyostenosis;
<as>as, the <ex>karyostenotic</ex> mode of nuclear
division</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kasack</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*sack"</hw> <pr>(k<acr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld>
<def>Same as <er>Cossack</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kat</ent><br/
<hw>Kat</hw> <pr>(k<aum/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An
Arabian shrub (<spn>Catha edulis</spn>) the leaves of which are used as
tea by the Arabs.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>katabolic</ent><br/
<hw>kat`a*bol"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld>
<def>Of or pertaining to catabolism; same as
<er>catabolic</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> + <source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Katabolism</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*tab"o*lism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ down +
<?/ to throw.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Destructive or downward
metabolism; regressive metamorphism; same as <er>catabolism</er> (now
the more common spelling); -- opposed to <contr>anabolism</contr>. See
<er>Disassimilation</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Katastate</ent><br/
<hw>Kat"a*state</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. (<?/) down +
(<?/) to cause to stand.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A substance
formed by a catabolic process; -- opposed to <contr>anastate</contr>.
See <er>catabolic</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kate</ent><br/
<hw>Kate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The
brambling finch.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>katharsis</ent><br/
<hw>katharsis</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>purging of emotional tensions; --
usually spelled <asp>catharsis</asp>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> catharsis, abreaction.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kathetal</ent><br/
<hw>Kath"e*tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a
perpendicular line. See <er>Cathetus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Math.)</fld>
<def>Making a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two sides of a
triangle, which include a right angle.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kathetometer</ent><br/
<hw>Kath`e*tom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as
<er>Cathetometer</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Katsuwonidae</ent><br/
<hw>Katsuwonidae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A natural family of fish
which in some classifications is considered a separate family comprising
the oceanic bonitos.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Kasuwonidae</fam>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Katsuwonus</ent><br/
<hw>Katsuwonus</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of oceanic bonitos;
in some classifications it is placed in its own family
<fam>Katsuwonidae</fam>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Katsuwonus</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kattimundoo</ent><br/
<hw>Kat`ti*mun"doo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A
caoutchouc-like substance obtained from the milky juice of the East
Indian <spn>Euphorbia Kattimundoo</spn>. It is used as a
cement.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Katydid</ent><br/
<hw>Ka"ty*did`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (<spn>Cyrtophyllus
concavus</spn>) of the family <fam>Locustid<ae/</fam>, 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
<xex>Katy-did</xex>, whence the name.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kauri</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ka"u*ri</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native
name.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tall coniferous tree of New
Zealand <spn>Agathis australis</spn>, <it>or</it> <spn>Dammara
australis</spn>), having white straight-grained wood furnishing valuable
timber and also yielding one kind of <prod>dammar resin</prod>.</def>
<altsp>[Written also <asp>kaudi</asp>, <asp>kaury</asp>,
<asp>cowdie</asp>, and <asp>cowrie</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kauri</ent><br/
<hw>Kau"ri</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Kauri
resin.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <specif>By extension,</specif> <def>any of
various species of <gen>Dammara</gen>; <as>as, the red <ex>kauri</ex>
(<spn>Dammara lanceolata</spn>)</as>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kauri copal</ent><br/
<ent>Kauri gum</ent><br/
<ent>Kauri resin</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kauri resin</hw>, <hw>Kauri gum</hw>, <it>or</it> <hw>Kauri
copal</hw> }</mhw>. <def>A resinous product of the
<prodby>kauri</prodby>, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in
the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish,
and as a substitute for amber.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kaury</ent><br/
<hw>kaury</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>kauri</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> kauri, <spn>Agathis australis</spn>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kava</ent><br/
<hw>Ka"va</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Polynesian.]</ety>
<fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of <gen>Macropiper</gen>
(<spn>Macropiper methysticum</spn>), 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.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>kawa</asp>, <asp>kava</asp>, and <asp>ava</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kavass</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*vass"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it></plu>
<plw>Kavasses</plw> <pr>(#)</pr> <ety>[Turk.
<ets>k<amac/vv<amac/s</ets>]</ety> <def>An armed constable; also, a
government servant or courier.</def> <mark>[Turkey]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaw</ent><br/
<hw>Kaw</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i. & n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Caw</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kawaka</ent><br/
<hw>Ka*wa"ka</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>a
New Zealand tree, the Cypress cedar (<spn>Libocedrus Doniana</spn>),
having a valuable, fine-grained, reddish wood.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kawn</ent><br/
<hw>Kawn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An inn.</def>
<mark>[Turkey]</mark> <see>See <er>Khan</er>.</see><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kayak</ent><br/
<hw>Kay"ak</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kayaker</ent><br/
<hw>Kay"ak*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who uses a
kayak.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kayko</ent><br/
<hw>Kay"ko</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The
dog salmon.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kayles</ent><br/
<hw>Kayles</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Akin to Dan.
<ets>kegle</ets>, Sw. <ets>kegla</ets>, D. & G. <ets>kegel</ets>, OHG.
<ets>kegil</ets>, whence F. <ets>quille</ets>.]</ety> <def>A game;
ninepins.</def> <mark>[Prov Eng.]</mark> <rj><au>Carew.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kaynard</ent><br/
<hw>Kay"nard</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.
<ets>cagnard</ets>.]</ety> <def>A lazy or cowardly person; a
rascal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kazoo</ent><br/
<hw>ka*zoo"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol.
uncertain.]</ety> <def>A kind of toy or rude musical instrument, as a
tube inside of which is a stretched string or membrane made to vibrate
by singing or humming into the tube.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kea</ent><br/
<hw>Ke"a</hw> <pr>(k<amac/"<adot/; <it>colloq.</it>
k<emac/"<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Maori.]</ety>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A large New Zealand parrot (<spn>Nestor
notabilis</spn>), notorious for having acquired the habit of killing
sheep; -- called also <altname>mountain parrot</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kebob</ent><br/
<ent>kebab</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>kebab</hw>, <hw>kebob</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>See <er>kabab</er> and <er>kabob</er>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keck</ent><br/
<hw>Keck</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/k)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &
p. p.</pos> <conjf>Kecked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> <conjf>Kecking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. dial. G.
<ets>k<oum/cken</ets>, <ets>k<oum/ken</ets>.]</ety> <def>To heave or to
retch, as in an effort to vomit.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keck</ent><br/
<hw>Keck</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An effort to vomit; queasiness.</def>
<mark>[R.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keckle</ent><br/
<hw>Kec"kle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i. & n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Keck</er>, <pos>v. i. & n.</pos></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keckle</ent><br/
<hw>Kec"kle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Keckled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Keckling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>
<def>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.</def>
<rj><au>Totten.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keckling</ent><br/
<hw>Kec"kling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Old rope or iron
chains wound around a cable. See <er>Keckle</er>, <pos>v.
t.</pos></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kecklish</ent><br/
<hw>Kec"klish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From
<ets>keck</ets>, <ets>keckle</ets>.]</ety> <def>Inclined to vomit;
squeamish.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kecksy</ent><br/
<hw>Keck"sy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it>
<plw>Kecksies</plw> <pr>(-s<icr/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Properly pl. of
<ets>kex</ets>. See <er>Kex</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The
hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow parsnip or the
hemlock.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kex</asp>, and in
<pluf>pl.</pluf>, <asp>kecks</asp>, <asp>kaxes</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Nothing teems<br/
But hateful docks, rough thistles, <qex>kecksies</qex>, burs.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kecky</ent><br/
<hw>Keck"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling a
kecksy.</def> <rj><au>Grew.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keddah</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ked"dah</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Malay
<ets>kedah</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>qadah</ets> hole.]</ety> <def>An
inclosure constructed to entrap wild elephants; an elephant trap.</def>
<mark>[India]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kedge</ent><br/
<hw>Kedge</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/j)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &
p. p.</pos> <conjf>Kedged</conjf> <pr>(k<ecr/jd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> <conjf>Kedging</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. dial. Sw.
<ets>keka</ets> to tug, to drag one's self slowly forward; or perh. fr.
<ets>ked</ets>, and <ets>kedge</ets>, <pos>n.</pos>, for <ets>keg
anchor</ets>, named from the <ets>keg</ets> or cask fastened to the
anchor to show where it lies.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To move (a
vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and
hauling the vessel up to it.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kedge</ent><br/
<hw>Kedge</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Kedge</er>, <pos>v.
t.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A small anchor used whenever a
large one can be dispensed with. See <er>Kedge</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>,
and <er>Anchor</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kedger</ent><br/
<hw>Kedg"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A
small anchor; a kedge.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kedlock</ent><br/
<hw>Ked"lock</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/d"l<ocr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf.
dial. G. <ets>k<oum/ddik</ets>, <ets>k<uum/dik</ets>,
<ets>kettich</ets>, <ets>keek</ets>, Dan. <ets>kidike</ets>, E.
<ets>charlock</ets>, and AS. <ets>cedelc</ets> the herb mercury.]</ety>
<fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Charlock</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kee</ent><br/
<hw>Kee</hw> <pr>(k<emac/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> of Cow. <ety>[AS.
<ets>c<ymac/</ets>, pl. of <ets>c<umac/</ets> cow. See
<er>Kine</er>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Kie</er>, <er>Ky</er>, and
<er>Kine</er>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>
<rj><au>Gay.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keech</ent><br/
<hw>Keech</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Prov. E.
<ets>keech</ets> a cake.]</ety> <def>A mass or lump of fat rolled up by
the butcher.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keel</ent><br/
<hw>Keel</hw> <pr>(k<emac/l)</pr>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <ety>[AS.
<ets>c<emac/lan</ets> to cool, fr. <ets>c<omac/l</ets> cool. See
<er>Cool</er>.]</ety> <def>To cool; to skim or stir.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>While greasy Joan doth <qex>keel</qex> the pot.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keel</ent><br/
<hw>Keel</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A brewer's cooling vat; a
keelfat.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keel</ent><br/
<hw>Keel</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>ce<oacute/l</ets> ship;
akin to D. & G. <ets>kiel</ets> keel, OHG. <ets>chiol</ets> ship, Icel.
<ets>kj<omac/ll</ets>, and perh. to Gr. <grk>gay^los</grk> a round-built
Ph<oe/nician merchant vessel, <grk>gaylo`s</grk> bucket; cf. Skr.
<ets>g<omac/la</ets> ball, round water vessel. But the meaning of the
English word seems to come from Icel. <ets>kj<oum/lr</ets> keel, akin to
Sw. <ets>k<oum/l</ets>, Dan. <ets>kj<oum/l</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn>
<fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>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 <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Keelson</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: The whole ship.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A barge or lighter, used on the Tyne for carrying
coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four
cwt.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The two lowest petals of the
corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and
pistil; a carina. See <er>Carina</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Nat. Hist.)</fld> <def>A projecting ridge along the
middle of a flat or curved surface.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Aeronautics)</fld> <def>In a dirigible, a
construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an
a<eum/roplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and
to hold the machine to its course.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Bilge keel</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a keel
peculiar to ironclad vessels, extending only a portion of the length of
the vessel under the bilges.</cd> <au>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</au> --
<col><b>False keel</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>False</er>.</cd> --
<col><b>Keel boat</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A covered freight boat,
with a keel, but no sails, used on Western rivers.</cd> <mark>[U.
S.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A low, flat-bottomed freight boat. See
<er>Keel</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 3.</cd> -- <col><b>Keel piece</b></col>,
<cd>one of the timbers or sections of which a keel is composed.</cd> --
<col><b>On even keel</b></col>, <cd>in a level or horizontal position,
so that the draught of water at the stern and the bow is the same.</cd>
<au>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</au> -- <col><b>On an even keel</b></col> <pos>a. &
adv.</pos>, <cd>steady; balanced; steadily.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keel</ent><br/
<hw>Keel</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Keeled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Keeling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To traverse with a
keel; to navigate.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>To keel over</b></col>, <cd>to upset; to capsize.</cd>
<mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keelage</ent><br/
<hw>Keel"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F.
<ets>guillage</ets>, fr. <ets>guille</ets> keel; of German or Scand
origin. See 3d <er>Keel</er>.]</ety> <def>The right of demanding a duty
or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll.</def>
<rj><au>Bouvier. Wharton.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keeled</ent><br/
<hw>Keeled</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on
the back; <as>as, a <ex>keeled</ex> leaf</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having a median ridge; carinate;
<as>as, a <ex>keeled</ex> scale</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keeler</ent><br/
<hw>Keel"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See 3d
<er>Keel</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One employed in managing a
Newcastle keel; -- called also <altname>keelman</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding
materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes,
etc.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keelfat</ent><br/
<hw>Keel"fat`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Keel</ets> to
cool + <ets>fat</ets> a large tub, a vat.]</ety> <fld>(Brewing)</fld>
<def>A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>keelvat</asp>.]</altsp> <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keelhaul</ent><br/
<hw>Keel"haul`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &
p. p.</pos> <conjf>Keelhauled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> <conjf>Keelhauling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[<ets>3d keel</ets>
+ <ets>haul</ets>: cf. LG. & D. <ets>kielhalen</ets>, G.
<ets>kielholen</ets>. ]</ety> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>keelhale</asp>.]</altsp> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>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.</def> <rj><au>Totten.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keeling</ent><br/
<hw>Kee"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Icel.
<ets>keila</ets>, Sw. <ets>kolja</ets>, Dan. <ets>kulle</ets>.]</ety>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A cod.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keelivine</ent><br/
<hw>Kee"li*vine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Gael.
<ets>cil</ets> ruddle.]</ety> <def>A pencil of black or red lead; --
called also <altname>keelyvine pen</altname>.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>
<rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keelman</ent><br/
<hw>Keel"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it>
-<plw>men</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <def>See <er>Keeler</er>,
1.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>keel over</ent><br/
<hw>keel` o"ver</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To drop down in
a faint, or as if dead; to die.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keelrake</ent><br/
<hw>Keel"rake`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>
<def>Same as <er>Keelhaul</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keels</ent><br/
<hw>Keels</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Ninepins. See
<er>Kayles</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keelson</ent><br/
<hw>Keel"son</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Akin to Sw.
<ets>k<oum/lsvin</ets>, Dan. <ets>kj<oum/lsviin</ets>, G.
<ets>kielschwein</ets>; apparently compounded of the words
<ets>keel</ets> and <ets>swine</ets>; but cf. Norweg.
<ets>kj<oum/lsvill</ets>, where <ets>svill</ets> is akin to E.
<ets>sill</ets>, <pos>n.</pos> ]</ety> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Cross keelson</b></col>, <cd>a similar structure lying
athwart the main keelson, to support the engines and
boilers.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><-- p. 810 --></p>

<p><ent>Keelvat</ent><br/
<hw>Keel"vat`</hw> <pr>(k<emac/l"v<acr/t`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Keelfat</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keen</ent><br/
<hw>Keen</hw> <pr>(k<emac/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>
<amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Keener</adjf>
<pr>(k<emac/n"<etil/r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos>
<adjf>Keenest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>kene</ets> sharp, bold,
AS. <ets>c<emac/ne</ets> bold; akin to D. <ets>koen</ets>, OHG.
<ets>kuoni</ets>, G. <ets>k<uum/hn</ets>, OSw. <ets>kyn</ets>,
<ets>k<oum/n</ets>, Icel. <ets>k<ae/nn</ets>, for <ets>k<oe/nn</ets>
wise; perh. akin to E. <ets>ken</ets>, <ets>can</ets> to be able.
<root/45.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Sharp; having a fine edge or point;
<as>as, a <ex>keen</ex> razor, or a razor with a <ex>keen</ex>
edge</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A bow he bare and arwes [arrows] bright and <qex>kene</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>That my <qex>keen</qex> knife see not the wound it makes.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or
expressing mental acuteness; <as>as, a man of <ex>keen</ex>
understanding; a <ex>keen</ex> look; <ex>keen</ex>
features.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>To make our wits more <qex>keen</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Before the <qex>keen</qex> inquiry of her thought.</q>
<rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging;
severe; <as>as, <ex>keen</ex> satire or sarcasm</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Good father cardinal, cry thou amen<br/
To my <qex>keen</qex> curses.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to
cold, wind, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>keen</ex> wind; the cold is very
<ex>keen</ex>.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Breasts the <qex>keen</qex> air, and carols as he goes.</q>
<rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Eager; vehement; fierce; <as>as, a <ex>keen</ex>
appetite</as>.</def> <ldquo/Of full <xex>kene</xex> will.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Piers Plowman.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>So <qex>keen</qex> and greedy to confound a man.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Wonderful; delightful; marvelous; <as>as, that would
be <ex>keen</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ <xex>Keen</xex> is often used in the composition of
words, most of which are of obvious signification; as,
<xex>keen</xex>-edged, <xex>keen</xex>-eyed, <xex>keen</xex>-sighted,
<xex>keen</xex>-witted, etc.</note></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Prompt; eager; ardent; sharp; acute; cutting;
penetrating; biting; severe; sarcastic; satirical; piercing;
shrewd.</syn><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keen</ent><br/
<hw>Keen</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To sharpen; to make cold.</def>
<mark>[R.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Cold winter <qex>keens</qex> the brightening flood.</q>
<rj><qau>Thomson.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keen</ent><br/
<hw>Keen</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ir. <ets>caoine</ets>.]</ety> <def>A
prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. <er>Coranach</er>.</def>
<mark>[Ireland]</mark> <rj><au>Froude.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keen</ent><br/
<hw>Keen</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To wail as a keener does.</def>
<mark>[Ireland]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keener</ent><br/
<hw>Keen"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A professional mourner
who wails at a funeral.</def> <mark>[Ireland]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keenly</ent><br/
<hw>Keen"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a keen manner.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keenness</ent><br/
<hw>Keen"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being
keen.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keep</ent><br/
<hw>Keep</hw> <pr>(k<emac/p)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &
p. p.</pos> <conjf>Kept</conjf> <pr>(k<ecr/pt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> <conjf>Keeping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE.
<ets>k<emac/pen</ets>, AS. <ets>c<emac/pan</ets> to keep, regard,
desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. <ets>copenere</ets> lover, OE.
<ets>copnien</ets> to desire.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To care; to
desire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>I <qex>kepe</qex> not of armes for to yelp [boast].</q>
<rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>If we lose the field,<br/
We can not <qex>keep</qex> the town.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>That I may know what <qex>keeps</qex> me here with you.</q>
<rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>If we would weigh and <qex>keep</qex> in our minds what we are
considering, that would instruct us.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause to remain in a given situation or
condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or
tenor.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>His loyalty he <qex>kept</qex>, his love, his zeal.</q>
<rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q><qex>Keep</qex> a stiff rein, and move but gently on.</q>
<rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ In this sense it is often used with prepositions and
adverbs, as to <xex>keep away</xex>, to <xex>keep down</xex>, to
<xex>keep from</xex>, to <xex>keep in</xex>, <xex>out</xex>, or
<xex>off</xex>, etc. <ldquo/To <xex>keep off</xex> impertinence and
solicitation from his superior.<rdquo/</note>
<rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To have in custody; to have in some place for
preservation; to take charge of.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The crown of <persfn>Stephanus</persfn>, first king of Hungary,
was always <qex>kept</qex> in the castle of Vicegrade.</q>
<rj><qau>Knolles.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to
guard.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Behold, I am with thee, and will <qex>keep</qex> thee.</q>
<rj><qau>Gen. xxviii. 15.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to
communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Great are thy virtues . . . though <qex>kept</qex> from man.</q>
<rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>To attend upon; to have the care of; to
tend.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of
Eden, to dress it and to <qex>keep</qex> it.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. ii.
15.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>In her girlish age, she <qex>kept</qex> sheep on the moor.</q>
<rj><qau>Carew.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>To record transactions, accounts, or events in;
<as>as, to <ex>keep</ex> books, a journal, etc.</as>; also, to enter (as
accounts, records, etc. ) in a book.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or
the like; to conduct; to manage; <as>as, to <ex>keep</ex>
store</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Like a pedant that <qex>keeps</qex> a school.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Every one of them <qex>kept</qex> house by himself.</q>
<rj><qau>Hayward.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain;
<as>as, to <ex>keep</ex> boarders</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as
an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.</def><br/
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<p><q>I <qex>keep</qex> but three men and a boy.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <def>To have habitually in stock for sale.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>13.</sn> <def>To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not
to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; <as>as, to
<ex>keep</ex> silence; to <ex>keep</ex> one's word; to <ex>keep</ex>
possession.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Both day and night did we <qex>keep</qex> company.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Within this portal as I <qex>kept</qex> my watch.</q>
<rj><qau>Smollett.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>14.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/
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<p><q>I have <qex>kept</qex> the faith.</q> <rj><qau>2 Tim. iv.
7.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Him whom to love is to obey, and <qex>keep</qex><br/
His great command.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>15.</sn> <def>To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain
in; <as>as, to <ex>keep</ex> one's house, room, bed, etc.</as>; hence,
to haunt; to frequent.</def> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>'Tis hallowed ground;<br/
Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it <qex>keep</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>J.
Fletcher.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>16.</sn> <def>To observe duly, as a festival, etc.; to celebrate;
to solemnize; <as>as, to <ex>keep</ex> a feast</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>I went with them to the house of God . . . with a multitude that
<qex>kept</qex> holyday.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. xlii. 4.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To keep at arm's length</b></col>. <cd>See under
<er>Arm</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>To keep back</b></col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To reserve; to withhold.</cd> <ldquo/I will
<xex>keep</xex> nothing <xex>back</xex> from you.<rdquo/ <au>Jer. xlii.
4.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To restrain; to hold back.</cd>
<ldquo/<xex>Keep back</xex> thy servant also from presumptuous
sins.<rdquo/ <au>Ps. xix. 13.</au> -- <col><b>To keep company
with</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To frequent the society of; to
associate with; <as>as, let youth <ex>keep company with</ex> the wise
and good</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To accompany; to go with; <as>as,
to <ex>keep company with</ex> one on a voyage</as>; also, to pay court
to, or accept attentions from, with a view to marriage.</cd>
<mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>To keep counsel</b></col>. <cd>See
under <er>Counsel</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>To keep
down</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To hold in subjection; to restrain; to
hinder.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <cd>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.</cd> --
<mcol><col><b>To keep good hours</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To keep
bad hours</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to be customarily early (or late) in
returning home or in retiring to rest.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep
house</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To occupy a separate house or
establishment, as with one's family, as distinguished from
<contr>boarding</contr>; to manage domestic affairs.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd>
<fld>(Eng. Bankrupt Law)</fld> <cd>To seclude one's self in one's house
in order to evade the demands of creditors.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep
one's hand in</b></col>, <cd>to keep in practice.</cd> -- <col><b>To
keep open house</b></col>, <cd>to be hospitable.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep
the peace</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>to avoid or to prevent a
breach of the peace.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep school</b></col>, <cd>to
govern, manage and instruct or teach a school, as a preceptor.</cd> --
<col><b>To keep a stiff upper lip</b></col>, <cd>to keep up one's
courage.</cd> <mark>[Slang]</mark> -- <col><b>To keep term</b></col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Eng. Universities)</fld> <cd>To reside during a
term.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Inns of Court)</fld> <cd>To eat a
sufficient number of dinners in hall to make the term count for the
purpose of being called to the bar.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <au>Mozley
& W.</au> -- <col><b>To keep touch</b></col>. <cd>See under
<er>Touch</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>To keep under</b></col>,
<cd>to hold in subjection; hence, to oppress.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep
up</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To maintain; to prevent from falling or
diminution; <as>as, to <ex>keep up</ex> the price of goods; to <ex>keep
up</ex> one's credit</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To maintain; to
continue; to prevent from ceasing.</cd> <ldquo/In joy, that which
<xex>keeps up</xex> the action is the desire to continue it.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Locke.</au></rj></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To retain; detain; reserve; preserve; hold;
restrain; maintain; sustain; support; withhold.</syn> -- To
<er>Keep</er>. <usage> <er>Retain</er>, <er>Preserve</er>.
<xex>Keep</xex> is the generic term, and is often used where
<xex>retain</xex> or <xex>preserve</xex> would too much restrict the
meaning; as, to <xex>keep</xex> silence, etc. <xex>Retain</xex> denotes
that we <xex>keep</xex> or <xex>hold</xex> things, as against influences
which might deprive us of them, or reasons which might lead us to give
them up; as, to <xex>retain</xex> vivacity in old age; to
<xex>retain</xex> counsel in a lawsuit; to <xex>retain</xex> one's
servant after a reverse of fortune. <xex>Preserve</xex> denotes that we
keep a thing against agencies which might lead to its being destroyed or
broken in upon; as, to <xex>preserve</xex> one's health; to
<xex>preserve</xex> appearances.</usage><br/
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<p><ent>Keep</ent><br/
<hw>Keep</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To remain
in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; <as>as, to
<ex>keep</ex> at a distance; to <ex>keep</ex> aloft; to <ex>keep</ex>
near; to <ex>keep</ex> in the house; to <ex>keep</ex> before or behind;
to <ex>keep</ex> in favor; to <ex>keep</ex> out of company, or out
reach.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it makes will not
<qex>keep</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Mortimer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.</def>
<mark>[Now disused except locally or colloquially.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Knock at his study, where, they say, he <qex>keeps</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q><qex>Keep</qex> that the lusts choke not the word of God that is
in us.</q> <rj><qau>Tyndale.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To be in session; <as>as, school <ex>keeps</ex>
to-day</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To keep from</b></col>, <cd>to abstain or refrain
from.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep in with</b></col>, <cd>to keep on good
terms with; <as>as, <ex>to keep in with</ex> an opponent</as>.</cd> --
<col><b>To keep on</b></col>, <cd>to go forward; to proceed; to continue
to advance.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep to</b></col>, <cd>to adhere strictly
to; not to neglect or deviate from; <as>as, <ex>to keep to</ex> old
customs; <ex>to keep to</ex> a rule; <ex>to keep to</ex> one's word or
promise</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep up</b></col>, <cd>to remain
unsubdued; also, not to be confined to one's bed.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Keep</ent><br/
<hw>Keep</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or office of
keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.</def>
<rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Pan, thou god of shepherds all,<br/
Which of our tender lambkins takest <qex>keep</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being kept; hence, the resulting
condition; case; <as>as, to be in good <ex>keep</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The means or provisions by which one is kept;
maintenance; support; <as>as, the <ex>keep</ex> of a
horse</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Grass equal to the <qex>keep</qex> of seven cows.</q>
<rj><qau>Carlyle.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>I performed some services to the college in return for my
<qex>keep</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>T. Hughes.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>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 dungeon. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of
<er>Castle</er>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The prison strong,<br/
Within whose <qex>keep</qex> the captive knights were laid.</q>
<rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The lower chambers of those gloomy <qex>keeps</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Hallam.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>I think . . . the <qex>keep</qex>, or principal part of a castle,
was so called because the lord and his domestic circle <qex>kept</qex>,
abode, or lived there.</q> <rj><qau>M. A. Lower.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>That which is kept in charge; a charge.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Often he used of his <qex>keep</qex><br/
A sacrifice to bring.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A cap for retaining anything, as
a journal box, in place.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To take keep</b></col>, <cd>to take care; to heed.</cd>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Chaucer.</au></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keeper</ent><br/
<hw>Keep"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who,
or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of
anything.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who retains in custody; one who has the care of
a prison and the charge of prisoners.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of
anything; <as>as, the <ex>keeper</ex> of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a
gate, etc.; the <ex>keeper</ex> of attached property;</as></def>
<specif>hence,</specif> <def>one who saves from harm; a defender; a
preserver.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The Lord is thy <qex>keeper</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. cxxi.
6.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>One who remains or keeps in a place or
position.</def><br/
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<p><q>Discreet; chaste; <qex>keepers</qex> at home.</q> <rj><qau>Titus
ii. 5.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an
object in place;</def> <specif>as:</specif> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The box on
a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A ring serving to keep another ring on the
finger.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A loop near the buckle of a strap to
receive the end of the strap.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A fruit that keeps well; <as>as, the Roxbury Russet
is a good <ex>keeper</ex></as>.</def> <specif>Hence:</specif>
<def>Anything perishable that remains in good condition longer than
usual.</def> <rj><au> Downing.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>An iron bar that is placed on the poles of a
horseshoe magnet, and held in place there by the magnetic force, to
preserve the strength of the magnet when not in use.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Keeper of the forest</b></col> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld>,
<cd>an officer who had the principal government of all things relating
to the forest.</cd> -- <col><b>Keeper of the great seal</b></col>, <cd>a
high officer of state, who has custody of the great seal. The office is
now united with that of lord chancellor.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> --
<col><b>Keeper of the King's conscience</b></col>, <cd>the lord
chancellor; -- a name given when the chancellor was an
ecclesiastic.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Keeper of the privy
seal</b></col> (styled also <altname>lord privy seal</altname>), <cd>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 <altname>clerk of the privy seal</altname>.</cd>
<mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Keeper of a magnet</b></col>, <cd>a piece
of iron which connects the two poles, for the purpose of keeping the
magnetic power undiminished; an armature; called also
<altname>keeper</altname>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keepership</ent><br/
<hw>Keep"er*ship</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office or
position of a keeper.</def> <rj><au>Carew.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keeping</ent><br/
<hw>Keep"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A holding; restraint;
custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>His happiness is in his own <qex>keeping</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Maintenance; support; provision; feed; <as>as, the
cattle have good <ex>keeping</ex></as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The work of many hands, which earns my <qex>keeping</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; <as>as,
these subjects are in <ex>keeping</ex> with each other; his levity is
not in <ex>keeping</ex> with the seriousness of the
occasion</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>Harmony or correspondence
between the different parts of a work of art; <as>as, the foreground of
this painting is not in <ex>keeping</ex></as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Keeping room</b></col>, <cd>a family sitting room.</cd>
<mark>[New Eng. & Prov. Eng.]</mark></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Care; guardianship; custody;
possession.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Keepsake</ent><br/
<hw>Keep"sake`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Anything kept, or
given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of
friendship.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keesh</ent><br/
<hw>Keesh</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Kish</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keeve</ent><br/
<hw>Keeve</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>c<?/f</ets>,
fr. L. <ets>cupa</ets> a tub, cask; also, F. <ets>cuve</ets>. Cf.
<er>Kive</er>, <er>Coop</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Brewing)</fld>
<def>A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub.</def>
<rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bleaching)</fld> <def>A bleaching vat; a
kier.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A large vat used in dressing
ores.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keeve</ent><br/
<hw>Keeve</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Keeved</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Keeving</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To set in a keeve, or
tub, for fermentation.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To heave; to tilt, as a cart.</def> <mark>[Prov.
Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Keever</ent><br/
<hw>Keev"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Keeve</er>,
<pos>n.</pos></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keffe-kil</ent><br/
<hw>Kef"fe-kil</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld>
<def>See <er>Kiefekil</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kefir</ent><br/
<hw>Kef"ir</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/f"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>An effervescent liquor like kumiss, made from fermented milk, used
as a food and as a medicine in the northern Caucasus.</def> --
<wordforms><wf>Ke*fir"ic</wf> <pr>(k<ecr/*f<icr/r"<icr/k)</pr>,
<pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A sour fermented milk drink, used in various regions
of Asia, made by addition of <gen>Streptococcus</gen> or
<gen>Lactobacillus</gen> cultures to cow's or goat's milk; it is
considered by some as a form of yoghurt.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kefir grains</ent><br/
<hw>Kefir grains</hw>. <def>Small hard yellowish aggregations found in
the Caucasus region, and containing various yeasts and bacteria. They
are used as a ferment in preparing kefir.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keg</ent><br/
<hw>Keg</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Earlier
<ets>cag</ets>, Icel. <ets>kaggi</ets>; akin to Sw.
<ets>kagge</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small cask or barrel.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keilhauite</ent><br/
<hw>Keil"hau*ite</hw> <pr>(k<imac/l"hou*<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a brownish black color, related to
titanite in form. It consists chiefly of silica, titanium dioxide, lime,
and yttria.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keir</ent><br/
<hw>Keir</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Kier</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keitloa</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Keit*lo"a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native
name.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A black, two-horned, African
rhinoceros (<spn>Atelodus keitloa</spn>). It has the posterior horn
about as long as the anterior one, or even longer.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keld</ent><br/
<hw>Keld</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf.
<er>Cavl</er>.]</ety> <def>Having a kell or covering; webbed.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Drayton.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kele</ent><br/
<hw>Kele</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Keel</er> to
cool.]</ety> <def>To cool.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kell</ent><br/
<hw>Kell</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kiln.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kell</ent><br/
<hw>Kell</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[A modification of
<ets>kale</ets>.]</ety> <def>A sort of pottage; kale. See <er>Kale</er>,
2.</def> <rj><au>Ainsworth.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kell</ent><br/
<hw>Kell</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Caul</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The caul; that which covers or envelops as a caul; a net; a fold; a
film.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>I'll have him cut to the <qex>kell</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &
Fl.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect.</def> <rj><au>
B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keloid</ent><br/
<hw>Ke"loid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <altsp>[Also spelled
<asp>cheloid</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[F. <ets>k<eacute/lo<ium/de</ets>,
from Gr. <grk>chhlh`</grk> crab's claw + <ets>-oid</ets>: cf. F.
<ets>k<eacute/lo<ium/de</ets>, <ets>ch<eacute/lo<ium/de</ets>.]</ety>
<fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat,
irregular excrescences upon the skin, or to keloid scar
tissue.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keloid</ent><br/
<hw>Ke"loid</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Also spelled
<asp>cheloid</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A keloid tumor.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An abnormally large scar tissue growing at the site
of a cut or surgical incision.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kelotomy</ent><br/
<hw>Ke*lot"o*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld>
<def>See <er>Celotomy</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kelp</ent><br/
<hw>Kelp</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/lp)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Formerly
<ets>kilpe</ets>; of unknown origin.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of
glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any large blackish
seaweed.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ <gen>Laminaria</gen> is the common kelp of Great
Britain; <spn>Macrocystis pyrifera</spn> and <spn>Nereocystis
Lutkeana</spn> are the great kelps of the Pacific Ocean.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kelp crab</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a California
spider crab (<spn>Epialtus productus</spn>), found among seaweeds, which
it resembles in color.</cd> -- <col><b>Kelp salmon</b></col>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a serranoid food fish (<spn>Serranus
clathratus</spn>) of California. See <er>Cabrilla</er>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kelpfish</ent><br/
<hw>Kelp"fish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>A small California food fish (<spn>Heterostichus rostratus</spn>),
living among kelp. The name is also applied to species of the genus
<gen>Platyglossus</gen>.</def></p>

<p><ent>Kelpy</ent><br/
<ent>Kelpie</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kel"pie</hw>, <hw>Kel"py</hw> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos>;
<plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Kelpies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. Gael.
<ets>cailpeach</ets>, <ets>calpach</ets>, <ets>colpach</ets>, a heifer,
steer, colt, <ets>colpa</ets> a cow or horse.]</ety> <fld>(Scotch
Myth.)</fld> <def>An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form,
vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who
are to be drowned.</def> <rj><au>Jamieson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kelpware</ent><br/
<hw>Kelp"ware`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as
<er>Kelp</er>, 2.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kelson</ent><br/
<hw>Kel"son</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Keelson</er>.</def> <rj><au>Sir W. Raleigh.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kelt</ent><br/
<hw>Kelt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Kilt</er>,
<pos>n.</pos></def> <rj><au>Jamieson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kelt</ent><br/
<hw>Kelt</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>kult</ets>
quilt.]</ety> <def>Cloth with the nap, generally of native black
wool.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark> <rj><au>Jamieson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kelt</ent><br/
<hw>Kelt</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A salmon after spawning.</def>
<mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kelt</ent><br/
<hw>Kelt</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Celt</er>, one of Celtic
race.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kelter</ent><br/
<hw>Kel"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Gael. & Ir.
<ets>cealt</ets> clothes, Gael. <ets>cealltair</ets> spear, castle,
cause, Prov. E. <ets>kilter</ets> tool, instrument. Cf.
<er>Kilt</er>.]</ety> <def>Regular order or proper condition.</def>
<altsp>[Usually written <asp>kilter</asp> in th U. S.]</altsp>
<mark>[Colloq., chiefly British spelling]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>If the organs of prayer be out of <qex>kelter</qex> or out of
tune, how can we pray?</q> <rj><qau>Barrow.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keltic</ent><br/
<hw>Kelt"ic</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/lt"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a. & n.</pos>
<def>Same as <er>Celtic</er>, <pos>a. & n.</pos></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kelvin</ent><br/
<hw>Kel"vin</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/l"v<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[from
Lord <ets>Kelvin</ets>, English physicist.]</ety> <def>The SI unit of
temperature, defined as being 1/273.16 of the triple point of water;
abbreviated <abbr>K</abbr>. The melting point of water at 760 mm
pressure is 273.15 Kelvins, and the boiling point 373.15 Kelvins. One
degree Kelvin is equal to one degree Centigrade, and <frac95/ degrees
Fahrenheit.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><-- p. 811 --></p>

<p><ent>Kemb</ent><br/
<hw>Kemb</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/m)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &
p. p.</pos> <conjf>Kembed</conjf> <pr>(k<ecr/md)</pr> or
<conjf>Kempt</conjf> (k<ecr/mt; 215); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Kembing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>kemben</ets>, AS.
<ets>cemban</ets>, fr. <ets>camb</ets> comb.]</ety> <def>To comb.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>His longe hair was <qex>kembed</qex> behind his back.</q>
<rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kemelin</ent><br/
<hw>Kem"e*lin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Prov. E.
<ets>kemlin</ets>, <ets>kimlin</ets>, <ets>kimmel</ets>, a salting tub,
any tub, <ets>kembing</ets> a brewing tub, G. <ets>kumme</ets> bowl,
basin, W. <ets>cwmman</ets> a tub, brewing tub.]</ety> <def>A tub; a
brewer's vessel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj></p>

<p><ent>Kempty</ent><br/
<ent>Kemp</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kemp</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/mp)</pr>, <hw>Kemp"ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>,
}</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Coarse, rough hair in wool or fur, injuring
its quality.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kempe</ent><br/
<hw>Kem"pe</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/m"p<eit/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Rough;
shaggy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/<xex>Kempe</xex> hairs.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kemps</ent><br/
<hw>Kemps</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/mps)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Etymol.
uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The long flower stems of the
ribwort plantain (<spn>Plantago Lanceolata</spn>).</def> <rj><au>Dr.
Prior.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kempt</ent><br/
<hw>Kempt</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/mt; 215)</pr>, <sn>1.</sn> <def><pos>p.
p.</pos> of <er>Kemb</er>; combed.</def> <rj><au>B.
Jonson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Neatly kept; tidy. Opposite of
<ant>unkempt</ant>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Ken</ent><br/
<hw>Ken</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Perh. from
<ets>kennel</ets>.]</ety> <def>A house; esp., one which is a resort for
thieves.</def> <mark>[Slang, Eng.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Ken</ent><br/
<hw>Ken</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Kenned</conjf> <pr>(k<ecr/nd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Kenning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>kennen</ets> to teach,
make known, know, AS. <ets>cennan</ets> to make known, proclaim, or
rather from the related Icel. <ets>kenna</ets> to know; akin to D. & G.
<ets>kennen</ets> to know, Goth. <ets>kannjan</ets> to make known;
orig., a causative corresponding to AS. <ets>cunnan</ets> to know, Goth.
<ets>kunnan</ets>. <root/45. See <er>Can</er> to be able,
<er>Know</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To know; to understand; to take
cognizance of.</def> <mark>[Archaic or Scot.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To recognize; to descry; to discern.</def>
<mark>[Archaic or Scot.]</mark> <ldquo/We <xex>ken</xex> them from
afar.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Addison</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>'T is he. I <qex>ken</qex> the manner of his gait.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Ken</ent><br/
<hw>Ken</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To look around.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Burton.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Ken</ent><br/
<hw>Ken</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Cognizance; view; especially, reach of
sight or knowledge.</def> <ldquo/Beyond his <xex>ken</xex>.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Longfellow.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Above the reach and <qex>ken</qex> of a mortal apprehension.</q>
<rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>It was relief to quit the <qex>ken</qex><br/
And the inquiring looks of men.</q> <rj><qau>Trench.</qau></rj></p>

<p><ent>Kendal</ent><br/
<ent>Kendal green</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Ken"dal green`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <it>or</it>
<hw>Ken"dal</hw>. }</mhw> <def>A cloth colored green by dye obtained
from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at
<etsep>Kendal</etsep>, in Westmoreland, England.</def> <rj><au>J. Smith
(Dict. Econ. Plants).</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>How couldst thou know these men in <qex>Kendal green</qex> ?</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kennedya</ent><br/
<ent>Kennedia</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Kennedia</hw>, <hw>Kennedya</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A
genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish
flowers.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Kennedia, genus <gen>Kennedia</gen>, genus
<gen>Kennedya</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kennel</ent><br/
<hw>Ken"nel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Channel</er>,
<er>Canal</er>.]</ety> <def>The water course of a street; a little canal
or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle.</def> <rj><au>Bp.
Hall.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kennel</ent><br/
<hw>Ken"nel</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>kenel</ets>, (assumed)
OF. <ets>kenil</ets>, F. <ets>chenil</ets>, LL. <ets>canile</ets>, fr.
L. <ets>canis</ets> a dog. Cf. <er>Canine</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A dog sure, if he could speak, had wit enough to describe his
<qex>kennel</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs.</def>
<rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kennel</ent><br/
<hw>Ken"nel</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Kenneled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr> or <conjf>Kennelled</conjf>;
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Kennelling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To
lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The dog <qex>kenneled</qex> in a hollow tree.</q>
<rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kennel</ent><br/
<hw>Ken"nel</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To put or keep in a
kennel.</def> <rj><au>Thomson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kennel coal</ent><br/
<hw>Ken"nel coal`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Cannel
coal</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kenning</ent><br/
<hw>Ken"ning</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ken</er>,
<pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Range of sight.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of
about twenty miles.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keno</ent><br/
<hw>Ke"no</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>quine</ets>
five winning numbers, fr. L. <ets>quini</ets> five each,
<ets>quinque</ets> five. See <er>Five</er>.]</ety> <def>A gambling game,
a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered,
and cards also numbered.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kenogenesis</ent><br/
<hw>Ken`o*gen"e*sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ new +
E. <ets>genesis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>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
<contr>palingenesis</contr>.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>cenogenesis</asp> and <asp>c<ae/nogenesis</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kenogenetic</ent><br/
<hw>Ken`o*ge*net"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld>
<def>Of or pertaining to kenogenesis; <as>as, <ex>kenogenetic</ex>
processes</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ken`o*ge*net"ic*al*ly</wf>
<pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kenspeckle</ent><br/
<hw>Ken"spec`kle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having so marked
an appearance as easily to be recognized.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kent bugle</ent><br/
<hw>Kent" bu"gle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[Probably
named after a <person>Duke of <etsep>Kent</etsep></person>.]</ety>
<fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>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 <altname>keyed bugle</altname>, and <altname>key
bugle</altname>.</def> <rj><au>Moore.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kentle</ent><br/
<hw>Ken"tle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From
<er>Quintal</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>A hundred weight; a
quintal.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kentledge</ent><br/
<hw>Kent"ledge</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF.
<ets>cant</ets> edge, corner, D. <ets>kant</ets>. See <er>Cant</er>
edge, angle.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Pigs of iron used for
ballast.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kintlidge</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kentucky</ent><br/
<hw>Ken*tuck"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>One of the
United States.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kentucky blue grass</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a
valuable pasture and meadow grass (<spn>Poa pratensis</spn>), found in
both Europe and America. See under <er>Blue grass</er>.</cd> --
<col><b>Kentucky coffee tree</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a tall
North American tree (<spn>Gymnocladus Canadensis</spn>) with bipinnate
leaves. It produces large woody pods containing a few seeds which have
been used as a substitute for coffee. The timber is very
valuable.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kenya</ent><br/
<hw>Kenya</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A country in East Africa,
formerly a British colony.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kenyan</ent><br/
<hw>Kenyan</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of
Kenya.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kenyan</ent><br/
<hw>Kenyan</hw> <pos>prop. a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Kenya;
<as>as, <ex>Kenyan</ex> mountains; <ex>Kenyan</ex>
coffee</as>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Kenya;
<as>as, <ex>Kenyan</ex> soldiers</as>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kenyapithecus</ent><br/
<hw>Kenyapithecus</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of extinct
primates having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and
small incisors; its fossils were found in Maboko in
<country>Kenya</country>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Kenyapithecus</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kephalin</ent><br/
<hw>keph"a*lin</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/f"<adot/*l<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<ety>[Gr. <grk>kefalh`</grk> the head; it was supposed by
<person>Thudichum</person> to exist in brain tissue.]</ety>
<fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>One of a group of phospholipids
(nitrogenous phosphorized fatty substances), present in all living cells
and particularly noticeable in nervous tissue. Same as
<er>cephalin</er>, which see.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kepi</ent><br/
<hw>kep"i</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.
<ets>k<eacute/pi</ets>, of G. origin.]</ety> <def>A military cap having
a close-fitting band, a round flat top sloping toward the front, and a
visor. As originally worn by the French in Algeria about 1830 it was
tall and stiff with a straight visor. It is now lower, has a curved
visor, and is frequently soft.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap.</syn><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kept</ent><br/
<hw>kept</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/pt)</pr>, <def><pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> of
<er>Keep</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Kept woman</b></col>, <col><b>Kept
mistress</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a concubine; a woman supported by a man
as his paramour.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kepviselohaz</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>K<eacute/p"vi*se*l<oum/*h<aacute/z`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hung., fr. <ets>k<eacute/pvisel<oum/</ets>
representative + <ets>h<aacute/z</ets> house.]</ety>
<mark>(Hungary)</mark> <def>See <er>Legislature</er>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>keramic</ent><br/
<hw>ke*ram"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as
<er>ceramic</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keramics</ent><br/
<hw>Ke*ram"ics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as
<er>Ceramics</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keramographic</ent><br/
<hw>Ker`a*mo*graph"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr.
<grk>ke`ramos</grk> tile + <ets>graph</ets> + <ets>ic</ets>.]</ety>
<def>Suitable to be written upon; capable of being written upon, as a
slate; -- said especially of a certain kind of globe.</def>
<rj><au>Scudamore.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerana</ent><br/
<hw>Ke*ra"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A
kind of long trumpet, used among the Persians.</def> <au>Moore (Encyc.
of Music).</au><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerargyrite</ent><br/
<hw>Ke*rar"gy*rite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Cerargyrite</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerasin</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"a*sin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.
Chem.)</fld> <def>A nitrogenous substance free from phosphorus, supposed
to be present in the brain; a body closely related to
cerebrin.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerasine</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"a*sine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr.
<grk>ke`ras</grk> horn.]</ety> <def>Resembling horn; horny;
corneous.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>keratin</ent><br/
<hw>ker"a*tin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr.
<grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, horn.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.
Chem.)</fld> <def>A sulfur-containing fibrous protein constituting the
main structural protein of hard epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair,
feathers, nails, claws, hoofs, 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 leucine
and tyrosine plus various other acid-stable amino acids. The amino acid
composition varies, but it usually has a high percentage of cystine,
which stabilizes and insolubilizes the protein by forming intrachain
linkages. A softer form of keratin is present in the epidermis and
whalebone. Called also <altname>epidermose</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keratitis</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ker`a*ti"tis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr.
<grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, horn + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety>
<fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the cornea.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keratode</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"a*tode</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Keratose</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keratogenous</ent><br/
<hw>Ker`a*tog"e*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr.
<grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, horn + <ets>-genous</ets>.]</ety>
<def>Producing horn; <as>as, the <ex>keratogenous</ex> membrane within
the horny hoof of the horse</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keratoidea</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ker`a*toi"de*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.,
from Gr. <grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, horn +
<ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Same as
<er>Keratosa</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keratome</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"a*tome</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr.
<grk>ke`ras</grk>, horn + <?/ to cut.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An
instrument for dividing the cornea in operations for cataract.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keratonyxis</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ker`a*to*nyx"is</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr.
<grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, horn + <?/ puncture.]</ety>
<fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting
a needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque
mass.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keratophyte</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"a*to*phyte</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr.
<grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, a horn + <?/ a plant.]</ety>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A gorgonian coral having a horny axis.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keratosa</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ker`a*to"sa</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr.
Gr. <grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, a horn.]</ety>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An order of sponges having a skeleton composed
of hornlike fibers. It includes the commercial sponges.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keratose</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"a*tose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr.
<grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, horn.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.
Chem.)</fld> <def>A tough, horny animal substance entering into the
composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; --
called also <altname>keratode</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keratose</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"a*tose`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Containing
hornlike fibers or fibers of keratose; belonging to the
Keratosa.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keraunograph</ent><br/
<hw>Ke*rau"no*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/
thunderbolt + <ets>graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>A figure or picture
impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.</def> --
<wordforms><wf>Ker`au*nog"ra*phy</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerb</ent><br/
<hw>Kerb</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Curb</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerbstone</ent><br/
<hw>Kerb"stone`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Curbstone</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kercher</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"cher</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kerchief.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>He became . . . white as a <qex>kercher</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T.
North.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerchered</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"chered</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Covered, or bound
round, with a kercher.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>G.
Fletcher.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerchief</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"chief</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it>
<plw>Kerchiefs</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>coverchef</ets>,
OF. <ets>cuevrechief</ets>, <ets>couvrechef</ets>, F.
<ets>couvrechef</ets>, a head covering, fr. <ets>couvrir</ets> to cover
+ OF. <ets>chief</ets> head, F. <ets>chef</ets>. See <er>Cover</er>,
<er>Chief</er>, and cf. <er>Curfew</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as,
nec<ex>kerchief</ex>; breast<ex>kerchief</ex>; and later,
hand<ex>kerchief</ex>.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>He might put on a hat, a muffler, and a <qex>kerchief</qex>, and
so escape.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Her black hair strained away<br/
To a scarlet <qex>kerchief</qex> caught beneath her chin.</q>
<rj><qau>Mrs. Browning.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A lady who wears a kerchief.</def>
<rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj></p>

<p><ent>Kerchieft</ent><br/
<ent>Kerchiefed</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Ker"chiefed</hw>, <hw>Ker"chieft</hw> }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>,
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Dressed; hooded; covered; wearing a kerchief.</def>
<rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerf</ent><br/
<hw>Kerf</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>cyrf</ets> a
cutting off, fr. <ets>ceorfan</ets> to cut, carve. See
<er>Carve</er>.]</ety> <def>A notch, channel, or slit made in any
material by cutting or sawing.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerite</ent><br/
<hw>Ke"rite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr.
<grk>ke`ras</grk>, horn.]</ety> <def>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.</def>
<rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerl</ent><br/
<hw>Kerl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Carl</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kermes</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"mes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. & Per.
<ets>girmiz</ets>. See <er>Crimson</er>, and cf.
<er>Alkermes</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The dried
bodies of the females of a scale insect (<spn>Kermes ilices</spn>
formerly <spn>Coccus ilicis</spn>), allied to the cochineal insect, and
found on several species of oak near the Mediterranean; also, the dye
obtained from them. 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.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>chermes</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small European evergreen oak
(<spn>Quercus coccifera</spn>) on which the kermes insect (<spn>Kermes
ilices</spn>, formerly <spn>Coccus ilicis</spn>) feeds.</def> <rj><au>J.
Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>A genus of scale
insects including many species that feed on oaks. The adult female
resembles a small gall.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kermes mineral</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Old
Chem.)</fld> <cd>An artificial amorphous trisulphide of antimony; -- so
called on account of its red color.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Med.
Chem.)</fld> <cd>A compound of the trioxide and trisulphide of antimony,
used in medicine. This substance occurs in nature as the mineral
<altname>kermesite</altname>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kermesse</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"messe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>See
<er>Kirmess</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kern</ent><br/
<hw>Kern</hw> <pr>(k<etil/rn)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ir.
<ets>ceatharnach</ets>.Cf. <er>Cateran</er>. ]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A
light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland;
-- distinguished from <contr>gallowglass</contr>, and often used as a
term of contempt.</def> <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Now for our Irish wars;<br/
We must supplant those rough, rug-headed <qex>kerns</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any kind of boor or low-lived person.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Blount.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>An idler; a vagabond.</def>
<rj><au>Wharton.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kern</ent><br/
<hw>Kern</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Type Founding)</fld> <def>A part of
the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank, such as in
certain italic letters.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kern</ent><br/
<hw>Kern</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Kerned</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Kerning</conjf>. ]</vmorph> <fld>(Type Founding)</fld> <def>To
form with a kern. See 2d <er>Kern</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kern</ent><br/
<hw>Kern</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Churn</er>. ]</ety> <def>A
churn.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kern</ent><br/
<hw>Kern</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>cweorn</ets>,
<ets>cwyrn</ets>. See <er>Quern</er>. ]</ety> <def>A hand mill. See
<er>Quern</er>.</def> <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kern</ent><br/
<hw>Kern</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>kern</ets> kernel,
grain; akin to E. <ets>corn</ets>. See <er>Corn</er>, <er>Kernel</er>.
]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To harden, as corn in ripening.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Carew.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To take the form of kernels; to granulate.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>It is observed that rain makes the salt <qex>kern</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Dampier.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kern</ent><br/
<hw>Kern</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>kirn</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Cf. D. & G. <ets>kern</ets> kernal, E.
<ets>kern</ets> to harden, <ets>kernel</ets>.]</ety> <mark>[Obs. or
Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</mark> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Kernel; corn;
grain.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The last handful or sheaf reaped at the
harvest.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The harvest-home.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kern baby</ent><br/
<hw>Kern baby</hw>. <def>A doll or image decorated with corn (grain)
flowers, etc., carried in the festivals of a kern, or harvest-home.
Called also <altname>harvest queen</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerned</ent><br/
<hw>Kerned</hw> <pr>(k<etil/rnd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Print.)</fld>
<def>Having part of the face projecting beyond the body or shank; --
said of type.</def> <ldquo/In Roman, <xex>f</xex> and <xex>j</xex> are
the only <xex>kerned</xex> letters.<rdquo/
<rj><au>MacKellar.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kernel</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"nel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE.
<ets>kernel</ets>, <ets>kirnel</ets>, <ets>curnel</ets>, AS.
<ets>cyrnel</ets>, fr. <ets>corn</ets> grain. See <er>Corn</er>, and cf.
<er>Kern</er> to harden.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, the <ex>kernel</ex> of a nut</as>. See
<xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Endocarp</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>'A were as good crack a fusty nut with no <qex>kernel</qex></q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A single seed or grain; <as>as, a <ex>kernel</ex> of
corn</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A small mass around which other matter is concreted;
a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The central, substantial or essential part of
anything; the gist; the core; <as>as, the <ex>kernel</ex> of an
argument</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kernel</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"nel</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Kerneled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr> <it>or</it>
<conjf>Kernelled</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Kerneling</conjf> <it>or</it>
<conjf>Kernelling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To harden or ripen into
kernels; to produce kernels.</def></p>

<p><ent>Kernelled</ent><br/
<ent>Kerneled</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Ker"neled</hw>, <hw>Ker"nelled</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>,
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a kernel.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kernelly</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"nel*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of kernels;
resembling kernels; of the nature of kernels.</def>
<rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kernish</ent><br/
<hw>Kern"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Kern</er> a
boor.]</ety> <def>Clownish; boorish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/A
petty <xex>kernish</xex> prince.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerolite</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"o*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld>
<def>Same as <er>Cerolite</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerosene</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"o*sene`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/
wax.]</ety> <def>An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly
obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc.,
and hence called also <altname>coal oil</altname>. 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, having from 10 to 16 carbon atoms in each molecule, and having a
higher boiling point (175 - 325<deg/ C) than gasoline or the petroleum
ethers, and a lower boiling point than the oils.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerse</ent><br/
<ent>Kers</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kers</hw>, <hw>Kerse</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>A cress.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Not worth a kers</b></col>. <cd>See under
<er>Cress</er>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kersey</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"sey</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it>
<plw>Kerseys</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Prob. from the town of
<ets>Kersey</ets> in Suffolk, Eng.]</ety> <def>A kind of coarse, woolen
cloth, usually ribbed, woven from wool of long staple.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerseymere</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"sey*mere</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[For
<ets>cassimere</ets>, confounded with <ets>kersey</ets>.]</ety> <def>See
<er>Cassimere</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerseynette</ent><br/
<hw>Ker`sey*nette"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Cassinette</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerseys</ent><br/
<hw>Ker"seys</hw>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Varieties of kersey; also,
trousers made of kersey.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerve</ent><br/
<hw>Kerve</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To carve.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kerver</ent><br/
<hw>Kerv"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A carver.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kesar</ent><br/
<hw>Ke"sar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Kaiser</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keslop</ent><br/
<hw>Kes"lop</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/s"l<ocr/p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS.
<ets>c<emac/selib</ets>, or <ets>c<ymac/slyb</ets>, milk curdled; cf. G.
<ets>k<aum/selab</ets>, <ets>k<aum/selippe</ets>. See <er>Cheese</er>,
and cf.<er>Cheeselep</er>.]</ety> <def>The stomach of a calf, prepared
for rennet.</def> <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kess</ent><br/
<hw>Kess</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To kiss.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kest</ent><br/
<hw>Kest</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>imp.</pos> <def>of <er>Cast</er>.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kestrel</ent><br/
<hw>Kes"trel</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/s"tr<ecr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See
<er>Castrel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A small, slender
European hawk (<spn>Falco alaudarius</spn>), allied to the sparrow hawk.
Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black.
Also called <altname>windhover</altname> and <altname>stannel</altname>.
The name is also applied to other allied species.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ This word is often used in contempt, as of a mean kind
of hawk. <ldquo/Kites and <xex>kestrels</xex> have a resemblance with
hawks.<rdquo/</note> <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Ket</ent><br/
<hw>Ket</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Icel.
<ets>kj<oum/t</ets> flesh; akin to Sw. <ets>k<oum/tt</ets>, Dan.
<ets>kj<oum/d</ets>.]</ety> <def>Carrion; any filth.</def> <mark>[Prov.
Eng.]</mark> <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keta</ent><br/
<hw>Ke"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Perh. of Amer. Indian
origin.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A small salmon (<spn>Oncorhynchus
keta</spn>) of inferior value, which in the autumn runs up all the
larger rivers between San Francisco and Kamchatka.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Ketch</ent><br/
<hw>Ketch</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/ch)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prob. corrupted
fr. Turk. <ets>q<amac/<imac/q</ets> : cf. F. <ets>caiche</ets>. Cf.
<er>Ca<ium/que</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An
almost obsolete form of sailing vessel, with a mainmast and a
mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons
burden.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>In modern usage, a sailing vessel
having two masts, with the main mast taller than the aftermost, or
mizzen, mast.</def><br/
[<source>RH</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Bomb ketch</b></col>. <cd>See under
<er>Bomb</er>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Ketch</ent><br/
<hw>Ketch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A hangman. See <er>Jack
Ketch</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Ketch</ent><br/
<hw>Ketch</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Catch</er>.]</ety>
<def>To catch.</def> <mark>[Now obs. in spelling, and colloq. in
pronunciation.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>To <qex>ketch</qex> him at a vantage in his snares.</q>
<rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>ketchup</ent><br/
<hw>ketch"up</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<ety>[Probably of East Indian origin, because it was originally a kind
of East Indian pickles. Cf. also Malay <ets>k<ecr/chap</ets> fish sauce.
<au>MW10</au>.]</ety> <def>A pureed table sauce made predominantly from
tomatoes, flavored with onions, sugar, salt and spices; called also
<altname>tomato ketchup</altname>. The term is also applied to pureed
sauces containing mushrooms, walnuts, etc., being called in such cases
<altname>mushroom ketchup</altname>, <altname>walnut ketchup</altname>,
etc.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>catsup</asp> and
<asp>catchup</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Ketine</ent><br/
<hw>Ke"tine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See
<er>Ketone</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Ketmie</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ket`mie"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>
<def>The name of certain African species of <gen>Hibiscus</gen>,
cultivated for the acid of their mucilage.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>ketmia</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Ketol</ent><br/
<hw>Ke"tol</hw> <pr>(k<emac/"t<omac/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<ety>[<ets>Ket</ets>one + ind<ets>ol</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>
<def>One of a series of series of complex nitrogenous substances,
represented by methyl ketol and related to indol.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Methyl ketol</b></col>, <cd>a weak organic base, obtained
as a white crystalline substance having the odor of feces.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Ketone</ent><br/
<hw>Ke"tone</hw> <pr>(k<emac/"t<omac/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf.
<er>Acetone</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>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 (<chform>CO</chform>) united with two hydrocarbon radicals. In
general the ketones are colorless volatile liquids having a pungent
ethereal odor.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The ketones are named by adding the
suffix-<xex>one</xex> to the stems of the organic acids from which they
are respectively derived; thus, <xex>acetic</xex> acid gives acetone;
<xex>butyric</xex> acid, <xex>butyrone</xex>, etc.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><-- p. 812 --></p>

<p><ent>Ketonic</ent><br/
<hw>Ke*ton"ic</hw> <pr>(k<esl/*t<ocr/n"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>
<fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, a ketone;
<as>as, a <ex>ketonic</ex> acid</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kettle</ent><br/
<hw>Ket"tle</hw> <pr>(k<ecr/t"t'l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE.
<ets>ketel</ets>; cf. AS. <ets>cetel</ets>, <ets>cetil</ets>,
<ets>cytel</ets>; akin to D. <ets>kjedel</ets>, G. <ets>kessel</ets>,
OHG. <ets>chezzil</ets>, Icel. <ets>ketill</ets>, SW. <ets>kittel</ets>,
Dan. <ets>kjedel</ets>, Goth. <ets>katils</ets>; all perh. fr. L.
<ets>catillus</ets>, dim. of <ets>catinus</ets> a deep vessel, bowl; but
cf. also OHG. <ets>chezz<imac/</ets> kettle, Icel. <ets>kati</ets> small
ship.]</ety> <def>A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a
cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liquids.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kettle pins</b></col>, <cd>ninepins; skittles.</cd>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Shelton.</au> -- <col><b>Kettle stitch</b></col>
<fld>(Bookbinding)</fld>, <cd>the stitch made in sewing at the head and
tail of a book.</cd> <au>Knight.</au></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kettledrum</ent><br/
<hw>Ket"tle*drum`</hw> <pr>(-dr<ucr/m`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A drum made of thin copper in the form of a
hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of
it.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ <ex>Kettledrums</ex>, in pairs, were formerly used in
martial music for cavalry, but are now chiefly confined to orchestras,
where they are called <altname>tympani</altname>.</note> <-- illustr. of
kettledrum here. --><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An informal social party at which a light collation
is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening. Cf. <er>Drum</er>,
<pos>n.</pos>, 4 and 5.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kettledrummer</ent><br/
<hw>Ket"tle*drum`mer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who plays
on a kettledrum.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keuper</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Keu"per</hw> <pr>(koi"p<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<ety>[G.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The upper division of the
European Triassic. See <xex>Chart</xex> of <er>Geology</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kevel</ent><br/
<hw>Kev"el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prov. E.
<ets>kevil</ets>, <ets>cavel</ets>, rod, pole, a large hammer, horse's
bit; cf. Icel. <ets>kefli</ets> cylinder, a stick, mangle, and Dan.
<ets>kievle</ets> a roller.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A
strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A stone mason's hammer.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>cavil</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kevel head</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a projecting
end of a timber, used as a kevel.</cd></cs></p>

<p><ent>Kevin</ent><br/
<ent>Kevel</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kev"el</hw>, <hw>Kev"in</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>,
<pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The gazelle.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kever</ent><br/
<hw>Kev"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <def>To cover.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keverchief</ent><br/
<hw>Kev"er*chief</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kerchief.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kex</ent><br/
<hw>Kex</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[W. <ets>cecys</ets>, pl.,
hollow stalks.]</ety><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A weed; a kecksy.</def>
<rj><au>Bp. Gauden.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Though the rough <qex>kex</qex> break<br/
The starred mosaic.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A dry husk or covering.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>When the <qex>kex</qex>, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair
flying butterfly.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Key</ent><br/
<hw>Key</hw> <pr>(k<emac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE.
<ets>keye</ets>, <ets>key</ets>, <ets>kay</ets>, AS.
<ets>c<ae/g</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A small device which is inserted into a mechanism
and turned like a key to fasten, adjust, or wind it; <as>as, a watch
<ex>key</ex>; a bed <ex>key</ex>; the winding <ex>key</ex> for a clock,
etc.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>One of a set of small movable parts on an instrument
or machine which, by being depressed, serves as the means of operating
it; the complete set of keys is usually called the
<partof>keyboard</partof>; <as>as, the <ex>keys</ex> of a piano, an
organ, an accordion, a computer keyboard, or of a typewriter.</as> The
keys may operate parts of the instrument by a mechanical action, as on a
piano, or by closing an electrical circuit, as on a computer keyboard.
See also senses 12 and 13.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A position or condition which affords entrance,
control, pr possession, etc.; <as>as, the <ex>key</ex> of a line of
defense; the <ex>key</ex> of a country; the <ex>key</ex> of a political
situation</as>.</def> <specif>Hence,</specif> <def>that which serves to
unlock, open, discover, or solve something unknown or difficult; <as>as,
the <ex>key</ex> to a riddle; the <ex>key</ex> to a problem.</as>
Similarly, see also senses 14 and 15.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Those who are accustomed to reason have got the true
<qex>key</qex> of books.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Who keeps the <qex>keys</qex> of all the creeds.</q>
<rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up,
make fast, or adjust to position.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A piece of wood used
as a wedge.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The last board of a floor when laid
down.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Masonry)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A keystone.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>That part of the plastering which is forced through
between the laths and holds the rest in place.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A wedge to unite two
or more pieces, or adjust their relative position; a cotter; a
forelock.</def> See <xex>Illusts</xex>. of <er>Cotter</er>, and
<er>Gib</er>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit
furnished with a wing, as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara; --
called also <altname>key fruit</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>10.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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 <ldquo/ sharp four,<rdquo/ <ldquo/flat seven,<rdquo/ etc.
Scales and tunes of every variety are made from the tones of a
key.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The fundamental tone of a movement to which
its modulations are referred, and with which it generally begins and
ends; keynote.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Both warbling of one song, both in one <qex>key</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or
utterance.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>You fall at once into a lower <qex>key</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>12.</sn> <fld>(Teleg.)</fld> <def>A metallic lever by which the
circuit of the sending or transmitting part of a station equipment may
be easily and rapidly opened and closed; <as>as, a telegraph
<ex>key</ex></as>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>13.</sn> <def>any device for closing or opening an electric
circuit, especially as part of a <partof>keyboard</partof>, as that used
at a computer terminal or teletype terminal.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>14.</sn> <def>A simplified version or analysis which accompanies
something as a clue to its explanation, a book or table containing the
solutions to problems, ciphers, allegories, or the like;</def>
<specif>or</specif> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>a table or synopsis of
conspicuous distinguishing characters of members of a taxonomic
group.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>15.</sn> <fld>(Computers)</fld> <def>A word or other combination
of symbols which serves as an index identifying and pointing to a
particular record, file, or location which can be retrieved and
displayed by a computer program; <as>as, a database using multi-word
<ex>keys</ex></as>. When the <ex>key</ex> is a word, it is also called a
<stype>keyword</stype>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Key bed</b></col>. <cd>Same as <cref>Key
seat</cref>.</cd> -- <col><b>Key bolt</b></col>, <cd>a bolt which has a
mortise near the end, and is secured by a cotter or wedge instead of a
nut.</cd> <col><b>Key bugle</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Kent bugle</er>.</cd>
-- <mcol><col><b>Key of a position</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Key of
a country.</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Key</er>,
4.</cd> -- <col><b>Key seat</b></col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a bed or
groove to receive a key which prevents one part from turning on the
other.</cd> -- <col><b>Key way</b></col>, <cd>a channel for a key, in
the hole of a piece which is keyed to a shaft; an internal key seat; --
called also <altname>key seat</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Key
wrench</b></col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>an adjustable wrench in which
the movable jaw is made fast by a key.</cd> -- <col><b>Power of the
keys</b></col> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld>, <cd>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, <ldquo/I will give unto thee the <xex>keys</xex>
of the kingdom of heaven.<rdquo/</cd> <au>Matt. xvi. 19.</au></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Key</ent><br/
<hw>Key</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p.
p.</pos> <conjf>Keved</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Keying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To fasten or secure
firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.</def>
<rj><au>Francis.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Computers)</fld> <def>To enter (text, data) using
keys, especially those on a keyboard; to keyboard; <as>as, to
<ex>key</ex> the data in by hand</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To adjust so as to be maximally effective in a
particular situation; -- of actions, plans, or speech; <as>as, to
<ex>key</ex> one's campaign speech to each local
audience</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To furnish with a key or keys.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>To key up</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>
<cd>To raise (the whole ring of an arch) off its centering, by driving
in the keystone forcibly.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <cd>To
raise the pitch of.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <specif>Hence,</specif>
<mark>(fig.)</mark>, <cd>to produce nervous tension in; <as>as, the
whole team was <ex>keyed up</ex> for the championship
game</as>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>key</ent><br/
<hw>key</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Essential; most important;
<as>as, the <ex>key</ex> fact in the inquiry; the president was the
<ex>key</ex> player in the negotiations</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keyage</ent><br/
<hw>Key"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF.
<ets>caiage</ets>, F. <ets>guayage</ets>. See 1st <er>Key</er>,
<er>Quay</er>.]</ety> <def>Wharfage; quayage.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keyboard</ent><br/
<hw>Key"board`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The whole
arrangement, or one range, of the <parts>keys</parts>{3} of an organ,
piano, typewriter, etc.; that part of a device containing the
<parts>keys</parts>{3} used to operate it.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Key-cold</ent><br/
<hw>Key"-cold`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Cold as a metallic
key; lifeless.</def> <mark>[Formerly, a proverbial expression.]</mark>
<rj><au>Shak.</au> <au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keyed</ent><br/
<hw>Keyed</hw> <pr>(k<emac/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Furnished with
keys; <as>as, a <ex>keyed</ex> instrument</as>; also, set to a key, as a
tune.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Keyed bugle</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Kent
bugle</er>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Key fruit</ent><br/
<hw>Key fruit</hw>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A samara.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keyhole</ent><br/
<hw>Key"hole`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A hole
or aperture in a door or lock, for receiving a key.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>A hole or excavation
in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key which
fastens them.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>a mortise for a
key or cotter.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Keyhole limpet</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a marine
gastropod of the genus Fissurella and allied genera. See
<er>Fissurella</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Keyhole saw</b></col>, <cd>a
narrow, slender saw, used in cutting keyholes, etc., as in doors; a kind
of compass saw or fret saw.</cd> -- <col><b>Keyhole urchin</b></col>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any one of numerous clypeastroid sea urchins, of
the genera <gen>Melitta</gen>, <gen>Rotula</gen>, and <gen>Encope</gen>;
-- so called because they have one or more perforations resembling
keyholes.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>keyless</ent><br/
<hw>keyless</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>lacking or not requiring a key;
<as>as, a <ex>keyless</ex> lock operated by a series of
pushbuttons</as>. Opposite of <ant>keyed</ant>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keynes</ent><br/
<hw>Keynes</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def><person>John Maynard
Keynes</person>, the British economist (1883-1946) whose book <ldquo/The
General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money<rdquo/ (Macmillan,
1936) had a strong influence on views of the government's role in the
economy through the 1970's. See <er>Keynesian</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> John Maynard Keynes.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keynesian</ent><br/
<hw>Keynesian</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to
<person>John Maynard <etsep>Keynes</etsep></person>; conforming to the
theories of Keynesianism; -- especially, the term is used to refer to
the macroeconomic theories and politico-economic policies proposed by
<persfn>Keynes</persfn> and his followers, especially in regards to
their advocacy of governmental action to maintain low unemployment
through government spending. Keynes's book <ldquo/The General Theory of
Employment, Interest, and Money<rdquo/ (Macmillan, 1936) had a strong
influence on views of the government's role in the economy through the
1970's.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A believer in the theories of
Keynesianism.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keynesianism</ent><br/
<hw>Keynesianism</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>the macroeconomic theories
and politico-economic policies of British economist <person>John Maynard
<etsep>Keynes</etsep></person> (1883-1946) and his followers; -- used
especially in reference to their advocacy of governmental action to
maintain low unemployment through government spending. See
<er>Keynes</er>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keynote</ent><br/
<hw>Key"note`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>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
<altname>key tone</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the
key; <as>as, the <ex>keynote</ex> of a policy or a
sermon</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keyseat</ent><br/
<hw>Key"seat`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To form a key
seat, as by cutting. See <cref>Key seat</cref>, under
<er>Key</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keystone</ent><br/
<hw>Key"stone`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>
<def>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 <xex>Illust.</xex> of
<er>Arch</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keystone State</ent><br/
<hw>Key"stone` State</hw>. <def>Pennsylvania; -- a nickname alluding to
its having been the central one of the 13 original United States, at the
time of formation of the Constitution.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Key tone</ent><br/
<hw>Key" tone`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>
<def>See <er>Keynote</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Keyway</ent><br/
<hw>Key"way`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <cref>Key
way</cref>, under <er>Key</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>keyword</ent><br/
<hw>key"word`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A word used as an
entry point into an index which serves to identify files, records,
texts, or other data containing the keyword or some related word, such
as a synonym. It is a type of <isa>key</isa>{15}; <as>as, a boolean
combination of <ex>keywords</ex> is more effective for information
retrieval than a single key{15}</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Khaki</ent><br/
<hw>Kha"ki</hw> <pr>(k<aum/"k<esl/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Hind.
<ets>kh<amac/k<imac/</ets>, lit., dusty, dust-colored, fr. Per.
<ets>kh<amac/k</ets> dust.]</ety> <def>Of a dull brownish yellow, or
drab color; -- applied to cloth, originally to a stout brownish cotton
cloth, used in making uniforms in the Anglo-Indian army.</def> <note>In
the United States service the summer uniform of cotton is officially
designated <ex>khaki</ex>; the winter uniform of wool, <xex>olive
drab</xex>.</note><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Khaki</ent><br/
<hw>Kha"ki</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Any kind of khaki cloth; hence, a
uniform of khaki or, rarely, a soldier clad in khaki. In the United
States and British armies khaki or cloth of a very similar color is
almost exclusively used for service in the field.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Khaliff</ent><br/
<hw>Kha"liff</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Caliph</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Khalkha</ent><br/
<ent>Khalka</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Khalka</hw>, <hw>Khalkha</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the
dialect of Mongolian that is the official language of the Mongolian
People's Republic.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Khamsin</ent><br/
<hw>Kham*sin`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as
<er>Kamsin</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Khan</ent><br/
<hw>Khan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Pers. & Tart.
<ets>kh</ets><amac/<pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <altsp>[Also <asp>kan</asp>,
<asp>kaun</asp>.]</altsp> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Khan</ent><br/
<hw>Khan</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Per. <ets>kh<amac/n</ets>,
<ets>kh<amac/nah</ets>, house, tent, inn.]</ety> <def>An Eastern inn or
caravansary.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kawn</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Khanate</ent><br/
<hw>Khan*ate</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Dominion or
jurisdiction of a khan.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kharkov</ent><br/
<hw>Kharkov</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A city in Ukraine; -- its
former capital.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Khaya</ent><br/
<hw>Kha"ya</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A
lofty West African tree (<spn>Khaya Senegalensis</spn>), related to the
mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is
used as a febrifuge.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Khedive</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Khe`dive"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.
<ets>kh<eacute/dive</ets>, Pers. <ets>khediw</ets> a prince.]</ety>
<def>A governor or viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of
Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Khenna</ent><br/
<hw>Khen"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Henna</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kholah</ent><br/
<hw>Kho"lah</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The
Indian jackal.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kholsun</ent><br/
<hw>Khol"sun</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>The dhole.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Khond</ent><br/
<hw>Khond</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A Dravidian of a group
of tribes of Orissa, India, a section of whom were formerly noted for
their cruel human sacrifices to the earth goddess, murder of female
infants, and marriage by capture.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Khutbah</ent><br/
<hw>Khut"bah</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar.]</ety> <def>An
address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit in Muslim
mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed and his descendants,
and the ruling princes.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Ki</ent><br/
<hw>Ki</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The Sumerian goddess personifying
earth; the counterpart of Akkadian <persfn>Aruru</persfn>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kiaat</ent><br/
<hw>kiaat</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a deciduous South African tree
(<spn>Pterocarpus angolensis</spn>) having large odd-pinnate leaves and
profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; it yields a red juice and heavy
strong durable wood.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> bloodwood tree, <spn>Pterocarpus
angolensis</spn>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiabooca wood</ent><br/
<hw>Ki`a*boo"ca wood`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Kyaboca wood</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiang</ent><br/
<hw>Ki*ang"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The
<er>dziggetai</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kibble</ent><br/
<hw>Kib"ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To bruise; to grind
coarsely; <as>as, <ex>kibbled</ex> oats</as>.</def>
<mark>[Prov.Eng.]</mark> <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kibble</ent><br/
<hw>Kib"ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A large iron bucket used in
Cornwall and Wales for raising ore out of mines.</def> <mark>[Prov.
Eng.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kibbal</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kibblings</ent><br/
<hw>Kib"blings</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Portions of
small fish used for bait on the banks of Newfoundland.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kibbutz</ent><br/
<hw>kib*butz"</hw> <pr>(k<icr/b*b<oocr/ts; k<icr/b*b<oomac/ts)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Kibbutzim</plw>.</plu>
<ety>[Modern Hebrew <ets>kibbutz</ets> gathering.]</ety> <def>an Israeli
communal{2} form of agricultural settlement. Originally it was
predominantly agricultural and practiced a very high level of sharing,
including collective rearing of children. More recently (by 1998)
industries have taken over a significant role in the Kibbutz economy,
and the level of sharing has dropped significantly.</def> <note>Of
several Modern Hebrew words designating unique Israeli forms of
agricultural settlement, only the word <ex>Kibbutz</ex> found its way
into English. This may reflect the fact that the Kibbutzim, and only
they, have long practiced hosting foreign volunteers from all over the
world: youngsters who work on the <ex>Kibbutz</ex> not for a salary but
for boarding and food. Many volunteers come from English speaking
countries, and probably via them the word <ex>Kibbutz</ex> entered
modern English dictionaries.</note><br/
[<source>RP</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kibbutznik</ent><br/
<hw>kib*butz"nik</hw> <pr>(k<icr/b*b<oocr/ts"n<icr/k;
k<icr/b*b<oomac/ts"n<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>kibbutz</ets>
+ <ets>-nik</ets>.]</ety> <def>a member of a kibbutz.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kibe</ent><br/
<hw>Kibe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[W. <ets>cib + gwst</ets>
pain, sickness.]</ety> <def>A chap or crack in the flesh occasioned by
cold; an ulcerated chilblain.</def> <ldquo/He galls his
<xex>kibe</xex>.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kibed</ent><br/
<hw>Kibed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Chapped; cracked with
cold; affected with chilblains; <as>as, <ex>kibed</ex> heels</as>.</def>
<rj><au>Beau. & Fl.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kibitka</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ki*bit"ka</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it>
<plw>Kibitkas</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Russ.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>A tent used by the Kirghiz Tartars.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A rude kind of Russian vehicle, on wheels or on
runners, sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often used as a
movable habitation.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiblah</ent><br/
<hw>Kib"lah</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Keblah</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kibosh</ent><br/
<hw>Ki"bosh</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Nonsense;
stuff; also, fashion; style.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Portland cement when thrown or blown into the
recesses of carved stonework to intensify the shadows.</def></p>

<p><cs><col><b>To put the kibosh on</b></col>, <cd>to dispose of; to
squelch; to terminate; put an end to; to do for.</cd>
<mark>[Slang]</mark></cs><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiby</ent><br/
<hw>Kib"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Affected with
kibes.</def> <rj><au>Skelton.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kichil</ent><br/
<hw>Kich"il</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<def>See <er>Kechil</er>.</def> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kick</ent><br/
<hw>Kick</hw> <pr>(k<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &
p. p.</pos> <conjf>Kicked</conjf> <pr>(k<icr/kt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> <conjf>Kicking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[W. <ets>cicio</ets>,
fr. <ets>cic</ets> foot.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To strike, thrust, or
hit violently with the foot; <as>as, a horse <ex>kicks</ex> a groom; a
man <ex>kicks</ex> a dog.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>He [Frederick the Great] <qex>kicked</qex> the shins of his
judges.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To evict or remove from a place or position, usually
with <ptcl>out</ptcl> or <ptcl>off</ptcl>; <as>as, they <ex>kicked</ex>
him off the staff; he was <ex>kicked</ex> out of the restaurant; the
landlord <ex>kicked</ex> them out of the apartment for making too much
noise</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Sport)</fld> <def>To score (goals or points) by
kicking; <as>as, they <ex>kicked</ex> three field goals in the
game</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To discontinue; -- usually used of habitual
activities; <as>as, to <ex>kick</ex> a habit; he <ex>kicked</ex> his
drug habit</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>To kick the beam</b></col>, <cd>to fit up and strike the
beam; -- said of the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found
wanting in weight.</cd> <au>Milton.</au> -- <col><b>To kick the
bucket</b></col>, <cd>to lose one's life; to die.</cd> <mark>[Colloq. &
Low]</mark> -- <col><b>To kick oneself</b></col>, <cd>to experience
strong regret; <as>as, he <ex>kicked himself</ex> for not investing in
the stock market in 1995</as>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kick</ent><br/
<hw>Kick</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def> <specif>Hence,</specif>
<mark>(figuratively)</mark>: <def>To show ugly resistance, opposition,
or hostility; to spurn.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>I should <qex>kick</qex>, being kicked.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc.; also
called <altname>kick back</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Football)</fld> <def>To make a kick as an offensive
play.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To complain strenuously; to object
vigorously.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To resist.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kick</ent><br/
<hw>Kick</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A blow with the foot or
feet; a striking or thrust with the foot.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A <qex>kick</qex>, that scarce would move a horse,<br/
May kill a sound divine.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket
knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring.
See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Pocketknife</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Brickmaking)</fld> <def>A projection in a mold, to
form a depression in the surface of the brick.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when
discharged.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A surge of pleasure; a thrill; -- usually used in
the phrase <ecol><b>get a kick out of</b></ecol>; <as>as, I always get a
<ex>kick</ex> out of watching an ice skater do a quadruple
jump</as>.</def> <mark>[informal]</mark> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> bang{3}.</syn><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kickable</ent><br/
<hw>Kick"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable or
deserving of being kicked.</def> <ldquo/A <xex>kickable</xex>
boy.<rdquo/ <rj><au>G. Eliot.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kickapoos</ent><br/
<hw>Kick`a*poos"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos>; <sing>sing.
<singw>Kickapoo</singw> <pr>(<?/)</pr></sing>. <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld>
<def>A tribe of Indians which formerly occupied the region of Northern
Illinois, allied in language to the Sacs and Foxes.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kickback</ent><br/
<hw>kick"back`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>recoil,
of a gun or machine, as in older automobile engines when started by
turning a crank.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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;</def>
<specif>specifically,</specif> <def>any portion of a gain made by the
seller in a commercial transaction which is returned surreptitiously and
illegally to a person (such as a purchasing agent) who authorized or
recommended the purchase. It is generally considered a form of
<isa>bribe</isa>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kick back</ent><br/
<hw>kick` back"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To recoil; --
of guns and machines.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kick back</ent><br/
<hw>kick` back"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To pay (a
kickback); <as>as, they <ex>kicked back</ex> five percent of the sales
price</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kicker</ent><br/
<hw>Kick"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which,
kicks.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A fact, condition, or circumstance, sometimes
concealed or not obvious, which reduces or eliminates the benefit of an
apparently advantageous situation; a joker{5}; <as>as, under the Soviet
system, bread was good and cheap, but the <ex>kicker</ex> was that you
waited in line for hours to get any, if it was available</as>.</def>
<mark>[informal]</mark> <br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>An unforeseen added expense
or additional cost; <as>as, the printer was cheap, but the special paper
it needed was an expensive <ex>kicker</ex></as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kicking</ent><br/
<hw>kicking</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of delivering a blow with
the foot.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> kick, boot.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>alive and kicking</b></col> <cd>alive and vigorously
active.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kickoff</ent><br/
<hw>kickoff</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Football)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A
kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume
it after a score.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>the time at which an event or activity
begins.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> beginning, commencement, first, outset, start,
starting time, offset.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kick off</ent><br/
<hw>kick` off"</hw> <pos>v. i.</pos> <fld>(Football)</fld> <def>To kick
the football from the center of the field to start a football game or to
resume it after a score; <as>as, they <ex>kicked off</ex> at two
o'clock</as>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kick off</ent><br/
<hw>kick` off"</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>to begin; to commence; <as>as,
they <ex>kicked off</ex> the rally with a playing of the national
anthem</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> begin, commence, start.</syn><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kickshaw</ent><br/
<hw>Kick"shaw`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Kickshaws</er>, the correct singular.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kickshaws</ent><br/
<hw>Kick"shaws`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>;
<plu><it>pl.</it></plu> <plw>Kickshawses</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>
<ety>[Corrupt. fr. F. <ets>quelque chose</ets> something, fr. L.
<ets>qualis</ets> of what kind (akin to E. <ets>which</ets>) +
<ets>suffix</ets> <ets>-guam</ets> + <ets>causa</ets> cause, in LL., a
thing. See <er>Which</er>, and <er>Cause</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a
toy.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Art thou good at these <qex>kickshawses</qex>!</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A fancy dish; a tidbit; a delicacy.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Some pigeons, . . . a joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny
<qex>kickshaws</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Cressy was lost by <qex>kickshaws</qex> and soup-maigre.</q>
<rj><qau>Fenton.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kickshoe</ent><br/
<hw>Kick"shoe`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kickshaws.</def>
<rj><au>Milton.</au></rj></p>

<p><ent>Kicky-wisky</ent><br/
<ent>Kicksy-wicksy</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kick"sy-wick`sy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Kick"y-wisk`y</hw>
<pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which is restless and
uneasy.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ <xex>Kicky-wicky</xex>, or, in some editions,
<xex>Kicksy-wicksy</xex>, is applied contemptuously to a wife by
Shakespeare, in <ldquo/All's Well that Ends Well,<rdquo/ ii. 3,
297.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kicksy-wicksy</ent><br/
<hw>Kick"sy-wick`sy</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fantastic; restless;
<as>as, <ex>kicksy-wicksy</ex> flames</as>.</def>
<rj><au>Nares.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kickup</ent><br/
<hw>Kick"up</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The
water thrush or accentor.</def> <mark>[Local, West Indies]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kid</ent><br/
<hw>Kid</hw> <pr>(k<icr/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Of Scand. origin;
cf. Icel. <ets>ki<edh/</ets>, Dan. & Sw. <ets>kid</ets>; akin to OHG.
<ets>kizzi</ets>, G. <ets>kitz</ets>, <ets>kitz</ets>chen,
<ets>kitz</ets>lein.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A young
goat.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The . . . leopard shall lie down with the <qex>kid</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Is. xi. 6.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A young child or infant; hence, a simple person,
easily imposed on.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark> <rj><au>Charles
Reade.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A kind of leather made of the skin of the young
goat, or of the skin of rats, etc.; kidskin.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Gloves made of kidskin; kid
gloves.</def> <mark>[Colloq. & Low]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors
to one in which they receive their food.</def>
<rj><au>Cooper.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Among pugilists, thieves, gunfighters, etc., a
youthful expert; -- chiefly used attributively; <as>as, <ex>kid</ex>
Jones</as>.</def> <mark>[Cant]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kid</ent><br/
<hw>Kid</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Kidded</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Kidding</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To bring forth a young
goat.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kid</ent><br/
<hw>Kid</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made of kidskin; <as>as, <ex>kid</ex>
gloves.</as></def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kid</ent><br/
<hw>Kid</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To talk with in a joking
or jesting manner; <as>as, she <ex>kidded</ex> him about his
freckles</as>. Often used with <ptcl>around</ptcl>; <as>as, he was just
<ex>kidding</ex> around about the fire</as> </def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To jokingly tell a false story to; to fool; <as>as,
John told Pete that he had talked to the movie star, but he was only
<ex>kidding</ex> him.</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kid</ent><br/
<hw>Kid</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To tell a false story, as a jest;
<as>as, he was <ex>kidding</ex> about being a pilot</as>.</def>
<ldquo/Are you <xex>kidding</xex>?<rdquo/<br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kid</ent><br/
<hw>Kid</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. W. <ets>cidysen</ets>.]</ety>
<def>A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.</def> <mark>[Prov.
Eng.]</mark> <rj><au>Wright.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kid</ent><br/
<hw>Kid</hw>, <pos>p. p.</pos> <def>of <er>Kythe</er>.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Gower.</au> <au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kid</ent><br/
<hw>Kid</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See <er>Kiddy</er>, <pos>v.
t.</pos></def> <mark>[Slang]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kidde</ent><br/
<hw>Kid"de</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <def><pos>imp.</pos> of
<er>Kythe</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kidderminster</ent><br/
<hw>Kid"der*min`ster</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of
ingrain carpeting, named from the English town where formerly most of it
was manufactured.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiddier</ent><br/
<hw>Kid"di*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OSw.
<ets>kyta</ets> to truck.]</ety> <def>A huckster; a cadger.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiddle</ent><br/
<hw>Kid"dle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. LL.
<ets>kidellus</ets>, Armor. <ets>ki<amac/el</ets>]</ety> <def>A kind of
basketwork weir in a river, for catching fish.</def> <altsp>[Improperly
spelled <asp>kittle</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiddow</ent><br/
<hw>Kid"dow</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The
guillemot.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kiddaw</asp>.]</altsp>
<mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiddy</ent><br/
<hw>Kid"dy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To deceive; to
outwit; to hoax.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>
<rj><au>Dickens.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiddy</ent><br/
<hw>Kid"dy</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A young fellow; formerly, a low
thief.</def> <mark>[Slang, Eng.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiddyish</ent><br/
<hw>Kid"dy*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Frolicsome; sportive.</def>
<mark>[Slang]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kid fox</ent><br/
<hw>Kid" fox`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A
young fox.</def> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kidling</ent><br/
<hw>Kid"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Kid</ets> +
<ets>-ling</ets>: cf. Sw. <ets>kidling</ets>.]</ety> <def>A young
kid.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kidnap</ent><br/
<hw>Kid"nap`</hw> <pr>(k<icr/d"n<acr/p`)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos>
<vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Kidnaped</conjf>
<pr>(k<icr/d"n<acr/pt`)</pr> or <conjf>Kidnapped</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &
vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Kidnaping</conjf> or
<conjf>Kidnapping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[<ets>Kid</ets> a child +
Prov. E. <ets>nap</ets> to seize, to grasp. Cf. <er>Knab</er>,
<er>Knap</er>, <er>Nab</er>.]</ety> <def>To take (any one) by force or
fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another
place.</def> <rj><au>Abbott.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>You may reason or expostulate with the parents, but never attempt
to <qex>kidnap</qex> their children, and to make proselytes of them.</q>
<rj><qau>Whately.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ Originally used only of stealing children, but now
extended in application to any human being, involuntarily
abducted.</note></p>

<p><ent>Kidnapper</ent><br/
<ent>Kidnaper</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kid"nap`er</hw> <pr>(k<icr/d"n<acr/p`<etil/r)</pr>,
<it>or</it> <hw>Kid"nap`per</hw> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who
steals or forcibly carries away a human being; a manstealer.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kidnapping</ent><br/
<hw>kidnapping</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the unlawful act of capturing and
carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false
imprisonment.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kidney</ent><br/
<hw>Kid"ney</hw> <pr>(k<icr/d"n<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>;
<plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Kidneys</plw> <pr>(k<icr/d"n<icr/z)</pr>.</plu>
<ety>[OE. <ets>kidnei</ets>, <ets>kidnere</ets>, from Icel.
<ets>koi<edh/r</ets> belly, womb (akin to Goth. <ets>gipus</ets>, AS.
<ets>cwi<thorn/</ets> womb) + OE. <ets>nere</ets> kidney; akin to D.
<ets>nier</ets>, G. <ets>niere</ets>, OHG. <ets>nioro</ets>, Icel.
<ets>n<ymac/ra</ets>, Dan. <ets>nyre</ets>, Sw. <ets>njure</ets>, and
probably to Gr. <grk>nefro`s</grk> Cf. <er>Kite</er> belly.]</ety><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><-- p. 813 --></p>

<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A glandular organ which excretes
urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary
gland.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ In man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one
on 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.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Habit; disposition; sort; kind; <as>as, a man of a
different <ex>kidney</ex></as>.</def> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><q>There are in later times other decrees, made by popes of another
<qex>kidney</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Barrow.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Millions in the world of this man's <qex>kidney</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that
<qex>kidney</qex>, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on
prudence.</q> <rj><qau>Burns.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ This use of the word perhaps arose from the fact that
the <xex>kidneys</xex> and the fat about them are an easy test of the
condition of an animal as to fatness. <ldquo/Think of that, -- a man of
my <xex>kidney</xex>; -- . . . as subject to heat as
butter.<rdquo/</note> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A waiter.</def> <mark>[Old Cant]</mark>
<rj><au>Tatler.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Floating kidney</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Wandering
kidney</cref>, under <er>Wandering</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Kidney
bean</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a sort of bean; -- so named from
its shape. It is of the genus <gen>Phaseolus</gen> (<spn>Phaseolus
vulgaris</spn>). See under <er>Bean</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Kidney
ore</b></col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>a variety of hematite or iron
sesquioxide, occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses.</cd> --
<col><b>Kidney stone</b></col>. <fld>(Min.)</fld> <cd>See
<er>Nephrite</er>, and <er>Jade</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Kidney
vetch</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a leguminous herb of Europe and
Asia (<spn>Anthyllis vulneraria</spn>), 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.</cd></cs></p>

<p><ent>Kidney-shaped</ent><br/
<ent>Kidney-form</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kid"ney-form`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Kid"ney-shaped`</hw>
<pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the form or shape of a
kidney; reniform; <as>as, a <ex>kidney-shaped</ex> leaf; a
<ex>kidney-shaped</ex> swimming pool</as>.</def>
<rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kidneywort</ent><br/
<hw>Kid"ney*wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>A kind of saxifrage <spn>(Saxifrage
stellaris)</spn>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The navelwort.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kidskin</ent><br/
<hw>kidskin</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A soft smooth leather from the hide
of a young goat; kid{3}.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> kid.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kie</ent><br/
<hw>Kie</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Cf.
<er>Kee</er>.]</ety> <def>Kine; cows.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>
<rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiefekil</ent><br/
<hw>Kie"fe*kil</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Per.
<ets>keff</ets> foam, scum + <ets>gil</ets> clay, mud.]</ety>
<fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A species of clay; meerschaum.</def> <altsp>[Also
written <asp>keffekil</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kier</ent><br/
<hw>Kier</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>ker</ets> a
tub.]</ety> <fld>(Bleaching)</fld> <def>A large tub or vat in which
goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; --
also called <altname>keeve</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kieselguhr</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kie"sel*guhr`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G., fr.
<ets>kiesel</ets> flint + <ets>guhr</ets> an earthy deposit or sediment
in water.]</ety> <def>Siliceous earth; diatomaceous earth; specifically,
porous infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the
manufacture of dynamite.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kieserite</ent><br/
<hw>Kie"ser*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Named after
<person>Prof. <etsep>Kieser</etsep></person>, of Jena.]</ety>
<fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt
mines of Stassfurt, Prussian Saxony.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kieve</ent><br/
<hw>Kieve</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Keeve</er>,
<pos>n.</pos></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiggelaria</ent><br/
<hw>Kiggelaria</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small genus of South African
shrubs or small trees.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Kiggelaria</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kike</ent><br/
<hw>Kike</hw> <pr>(k<imac/k)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. D.
<ets>kijken</ets>, Sw. <ets>kika</ets>.]</ety> <def>To gaze; to
stare.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kike</ent><br/
<hw>Kike</hw> <pr>(k<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <def>To
kick.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj></p>

<p><ent>kike</ent><br/
<hw>kike</hw> <pr>(k<imac/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A derogatory name
for a <sig>jew</sig>, usually intended and taken as disparaging and
offensive.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kildeer</ent><br/
<hw>kildeer</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>killdeer</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> killdeer, killdeer plover, Charadrius
vociferus.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilderkin</ent><br/
<hw>Kil"der*kin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OD.
<ets>kindeken</ets>, <ets>kinneken</ets>, a small barrel, orig., a
little child, fr. <ets>kind</ets> child; akin to G. <ets>kind</ets>, and
to E. <ets>kin</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small barrel; an old liquid measure
containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons,
United States measure.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>kinderkin</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilerg</ent><br/
<hw>Kil"erg`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Kilo-</ets> +
<ets>erg</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>A unit of work equal to
one thousand ergs.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kiley</ent><br/
<hw>kiley</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An Australian boomerang, having one
side flat and the other convex.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> kylie.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilkenny cats</ent><br/
<hw>Kil*ken"ny cats</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Two cats
fabled, in an Irish story, to have fought till nothing was left but
their tails. It is probably a parable of a local contest between
Kilkenny and Irishtown, which impoverished both towns.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kill</ent><br/
<hw>Kill</hw> <pr>(k<icr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kiln.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kill</ent><br/
<hw>Kill</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>kil</ets>.]</ety> <def>A
channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; <as>as, the channel
between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the <ex>Kill</ex> van Kull, or
the <ex>Kills</ex></as>; -- used also in composition; <as>as,
Schuyl<ex>kill</ex>, Cats<ex>kill</ex>, etc.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kill</ent><br/
<hw>Kill</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Killed</conjf> <pr>(k<icr/ld)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Killing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>killen</ets>,
<ets>kellen</ets>, <ets>cullen</ets>, to kill, strike; perh. the same
word as <ets>cwellen</ets>, <ets>quellen</ets>, to kill (cf.
<er>Quell</er>), or perh. rather akin to Icel. <ets>kolla</ets> to hit
in the head, harm, <ets>kollr</ets> top, summit, head, Sw.
<ets>kulle</ets>, D. <ets>kollen</ets> to kill with the ax.]</ety>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner
or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to
slay.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Ah, <qex>kill</qex> me with thy weapon, not with words !</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To destroy; to ruin; <as>as, to <ex>kill</ex> one's
chances; to <ex>kill</ex> the sale of a book.</as></def> <ldquo/To
<xex>kill</xex> thine honor.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Her lively color <qex>kill'd</qex> with deadly cares.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still;
<as>as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain <ex>kills</ex> the wind;
new sound insultation <ex>killed</ex> the loud noises from
outside</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><q>Be comforted, good madam; the great rage,<br/
You see, is <qex>killed</qex> in him.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to
neutralize; <as>as, alkali <ex>kills</ex> acid</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To waste or spend unprofitably; -- usually used of
time; <as>as, he <ex>killed</ex> an hour waiting for the doctor to see
him</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To cancel or forbid publication of (a report,
article, etc.), after it has been written; <as>as, they <ex>killed</ex>
the article after getting threats of a lawsuit</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>To kill time</b></col>, <cd>to busy one's self with
something which occupies the attention, or makes the time pass without
tediousness.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To murder; assassinate; slay; butcher; destroy.
-- To <er>Kill</er>, <er>Murder</er>, <er>Assassinate</er>. To
<xex>kill</xex> does not necessarily mean any more than to deprive of
life. A man may <xex>kill</xex> another by accident or in self-defense,
without the imputation of guilt. To <xex>murder</xex> is to kill with
malicious forethought and intention. To <xex>assassinate</xex> is to
<xex>murder</xex> suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may
<xex>kill</xex> without <xex>murdering</xex>; the duelist
<xex>murders</xex>, but does not <xex>assassinate</xex> his antagonist;
the assassin <xex>kills</xex> and <xex>murders</xex>.</syn></p>

<p><ent>Kill</ent><br/
<hw>Kill</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of
killing.</def></p>

<p><q><ldquo/There is none like to me!<rdquo/ says the cub in the pride
of his earliest <qex>kill</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Kipling.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of
prey.</def></p>

<p><q>If ye plunder his <qex>kill</qex> from a weaker, devour not all in
thy pride.</q> <rj><qau>Kipling.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>killable</ent><br/
<hw>killable</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>fit to kill, especially for
food.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Killdeer</ent><br/
<ent>Killdee</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kill"dee`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Kill"deer`</hw>
<pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So named from its
notes.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A small American plover
(<spn>Charadrius vociferus</spn>, formerly <spn>Aegialitis
vocifera</spn>) of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry.
The adult has two black bands around the neck and upper breast, but the
young chick has only the breast band. It ranges from Canada to Mexico
and the West Indies.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> kildeer, killdeer plover, <spn>Charadrius
vociferus</spn>.</syn><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> + <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ It is dark grayish 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.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Killer</ent><br/
<hw>Kill"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who
deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A voracious, toothed whale of the
genus <gen>Orca</gen>, of which several species are known; called also
<altname>killer whale</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The <xex>killers</xex> 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
(<spn>Orca gladiator</spn>), is found both on the European and the
American coast. Two species (<spn>Orca ater</spn> and <spn>Orca
rectipinna</spn>) occur on the Pacific coast.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Killer whale</ent><br/
<hw>Kill"er whale`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>see
<er>killer{2}</er>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Killesse</ent><br/
<hw>Kil*lesse"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf.
<er>Coulisse</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A gutter,
groove, or channel.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A hipped roof.</def>
<mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <rj><au>Parker.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Killifish</ent><br/
<hw>Kil"li*fish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus
<gen>Fundulus</gen> 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 <altname>minnow</altname>, and
<altname>brook fish</altname>. See <er>Minnow</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Killigrew</ent><br/
<hw>Kil"li*grew</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>The Cornish chough. See under <er>Chough</er>.</def> <mark>[Prov.
Eng. & Scot.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Killikinick</ent><br/
<hw>Kil`li*ki*nick"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Kinnikinic</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Killing</ent><br/
<hw>Kill"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Literally, that
kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense, conquering;
captivating; irresistible.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Kill"ing*ly</wf>,
<pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Those eyes are made so <qex>killing</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Nothing could be more <qex>killingly</qex> spoken.</q>
<rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>killing</ent><br/
<hw>kill"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act
or process of causing a living organism to die.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An unusually large gain in a financial or business
transaction or enterprise; <as>as, she made a <ex>killing</ex> trading
cattle futures</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kill-joy</ent><br/
<hw>Kill"-joy`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who causes
gloom or grief; a dispiriting person; a spoilsport.</def> <rj><au>W.
Black.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Killock</ent><br/
<hw>Kil"lock</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Scot.
<ets>killick</ets> <ldquo/the flue [fluke] of an anchor.<rdquo/
<au>Jamieson.</au>]</ety> <def>A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor
formed by a stone inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together.</def>
<altsp>[Written also <asp>killick</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Killow</ent><br/
<hw>Kil"low</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prov. E.
<ets>kollow</ets> the smut or grime on the backs of chimneys.]</ety>
<def>An earth of a blackish or deep blue color.</def>
<rj><au>Woodward.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiln</ent><br/
<hw>Kiln</hw> <pr>(k<icr/ln <it>or</it> k<icr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<ety>[OE. <ets>kilne</ets>, <ets>kulne</ets>, AS. <ets>cyln</ets>,
<ets>cylen</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>kylna</ets>; prob. from the same
source as <ets>coal</ets>. See <er>Coal</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, a
<ex>kiln</ex> for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a <ex>kiln</ex>
for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a <ex>kiln</ex> for calcining
limestone.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiln-dry</ent><br/
<hw>Kiln"-dry`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To dry in a
kiln; <as>as, to <ex>kiln-dry</ex> meal or grain</as>.</def>
<rj><au>Mortimer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilnhole</ent><br/
<hw>Kiln"hole`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The mouth or
opening of an oven or kiln.</def> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilo</ent><br/
<hw>Ki"lo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it>
<plw>Kilos</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>An
abbreviation of <er>Kilogram</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilo-</ent><br/
<hw>Kil"o-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>pref.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>kilo-</ets>.
See <er>Kilogram</er>.]</ety> <def>A combining form used to signify
<sig>thousand</sig> in forming the names of units of measurement;
<as>as, <ex>kilo</ex>gram, <ex>kilo</ex>meter, <ex>kilo</ex>watt,
etc.</as></def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilogramme</ent><br/
<ent>Kilogram</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kil"o*gram</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Kil"o*gramme</hw> }</mhw>,
<pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>kilogramme</ets>; pref. <ets>kilo-</ets>
(fr. Gr. <grk>chi`lioi</grk> a thousand ) + <ets>gramme.</ets> See 3d
<er>Gram</er>.]</ety> <def>A measure of mass and weight, being a
thousand grams, equal to 2.2046226 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34
grains). It is nearly equal to the mass of a cubic decimeter of
distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39<deg/
Fahrenheit. See 3rd <er>gram</er>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilogrammetre</ent><br/
<ent>Kilogrammeter</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kil"o*gram*me`ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>,
<hw>Kil"o*gram*me`tre</hw> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>
<def>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.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilolitre</ent><br/
<ent>Kiloliter</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kil"o*li`ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Kil"o*li`tre</hw>
}</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>kilolitre</ets>. See
<er>Kilogram</er>, and <er>Liter</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilometre</ent><br/
<ent>Kilometer</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kil"o*me`ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Kil"o*me`tre</hw>
}</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>kilometre</ets>. See
<er>Kilogram</er>, and <er>Meter</er>.]</ety> <def>A measure of length,
being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.84 feet, or 0.62137119 of
a mile.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilostere</ent><br/
<hw>Kil"o*stere`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.
<ets>kilostere</ets>. See <er>Kilogram</er>, and <er>Stere</er>.]</ety>
<def>A cubic measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent to
35,315 cubic feet.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilovolt</ent><br/
<hw>Kil"o*volt`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Kilo-</ets>
+ <ets>volt</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A unit of
electromotive force equal to one thousand volts.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilowatt</ent><br/
<hw>Kil"o*watt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See
<er>Kilogram</er> and <er>Watt</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>One
thousand watts.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilowatt hour</ent><br/
<hw>Kil"o*watt` hour</hw>. <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A unit of work or
energy equal to that done by one kilowatt acting for one hour; --
approximately equal to 1.34 horse-power hour.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilt</ent><br/
<hw>Kilt</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <def><pos>p. p.</pos> from
<er>Kill</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilt</ent><br/
<hw>Kilt</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OGael. <ets>cealt</ets> clothes, or
rather perh. fr. Dan. <ets>kilte op</ets> to truss, tie up, tuck
up.]</ety> <def>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.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>kelt</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilt</ent><br/
<hw>Kilt</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Kilted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Kilting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To tuck up; to truss up, as the
clothes.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark> <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilted</ent><br/
<hw>Kilt"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having on a
kilt.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Plaited after the manner of kilting.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Tucked or fastened up; -- said of petticoats,
etc.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kilter</ent><br/
<hw>kil"ter</hw> <pr>(k<icr/l"t<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf.
Gael. & Ir. <ets>cealt</ets> clothes, Gael. <ets>cealltair</ets> spear,
castle, cause, Prov. E. <ets>kilter</ets> tool, instrument. Cf.
<er>Kilt</er>.]</ety> <def>Regular order or proper condition. Same as
<er>kelter</er>, but <er>kilter</er> is the more common spelling in the
U. S. Used chiefly in the phrase <ecol><b>out of kilter</b></ecol>,
meaning out of order or irregular in some manner.</def> <altsp>[Also
spelled <asp>kelter</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kilting</ent><br/
<hw>Kilt"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Dressmaking)</fld>
<def>A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait
being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding
one.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kimbo</ent><br/
<hw>Kim"bo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf.
<er>Akimbo</er>.]</ety> <def>Crooked; arched; bent.</def>
<altsp>[Written also <asp>kimbow</asp>.]</altsp>
<rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kimmerian</ent><br/
<hw>Kim*me"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See
<er>Cimmerian</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kimnel</ent><br/
<hw>Kim"nel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tub. See
<er>Kemelin</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>She knew not what a <qex>kimnel</qex> was</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &
Fl.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kimono</ent><br/
<hw>ki*mo"no</hw> <pr>(k<icr/*m<omac/"n<omac/; Jap.
k<icr/m"<omac/*n<omac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu>pl. <plw>-nos</plw>
<pr>(k<icr/*m<omac/"n<omac/z)</pr></plu>. <ety>[Jap., <tr>article of
clothing</tr>, fr. <ets>ki</ets> to wear + <ets>mono</ets> thing.]</ety>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A kind of loose robe or gown tied with a sash, worn as
a traditional outer garment by Japanese women and men. Women may wear it
with a broad sash called an <er>obi</er>, having a large bow in the
back. At present (1998), most Japanese wear it only at home or on
ceremonial occasions, western-style clothing being more common in the
workplace.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A similar gown worn as a dressing gown by women of
Western nations.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kimry</ent><br/
<hw>Kim"ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Cymry</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>-kin</ent><br/
<hw>-kin</hw> <pr>(-k<icr/n)</pr> <pos>suff.</pos> <ety>[Of Low German
origin; cf. G. <ets>-chen</ets>, LG. -- <ets>ken</ets>.]</ety> <def>A
diminutive suffix; <as>as, mani<ex>kin</ex>;
lamb<ex>kin</ex></as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kin</ent><br/
<hw>Kin</hw> <pr>(k<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A
primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to
twenty-five silken strings.</def> <rj><au>Riemann.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kin</ent><br/
<hw>Kin</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>kin</ets>, <ets>cun</ets>,
AS. <ets>cynn</ets> kin, kind, race, people; akin to <ets>cennan</ets>
to beget, D. <ets>kunne</ets> sex, OS. & OHG. <ets>kunni</ets> kin,
race, Icel. <ets>kyn</ets>, Goth. <ets>kuni</ets>, G. & D.
<ets>kind</ets> a child, L. <ets>genus</ets> kind, race, L.
<ets>gignere</ets> to beget, Gr. <grk>gi`gnesqai</grk> to be born, Skr.
<ets>jan</ets> to beget. <root/44. Cf. <er>Kind</er>, <er>King</er>,
<er>Gender</er> kind, <er>Nation</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or
marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having
common descent.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Relatives; persons of the same family or
race.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The father, mother, and the <qex>kin</qex> beside.</q>
<rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>You are of <qex>kin</qex>, and so a friend to their persons.</q>
<rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kine</ent><br/
<ent>Kin</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kin</hw> <pr>(k<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> Also <hw>Kine</hw>
<pr>(k<imac/n)</pr> }</mhw>. <ety>[Gr. <grk>kinei^n</grk> to
move.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The unit velocity in the C. G. S.
system -- a velocity of one centimeter per second.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kin</ent><br/
<hw>Kin</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of the same nature or kind;
kinder.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Kin</xex> to the king.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinaesodic</ent><br/
<hw>Kin`<ae/*sod"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>
<fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Kinesodic.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kinaesthesis</ent><br/
<ent>kinaesthesia</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>kin`aes*the"sia</hw>, <hw>kin`aes*the"sis</hw></mhw>
<pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>kinei^n</grk> to
move + <?/ perception.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The perception
attendant upon the movements of the muscles; the sensation accompanying
movement of the muscles.</def> <altsp>[Also spelled
<asp>kin`es*the"sia</asp> and <asp>kin`es*the"sis</asp>.]</altsp>
<rj><au>Bastian.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinesthetic</ent><br/
<ent>Kinaesthetic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kin`<ae/s*thet"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Kin`es*thet"ic</hw>
}</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or involving,
kinaesthesia.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kinase</ent><br/
<hw>ki"nase</hw> <pr>(k<imac/"n<amac/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<fld>(Biochemistry)</fld> <def>One of a class of enzymes that catalyze
transfer of a phosphate group from ATP to another molecule; it is a type
of <isa>phosphorylase</isa>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinate</ent><br/
<hw>Ki"nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F.
<ets>kinate</ets>. ]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See
<er>Quinate</er>.</def> <mark>[Obsolescent]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinchinjunga</ent><br/
<hw>Kinchinjunga</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>same as
<er>Kanchenjunga</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanga.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kincob</ent><br/
<hw>Kin"cob</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>India silk brocaded
with flowers in silver or gold.</def> -- <def2><pos>a.</pos> <def>Of the
nature of kincob; brocaded.</def> <au>Thackeray.</au></def2><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kind</ent><br/
<hw>Kind</hw> <pr>(k<imac/nd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>
<amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Kinder</adjf>
<pr>(k<imac/nd"<etil/r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos>
<adjf>Kindest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>cynde</ets>,
<ets>gecynde</ets>, natural, innate, prop. an old p. p. from the root of
E. <ets>kin</ets>. See <er>Kin</er> kindred.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural;
native.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>It becometh sweeter than it should be, and loseth the
<qex>kind</qex> taste.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having feelings befitting our common nature;
congenial; sympathetic; <as>as, a <ex>kind</ex> man; a <ex>kind</ex>
heart.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Yet was he <qex>kind</qex>, or if severe in aught,<br/
The love he bore to learning was his fault.</q>
<rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good
and confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining; benevolent;
benignant; gracious.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>He is <qex>kind</qex> unto the unthankful and to evil.</q>
<rj><qau>Luke vi 35.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>O cruel Death, to those you take more <qex>kind</qex><br/
Than to the wretched mortals left behind.</q>
<rj><qau>Waller.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A fellow feeling makes one wondrous <qex>kind</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Garrick.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness,
gentleness, or benevolence; <as>as, a <ex>kind</ex> act</as>.</def>
<ldquo/Manners so <xex>kind</xex>, yet stately.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Gentle; tractable; easily governed; <as>as, a horse
<ex>kind</ex> in harness</as>.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Benevolent; benign; beneficent; bounteous;
gracious; propitious; generous; forbearing; indulgent; tender; humane;
compassionate; good; lenient; clement; mild; gentle; bland; obliging;
friendly; amicable. See <er>Obliging</er>.</syn><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kind</ent><br/
<hw>Kind</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>kinde</ets>,
<ets>cunde</ets>, AS. <ets>cynd</ets>. See <er>Kind</er>,
<pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Nature; natural instinct or
disposition.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>He knew by <qex>kind</qex> and by no other lore.</q>
<rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Some of you, on pure instinct of nature,<br/
Are led by <qex>kind t'</qex>admire your fellow-creature.</q>
<rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Race; genus; species; generic class; <as>as, in
man<ex>kind</ex> or human<ex>kind</ex></as>.</def> <ldquo/Come of so low
a <xex>kind</xex>.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Every <qex>kind</qex> of beasts, and of birds.</q> <rj><qau>James
iii.7.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>She follows the law of her <qex>kind</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Here to sow the seed of bread,<br/
That man and all the <qex>kinds</qex> be fed.</q>
<rj><qau>Emerson.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Sort; type; class; nature; style; character;
fashion; manner; variety; description; <as>as, there are several
<ex>kinds</ex> of eloquence, of style, and of music; many <ex>kinds</ex>
of government; various <ex>kinds</ex> of soil, etc.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>How diversely Love doth his pageants play,<br/
And snows his power in variable <qex>kinds</qex> !</q>
<rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>There is one <qex>kind</qex> of flesh of men, another flesh of
beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.</q> <rj><qau>I Cor. xv.
39.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Diogenes was asked in a <qex>kind</qex> of scorn: What was the
matter that philosophers haunted rich men, and not rich men
philosophers?</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>A kind of</b></col>, <cd>something belonging to the class
of; something like to; -- said loosely or slightingly.</cd> <col><b>In
kind</b></col>, <cd>in the produce or designated commodity itself, as
distinguished from its value in money.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Tax on tillage was often levied <qex>in kind</qex> upon corn.</q>
<rj><qau>Arbuthnot.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Sort; species; type; class; genus; nature; style;
character; breed; set.</syn><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kind</ent><br/
<hw>Kind</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Kin</er>.]</ety> <def>To
beget.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kindergarten</ent><br/
<hw>Kin"der*gar`ten</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G., lit.,
children's garden; <ets>kinder</ets> (pl. of <ets>kind</ets> child, akin
to E. <ets>kin</ets> kindred) + <ets>garten</ets> garden.]</ety>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A class within a primary school or a separate school
for young children, usually between the ages of four and six years,
designed to adapt children to the classroom environment before beginning
academic training, 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
<person>Friedrich Froebel</person>, a German educator, who introduced
this method of training, in rooms opening on a garden.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kindergartner</ent><br/
<hw>Kin"der*gart`ner</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who
teaches in a kindergarten.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kind-hearted</ent><br/
<hw>Kind"-heart`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having kindness
of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition; <as>as, a
<ex>kind-hearted</ex> landlord</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>To thy self at least <qex>kind-hearted</qex> prove.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kind-heartedness</ent><br/
<hw>Kind"-heart`ed*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of
being kind-hearted; benevolence.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kindle</ent><br/
<hw>Kin"dle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <ety>[OE.
<ets>kindlen</ets>, <ets>cundlen</ets>. See <er>Kind</er>.]</ety>
<def>To bring forth young.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The poor beast had but lately <qex>kindled</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kindle</ent><br/
<hw>Kin`dle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Kindled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Kindling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Icel.
<ets>kyndill</ets> candle, torch; prob. fr. L. <ets>candela</ets>; cf.
also Icel. <ets>kynda</ets> to kindle. Cf. <er>Candle</er>.]</ety>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite;
to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; <as>as, to
<ex>kindle</ex> a match, or shavings</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>His breath <qex>kindleth</qex> coals.</q> <rj><qau>Job xii.
21.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to
provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite;
<as>as, to <ex>kindle</ex> anger or wrath; to <ex>kindle</ex> the flame
of love, or love into a flame</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>So is a contentious man to <qex>kindle</qex> strife.</q>
<rj><qau>Prov. xxvi. 21.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Nothing remains but that I <qex>kindle</qex> the boy thither.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q><qex>Kindling</qex> her undazzled eyes at the full midday
beam.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Could swell the soul to rage, or <qex>kindle</qex> soft
desire.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Enkindle; light; ignite; inflame; provoke;
excite; arouse; stir up.</syn><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><-- p. 814 --></p>

<p><ent>Kindle</ent><br/
<hw>Kin"dle</hw> <pr>(k<icr/n"d'l)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a
flame.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned;
neither shall the flame <qex>kindle</qex> upon thee.</q> <rj><qau>Is.
xliii. 2.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <mark>(Fig.)</mark>: <def>To begin to be excited; to grow
warm or animated; to be roused or exasperated.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>On all occasions where forbearance might be called for, the Briton
<qex>kindles</qex>, and the Christian gives way.</q> <rj><qau>I.
Taylor.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kindler</ent><br/
<hw>Kin"dler</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that
which, kindles, stirs up, or sets on fire.</def>
<ldquo/<xex>Kindlers</xex> of riot.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Gay.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kindless</ent><br/
<hw>Kind"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of
kindness; unnatural.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<ldquo/<xex>Kindless</xex> villain.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kindliness</ent><br/
<hw>Kind"li*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Natural inclination; natural course.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being kindly; benignity;
benevolence; gentleness; tenderness; <as>as, <ex>kindliness</ex> of
disposition, of treatment, or of words</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>In kind a father, but not in <qex>kindliness</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Sackville.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Softness; mildness; propitiousness; <as>as,
<ex>kindliness</ex> of weather, or of a season</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Fruits and corn are much advanced by temper of the air and<br/
<qex>kindliness</qex> of seasons.</q> <rj><qau>Whitlock.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kindling</ent><br/
<hw>Kin"dling</hw> <pr>(k<icr/n"dl<icr/ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of causing to burn, or of exciting or inflaming
the passions.</def></p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Materials, easily lighted, for starting a fire, such
as small twigs or paper; -- also used in the <pluf>pl.</pluf>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kindly</ent><br/
<hw>Kind"ly</hw> <pr>(k<imac/nd"l<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>
<amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Kindlier</adjf>
<pr>(k<imac/nd"l<icr/*<etil/r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos>
<adjf>Kindliest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>cyndelic</ets>. See
<er>Kind</er>, <pos>n.</pos> ]</ety><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>According to the kind or nature; natural.</def>
<mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>kindly</qex> fruits of the earth.</q> <rj><qau>Book of
Com. Prayer.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>An herd of bulls whom <qex>kindly</qex> rage doth sting.</q>
<rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is <qex>kindly</qex>
for<br/
Him as the Son of Man to save the sons of men.</q> <rj><qau>L.
Andrews.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to
do good to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; <as>as, <ex>kindly</ex>
affections, words, acts, etc.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The shade by which my life was crossed, . . . <br/
Has made me <qex>kindly</qex> with my kind.</q>
<rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious;
beneficent.</def><br/
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<p><q>In soft silence shed the <qex>kindly</qex> shower.</q>
<rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Should e'er a <qex>kindlier</qex> time ensue.</q>
<rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ <ldquo/Nothing ethical was connoted in <xex>kindly</xex>
once: it was simply the adjective of <xex>kind</xex>. But it is God's
ordinance that <xex>kind</xex> should be <xex>kindly</xex>, in our
modern sense of the word as well; and thus the word has attained this
meaning.<rdquo/</note> <rj><au>Trench.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kindly</ent><br/
<hw>Kind"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Naturally;
fitly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Chaucer.</au><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Examine how <qex>kindly</qex> the Hebrew manners of speech mix and
incorporate with the English language</q>
<rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In a kind manner; congenially; with good will; with
a disposition to make others happy, or to oblige.</def><br/
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<p><q>Be <qex>kindly</qex> affectioned one to another, with brotherly
love.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. xii. 10. </qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kindness</ent><br/
<hw>Kind"ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Kind</er>.
<pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being
kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or
disposition beneficence.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>I do fear thy nature;<br/
It is too full o' the milk of human <qex>kindness</qex><br/
To catch the nearest way.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Unremembered acts<br/
Of <qex>kindness</qex> and of love.</q>
<rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A kind act; an act of good will; <as>as, to do a
great <ex>kindness</ex></as>.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Good will; benignity; grace; tenderness;
compassion; humanity; clemency; mildness; gentleness; goodness;
generosity; beneficence; favor.</syn><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kindred</ent><br/
<hw>Kin"dred</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE.
<ets>kinrede</ets>, <ets>kynrede</ets>, <ets>kunreden</ets> (with
excrescent <ets>d</ets>), fr. AS. <ets>cynn</ets> kin, race + the
termination <ets>-r<aemac/den</ets>, akin to AS. <ets>r<aemac/dan</ets>
to advise, G. <ets>rathen</ets>. Cf. <er>Hatred</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity;
kin.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Like her, of equal <qex>kindred</qex> to the throne.</q>
<rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the
former; relations; persons related to each other.</def><br/
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<p><q>I think there's no man is secure<br/
But the queen's <qex>kindred</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Kin; kinsfolk; relatives; kinsmen; relations;
relationship; affinity.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Kindred</ent><br/
<hw>Kin"dred</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Related; congenial; of the like
nature or properties; <as>as, <ex>kindred</ex> souls; <ex>kindred</ex>
skies; <ex>kindred</ex> propositions.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>True to the <qex>kindred</qex> points of heaven and home.</q>
<rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Kine</ent><br/
<hw>Kine</hw> <pr>(k<imac/n)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[For older
<ets>kyen</ets>, formed like <ets>oxen</ets>, fr. AS.
<ets>c<ymac/</ets>, itself pl. of <ets>c<umac/</ets> cow. See
<er>Cow</er>, and cf. <er>Kee</er>, <er>Kie</er>.]</ety>
<def>Cows.</def> <ldquo/A herd of fifty or sixty <xex>kine</xex>.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Milton.</au></rj></p>

<p><ent>Kinematical</ent><br/
<ent>Kinematic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kin`e*mat"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Kin`e*mat"ic*al</hw>
<pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to
kinematics.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kinematic curves</b></col>, <cd>curves produced by
machinery, or a combination of motions, as distinguished from
mathematical curves.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinematics</ent><br/
<hw>Kin`e*mat"ics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. (<?/),(<?/)
motion, fr. <grk>kinei^n</grk> to move.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld>
<def>The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or
apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of
motions.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ Kinematics forms properly an introduction to mechanics,
as involving the mathematical principles which are to be applied to its
data of forces.</note> <rj><au>Nichol.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinepox</ent><br/
<hw>Kine"pox`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld>
<def>See <er>Cowpox</er>.</def></p>

<p>Kin"e*scope <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Kinetoscope</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinesiatrics</ent><br/
<hw>Kin`e*si*at"rics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. (<?/)
motion (fr. <grk>kinei^n</grk> to move) + (<?/) pertaining to medicine,
fr. (<?/) a physician.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A mode of treating
disease by appropriate muscular movements; -- also termed
<altname>kinesitherapy</altname>, <altname>kinesipathy</altname>,
<altname>lingism</altname>, and the <altname>movement
cure</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinesipathy</ent><br/
<hw>Kin`e*sip"a*thy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/
motion + <grk>pa`qos</grk> suffering.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See
<er>Kinesiatrics</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinesitherapy</ent><br/
<hw>Kin`e*si*ther"a*py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/
motion + <?/ to heal.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See
<er>Kinesiatrics</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinesodic</ent><br/
<hw>Kin`e*sod"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ motion +
<?/ way: cf. F. <ets>kin<eacute/sodigue</ets>.]</ety>
<fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Conveying motion; <as>as, <ex>kinesodic</ex>
substance</as>; -- 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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kinetic</ent><br/
<hw>ki*net"ic</hw> <pr>(k<icr/*n<ecr/t"<icr/k <or/
k<isl/*n<ecr/t"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr.
<grk>kinhtiko`s</grk>, from <grk>kinei^n</grk> to move.]</ety>
<fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Moving or causing motion; motory; active, as
opposed to latent.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kinetic energy</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Energy</er>,
<pos>n.</pos> 4.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kinesthetic</ent><br/
<ent>kinesthesis</ent><br/
<ent>kinesthesia</ent><br/
<hw>kin`es*the"sia</hw>, <hw>kin`es*the"sis</hw> <hw>kin`es*thet"ic</hw>
<def>See <er>kinaesthesia</er>, <er>kinaesthesis</er>, and
<er>kinaesthetic</er>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kinesthetics</ent><br/
<hw>kin`es*thet"ics</hw> <pr>(k<icr/n`<ecr/s*th<ecr/t"<icr/ks)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The ability to feel movements of the limbs and
body.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> kinesthesis, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia,
kinaesthesia, muscle sense, sense of movement.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kinetics</ent><br/
<hw>ki*net"ics</hw> <pr>(k<icr/*n<ecr/t"<icr/ks <or/
k<isl/*n<ecr/t"<icr/ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld>
<def>See <er>Dynamics</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kinetogenesis</ent><br/
<hw>ki*ne`to*gen"e*sis</hw>
<pr>(k<isl/*n<emac/`t<osl/*j<ecr/n"<esl/*s<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<ety>[Gr. <grk>kinhto`s</grk> movable + E. <ets>genesis</ets>.]</ety>
<fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The doctrine or hypothesis that animal
structures have been produced, directly or indirectly, by animal
movements.</def><br/
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<p><ent>kinetoscope</ent><br/
<hw>ki*ne"to*scope</hw> <pr>(k<isl/*n<emac/`t<osl/*sk<omac/p; 277)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>kinhto`s</grk> movable +
<ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for producing curves by the
combination of circular movements; -- called also
<altname>kinescope</altname>.</def> <rj><au>Cope.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kinetograph</ent><br/
<hw>ki*ne"to*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/
movable + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd>
<def>A camera for making chronophotographs.</def>
<mark>[obsolescent]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A machine for the
projection of chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of
producing the effect of an animated picture.</def>
<mark>[obsolescent]</mark> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A combined animated-picture
machine and phonograph in which sounds appropriate to the scene are
automatically uttered by the latter instrument. It has been superseded
by recording techniques allowing the sounds to be recorded directly on
the motion-picture film.</def> <mark>[obsolescent]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kinetophone</ent><br/
<hw>ki*ne"to*phone</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See
<er>Kinetic</er>, <er>Phone</er>.]</ety> <def>A machine combining a
kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and
its accompanying sounds. It has been superseded by recording techniques
allowing the sounds to be recorded directly on the motion-picture
film.</def> <mark>[obsolescent]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinetoscope</ent><br/
<hw>Ki*ne"to*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Originally a
tradename, 1894.]</ety> <def>An obsolete form of moving picture viewer,
in which a film carrying successive instantaneous views of a moving
scene travels uniformly through the field of a magnifying glass. The
observer sees each picture, momentarily, through a slit in a revolving
disk, and these glimpses, blended by persistence of vision, give the
impression of continuous motion. It has been superseded by more recent
versions of movie projector and electronic video viewers.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kinfolk</ent><br/
<hw>kin"folk`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Relatives; kindred;
kin; kinsfolk; persons of the same family or closely related
families.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>King</ent><br/
<hw>King</hw> <pr>(k<icr/ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>King</ent><br/
<hw>King</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>cyng</ets>,
<ets>cyning</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>kuning</ets>, D. <ets>koning</ets>,
OHG. <ets>kuning</ets>, G. <ets>k<oum/nig</ets>, Icel.
<ets>konungr</ets>, Sw. <ets>konung</ets>, Dan. <ets>konge</ets>; formed
with a patronymic ending, and fr. the root of E. <ets>kin</ets>; cf.
Icel. <ets>konr</ets> a man of noble birth. <root/44. See
<er>Kin</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A chief ruler; a sovereign; one
invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe,
usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince.</def> <ldquo/Ay,
every inch a <xex>king</xex>.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q><qex>Kings</qex> will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are
rebels from principle.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>There was a State without <qex>king</qex> or nobles.</q>
<rj><qau>R. Choate.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>But yonder comes the powerful <qex>King</qex> of Day,<br/
Rejoicing in the east</q> <rj><qau>Thomson.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or
rank; a chief among competitors; <as>as, a railroad <ex>king</ex>; a
money <ex>king</ex>; the <ex>king</ex> of the lobby; the <ex>king</ex>
of beasts.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A playing card having the picture of a
<ex>king{1}</ex>; <as>as, the <ex>king</ex> of diamonds</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The chief piece in the game of chess.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A crowned man in the game of draughts.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>6.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The title of two historical books
in the Old Testament.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ <ex>King</ex> is often used adjectively, or in
combination, to denote <xex>pre<eum/minence</xex> or
<xex>superiority</xex> in some particular; as, <xex>king</xex>bird;
<xex>king</xex> crow; <xex>king</xex> vulture.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Apostolic king</b></col>. <cd>See
<er>Apostolic</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>King-at-arms</b></col>,
<it>or</it> <col><b>King-of-arms</b></col></mcol>, <cd>the chief
heraldic officer of a country. In England the <xex>king-at-arms</xex>
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 <xex>north roy</xex> or <xex>north
king</xex>) officiates north of the Trent.</cd> -- <col><b>King
auk</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the little auk or sea dove.</cd>
-- <col><b>King bird of paradise</b></col>. <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>See
<er>Bird of paradise</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>King card</b></col>, <cd>in
whist, the best unplayed card of each suit; <as>thus, if the ace and
king of a suit have been played, the queen is the <ex>king card</ex> of
the suit</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>King Cole</b></col> , <cd>a legendary
king of Britain, who is said to have reigned in the third century.</cd>
-- <col><b>King conch</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a large and
handsome univalve shell (<spn>Cassis cameo</spn>), found in the West
Indies. It is used for making cameos. See <cref>Helmet shell</cref>,
under <er>Helmet</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>King Cotton</b></col>, <cd>a
popular personification of the great staple production of the southern
United States.</cd> -- <col><b>King crab</b></col>. <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The limulus or horseshoe crab. See
<er>Limulus</er>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The large European spider crab
or thornback (<spn>Maia squinado</spn>).</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>A large
crab of the northern Pacific (<spn>Paralithodes camtshatica</spn>),
especially abundant on the coasts of Alaska and Japan, and popular as a
food; called also <altname>Alaskan king crab</altname>.</cd> --
<col><b>King crow</b></col>. <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A black
drongo shrike (<spn>Buchanga atra</spn>) of India; -- so called because,
while breeding, they attack and drive away hawks, crows, and other large
birds.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The <spn>Dicrurus macrocercus</spn> of
India, a crested bird with a long, forked tail. Its color is black, with
green and blue reflections. Called also <altname>devil
bird</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>King duck</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>,
<cd>a large and handsome eider duck (<spn>Somateria spectabilis</spn>),
inhabiting the arctic regions of both continents.</cd> -- <col><b>King
eagle</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>an eagle (<spn>Aquila
heliaca</spn>) 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.</cd> -- <col><b>King hake</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>,
<cd>an American hake (<spn>Phycis regius</spn>), found in deep water
along the Atlantic coast.</cd> -- <col><b>King monkey</b></col>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>an African monkey (<spn>Colobus
polycomus</spn>), inhabiting Sierra Leone.</cd> -- <col><b>King
mullet</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a West Indian red mullet
(<spn>Upeneus maculatus</spn>); -- so called on account of its great
beauty. Called also <altname>goldfish</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>King of
terrors</b></col>, <cd>death.</cd> -- <col><b>King parrakeet</b></col>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a handsome Australian parrakeet
(<spn>Platycercys scapulatus</spn>), often kept in a cage. Its
prevailing color is bright red, with the back and wings bright green,
the rump blue, and tail black.</cd> -- <col><b>King penguin</b></col>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any large species of penguin of the genus
<gen>Aptenodytes</gen>; esp., <spn>Aptenodytes longirostris</spn>, of
the Falkland Islands and Kerguelen Land, and <spn>Aptenodytes
Patagonica</spn>, of Patagonia.</cd> -- <col><b>King rail</b></col>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a small American rail (<spn>Rallus
elegans</spn>), living in fresh-water marshes. The upper parts are
fulvous brown, striped with black; the breast is deep cinnamon
color.</cd> -- <col><b>King salmon</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the
quinnat. See <er>Quinnat</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>King's
counsel</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Queen's counsel</b></col></mcol>
<fld>(Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>barristers learned in the law, who have been
called within the bar, and selected to be the king's or queen's counsel.
They answer in some measure to the advocates of the revenue
(<xex>advocati fisci</xex>) among the Romans. They can not be employed
against the crown without special license.</cd> <au>Wharton's Law
Dict.</au> -- <col><b>King's cushion</b></col>, <cd>a temporary seat
made by two persons crossing their hands.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>
<au>Halliwell.</au> -- <col><b>The king's English</b></col>, <cd>correct
or current language of good speakers; pure English.</cd> <au>Shak.</au>
-- <mcol><col><b>King's evidence</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Queen's
evidence</b></col></mcol>, <cd>testimony in favor of the Crown by a
witness who confesses his guilt as an accomplice. See under
<er>Evidence</er>.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>King's
evil</b></col>, <cd>scrofula; -- so called because formerly supposed to
be healed by the touch of a king.</cd> -- <col><b>King snake</b></col>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a large, nearly black, harmless snake
(<spn>Ophiobolus getulus</spn>) of the Southern United States; -- so
called because it kills and eats other kinds of snakes, including even
the rattlesnake.</cd> -- <col><b>King's spear</b></col>
<fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the white asphodel (<spn>Asphodelus
albus</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>King's yellow</b></col>, <cd>a yellow
pigment, consisting essentially of sulphide and oxide of arsenic; --
called also <altname>yellow orpiment</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>King
tody</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a small fly-catching bird
(<spn>Eurylaimus serilophus</spn>) of tropical America. The head is
adorned with a large, spreading, fan-shaped crest, which is bright red,
edged with black.</cd> -- <col><b>King vulture</b></col>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a large species of vulture (<spn>Sarcorhamphus
papa</spn>), 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.</cd> --
<col><b>King wood</b></col>, <cd>a wood from Brazil, called also
<altname>violet wood</altname>, beautifully streaked in violet tints,
used in turning and small cabinetwork. The tree is probably a species of
<gen>Dalbergia</gen>. See <er>Jacaranda</er>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>King</ent><br/
<hw>King</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p.
p.</pos> <conjf>Kinged</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Kinging</conjf>). ]</vmorph> <def>To supply with a king; to make
a king of; to raise to royalty.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Those traitorous captains of Israel who <qex>kinged</qex>
themselves by slaying their masters and reigning in their stead.</q>
<rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent> King, Martin Luther, jr.</ent><br/
<hw>King, Martin Luther, jr.</hw> <bio> Martin Luther King, Jr.
(1929-1968): <person>Martin Luther King</person> stands alongside
<person>John F. Kennedy</person> as one of the strikingly iconic images
of 1960s America, one of the figures who inspired a revolution of
political will and social perception. <br/
Born on 15 January 1929, to <person>Reverend Martin Luther King,
Sr.</person> and <person>Alberta Christine King</person> in
<city>Atlanta</city>, Georgia, <persfn>King</persfn> was a gifted
student. It was while studying towards his Divinity degree in 1951, that
<persfn>King</persfn> first discovered the teachings of <person>Mahatma
Ghandi</person>, whose inspiration would be seen in many of
<persfn>King's</persfn> future ideas. In 1953, King married
<person>Coretta Scott</person>. The world that Martin Luther King and
his new family found themselves in during the late 1950s was one where
racial segregation was an accepted norm, whether in schools, churches,
or on public transport. <br/
When <person>Rosa Parks</person> was arrested for not giving up her seat
on a bus for a white man - in <city>Montgomery</city>, Alabama, in 1955
- the black civil rights movement found an unexpected opportunity to
begin a push that would eventually remove all officially sanctioned
segregation throughout the United States . And <person>Dr. King</person>
was at the forefront of that push.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20081229032957/http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/parks01.html)<br/
Four days after Rosa Parks was arrested, on the first day of a boycott
of the buses by black passengers, King was appointed as president of the
Montgomery Improvement Association. Placing himself so publicly at the
forefront of the movement, he soon found himself and his family to be
targets for white hate. In January of the next year, a bomb was thrown
at his house. The King family would face similar threats and acts of
violence all through <persfn>Martin's</persfn> lifetime. <br/
On 21 February 1956, King was one of those arrested as a consequence of
the boycott. By 4 June, however, a US District Court ruled that such
segregation on city bus lines was unconstitutional, a decision confirmed
in November by the Supreme Court. Before the end of the year, Federal
injunctions had been served, and the <city>Montgomery</city> bus system
was officially unsegregated. <br/
This was the first of King's victories. Although the success was by no
means solely his, the methods of non-violent opposition utilised for
this protest were to become a trademark of Dr. King. This ideology
contrasted sharply with that represented by the other prominent black
civil rights leader of the time, <person>Malcolm X</person>,
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X) but many people responded
strongly to King's gifts as an orator, to his message of optimism and
compassion, and to his sheer presence as a human being. <br/
Throughout his lifetime, King's activities were closely monitored by the
FBI, under the control of the controversial <person>J. Edgar
Hoover</person>. Evidence collected by Hoover's agents, combined with
rumour and innuendo, has cast a shadow over the official view of
<person>Martin Luther King</person>. <persfn>Hoover</persfn> was looking
for dirt, and compiled a dossier that accused King of infidelity,
beating women and of being a Communist.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20041019083224/http://archive.aclu.org/features/f011702a.html).
<br/
From 1957 onwards, King's reputation as a civil rights leader and
powerful orator grew. He appeared on the cover of Time in February and
met then-Vice <person>President Richard Nixon</person> in June.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20090316061938/http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/king.html).
1958 saw the publication of his first book, Stride Toward Freedom: The
Montgomery Story, his version of the incidents surrounding the bus
boycott<br/
. By 1960, Dr. King was a major voice in US political life. He met with
Presidential candidate <person>John F. Kennedy</person> to discuss
racial policy. In keeping with his belief in non-violent protest, King's
continued civil rights demonstrations would take the form of sit-ins and
obstructions, often leading to his arrest. The sight of Martin Luther
King being bundled off to jail brought the causes he was helping much
public sympathy and support. <br/
August 28 1963 saw the 'March on Washington', regarded as the first
major, integrated protest march in American history.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20040608193544/http://www.life.com/Life/mlk/mlk06.html).
At the end of the march, Dr. King delivers the I Have A Dream speech at
the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20060831163009/http://www.mecca.org/~crights/dream.html)
Racial tension, however, was increasing; 1964 saw riots all across the
country, notably in New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Pennsylvania.
<br/
King was growing as an international figure. In 1964, he visited West
Berlin, invited by the then-mayor, <person>Willy Brandt</person>, had an
audience with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican, then, most significantly, he
received the Nobel Peace Prize in <city>Oslo</city>, Norway.
(https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel-prize-lessons-theme-martin-luther-king-jr-and-the-civil-rights-movement/)
<br/
The following year, <person>Malcolm X</person> was assassinated in New
York. Violence was escalating in areas of racial tension, including
Montgomery, Alabama. Protesters were regularly beaten by police
officers, often resulting in serious injuries or even fatalities. In
Watts, Los Angeles, riots left 35 people dead. In March a protest rally
reached Montgomery, under the protection of federal troops. Starting at
an estimated 3,000 marchers, by the time they reach their destination,
it's believed they numbered nearly 30,000 people. On reaching the
capitol, the marchers were addressed by Dr. King. <br/
1966 saw King talk openly about more than racial issues. He began to
discuss his opposition to the Vietnam war and issues such as housing -
arguing for protection for poor people, regardless of their race. <br/
In 1967, the rioting was worsening growing to be some of the worst in
American history. Fuelled by the uncertainty and anger created by the
shootings of figures such as Malcolm X and John F. Kennedy, the sense of
helpless rage directed at the nation's social structure and America's
involvement in <country>Vietnam</country>, already strained civil
relations were heading towards what seemed to be an inevitably violent
conclusion.<br/
In Mississippi, one black student was killed in a riot at Jackson State
College; 23 people died in riots in New Jersey; and 43 died, with
another 324 injured in riots in <city>Detroit</city> riots, labelled as
the worst of the century. <br/
The last year of <person>Martin Luther King's</person> life saw him cast
his net even wider, including taking part in a march in support of
sanitation workers in <city>Memphis</city>, Tennessee. This part of
King's career is often glossed over or undervalued by historians and
commentators of the time.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20081011070216/http://www.fair.org/media-beat/950104.html/).
<br/
On April 3, he delivered his last speech, entitled <ldquo/I See the
Promised Land<rdquo/. The contents of the speech seem eerily prescient
in retrospect.
(http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/speeches/mlk_promised_land.html).
The next day, April 4 1968, Martin Luther King was shot dead as he stood
talking on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel, Memphis.
<person>James Earl Ray</person> was charged and found guilty of his
murder. <br/
King was buried on April 9, aged 39. After his death, Dr. King's widow,
<person>Coretta Scott King</person>, established The King Center as 'the
official, living memorial dedicated to the advancement of the legacy of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.' (https://thekingcenter.org/).<br/
King's legacy is represented by Martin Luther King Day, celebrated in
the United States on the third Monday in January every year.
http://www.holidays.net/mlk/</bio> <au>Carl Gillingham</au><br/
[<source>CG</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kingbird</ent><br/
<hw>King"bird</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A small American bird (<spn>Tyrannus tyrannus</spn>, or
<spn>Tyrannus Carolinensis</spn>), 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 <altname>bee bird</altname>, and <altname>bee
martin</altname>. Several Southern and Western species of
<gen>Tyrannus</gen> are also called king birds.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The king tody. See under <er>King</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kingbolt</ent><br/
<hw>King"bolt`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>King Charles spaniel</ent><br/
<hw>King Charles span"iel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kingcraft</ent><br/
<hw>King"craft</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The craft of kings;
the art of governing as a sovereign; royal policy.</def>
<rj><au>Prescott.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kingcup</ent><br/
<hw>King"cup`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>
<def>The common buttercup.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kingdom</ent><br/
<hw>King"dom</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS.
<ets>cyningd<omac/m</ets>. See 2d <er>King</er>, and
<er>-dom</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The rank, quality, state, or
attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion;
monarchy.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Thy <qex>kingdom</qex> is an everlasting <qex>kingdom</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Ps. cxiv. 13. </qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>When Jehoram was risen up to the <qex>kingdom</qex> of his father,
he strengthened himself.</q> <rj><qau>2 Chron. xxi. 4. </qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Unto the <qex>kingdom</qex> of perpetual night.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>You're welcome,<br/
Most learned reverend sir, into our <qex>kingdom</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An extensive scientific division distinguished by
leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department;
<as>as, the mineral <ex>kingdom</ex></as>. In modern biology, the
division of life into five <ex>kingdoms</ex> is widely used for
classification.</def> <ldquo/The animal and vegetable
<xex>kingdoms</xex>.<rdquo/ <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Animal kingdom</b></col>. <cd>See under
<er>Animal</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Kingdom of God</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd>
<cd>The universe.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>That spiritual realm of which
God is the acknowledged sovereign.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>The authority
or dominion of God.</cd> -- <col><b>Mineral kingdom</b></col>. <cd>See
under <er>Mineral</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>United Kingdom</b></col>.
<cd>See under <er>United</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Vegetable
kingdom</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Vegetable</er>.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy; sovereignty;
domain.</syn><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kingdomed</ent><br/
<hw>King"domed</hw> <pr>(k<icr/ng"d<ucr/md)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>
<def>Having a kingdom or the dignity of a king; like a kingdom.</def>
<mark>[R.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Twixt his mental and his active parts,<br/
<qex>Kingdom'd</qex> Achilles in commotion rages<br/
And batters down himself.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kingfish</ent><br/
<hw>King"fish`</hw> <pr>(k<icr/ng"f<icr/sh`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An American marine food fish of the
genus <gen>Menticirrus</gen>, especially <spn>Menticirrus
saxatilis</spn>, or <spn>Menticirrus nebulosos</spn>, of the Atlantic
coast; -- called also <altname>whiting</altname>, <altname>surf
whiting</altname>, and <altname>barb</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
<def>The opah.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The common cero; also, the
spotted cero. See <er>Cero</er>.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>The
queenfish.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><-- p. 815 --></p>

<p><ent>Kingfisher</ent><br/
<hw>King"fish`er</hw> <pr>(k<icr/ng"f<icr/sh`<etil/r)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of
birds constituting the family <fam>Alcedinid<ae/</fam>. Most of them
feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing them 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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The belted king-fisher of the United States (<spn>Ceryle
alcyon</spn>) 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 (<spn>Alcedo
ispida</spn>), which is much smaller and brighter colored, is also a
fisher. See <er>Alcedo</er>. The wood kingfishers
(<fam>Halcyones</fam>), 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 <cref>Laughing jackass</cref>,
under <er>Laughing</er>.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinghood</ent><br/
<hw>King"hood</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being a
king; the attributes of a king; kingship.</def>
<rj><au>Gower.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kingless</ent><br/
<hw>King"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no king.</def> <rj><au>F.
Lieber.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinglet</ent><br/
<hw>King"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A little
king; a weak or insignificant king.</def> <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of
small singing birds of the genus <gen>Regulus</gen> and family
<fam>Sylviid<ae/</fam>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The golden-crowned kinglet (<spn>Regulus satrapa</spn>),
and the rubycrowned kinglet (<spn>Regulus calendula</spn>), are the most
common American species. The common English kinglet (<spn>Regulus
cristatus</spn>) is also called <altname>golden-crested wren</altname>,
<altname>moonie</altname>, and <altname>marigold finch</altname>. The
kinglets are often popularly called <altname>wrens</altname>, both in
America and England.</note></p>

<p><ent>Kinglihood</ent><br/
<hw>King"li*hood</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>King-liness.</def> <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kingliness</ent><br/
<hw>King"li*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being
kingly.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kingling</ent><br/
<hw>King"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as
<er>Kinglet</er>, 1.</def> <au>Churchill.</au><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kingly</ent><br/
<hw>King"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos>
<adjf>Kinglier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos>
<adjf>Kingliest</adjf>.]</amorph> <def>Belonging to, suitable to, or
becoming, a king; characteristic of, or resembling, a king; directed or
administered by a king; monarchical; royal; sovereign; regal; august;
noble; grand.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Kingly</xex> magnificence.<rdquo/
<au>Sir P. Sidney.</au> <ldquo/A <xex>kingly</xex> government.<rdquo/
<au>Swift.</au> <ldquo/The <xex>kingly</xex> couch.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The <qex>kingliest</qex> kings are crowned with thorn.</q>
<rj><qau>G. Massey.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Leave <qex>kingly</qex> backs to cope with <qex>kingly</qex>
cares.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Regal; royal; monarchical; imperial; august;
sovereign; noble; splendid.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Kingly</er>,
<er>Regal</er>. <xex>Kingly</xex> is Anglo-Saxon, and refers especially
to the character of a king; <xex>regal</xex> is Latin, and now relates
more to his office. The former is chiefly used of dispositions,
feelings, and purposes which are <xex>kinglike</xex>; as,
<xex>kingly</xex> sentiments; <xex>kingly</xex> condescension; <ldquo/ a
<xex>kingly</xex> heart for enterprises.<rdquo/ <au>Sir P. Sidney.</au>
The latter is oftener applied to external state, pomp, etc.; as,
<xex>regal</xex> state, <xex>regal</xex> title, etc. This distinction is
not observed by our early writers, but is gaining ground.</usage><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kingly</ent><br/
<hw>King"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a kingly or kinglike
manner.</def> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Low bowed the rest; he, <qex>kingly</qex>, did but nod.</q>
<rj><qau>Pore.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ Although this citation, 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.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>King-post</ent><br/
<hw>King"-post`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Carp.)</fld>
<def>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
<altname>crown-post</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>King's Bench</ent><br/
<hw>King's Bench</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Law)</fld>
<def>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 <altname>Queen's Bench</altname>. Its
jurisdiction was transferred by the judicature acts of 1873 and 1875 to
the high court of justice created by that legislation.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kingship</ent><br/
<hw>King"ship</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state, office,
or dignity of a king; royalty.</def> <rj><au>Landor.</au></rj></p>

<p><ent>king-sized</ent><br/
<ent>king-size</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>king-size</hw> <hw>king-sized</hw></mhw> <pos>adj.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>extra large; <as>as, a <ex>king-size</ex>
bed</as>.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ A king-size bed is the largest size generally sold
commercially; it is larger than a <contr>queen-size</contr>, which in
turn is larger than a <contr>full-size</contr> (or double) bed, and that
in turn is larger than a <contr>twin-size</contr> (or single) bed. The
mattress for a king-size bed is typically about 76 inches wide and 80
inches long.</note><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a king-size bed; suitable for a
king-size bed; <as>as, a king-size bedcover</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kingstone</ent><br/
<ent>Kingston</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>King"ston</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>King"stone`</hw>
<pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The black
angel fish. See <cref>Angel fish</cref>, under <er>Angel</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kingston metal</ent><br/
<hw>King"ston met"al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An alloy of
tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings
of machinery.</def> <rj><au>McElrath.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kingston valve</ent><br/
<hw>King"ston valve</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Marine Steam
Engin.)</fld> <def>A conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth
of a pipe which passes through the side of a vessel below the water
line.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kingtruss</ent><br/
<hw>King"truss`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Carp.)</fld>
<def>A truss, framed with a king-post; -- used in roofs, bridges,
etc.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinic</ent><br/
<hw>Ki"nic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F.
<ets>kinique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See
<er>Quinic</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kink</ent><br/
<hw>Kink</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>kink</ets> a
bend or turn, or Sw. <ets>kink</ets>.]</ety><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a
caprice.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <rj><au>Cozzens.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kink</ent><br/
<hw>Kink</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p.
p.</pos> <conjf>Kinked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Kinking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To wind into a kink; to knot or
twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kink</ent><br/
<hw>Kink</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Chincough</er>,
<er>Kink-haust</er>.]</ety> <def>A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive
fit of laughter.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinkajou</ent><br/
<hw>Kin"ka*jou`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.
<ets>kinkajou</ets>, <ets>quincajou</ets>, from the native American
name.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A nocturnal carnivorous mammal
(<spn>Cercoleptes caudivolvulus</spn>) 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
(<fam>Cercoleptid<ae/</fam>) allied to the raccoons. Called also
<altname>potto</altname>, and <altname>honey bear</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinkhaust</ent><br/
<hw>Kink"haust`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prov. E.
<ets>kink</ets> to gasp (cf. <er>Chin cough</er>) + <ets>haust</ets> a
cough (akin to E. <ets>wheeze</ets>).]</ety> <def>Whooping cough.</def>
<mark>[Obs.or Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinkle</ent><br/
<hw>Kin"kle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as 3d
<er>Kink</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinky</ent><br/
<hw>Kink"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Full of
kinks; liable to kink or curl; <as>as, <ex>kinky</ex>
hair</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Queer; eccentric; unconventional; crotchety.</def>
<mark>[Colloq. U.S.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinnikinic</ent><br/
<hw>Kin`ni*ki*nic"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Indian,
literally, a mixture.]</ety> <def>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 (<spn>Cornus stolonijra</spn>), and the bearberry
(<spn>Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi</spn>).</def> <altsp>[Spelled also
<asp>kinnickinnick</asp> and <asp>killikinick</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinit</ent><br/
<hw>Kin"it</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>kinei^n</grk>
to move.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>A unit of force equal to the
force which, acting for one second, will give a pound a velocity of one
foot per second; -- proposed by <person>J. D. Everett</person>, an
English physicist.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kino</ent><br/
<hw>Ki"no</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The dark red dried juice
of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an
astringent in medicine.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The chief supply is from an East Indian leguminous tree,
the <spn>Pterocarpus Marsupium</spn>. Other sources are the African
<spn>Pterocarpus erinaceus</spn>, the tropical American sea grape
(<spn>Coccoloba uvifera</spn>), and several Australian Eucalypti. See
<cref>Botany bay kino</cref>, under <er>Botany bay</er>, <cref>Gum
butea</cref>, under <er>Gum</er>, and <er>Eucalyptus</er>.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinology</ent><br/
<hw>Ki*nol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr.
<grk>kinei^n</grk> to move + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>That branch
of physics which treats of the laws of motion, or of moving
bodies.</def> <-- kinetics? mechanics? --><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinone</ent><br/
<hw>Ki"none</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See
<er>Quinone</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinoyl</ent><br/
<hw>Ki"noyl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Quinoyl</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinrede</ent><br/
<hw>Kin"rede</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Kindred.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinsfolk</ent><br/
<hw>Kins"folk`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Relatives; kindred;
kin; kinfolk; persons of the same family or closely related
families.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>They sought him among their <qex>kinsfolk</qex> and
acquaintance.</q> <rj><qau>Luke ii. 44. </qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinshasa</ent><br/
<hw>Kinshasa</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>the capital city of Zaire,
formerly named <altname>Leopoldville</altname>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Leopoldville.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinship</ent><br/
<hw>Kin"ship</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Family
relationship.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinsman</ent><br/
<hw>Kins"man</hw> <pr>(k<icr/nz"m<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>;
<plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Kinsmen</plw> <pr>(k<icr/nz"m<eit/n)</pr>.</plu>
<def>A man of the same race or family; one related by blood.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinsmanship</ent><br/
<hw>Kins"man*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Kinship.</def>
<rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kinswoman</ent><br/
<hw>Kins"wom`an</hw> <pr>(k<icr/nz"w<oocr/m`<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>;
<plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Kinswomen</plw>
<pr>(k<icr/nz"w<icr/m`<ecr/n)</pr>.</plu> <def>A female relative.</def>
<rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kintlidge</ent><br/
<hw>Kint"lidge</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>
<def>See <er>Kentledge</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiosk</ent><br/
<hw>Ki*osk"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Turk.
<ets>kiushk</ets>, <ets>ki<oum/shk</ets>, Per.
<ets>k<?/shk</ets>.]</ety> <def>A Turkish open summer house or pavilion,
supported by pillars.</def></p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A light ornamental structure used as a news stand,
band stand, etc.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A small roofed structure, typically located on a
sidewalk and sometimes in a parking lot, with one or more open sides,
used to vend merchandise, such as newspapers or beverages, or services,
such as key duplication or film developing.</def> <au>(MW10 s.
2)</au><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kioways</ent><br/
<hw>Ki"o*ways`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos>; <sing>sing.
<singw>Kioway</singw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</sing> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A
tribe of Indians distantly related to the Shoshones. They formerly
inhabited the region about the head waters of the North
Platte.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kip</ent><br/
<hw>Kip</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The hide of a young or
small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kip leather.</b></col> <cd>See
<er>Kipskin</er>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kip</ent><br/
<hw>Kip</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. G.
<ets>kippe</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A sharp-pointed hill; a
projecting point, as on a hill.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Gymnastics)</fld> <def>A method or feat of raising
the body when hanging or swinging by the arms, as for the purpose of
mounting upon the horizontal bar. The legs are swung forward and upward
by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward
impulse to the body.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kipe</ent><br/
<hw>Kipe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>kipen</ets>
to catch, Icel. <ets>kippa</ets> to pull, snatch. Cf.
<er>Kipper</er>.]</ety> <def>An osier basket used for catching
fish.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kipling</ent><br/
<hw>Kipling</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def><person>Rudyard
Kipling</person>, English author (1865-1936). He was born at Bombay,
India in 1865, the son of John Lockwood Kipling, who was formerly head
of the Lahore School of Industrial Art. He was educated in England and
returned to India in 1880 as editor of the <ldquo/Lahore Civil and
Military Gazette.<rdquo/ He returned to England about 1889, and lived
several years in the United States. While in India he published stories,
sketches, and poems descriptive of India and Anglo-Indian military and
civil life: <ldquo/ Departmental Ditties, etc.<rdquo/, <ldquo/Plain
Tales from the Hills<rdquo/, <ldquo/Mine Own People<rdquo/,
<ldquo/Soldiers Three<rdquo/, <ldquo/Barrack-room Ballads, etc.<rdquo/,
and others. After leaving India he published <ldquo/The Light That
Failed,<rdquo/ <ldquo/Naulahka<rdquo/ (with Balestier), <ldquo/Many
Inventions,<rdquo/ <ldquo/The Jungle Book,<rdquo/ <ldquo/The Second
Jungle Book,<rdquo/ <ldquo/The Seven Seas,<rdquo/ <ldquo/Captains
Courageous,<rdquo/ <ldquo/The White Man's Burden,<rdquo/
<ldquo/Kim,<rdquo/ <ldquo/The Man Who Would Be King and Other
Stories,<rdquo/ and others.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Rudyard Kipling.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> + <source>Century Dict. 1906</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiplingesque</ent><br/
<hw>Kiplingesque</hw> <pos>prop. a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or in
the style of <person>Rudyard <etsep>Kipling</etsep></person>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kipper</ent><br/
<hw>Kip"per</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>kippen</ets>
to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. <er>Kipe</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A salmon after spawning.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; --
so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being
good when fresh.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kipper time</b></col>, <cd>the season in which fishing
for salmon is forbidden.</cd> <mark>[Eng. & Scot.]</mark></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kipper</ent><br/
<hw>Kip"per</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Kippered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Kippering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To cure, by splitting, salting,
and smoking.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Kippered</xex> salmon.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Dickens.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kipper</ent><br/
<hw>Kip"per</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Amorous; also, lively;
light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><--
= chipper? --> <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kippernut</ent><br/
<hw>Kip"per*nut`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>
<def>A name given to earthnuts of several kinds.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kipskin</ent><br/
<hw>Kip"skin`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Kip</ets> +
<ets>skin</ets>.]</ety> <def>Leather prepared from the skin of young or
small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and
cowhide.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kirghizia</ent><br/
<hw>Kirghizia</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A country in Central Asia,
formerly an Asian Soviet. It borders on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China,
and Tajikistan.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Kirghiz, Kyrgyzstan, Kirghizstan.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kirk</ent><br/
<hw>Kirk</hw> <pr>(k<etil/rk)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Scot.; cf. Icel.
<ets>kirkja</ets>, of Greek origin. See <er>Church</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>
<rj><au>Jamieson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kirked</ent><br/
<hw>Kirked</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Etymol.
uncertain.]</ety> <def>Turned upward; bent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<rj><au>Rom. of R.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kirkman</ent><br/
<hw>Kirk"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it>
<plw>Kirkmen</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A clergyman or officer in a kirk.</def>
<mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A member of the Church of Scotland, as distinguished
from a member of another communion.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kirkyard</ent><br/
<hw>Kirk"yard`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A churchyard.</def>
<mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kirmess</ent><br/
<hw>Kir"mess</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D.
<ets>kermis</ets>; cf. G. <ets>kirmes</ets>; prop., church mass. See
<er>Church</er>, and <er>Mass</er> a religious service.]</ety> <def>In
Europe, particularly in Belgium and Holland, and outdoor festival and
fair; in the United States, generally an indoor entertainment and fair
combined.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kirschwasser</ent><br/
<hw>Kirsch"was`ser</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G., fr.
<ets>kirsche</ets> cherry + <ets>wasser</ets> water.]</ety> <def>An
alcoholic liquor, obtained by distilling the fermented juice of the
small black cherry.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kirsome</ent><br/
<hw>Kir"some</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Corrupted from
<ets>chrisom</ets>.]</ety> <def>Christian; christened.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>I am a true <qex>kirsome</qex> woman.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &
Fl.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kirtle</ent><br/
<hw>Kir"tle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE.
<ets>kirtel</ets>, <ets>curtel</ets>, AS. <ets>cyrtel</ets>; skin to
Icel. <ets>kyrtill</ets>, Sw. <ets>kjortel</ets>, Dan.
<ets>kiortel</ets>, <ets>kiole</ets>.]</ety> <def>A garment varying in
form and use at different times, and worn both by men and
women.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Wearing her Norman car, and her <qex>kirtle</qex> of blue.</q>
<rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The term is still retained in the provinces, in the
sense of <ldquo/an outer petticoat.<rdquo/</note>
<rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kirtled</ent><br/
<hw>Kir"tled</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Wearing a
kirtle.</def> <rj><au>Byron.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kirumbo</ent><br/
<hw>Ki*rum"bo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A
bird of Madagascar (<spn>Leptosomus discolor</spn>), 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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kish</ent><br/
<hw>Kish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>kies</ets>
gravel, pyrites.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A workman's name for the
graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kislev</ent><br/
<hw>Kislev</hw> <pr>(k<icr/s"l<ucr/f; k<icr/s"l<ucr/v;
k<emac/s*l<ecr/v")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb.]</ety> <def>the third
month of the Jewish civil year; the ninth month of the ecclesiastical
year in the Jewish calendar, occupying a part of November and a part of
December.</def> <altsp>[Also spelled <asp>Chislev</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kismet</ent><br/
<hw>Kis"met</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Per.
<ets>qismat</ets>.]</ety> <def>Destiny; fate.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>kismat</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Oriental]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiss</ent><br/
<hw>Kiss</hw> <pr>(k<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &
p. p.</pos> <conjf>Kissed</conjf> <pr>(k<icr/st)</pr>;<pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> <conjf>Kissing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>kissen</ets>,
<ets>cussen</ets>, AS. <ets>cyssan</ets>, fr. <ets>coss</ets> a kiss; of
uncertain origin; akin to D. <ets>kus</ets>, G. <ets>kuss</ets>, Icel.
<ets>koss</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To salute with the lips, as a
mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>He . . . <qex>kissed</qex> her lips with such a clamorous
smack,<br/
That at the parting all the church echoed.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To touch gently, as if fondly or
caressingly.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>When the sweet wind did gently <qex>kiss</qex> the trees.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiss</ent><br/
<hw>Kiss</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make or give
salutation with the lips in token of love, respect, etc.; <as>as,
<ex>kiss</ex> and make friends</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To meet; to come in contact; to touch
fondly.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Like fire and powder,<br/
Which as they <qex>kiss</qex> consume.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Rose, rose and clematis,<br/
Trail and twine and clasp and <qex>kiss</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kissing comfit</b></col>, <cd>a perfumed sugarplum to
sweeten the breath.</cd> <mark>[Obs or Prov. End.]</mark>
<rj><au>Shak.</au></rj></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiss</ent><br/
<hw>Kiss</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>kiss</ets>, derived under
the influence of the verb from the older form <ets>coss</ets>, AS.
<ets>coss</ets>. See <er>Kiss</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A salutation with the lips, as a token of affection,
respect, etc.; <as>as, a parting <ex>kiss</ex>; a <ex>kiss</ex> of
reconciliation.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Last with a <qex>kiss</qex>, she took a long farewell.</q>
<rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Dear as remembered <qex>kisses</qex> after death.</q>
<rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A small piece of confectionery.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kisser</ent><br/
<hw>Kiss"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who
kisses.</def> <rj><qau>Beau. & Fl.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>the face or mouth.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kissing bug</ent><br/
<hw>Kiss"ing bug`</hw>. <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of several
species of blood-sucking, venomous Hemiptera that sometimes bite the lip
or other parts of the human body, causing painful sores, as the
cone-nose (<spn>Conorhinus sanguisuga</spn>).</def> <mark>[U.
S.]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kissing cousin</ent><br/
<hw>kiss"ing cous"in</hw>. <def>A cousin sufficiently well acquainted to
be greeted with a kiss; a type of <isa>kissing kin</isa>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kissingcrust</ent><br/
<hw>Kiss"ing*crust`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which
has touched another loaf in baking.</def> <rj><au>Lamb.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A massy fragment from the rich <qex>kissingcrust</qex> that hangs
like a fretted cornice from the upper half of the loaf.</q> <rj><qau>W.
Howitt.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kissing disease</ent><br/
<hw>kiss"ing dis*ease"</hw>. <def>Infectious mononucleosis; -- so called
because often spread by kissing.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kissing kin</ent><br/
<hw>kiss"ing kin`</hw>. <def>Any relative more distant than the
immediate family, sufficiently well acquainted to be greeted with a
kiss, such as a <er>kissing cousin</er>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kissing strings</ent><br/
<hw>Kiss"ing strings`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Cap or bonnet
strings made long to tie under the chin.</def></p>

<p><q>One of her ladyship's <qex>kissing strings</qex>, once pink and
fluttering and now faded and soiled.</q> <rj><qau>Pall Mall
Mag.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate</ent><br/
<hw>kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An annual
(<spn>Polygonum orientale</spn>) with broadly ovate leaves and slender
drooping spikes of crimson flowers; it is native to Southeastern Asia
and Australia, and naturalized in North America.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> prince's-feather, prince's feather, princess
feather, prince's-plume, <spn>Polygonum orientale</spn>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kist</ent><br/
<hw>Kist</hw> <pr>(k<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See
<er>Chest</er>.]</ety> <def>A chest; hence, a coffin.</def> <mark>[Scot.
& Prov. End.]</mark> <rj><au>Jamieson.</au> <au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kist</ent><br/
<hw>Kist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>gist</ets>.]</ety> <def>A
stated payment, especially a payment of rent for land; hence, the time
for such payment.</def> <mark>[India]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kistvaen</ent><br/
<hw>kist"vaen</hw> <pr>(k<icr/st"v<amac/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[W.
<ets>cist-faen</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Archaeol.)</fld> <def>A Celtic
monument, commonly known as a <altname>dolmen</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kit</ent><br/
<hw>kit</hw>, <pr>(k<icr/t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos>
<vmorph>[<pos>imp.</pos> <conjf>kitte</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To
cut.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kit</ent><br/
<hw>kit</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Kitten</er>.]</ety> <def>A
kitten.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kit fox</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a small
burrowing fox (<spn>Vulpes velox</spn>), inhabiting the region of the
Rocky Mountains. It is brownish gray, reddish on the breast and flanks,
and white below. Called also <altname>swift fox</altname>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kit</ent><br/
<hw>Kit</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gf. AS. <ets>cytere</ets> harp, L.
<ets>cithara</ets>. Cf. <er>Guitar</er>.]</ety> <def>A small
violin.</def> <ldquo/A dancing master's <xex>kit</xex>.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Grew.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his <qex>kit</qex>
with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.</q>
<rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kit</ent><br/
<hw>Kit</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>kit</ets> a large bottle,
OD. <ets>kitte</ets> beaker, decanter.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A large
bottle.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the
bottom; <as>as, a <ex>kit</ex> of butter, or of mackerel</as>.</def>
<rj><au>Wright.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of
basket.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A box for working implements.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>A collection of tools or
other objects to be used for a specific purpose, often contained in a
box which may be carried conveniently; a working outfit, as of a
workman, a soldier, and the like; <as>as, a plumber's <ex>kit</ex>; a
doctor's <ex>kit</ex>; a cosmetic <ex>kit</ex>; a first-aid
<ex>kit</ex></as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A group of separate parts, things, or individuals;
-- used with <xex>whole</xex>, and generally contemptuously; <as>as, the
whole <ex>kit</ex> of them; the whole <ex>kit</ex> and
kaboodle</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kitambilla</ent><br/
<hw>kitambilla</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small shrubby spiny
tree (<spn>Dovyalis hebecarpa</spn>) cultivated for its maroon-purple
fruit with sweet purple pulp tasking like gooseberries; it is native to
Sri Lanka and India.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ketembilla, kitembilla, ketembilla tree, Ceylon
gooseberry, <spn>Dovyalis hebecarpa</spn>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A maroon-purple gooseberrylike fruit of India having
a tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ketembilla, kitembilla.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kitbag</ent><br/
<hw>kitbag</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a knapsack (usually for a
soldier).</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> kit bag.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kitcat</ent><br/
<hw>Kit"cat`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged;
-- so called from <person><etsep>Christopher Cat</etsep></person>, a
pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Designating a canvas used for portraits of a
peculiar size, viz., twenty-eight or twenty-nine inches by thirty-six;
-- so called because that size was adopted by <person>Sir Godfrey
Kneller</person> for the portraits he painted of the members of the
<etsep>Kitcat</etsep> Club.</def> <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kitcat</ent><br/
<hw>Kit"cat`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A game played by striking with a
stick small piece of wood, called a <xex>cat</xex>, shaped like two
cones united at their bases; tipcat.</def> <rj><au>Cotton.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kitcat roll</b></col> <fld>(Agric.)</fld>, <cd>a roller
somewhat in the form of two cones set base to base.</cd> <mark>[Prov.
Eng.]</mark></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kitchen</ent><br/
<hw>Kitch"en</hw> <pr>(k<icr/ch"<ecr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE.
<ets>kichen</ets>, <ets>kichene</ets>, <ets>kuchene</ets>, AS.
<ets>cycene</ets>, L. <ets>coquina</ets>, equiv. to <ets>culina</ets> a
kitchen, fr. <ets>coquinus</ets> pertaining to cooking, fr.
<ets>coquere</ets> to cook. See <er>Cook</er> to prepare food, and cf.
<er>Cuisine</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A room equipped for cooking
food; the room of a house, restaurant, or other building appropriated to
cookery.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Cool was his <qex>kitchen</qex>, though his brains were hot.</q>
<rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A fat <qex>kitchen</qex> makes a lean will.</q>
<rj><qau>Franklin.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A utensil for roasting meat; <as>as, a tin
<ex>kitchen</ex></as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The staff that works in a kitchen.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kitchen garden</b></col>. <cd>See under
<er>Garden</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Kitchen lee</b></col>, <cd>dirty
soapsuds.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/A brazen tub of <xex>kitchen
lee</xex>.<rdquo/ <au>Ford.</au> -- <col><b>Kitchen stuff</b></col>,
<cd>fat collected from pots and pans.</cd>
<rj><au>Donne.</au></rj></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kitchen</ent><br/
<hw>Kitch"en</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To furnish food to; to
entertain with the fare of the kitchen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kitchener</ent><br/
<hw>Kitch"en*er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kitchen servant; a
cook.</def> <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kitchenette</ent><br/
<hw>Kitch`en*ette"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<ety>[<ets>Kitchen</ets> + <ets>-ette</ets>.]</ety> <def>A room
combining a very small kitchen and a pantry, with the kitchen
conveniences compactly arranged, sometimes so that they fold up out of
sight and allow the kitchen to be made a part of the adjoining room by
opening folding doors.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kitchenmaid</ent><br/
<hw>Kitch"en*maid`</hw> <pr>(k<icr/ch"<ecr/n*m<amac/d`)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman employed in the kitchen.</def>
<rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><-- p. 816 --></p>

<p><ent>Kitchen middens</ent><br/
<hw>Kitch"en mid`dens</hw> <pr>(k<icr/ch"<ecr/n m<icr/d`d'nz)</pr>
<pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Dan. <ets>kj<oum/k-kenm<oum/ddings</ets> kitchen
leavings; cf. Scot. <ets>midden</ets> a dunghill.]</ety> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kitchenry</ent><br/
<hw>Kitch"en*ry</hw> <pr>(k<icr/ch"<ecr/n*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>The body of servants employed in the kitchen; the staff of a
kitchen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kitchenware</ent><br/
<hw>kitchenware</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Implements for use in a kitchen,
or for cooking, such as pots, pans, ladles, measuring cups,
etc.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kite</ent><br/
<hw>Kite</hw> <pr>(k<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE.
<ets>kyte</ets>, AS. <ets>c<ymac/ta</ets>; cf. W. <ets>cud</ets>,
<ets>cut</ets>.]</ety><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any raptorial bird of the
subfamily <fam>Milvin<ae/</fam>, of which many species are known. They
have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked
tail.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The European species are <spn>Milvus ictinus</spn> and
<spn>Milvus migrans</spn>; the pariah kite of India is <spn>Milvus
govinda</spn>; the sacred or Brahmany kite of India is <spn>Haliastur
Indus</spn>; the American fork-tailed kite is the <spn>Nauclerus
furcatus</spn>.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: One who is rapacious.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Detested <qex>kite</qex>, thou liest.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A light frame of wood or other material covered with
paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A lofty sail, carried only when
the wind is light.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A quadrilateral, one of whose
diagonals is an axis of symmetry.</def> <rj><au>Henrici.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>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.</def> <mark>[Cant]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The brill.</def> <mark>[Prov.
Eng.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A form of drag to be towed under
water at any depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom
is upset and rises to the surface; -- called also
<altname>sentry</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Flying kites</b></col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>See under
<er>Flying</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Kite falcon</b></col>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>an African falcon of the genus
<gen>Avicida</gen>, having some resemblance to a kite.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kite</ent><br/
<hw>Kite</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To raise money by
<ldquo/kites;<rdquo/ <as>as, <ex>kiting</ex> transactions. See
<er>Kite</er>, 6</as>.</def> <mark>[Cant]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kite</ent><br/
<hw>Kite</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The belly.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. &
Scot.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiteflier</ent><br/
<ent>Kiteflying</ent><br/
<hw>Kite"fly`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mode of raising
money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely
nominal; -- called also <altname>kiting</altname>.</def> --
<hw>Kite"fli`er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Kite</er>,
<pos>n.</pos>, 6.</def> <mark>[Cant]</mark> <rj><au>McElrath.</au>
<au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kith</ent><br/
<hw>Kith</hw> <pr>(k<icr/th)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE.
<ets>kith</ets>, <ets>cu<edh/</ets>, AS. c<ymac/<edh/<edh/e,
c<ymac/<edh/, native land, fr. <ets>c<umac/<edh/</ets> known. <root/45.
See <er>Uncouth</er>, <er>Can</er>, and cf. <er>Kythe</er>.]</ety>
<def>Acquaintance; kindred.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>And my near <qex>kith</qex> for that will sore me shend.</q>
<rj><qau>W. Browne.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The sage of his <qex>kith</qex> and the hamlet.</q>
<rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kith and kin</b></col>, <cd>kindred more or less
remote.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kithara</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kith"a*ra</hw> <pr>(k<icr/th"<adot/*r<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>See <er>Cithara</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kithe</ent><br/
<hw>Kithe</hw> <pr>(k<imac/<th/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Kythe</er>.</def>
<rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kitish</ent><br/
<hw>Kit"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>Like or relating to a kite.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kitling</ent><br/
<hw>Kit"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Kit</ets> a
kitten + <ets>-ling</ets>: cf. Icel. <ets>ketlingr</ets>.]</ety> <def>A
young kitten; a whelp.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Scot.]</mark> <rj><au>B.
Jonson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kitte</ent><br/
<hw>Kit"te</hw> <pr>(k<icr/t"t<eit/)</pr>, <def><pos>imp.</pos> of
<er>Kit</er> to cut.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kittel</ent><br/
<hw>Kit"tel</hw> <pr>(k<icr/t"t'l)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See
<er>Kittle</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kitten</ent><br/
<hw>Kit"ten</hw> <pr>(k<icr/t"t'n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE.
<ets>kiton</ets>, a dim. of <ets>cat</ets>; cf. G. <ets>kitze</ets> a
young cat, also a female cat, and F. <ets>chaton</ets>, dim. of
<ets>chat</ets> cat, also E. <ets>kitling</ets>. See
<er>Cat</er>.]</ety> <def>A young cat.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kitten</ent><br/
<hw>Kit"ten</hw>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Kittened</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Kittening</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To bring forth young, as a cat;
to bring forth, as kittens.</def> <rj><au>Shak.</au> <au>H.
Spencer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kittenish</ent><br/
<hw>kit"ten*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling a kitten; playful;
<as>as, a <ex>kittenish</ex> disposition</as>.</def>
<rj><au>Richardson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>kit"ten*ish*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --
<wf>kit"ten*ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kitten-tails</ent><br/
<hw>kitten-tails</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a plant of the genus
<gen>Besseya</gen> having fluffy spikes of flowers.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kittiwake</ent><br/
<hw>Kit"ti*wake</hw> <pr>(k<icr/t"t<icr/*w<amac/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A northern gull (<spn>Rissa tridactyla</spn>),
inhabiting the coasts of Europe and America. It is white, with black
tips to the wings, and has only three toes.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kittle</ent><br/
<hw>Kit"tle</hw> <pr>(k<icr/t"t'l)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf.
<er>Kit</er> a kitten.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>To bring forth
young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. &
Scot.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kittle</ent><br/
<hw>Kit"tle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>citelian</ets>;
akin to D. <ets>kittelen</ets>, G. <ets>kitzeln</ets>, Icel.
<ets>kitla</ets>, Sw. <ets>kittla</ets>, <ets>kittsla</ets>, Dan.
<ets>kildre</ets>. Cf. <er>Tickle</er>.]</ety> <def>To tickle.</def>
<mark>[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>kittel</asp>.]</altsp> <rj><au>Halliwell.</au>
<au>Jamieson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kittle</ent><br/
<hw>Kit"tle</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Ticklish; not easily managed;
troublesome; difficult; variable.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. &
Scot.]</mark> <rj><au>Halliwell.</au> <au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kittlish</ent><br/
<hw>Kit"tlish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Ticklish;
kittle.</def> <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kitty</ent><br/
<hw>Kit"ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A kitten;
also, a pet name or calling name for the cat.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[Etym. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Gaming)</fld>
<def>The percentage taken out of a pool to pay for refreshments, or for
the expenses of the table;</def> <specif>by extension,</specif> <def>any
pool of money aggregated from small contributions.</def> <rj><au>R. F.
Foster.</au></rj><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kittysol</ent><br/
<hw>Kit*ty*sol"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp.
<ets>quitasol</ets>.]</ety> <def>The Chinese paper parasol.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiva</ent><br/
<hw>Ki"va</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hopi name, sacred
chamber.]</ety> <def>A large chamber built under, or in, the houses of a
Pueblo village, used as an assembly room in religious rites or as a
men's dormitory. It is commonly lighted and entered from an opening in
the roof.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kive</ent><br/
<hw>Kive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mash vat. See
<er>Keeve</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kiver</ent><br/
<hw>Kiv"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cover.</def> --
<def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A cover.</def> <mark>[<plain>Disused except in
illiterate speech.</plain>]</mark></def2></p>

<p><ent>Kiwikiwi</ent><br/
<ent>Kivikivi</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Ki`vi*ki"vi</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ki`wi*ki"wi</hw>
<pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it>
<plw>Kivikivies</plw> (<?/), <plw>Kiwikiwies</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any species of <gen>Apteryx</gen>, esp.
<spn>Apteryx australis</spn>; -- so called in imitation of its notes.
More commonly called <altname>kiwi</altname>. See
<er>Apteryx</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kjoekken moeddings</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kjoek"ken moed`dings</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n. pl.</pos>
<ety>[Dan.]</ety> <def>See <er>Kitchen middens</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Klamaths</ent><br/
<hw>Kla"maths</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos>; <sing>sing.
<singw>Klamath</singw></sing> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>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 <altname>Clamets</altname> and
<altname>Hamati</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Klansman</ent><br/
<hw>Klansman</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a member of the <membof>Ku Klux
Klan</membof>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>klatsch</ent><br/
<ent>klatch</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>klatch</hw>, <hw>klatsch</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An
informal group that gathers more or less frequently, especially for
conversation; <as>as, a coffee <ex>klatsch</ex>; a sewing
<ex>klatsch</ex></as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>klavern</ent><br/
<hw>klavern</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A local chapter of the <partof>Ku
Klux Klan</partof>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>klavier</ent><br/
<hw>klavier</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a stringed instrument that has a
keyboard, especially a piano, harpsichord, or clavichord; also, the
keyboard of such an instrument. Same as <er>clavier</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> clavier.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>klaxon</ent><br/
<hw>klaxon</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of loud horn formerly used on
motor vehicles.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> claxon.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kleagle</ent><br/
<hw>kleagle</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An officer, especially an attorney,
of the <membof>Ku Klux Klan</membof>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kleeneboc</ent><br/
<hw>Kleene"boc`</hw> <pr>(kl<emac/n"b<ocr/k`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<ety>[D. <ets>kleen</ets> little, small + <ets>bok</ets> buck.]</ety>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An antelope (<spn>Cerphalopus pygm<ae/us</spn>),
found in South Africa. It is of very small size, being but one foot high
at the shoulder. It is remarkable for its activity, and for its mild and
timid disposition. Called also <altname>guevi</altname>, and
<altname>pygmy antelope</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kleenex</ent><br/
<hw>Kleenex</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[Trademark]</ety> <def>A piece
of soft absorbent tissue paper (usually two or more thin layers) used as
a disposable handkerchief; -- still a current trademark, but often used
generically.</def> <mark>[Trademark]</mark> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> tissue.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kleptomania</ent><br/
<hw>Klep`to*ma"ni*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr.
<grk>kle`pths</grk> thief + E. <ets>mania</ets>.]</ety> <def>A
propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not
constitute legal irresponsibility.</def> <rj><au>Wharton.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kleptomaniac</ent><br/
<hw>Klep`to*ma"ni*ac</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person
affected with kleptomania.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Klick</ent><br/
<hw>Klick</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. & v.</pos> <def>See
<er>Click</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Klicket</ent><br/
<hw>Klick"et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf.
<er>Clicket</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A small postern or gate
in a palisade, for the passage of sallying parties.</def>
<altsp>[Written also <asp>klinket</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Klinkstone</ent><br/
<hw>Klink"stone`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Clinkstone</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Klinometer</ent><br/
<hw>Kli*nom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Clinometer</er>.</def></p>

<p><ent>Klipdachs</ent><br/
<ent>Klipdas</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Klip"das</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Klip"dachs`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>
}</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>klip</ets> cliff + <ets>das</ets>
badger, akin to G. <ets>dachs</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A
small mammal (<spn>Hyrax Capensis</spn>), found in South Africa. It is
of about the size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the daman. Called
also <altname>rock rabbit</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Klipfish</ent><br/
<hw>Klip"fish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Dried cod, exported
from Norway.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>clipfish</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Klipspringer</ent><br/
<hw>Klip"spring`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D., lit.,
cliff springer.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A small, graceful South
African antelope (<spn>Nanotragus oreotragus</spn>), which, like the
chamois, springs from one crag to another with great agility; -- called
also <altname>kainsi</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>klippspringer</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kloof</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kloof</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. See
<er>Clove</er> a cleft.]</ety> <def>A glen; a ravine closed at its upper
end.</def> <mark>[South Africa]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Klopemania</ent><br/
<hw>Klo`pe*ma"ni*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr.
<grk>kloph`</grk> theft + E. <ets>mania</ets>.]</ety> <def>See
<er>Kleptomania</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knab</ent><br/
<hw>Knab</hw> <pr>(n<acr/b)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &
p. p.</pos> <conjf>Knabbed</conjf> <pr>(n<acr/bd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &
vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Knabbing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[See <er>Nab</er>,
<pos>v. t.</pos>, and cf. <er>Knap</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To seize with the teeth; to gnaw.</def>
<ldquo/<xex>Knabbing</xex> crusts.<rdquo/ <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<rj><au>L'Estrange.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To nab. See <er>Nab</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos></def>
<mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knabble</ent><br/
<hw>Knab"ble</hw> <pr>(n<acr/b"b'l)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Freq.
of <ets>knab</ets>.]</ety> <def>To bite or nibble.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Horses will <qex>knabble</qex> at walls, and rats gnaw iron.</q>
<rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knack</ent><br/
<hw>Knack</hw> <pr>(n<acr/k)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Prob. of
imitative origin; cf. G. <ets>knacken</ets> to break, Dan.
<ets>knage</ets> to crack, and E. <ets>knock</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink.</def> <mark>[Obs.
or Prov. Eng.]</mark> <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To speak affectedly.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>
<rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knack</ent><br/
<hw>Knack</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A petty contrivance; a
toy; a plaything; a knickknack.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A <qex>knack</qex>, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A readiness in performance; aptness at doing a
specific task; skill; aptitude; facility; dexterity; -- often used with
<ptcl>for</ptcl>; <as>as, a <ex>knack</ex> for playing the
guitar</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><q>The fellow . . . has not the <qex>knack</qex> with his shears.</q>
<rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The dean was famous in his time,<br/
And had a kind of <qex>knack</qex> at rhyme.</q>
<rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Something performed, or to be done, requiring
aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device.</def> <ldquo/The
<xex>knacks</xex> of japers.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>For how should equal colors do the <qex>knack</qex> !</q>
<rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knacker</ent><br/
<hw>Knack"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who
makes knickknacks, toys, etc.</def> <rj><au>Mortimer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held
loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; --
called also <altname>clapper</altname>.</def>
<rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knacker</ent><br/
<hw>Knack"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>hnakkr</ets> a
saddle.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a harness maker.</def> <mark>[Obs. or
Prov. Eng.]</mark> <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who slaughters worn-out horses and sells their
flesh for dog's meat.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knackish</ent><br/
<hw>Knack"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Trickish; artful.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Knack"ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Dr. H. More.</au></wordforms><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knack-kneed</ent><br/
<hw>Knack"-kneed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See
<er>Knock-kneed</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knacky</ent><br/
<hw>Knack"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a knack;
cunning; crafty; trickish.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</mark>
<rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knag</ent><br/
<hw>Knag</hw> <pr>(n<acr/g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Prov. G.
<ets>knagge</ets> a knot in wood, Sw. <ets>knagg</ets>, Dan.
<ets>knag</ets> a hook to hand clothes on, a bracket; Gael. & Ir.
<ets>cnag</ets> peg, knob.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A knot in wood; a
protuberance.</def> <rj><au>Wright.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A wooden peg for hanging things on.</def>
<rj><au>Wright.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The prong of an antler.</def>
<rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The rugged top of a hill.</def> <mark>[Prov.
Eng.]</mark> <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knagged</ent><br/
<hw>Knag"ged</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of knots;
knaggy.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knaggy</ent><br/
<hw>Knag"gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Knotty; rough;
figuratively, rough in temper.</def> <au>Fuller.</au> --
<wordforms><wf>Knag"gi*ness</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knap</ent><br/
<hw>Knap</hw> <pr>(n<acr/p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS.
<ets>cn<ae/p</ets>, <ets>cn<ae/pp</ets>, top, knob, button; cf. Icel.
<ets>knappr</ets> knob, Sw. <ets>knapp</ets>, Dan. <ets>knap</ets>
button, W., Gael., & Ir. <ets>cnap</ets> knob, button, and E.
<ets>knop</ets>.]</ety> <def>A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a
button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See <er>Knob</er>, and
<er>Knop</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The highest part and <qex>knap</qex> of the same island.</q>
<rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knap</ent><br/
<hw>Knap</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Knapped</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Knapping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[D. <ets>knappen</ets> to chew,
bite, crack, take hold of; prob. of imitative origin.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To bite; to bite off; to break short.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov.
Eng. ]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>He will <qex>knap</qex> the spears apieces with his teeth.</q>
<rj><qau>Dr. H. More.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>He breaketh the bow, and <qex>knappeth</qex> the spear in
sunder.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. xlvi. 9 (Book of Common Prayer.)</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To strike smartly; to rap; to snap.</def>
<mark>[Chiefly Brit.]</mark> <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knap</ent><br/
<hw>Knap</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To make a sound of snapping.</def>
<rj><au>Wiseman.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knap</ent><br/
<hw>Knap</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A sharp blow or slap.</def>
<rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knapbottle</ent><br/
<hw>Knap"bot`tle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>
<def>The bladder campion (<spn>Silene inflata</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Knappish</ent><br/
<hw>Knap"pish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Knap</er>
to strike.]</ety> <def>Snappish; peevish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<rj><au>Grafton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Knapple</ent><br/
<hw>Knap"ple</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Freq. of
<ets>knap</ets>, <pos>v.</pos>, cf. D. <ets>knabbelen</ets> to
gnaw.]</ety> <def>To break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to
nibble.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Knappy</ent><br/
<hw>Knap"py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having knaps; full of
protuberances or humps; knobby.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<rj><au>Huloet.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Knapsack</ent><br/
<hw>Knap"sack`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D.
<ets>knapzak</ets>; <ets>knappen</ets> to eat + <ets>zak</ets> a bag.
See <er>Knap</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, and <er>Sack</er>.]</ety> <def>A
case of canvas, leather, nylon, or other sturdy fabric, fitted with
straps, for carrying on the back the food, clothing, or other supplies
for a soldier or a traveler; <as>as, to hike up the mountain with lunch
in a <ex>knapsack</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>And each one fills his <qex>knapsack</qex> or his scrip<br/
With some rare thing that on the field is found.</q>
<rj><qau>Drayton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Knapweed</ent><br/
<hw>Knap"weed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>
<def>The black centaury (<spn>Centaurea nigra</spn>); -- so called from
the knoblike heads of flowers. Called also
<altname>bullweed</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Knar</ent><br/
<hw>Knar</hw> <pr>(n<aum/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Gnar</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knarl</ent><br/
<hw>Knarl</hw> <pr>(n<aum/rl)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A knot in wood.
See <er>Gnarl</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Knarled</ent><br/
<hw>Knarled</hw> <pr>(n<aum/rld)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Knotted. See
<er>Gnarled</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Knarred</ent><br/
<hw>Knarred</hw> <pr>(n<aum/rd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Knotty;
gnarled.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>knarred</qex> and crooked cedar knees.</q>
<rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Knarry</ent><br/
<hw>Knar"ry</hw> <pr>(n<aum/r"r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Knotty;
gnarled.</def> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Knave</ent><br/
<hw>Knave</hw> <pr>(n<amac/v)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE., boy,
servant, knave, AS. <ets>cnafa</ets> boy, youth; cf. AS.
<ets>cnapa</ets> boy, youth, D. <ets>knaap</ets>, G. <ets>knabe</ets>
boy, <ets>knappe</ets> esquire, Icel. <ets>knapi</ets>, Sw.
<ets>knape</ets> esquire, <ets>kn<aum/fvel</ets> knave.]</ety>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A boy; especially, a boy servant.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Wyclif. Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>O murderous slumber,<br/
Lay'st thou thy leaden mace upon my boy<br/
That plays thee music ? Gentle <qex>knave</qex>, good night.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any male servant; a menial.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>He's but Fortune's <qex>knave</qex>,<br/
A minister of her will.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a
rogue; a villain.</def> <ldquo/A pair of crafty
<xex>knaves</xex>.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>In defiance of demonstration, <qex>knaves</qex> will continue to
proselyte fools.</q> <rj><qau>Ames.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ <ldquo/How many serving lads must have been unfaithful
and dishonest before <xex>knave</xex> -- which meant at first no more
than boy -- acquired the meaning which it has now !<rdquo/</note>
<rj><au>Trench.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A playing card marked with the figure of a servant
or soldier; a jack; <as>as, the <ex>knave</ex> of hearts</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Knave child</b></col>, <cd>a male child.</cd>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Villain; cheat; rascal; rogue; scoundrel;
miscreant.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Knavery</ent><br/
<hw>Knav"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it>
<plw>Knaveries</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish
action.</def><br/
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<p><q>This is flat <qex>knavery</qex>, to take upon you another man's
name.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Roguish or mischievous
tricks.</def> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Knaveship</ent><br/
<hw>Knave"ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small due, in meal,
established by usage, which is paid to the under miller.</def>
<mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Knavess</ent><br/
<hw>Knav"ess</hw> <pr>(n<amac/v"<ecr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A
knavish woman.</def> <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knavish</ent><br/
<hw>Knav"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Like or characteristic
of a knave{3}; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest;
villainous; <as>as, a <ex>knavish</ex> fellow, or a <ex>knavish</ex>
trick</as>.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Knavish</xex> politicians.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Mischievous; roguish; waggish; rascally.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Cupid is <qex>knavish</qex> lad,<br/
Thus to make poor females mad.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knavishly</ent><br/
<hw>Knav"ish*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In a knavish
manner; dishonestly; fraudulently.</def> <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Mischievously; waggishly; roguishly.</def>
<ldquo/<xex>Knavishly</xex> witty.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Gayton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>knavishness</ent><br/
<hw>knav"ish*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being
knavish; knavery; dishonesty.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Knaw</ent><br/
<hw>Knaw</hw> <pr>(n<add/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See
<er>Gnaw</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Sir T.
More.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Knawel</ent><br/
<hw>Knaw"el</hw> <pr>(n<add/"<ecr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Akin to
G. <ets>knauelk</ets>, <ets>kn<aum/uel</ets>, prop., a ball of thread,
coil. Cf. <er>Clew</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A low, spreading
weed (<spn>Scleranthus annuus</spn>), common in sandy soil.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knead</ent><br/
<hw>Knead</hw> <pr>(n<emac/d)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp.
& p. p.</pos> <conjf>Kneaded</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Kneading</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>kneden</ets>, As.
<ets>cnedan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>kneden</ets>, G. <ets>kneten</ets>,
Sw. <ets>kn<aring/da</ets>, Icel. <ets>kno<edh/a</ets>; cf. OSlav.
<ets>gnesti</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, to <ex>knead</ex> dough</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The <qex>kneading</qex>, the making of the cake, the heating of
the oven, and the baking.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to
beat.</def><br/
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<p><q>I will <qex>knead</qex> him : I'll make him supple.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To press repeatedly with the hands or knuckles,
sometimes with a twisting or squeezing motion; -- performed for example
on the body of a person as a form of massage.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kneading trough</b></col>, <cd>a trough or tray in which
dough is kneaded.</cd> <rj><au>Ex. viii. 3.</au></rj></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knead</ent><br/
<hw>knead</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To perform movements
like kneading, with the paws; -- said of cats, which may knead{3} a
master's body when stroked, presumably a sign of contentment; <as>as, a
cat <ex>kneading</ex> and purring in his master's lap</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kneadable</ent><br/
<hw>Knead"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>That may be
kneaded; capable of being worked into a mass.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kneader</ent><br/
<hw>Knead"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who
kneads.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Kneadingly</ent><br/
<hw>Knead"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the manner of one
kneading.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Knebelite</ent><br/
<hw>Kne"bel*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From Major von
<ets>Knebel</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a gray,
red, brown, or green color, and glistening luster. It is a silicate of
iron and manganese.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kneck</ent><br/
<hw>Kneck</hw> <pr>(n<ecr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol.
uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The twisting of a rope or
cable, as it is running out.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knee</ent><br/
<hw>Knee</hw> <pr>(n<emac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE.
<ets>kne</ets>, <ets>cneo</ets>, As. <ets>cne<oacute/</ets>,
<ets>cne<oacute/w</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>knio</ets>, <ets>kneo</ets>,
OFries. <ets>kn<imac/</ets>, G. & D. <ets>knie</ets>, OHG.
<ets>chniu</ets>, <ets>chneo</ets>, Icel. <ets>kn<emac/</ets>, Sw.
<ets>kn<aum/</ets>, Dan. <ets>kn<ae/</ets>, Goth. <ets>kniu</ets>, L.
<ets>genu</ets>, Gr. <grk>go`ny</grk>, Skr. <ets>j<amac/nu</ets>,
<root/231. Cf. <er>Genuflection</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In man,
the joint in the middle part of the leg.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The joint, or region
of the joint, between the thigh and leg.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>In the
horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist
in man.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mech. & Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>A piece of timber
or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee
when bent.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A bending of the knee, as in respect or
courtesy.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Give them title, <qex>knee</qex>, and approbation.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Knee breeches</b></col>. <cd>See under
<er>Breeches</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Knee holly</b></col>,
<col><b>Knee holm</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>butcher's
broom.</cd> -- <col><b>Knee joint</b></col>. <cd>See in the
Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col><b>Knee timber</b></col>, <cd>timber with knees
or angles in it.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Knee tribute</b></col>, or
<col><b>Knee worship</b></col></mcol>, <cd>tribute paid by kneeling;
worship by genuflection.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/<xex>Knee
tribute</xex> yet unpaid.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><-- p. 817 --></p>

<p><ent>Knee</ent><br/
<hw>Knee</hw> <pr>(n<emac/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To supplicate by
kneeling.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Fall down, and <qex>knee</qex><br/
The way into his mercy.</q> <rj><qau>Shak</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kneebrush</ent><br/
<hw>Knee"brush`</hw> <pr>(n<emac/"br<ucr/sh`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A tuft or brush of hair on the knees
of some species of antelopes and other animals; -- chiefly used in the
plural.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kneecap</ent><br/
<hw>knee"cap`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the
tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneepan.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A cap or protection for the knee.</def></p>

<p><ent>kneecap</ent><br/
<hw>knee"cap</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>to break the knees of,
especially by shooting in the kneecap; -- often done by criminal or
terrorist groups as a warning or punishment.</def> <note></note><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> knee-cap.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knee-crooking</ent><br/
<hw>Knee"-crook`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Obsequious;
fawning; cringing.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Knee-crooking</xex> knave.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kneed</ent><br/
<hw>Kneed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having
knees;- used chiefly in composition; <as>as, in-<ex>kneed</ex>;
out-<ex>kneed</ex>; weak-<ex>kneed</ex>.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Geniculated; forming an obtuse
angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; <as>as,
<ex>kneed</ex> grass</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knee-deep</ent><br/
<hw>Knee"-deep`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Rising
to the knees; knee-high; <as>as, water or snow
<ex>knee-deep</ex></as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Grass <qex>knee-deep</qex> within a month.</q>
<rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Sunk to the knees; <as>as, men <ex>knee-deep</ex> in
water</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Where <qex>knee-deep</qex> the trees were standing.</q>
<rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knee-high</ent><br/
<hw>Knee"-high`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Rising or reaching
upward to the knees; <as>as, the water is
<ex>knee-high</ex></as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knee jerk</ent><br/
<hw>Knee jerk</hw>. <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A jerk or forward kick of
the lower part of the leg produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the
patellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the
quadriceps muscle; the patellar reflex.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knee jerk</ent><br/
<hw>Knee jerk</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>emotional and predictable; -- of
certain people and their reactions to events.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knee jerk liberal</ent><br/
<hw>Knee jerk liberal</hw>. <def>a person of strong liberal convictions
who reacts predictably and emotionally to certain events.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knee jerk reaction</ent><br/
<hw>Knee jerk reaction</hw>. <def>an immediate unthinking emotional
reaction produced by an event or statement to which the reacting person
is highly sensitive; -- in persons with strong feelings on a topic, it
may be very predictable.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kneejoint</ent><br/
<hw>Knee"joint`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
joint of the knee.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kneejointed</ent><br/
<hw>Knee"joint`ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Geniculate;
kneed. See <er>Kneed</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, 2.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kneel</ent><br/
<hw>Kneel</hw> <pr>(n<emac/l)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp.
& p. p.</pos> <conjf>Knelt</conjf> <pr>(n<ecr/lt)</pr> or
<conjf>Kneeled</conjf> (n<emac/ld); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Kneeling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>knelen</ets>,
<ets>cneolien</ets>; akin to D. <ets>knielen</ets>, Dan.
<ets>kn<ae/le</ets>. See <er>Knee</er>.]</ety> <def>To bend the knee; to
fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with
<ptcl>down</ptcl>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The act of kneeling, when performed in front of a
person, is often done as a sign of respect, humility, or supplication.
It has a similar significance when performed in front of religious
objects, such as an altar or shrine.</note><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><q>And he <qex>kneeled</qex> down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord,
lay not this sin to their charge.</q> <rj><qau>Acts vii.
60.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>As soon as you are dressed, <qex>kneel</qex> and say the Lord's
Prayer.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kneeler</ent><br/
<hw>Kneel"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who
kneels or who worships by or while kneeling.</def>
<rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A cushion or stool to kneel on, such as one attached
to a pew in a church.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A name given to certain
catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of
church worship.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kneelingly</ent><br/
<hw>Kneel"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a kneeling
position.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kneepan</ent><br/
<hw>Knee"pan`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A
roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee
joint; the patella; the kneecap.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kneepiece</ent><br/
<hw>Knee"piece`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A piece shaped
like a knee; <as>as, the <ex>kneepieces</ex> or ears of a
boat</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kneipp cure</ent><br/
<ent>Kneipp's cure</ent><br/
<ent>Kneippism</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Kneipp"ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> Also <hw>Kneipp's
cure</hw>, <it>or</it> <hw>Kneipp cure</hw></mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>,
<def>Treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, as walking barefoot
in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.; -- so
called from its originator, <person>Sebastian
<etsep>Kneipp</etsep></person> (1821-97), a German priest.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knell</ent><br/
<hw>Knell</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>knel</ets>,
<ets>cnul</ets>, AS. <ets>cnyll</ets>, fr. <ets>cnyllan</ets> to sound a
bell; cf. D. & G. <ets>knallen</ets> to clap, crack, G. & Sw.
<ets>knall</ets> a clap, crack, loud sound, Dan. <ets>knalde</ets> to
clap, crack. Cf. <er>Knoll</er>, <ets>n. & v.</ets>]</ety> <def>The
stroke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a
death signal; a passing bell;</def> <specif>hence,</specif>
<mark>(figuratively)</mark>, <def>a warning or harbinger of, or a sound
indicating, the passing away of anything; -- also called <altname>death
knell</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><q>The dead man's <qex>knell</qex><br/
Is there scarce asked for who.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The curfew tolls the <qex>knell</qex> of parting day.</q>
<rj><qau>Gray.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knell</ent><br/
<hw>Knell</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Knelled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Knelling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>knellen</ets>,
<ets>knillen</ets>, As. <ets>cnyllan</ets>. See <er>Knell</er>,
<pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a
death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Not worth a blessing nor a bell to <qex>knell</qex> for thee.</q>
<rj><qau>Beau. & Fl.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known,<br/
Of hopes laid waste, <qex>knells</qex> in that word,
<ldquo/alone<rdquo/.</q> <rj><qau>Ld. Lytton.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knell</ent><br/
<hw>Knell</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To summon, as by a
knell.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Each matin bell, the baron saith,<br/
<qex>Knells</qex> us back to a world of death.</q>
<rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knelt</ent><br/
<hw>Knelt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <def><pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> of
<er>Kneel</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knew</ent><br/
<hw>Knew</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <def><pos>imp.</pos> of
<er>Know</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knicker</ent><br/
<hw>Knick"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D.
<ets>knikker</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small ball of clay, baked hard and
oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & U.
S.]</mark> <rj><au>Halliwell.</au> <au>Bartlett.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knickerbocker</ent><br/
<hw>Knick"er*bock`er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A linsey-woolsey fabric
having a rough knotted surface on the right side; used for women's
dresses.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knickerbocker</ent><br/
<hw>Knick"er*bock`er</hw>, <mark>[capitalized]</mark> <pos>prop.
n.</pos> <ety>[From Diedrich <etsep>KNickerbocker</etsep>, the fictional
author of <it>The History of New York</it>, in fact written by
<person>Washington Irving</person>.]</ety> <def>A descendant of the
early Dutch colonists of the New York City area; -- used mostly as a
nickname for an inhabitant of New York state or especially New York
City.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knickerbockers</ent><br/
<hw>Knick"er*bock`ers</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>The name
for a style of short breeches; smallclothes; called also
<altname>knickers</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knickers</ent><br/
<hw>knick"ers</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
name for a style of loose-fitting short trousers, gathered in and ending
at the knees; smallclothes; called also
<altname>knickerbockers</altname>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> breeches, knee breeches, knee pants,
knickerbockers.</syn><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> + <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Underpants, especially of women; panties.</def>
<mark>[British]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> bloomers, pants, drawers.</syn><br/
[<source>PJC</source> + <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knickknack</ent><br/
<hw>Knick"knack`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See
<er>Knack</er>.]</ety> <def>A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw; a
tchotchke.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knickknackatory</ent><br/
<hw>Knick"knack`a*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A
collection of knickknacks.</def> <rj><au>Richardson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knickknackery</ent><br/
<hw>Knick"knack`er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Knickknacks.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knife</ent><br/
<hw>Knife</hw> <pr>(n<imac/f)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it>
<plw>Knives</plw> <pr>(n<imac/vz)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>knif</ets>,
AS. <ets>cn<imac/f</ets>; akin to D. <ets>knijf</ets>, Icel.
<ets>kn<imac/fr</ets>, Sw. <ets>knif</ets>, Dan. <ets>kniv</ets>.]</ety>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, table
<ex>knife</ex>, drawing <ex>knife</ex>, putty <ex>knife</ex>, pallet
<ex>knife</ex>, pocket<ex>knife</ex>, pen<ex>knife</ex>, chopping
<ex>knife</ex>, etc.</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A sword or dagger.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The coward conquest of a wretch's <qex>knife</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Knife grass</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>a tropical
American sedge (<spn>Scleria latifolia</spn>), having leaves with a very
sharp and hard edge, like a knife.</cd> -- <col><b>War to the
knife</b></col>, <cd>mortal combat; a conflict carried to the last
extremity.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knife</ent><br/
<hw>Knife</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Knifed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Knifing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn>
<fld>(Hort.)</fld> <def>To prune with the knife.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cut or stab with a knife.</def>
<mark>[Low]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Fig.: To stab in the back; to try to defeat by
underhand means, esp. in politics; to vote or work secretly against (a
candidate of one's own party).</def> <mark>[Slang, U. S.]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knifeboard</ent><br/
<hw>Knife"board`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A board on which
knives are cleaned or polished.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knife-edge</ent><br/
<hw>Knife"-edge`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>
<def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Knife-edge file</b></col>. <cd>See <xex>Illust.</xex> of
<er>File</er>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knife switch</ent><br/
<hw>Knife switch</hw>. <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A switch consisting of
one or more knifelike pieces hinged at one end and making contact near
the other with flat gripping springs.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knight</ent><br/
<hw>Knight</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>knight</ets>,
<ets>cniht</ets>, knight, soldier, AS. <ets>cniht</ets>,
<ets>cneoht</ets>, a boy, youth, attendant, military follower; akin to
D. & G. <ets>knecht</ets> servant; perh. akin to E.
<ets>kin</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A young servant or follower; a
military attendant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One on whom
knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the
sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as <xex>Sir</xex>; as, Sir
John.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <specif>Hence:</specif> <sd>(c)</sd>
<def>A champion; a partisan; a lover.</def> <ldquo/Give this ring to my
true <xex>knight</xex>.<rdquo/ Shak <ldquo/In all your quarrels will I
be your <xex>knight</xex>.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q><qex>Knights</qex>, by their oaths, should right poor ladies'
harms.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ Formerly, when a knight's name was not known, it was
customary to address him as <xex>Sir Knight</xex>. The rank of a knight
is not hereditary.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a
horse's head.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the
knave or jack.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Carpet knight</b></col>. <cd>See under
<er>Carpet</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Knight of industry</b></col>. <cd>See
<cref>Chevalier d'industrie</cref>, under <er>Chevalier</er>.</cd> --
<mcol><col><b>Knight of Malta</b></col>, <col><b>Knight of
Rhodes</b></col>, <col><b>Knight of St. John of
Jerusalem</b></col></mcol>. <cd>See <er>Hospitaler</er>.</cd> --
<col><b>Knight of the post</b></col>, <cd>one who gained his living by
giving false evidence on trials, or false bail; hence, a sharper in
general.</cd> <au>Nares.</au> <ldquo/A <xex>knight of the post</xex>, .
. . quoth he, for so I am termed; a fellow that will swear you anything
for twelve pence.<rdquo/ <au>Nash.</au> -- <col><b>Knight of the
shire</b></col>, <cd>in England, one of the representatives of a county
in Parliament, in distinction from the representatives of cities and
boroughs.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Knights commanders</b></col>,
<col><b>Knights grand cross</b></col></mcol>, <cd>different classes of
the Order of the Bath.</cd> See under <er>Bath</er>, and
<er>Companion</er>. <col><b>Knights of labor</b></col>, <cd>a secret
organization whose professed purpose is to secure and maintain the
rights of workingmen as respects their relations to their
employers.</cd> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> -- <col><b>Knights of
Pythias</b></col>, <cd>a secret order, founded in Washington, D. C., in
1864, for social and charitable purposes.</cd> -- <col><b>Knights of the
Round Table</b></col>, <cd>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.</cd> <rj><au>Brande & C.</au></rj></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knight</ent><br/
<hw>Knight</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Knighted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Knighting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>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 ---.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A soldier, by the honor-giving hand<br/
Of C<oe/ur-de-Lion <qex>knighted</qex> in the field.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knightage</ent><br/
<hw>Knight"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The body of
knights, taken collectively.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knight bachelor</ent><br/
<hw>Knight" bach"e*lor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Knights
bachelors</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <def>A knight of the most ancient,
but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of
chivalry. See <er>Bachelor</er>, 4.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knight banneret</ent><br/
<hw>Knight" ban"ner*et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Knights
bannerets</plw>.</plu> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knight baronet</ent><br/
<hw>Knight" bar"o*net</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Baronet</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knight-errant</ent><br/
<hw>Knight"-er`rant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it>
<plw>Knight-errants</plw>, or <plw>Knights-errant</plw>.</plu> <def>A
wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the
purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knight-errantry</ent><br/
<hw>Knight"-er`rant*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>;
<plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Knight-errantries</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu>
<def>The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of
wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic
adventure or scheme.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The rigid guardian [<it>i. e.</it>, conscience] of a blameless
heart<br/
Is weak with rank <qex>knight-erratries</qex> o'errun.</q>
<rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knight-er-ratic</ent><br/
<hw>Knight"-er-rat"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining
to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<rj><au>Quart. Rev.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knighthead</ent><br/
<hw>Knight"head`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>
<def>A bollard timber. See under <er>Bollard</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knighthood</ent><br/
<hw>Knight"hood</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Knight</ets>
+ <ets>hood</ets>: cf. AS. <ets>chihth<amac/d</ets> youth.]</ety>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of
knights as a class; hence, chivalry.</def> <ldquo/O shame to
<xex>knighthood</xex>.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>If you needs must write, write Caesar's praise;<br/
You 'll gain at least a <qex>knighthood</qex>, or the bays.</q>
<rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The whole body of knights.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The <qex>knighthood</qex> nowadays are nothing like the
<qex>knighthood</qex> of old time.</q> <rj><qau>Chapman.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ <ldquo/When the order of <xex>knighthood</xex> 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.
<xex>Knighthood</xex> was conferred by the <xex>accolade</xex>, 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.<rdquo/</note>
<rj><au>Brande & C.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knightless</ent><br/
<hw>Knight"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Unbecoming a knight.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/<xex>Knightless</xex> guile.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knightliness</ent><br/
<hw>Knight"li*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The character
or bearing suitable for a knight; chivalry.</def>
<rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knightly</ent><br/
<hw>Knight`ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>cnihtlic</ets>
boyish.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight;
chivalrous; <as>as, a <ex>knightly</ex> combat; a <ex>knightly</ex>
spirit.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>For <qex>knightly</qex> jousts and fierce encounters fit.</q>
<rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>[Excuses] full <qex>knightly</qex> without scorn.</q>
<rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knightly</ent><br/
<hw>Knight"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a manner becoming a
knight.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>And why thou comest thus <qex>knightly</qex> clad in arms.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knight marshal</ent><br/
<hw>Knight" mar"shal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Eng.
Law)</fld> <def>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.</def> <rj><au>Wharton.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knight's service</ent><br/
<ent>Knight service</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Knight" serv"ice</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> Also <hw>Knight's
service</hw></mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Feud.
Law)</fld> <def>The military service by rendering which a knight held
his lands.</def></p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Eng. Feud. Law)</fld> <def>A tenure of lands held
by knights on condition of performing military service. See
<er>Chivalry</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 4.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>By far the greater part of England [in the 13th century] is held
of the king by <qex>knight's service</qex>. . . . In order to understand
this tenure we must form the conception of a unit of military service.
That unit seems to be the service of one knight or fully armed horseman
(<qex>servitium unius militis</qex>) to be done to the king in his army
for forty days in the year, if it be called for. . . . The limit of
forty days seems to have existed rather in theory than practice.</q>
<rj><qau>Pollock & Mait.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Service such as a knight can or should render;
hence, good or valuable service.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knight's fee</ent><br/
<hw>Knight's fee</hw>. <fld>(Feudal Law)</fld> <def>The fee of a knight;
specif., the amount of land the holding of which imposed the obligation
of knight service, being sometimes a <er>hide{1}(b)</er> or less,
sometimes six or more hides.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knight Templar</ent><br/
<hw>Knight" Tem"plar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Knights
Templars</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <def>See <er>Commandery</er>,
<pos>n.</pos>, 3, and also <er>Templar</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 1 and
3.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knish</ent><br/
<hw>knish</hw> <pr>(k'n<icr/sh")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Russian and
Jewish Cookery)</fld> <def>A fried, or sometimes baked, turnover made
from a round or square sheet of dough containing a filling, usually of
meat or potatoes.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knit</ent><br/
<hw>Knit</hw> <pr>(n<icr/t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &
p. p.</pos> <conjf>Knit</conjf> or <conjf>Knitted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &
vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Knitting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE.
<ets>knitten</ets>, <ets>knutten</ets>, As. <ets>cnyttan</ets>, fr.
<ets>cnotta</ets> knot; akin to Icel. <ets>kn<ymac/ta</ets>, Sw.
<ets>knyta</ets>, Dan. <ets>knytte</ets>. See <er>Knot</er>.]</ety>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as
cord; to fasten by tying.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A great sheet <qex>knit</qex> at the four corners.</q>
<rj><qau>Acts x. 11.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>When your head did but ache,<br/
I <qex>knit</qex> my handkercher about your brows.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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>as, to <ex>knit</ex>
stockings</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To join; to cause to grow together.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Nature can not <qex>knit</qex> the bones while the parts are under
a discharge.</q> <rj><qau>Wiseman.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To unite closely; to connect; to engage; <as>as,
hearts <ex>knit</ex> together in love</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Thy merit hath my duty strongly <qex>knit</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Come, <qex>knit</qex> hands, and beat the ground,<br/
In a light fantastic round.</q> <rj><qau>Milton (Comus).</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A link among the days, to<qex>knit</qex><br/
The generations each to each.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To draw together; to contract into
wrinkles.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>He <qex>knits</qex> his brow and shows an angry eye.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knit</ent><br/
<hw>Knit</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To form a fabric by
interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be united closely; to grow together; <as>as,
broken bones will in time <ex>knit</ex> and become sound</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>To knit up</b></col>, <cd>to wind up; to conclude; to
come to a close.</cd> <ldquo/It remaineth to <xex>knit up</xex> briefly
with the nature and compass of the seas.<rdquo/ <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<rj><au>Holland.</au></rj></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knit</ent><br/
<hw>Knit</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Union knitting; texture.</def>
<rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knitback</ent><br/
<hw>Knit"back`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>
<def>The plant comfrey; -- so called from its use as a
restorative.</def> <rj><au>Dr. Prier.</au></rj></p>

<p><ent>Knitchet</ent><br/
<ent>Knitch</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Knitch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Knitch"et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>,
}</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Knit</er>.]</ety> <def>A number of
things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot.</def> <mark>[Obs. or
Prov. Eng.]</mark> <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>When they [stems of asphodel] be dried, they ought to be made up
into <qex>knitchets</qex>, or handfuls.</q>
<rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knits</ent><br/
<hw>Knits</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Prob. same word as
<ets>nit</ets> a louse's egg.]</ety> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>Small
particles of ore.</def> <rj><au>Raymond.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knitster</ent><br/
<hw>Knit"ster</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman who
knits.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knitter</ent><br/
<hw>Knit"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that
which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine.</def>
<rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knitting</ent><br/
<hw>Knit"ting</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The work
of a knitter; the network formed by knitting; knitwork.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Union formed by knitting, as of bones.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Knitting machine</b></col>, <cd>one of a number of
contrivances for mechanically knitting stockings, jerseys, and the
like.</cd> -- <col><b>Knitting needle</b></col>, <cd>a stiff rod, as of
steel wire, with rounded ends for knitting yarn or threads into a
fabric, as in stockings.</cd> -- <col><b>Knitting sheath</b></col>,
<cd>a sheath to receive the end of a needle in knitting.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knittle</ent><br/
<hw>Knit"tle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From
<er>Knit</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A string that draws together a
purse or bag.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>
<rj><au>Wright.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See
<er>Nettles</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knitwear</ent><br/
<hw>knitwear</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>knitted clothing.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knitwork</ent><br/
<hw>knit"work`</hw> <pr>(n<icr/t"w<ucir/rk`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A
network of yarn created by interlacing threads of yarn in a series of
connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine;
knitting.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> knit, knitting.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knives</ent><br/
<hw>Knives</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <def><pos>n. pl.</pos> of <er>Knife</er>.
See <er>Knife</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knob</ent><br/
<hw>Knob</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[A modification of
<ets>knop</ets>. Cf. <er>Nob</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A hard
protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; <as>as, a
<ex>knob</ex> in the flesh, or on a bone</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A knoblike ornament or handle; <as>as, the
<ex>knob</ex> of a lock, door, or drawer</as>.</def>
<rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A rounded hill or mountain; <as>as, the Pilot
Knob</as>.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> <rj><au>Bartlett.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>See <er>Knop</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Knob latch</b></col>, <cd>a latch which can be operated
by turning a knob, without using a key.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knob</ent><br/
<hw>Knob</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To grow into knobs or bunches; to
become knobbed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Drant.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knobbed</ent><br/
<hw>Knobbed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing knobs; full
of knobs; ending in a nob. See <xex>Illust</xex> of
<er>Antenna</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The horns of a roe deer of Greenland are pointed at the top, and
<qex>knobbed</qex> or tuberous at the bottom.</q>
<rj><qau>Grew.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knobber</ent><br/
<hw>Knob"ber</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>See <er>Knobbler</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knobbing</ent><br/
<hw>Knob"bing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Stone
Quarrying)</fld> <def>Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or
projections.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knobbler</ent><br/
<hw>Knob"bler</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The hart in
its second year; a young deer.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>knobber</asp>.]</altsp> <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>He has hallooed the hounds upon a velvet-headed
<qex>knobbler</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knobbling fire</ent><br/
<hw>Knob"bling fire</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A bloomery
fire. See <er>Bloomery</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knobby</ent><br/
<hw>Knob"by</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Knob</er>.]</ety>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard
protuberances.</def> <rj><au>Dr. H. More.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Irregular; stubborn in particulars.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The informers continued in a <qex>knobby</qex> kind of
obstinacy.</q> <rj><qau>Howell.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Abounding in rounded hills or mountains;
hilly.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> <rj><au>Bartlett.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knobkerry</ent><br/
<ent>knobkerrie</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>knob"ker`rie</hw>, <hw>knob"ker`ry</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Boer D. <ets>knopkirie</ets>, fr. D.
<ets>knop-</ets>hout, knotty stick + Hottentot <ets>k<ium/rri</ets>
club.]</ety> <def>A short wooden club with a knobbed end used as a
missile weapon by Kafir and other native tribes of South
Africa.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knobstick</ent><br/
<hw>Knob"stick`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One
who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a <colp>trade
union</colp>.</def> <mark>[Cant, Eng.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A stick, cane, or club terminating in a knob; esp.,
such a stick or club used as a weapon or missile; a
knobkerrie.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knock</ent><br/
<hw>Knock</hw> <pr>(n<ocr/k)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &
p. p.</pos> <conjf>Knocked</conjf> <pr>(n<ocr/kt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &
vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Knocking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE.
<ets>knoken</ets>, AS. <ets>cnocian</ets>, <ets>cnucian</ets>; prob. of
imitative origin; cf. Sw. <ets>knacka</ets>. Cf. <er>Knack</er>.]</ety>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To drive or be driven against something; to strike
against something; to clash; <as>as, one heavy body <ex>knocks</ex>
against another</as>.</def> <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to
rap; <as>as, to <ex>knock</ex> with a club; to <ex>knock</ex> on the
door.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>For harbor at a thousand doors they <qex>knocked</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Seek, and ye shall find; <qex>knock</qex>, and it shall be opened
unto you.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. vii. 7.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to
criticize habitually or captiously.</def> <mark>[Slang, U.
S.]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>To knock about</b></col>, <cd>to go about, taking knocks
or rough usage; to wander about; to saunter.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>
<ldquo/<xex>Knocking about town</xex>.<rdquo/ <au>W. Irving.</au> --
<col><b>To knock up</b></col>, <cd>to fail of strength; to become
wearied or worn out, as with labor; to give out.</cd> <ldquo/The horses
were beginning to <xex>knock up</xex> under the fatigue of such severe
service.<rdquo/ <au>De Quincey.</au><-- (b) to make pregnant (vulgar)
--> -- <col><b>To knock off</b></col>, <cd>to cease, as from work; to
desist.</cd> -- <col><b>To knock under</b></col>, <cd>to yield; to
submit; to acknowledge one's self conquered; -- an expression probably
borrowed from the practice of <xex>knocking under the table</xex> with
the knuckles, when conquered.</cd> <ldquo/Colonel Esmond <xex>knocked
under</xex> to his fate.<rdquo/ <au>Thackeray.</au></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><-- p. 818 --></p>

<p><ent>Knock</ent><br/
<hw>Knock</hw> <pr>(n<ocr/k)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To
strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a
thing) against something; <as>as, to <ex>knock</ex> a ball with a bat;
to <ex>knock</ex> the head against a post; to <ex>knock</ex> a lamp off
the table.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>When heroes <qex>knock</qex> their knotty heads together.</q>
<rj><qau>Rowe.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a
door.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Master, <qex>knock</qex> the door hard.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to
move to admiration or applause.</def> <mark>[Slang, Eng.]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To criticise; to find fault with; to
disparage.</def> <ldquo/Don't <xex>knock</xex> it if you haven't tried
it.<rdquo/<br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To knock in the head</b></col>, <it>or</it>
<col><b>To knock on the head</b></col>, <cd>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.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> --
<col><b>To knock off</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To force off by a blow
or by beating.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To assign to a bidder at an
auction, by a blow on the counter.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To leave off
(work, etc.).</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>To knock
out</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to force out by a blow or by blows; <as>as, to
<ex>knock out</ex> the brains</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To knock
up</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To arouse by knocking.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd>
<cd>To beat or tire out; to fatigue till unable to do more; as, the men
were entirely <xex>knocked up</xex>.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>
<ldquo/The day being exceedingly hot, the want of food had <xex>knocked
up</xex> my followers.<rdquo/ <au>Petherick.</au> <sd>(c)</sd>
<fld>(Bookbinding)</fld> <cd>To make even at the edges, or to shape into
book form, as printed sheets.</cd> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To make pregnant.
Often used in passive, "she got knocked up".</cd>
<mark>[vulgar]</mark></cs></p>

<p><ent>Knock</ent><br/
<hw>Knock</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A blow; a stroke with
something hard or heavy; a jar.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap.</def>
<ldquo/ A <xex>knock</xex> at the door.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Longfellow.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A loud cry or some great <qex>knock</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Knock off</b></col>, <cd>See <er>knock off</er> in the
vocabulary.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knockabout</ent><br/
<hw>Knock"a*bout`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A small yacht, generally from fifteen to
twenty-five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib; a sloop with a
simplified rig and no bowsprit. All knockabouts have ballast and either
a keel or centerboard. The original type was twenty-one feet in length.
The next larger type is called a <contr>raceabout</contr>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source> + <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A knockabout performer or performance.</def>
<mark>[Theat. Slang]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs.</def>
<mark>[Colloq., Australia]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knockabout</ent><br/
<hw>knock"a*bout`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Marked by knocking about or roughness.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of noisy and violent character; marked by farce,
pratfalls, and horseplay; <as>as, <ex>knockabout</ex> comedy</as>.</def>
<mark>[Theat. Slang]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> boisterous, slapstick.</syn><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about,
or traveling or wandering hither and thither; suitable for use in rough
activity; suited for everyday use; -- used especially of
clothing.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> casual, everyday.</syn><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or
laborers on a sheep station.</def> <mark>[Collog., Australia]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knock down</ent><br/
<hw>Knock" down`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To
strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by blows; <as>as, <ex>to
knock down</ex> an assailant</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow or
knock of the auctioneer's hammer; to sell at an auction; <as>as, the
vase was <ex>knocked down</ex> at two thousand dollars</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To take apart; to disassemble; <as>as, to <ex>knock
down</ex> a rifle for cleaning</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To reduce or discount the price of; <as>as, the
dresses were <ex>knocked down</ex> to twenty dollars</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To earn (an income).</def> <ldquo/plumbers who
<xex>knock down</xex> over a hundred thousand a year.<rdquo/<br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knockdown</ent><br/
<hw>Knock"down`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That
which knocks one down; something that overpowers or overwhelms, as
strong liquor; specif., a kind of ale or beer that is very strong.</def>
<mark>[Slang.]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A knocking down; a felling by a knock, as of a
combatant, or of an animal; a blow that overwhelms; also, a fist
fight.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Something that knocks down, or takes apart, for
packing or removal, as a piece of furniture; also, state of being
knocked down, or taken apart.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knockdown</ent><br/
<hw>Knock"down`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of
force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; <as>as, a
<ex>knockdown</ex> blow; a <ex>knockdown</ex> argument.</as>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Designating a rivet end to be formed into a head by
upsetting in fastening.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the act of knocking down at an
auction; specif., designating the price below which an article will not
be disposed by the auctioneer.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Made or constructed so as to be capable of being
knocked down or taken apart, as for transportation.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knockdown-dragout</ent><br/
<ent>knock-down-and-drag-out</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>knock-down-and-drag-out</hw>, <hw>knockdown-dragout</hw></mhw>
<pos>adj.</pos> <def>marked by extreme violence; -- of fights; also used
metaphorically of fierce contests; <as>as, a
<ex>knock-down-and-drag-out</ex> fight; a <ex>knockdown-dragout</ex>
competition for the browser market</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ferocious, fierce, knockdown-dragout,
tearing.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knocked-out</ent><br/
<hw>knocked-out</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>damaged; -- not used of
persons; <as>as, the gym has some of the most <ex>knocked-out</ex>
equipment since Vic Tanny</as>. Opposite of <ant>undamaged</ant>.</def>
<mark>[prenominal]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> knocked out.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knocker</ent><br/
<hw>knock"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who,
or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer,
fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said;<br/
Tie up the <qex>knocker</qex>; say I'm sick, I'm dead.</q>
<rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A person strikingly handsome, beautiful, or fine;
one who wins admiration; a <ldquo/stunner.<rdquo/</def>
<mark>[Slang.]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A species of large cockroach, especially
<spn>Blabera gigantea</spn>, of semitropical America, which is able to
produce a loud knocking sound.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <mark>[usually used in pl.]</mark> <def>a woman's
breast.</def> <mark>[vulgar]</mark><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knocking</ent><br/
<hw>Knock"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A beating; a rap; a series of
raps.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The . . . repeated <qex>knockings</qex> of the head upon the
ground by the Chinese worshiper.</q> <rj><qau>H. Spencer.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knockings</ent><br/
<hw>Knock"ings</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <fld>(Mining)</fld>
<def>Large lumps picked out of the sieve, in dressing ore.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knock-knee</ent><br/
<hw>knock"-knee`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld>
<def>A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each
other in walking; inknee.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> knock-knees, genu valgum.</syn><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knock-kneed</ent><br/
<hw>knock"-kneed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the legs
bent inward so that the knees touch in walking.</def> <altsp>[Written
also <asp>knack-kneed</asp>.]</altsp></p>

<p><ent>knock-knees</ent><br/
<hw>knock-knees</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>knock-knee.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> knock-knee, genu valgum.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knock off</ent><br/
<hw>knock off</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a device in a
knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knock off</ent><br/
<hw>knock off</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i. & t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>to quit (working).</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>to accomplish; -- frequently used when the task is
accomplished rapidly.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>to kill; to defeat (opponents).</def>
<mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>to discount, to deduct (a sum from a
price).</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>to rob.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> knock over.</syn><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>to make a knockoff of; to copy or imitate, usually
without permission or admission of copying.</def> <au>[MW10]</au><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knockoff</ent><br/
<hw>knock"off</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cheap imitation of
something popular, produced illegally without a license from the
trademark owner, and of inferior materials.</def> <altsp>[Also spelled
<asp>knock-off</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knock-off</ent><br/
<hw>Knock"-off`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Act or place of
knocking off; that which knocks off;</def> <specif>specif.</specif>
<fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <def>a cam or the like for disconnecting something,
as a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the
needles.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A <er>knockoff</er>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knock-off</ent><br/
<hw>Knock"-off`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>That knocks off; of or
pertaining to knocking off.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knock-out</ent><br/
<hw>Knock"-out`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>That knocks out; characterized
by knocking out; <as>as, a <ex>knock-out</ex> blow; a <ex>knock-out</ex>
key for knocking out a drill from a collet</as>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knock-out</ent><br/
<ent>knockout</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>knock"out`</hw>, <hw>knock"-out`</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos> <def>Act of knocking out, or state of being knocked out;
the act of rendering a person unconscious by a blow.</def>
<wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source> + <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a blow which causes a person to become
unconscious.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> knockout blow, knockout punch.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Boxing)</fld> <def>the winning of a boxing contest
by rendering the opponent unable to stand for a specified period,
usually a count of ten; -- in contrast to a win by a
<contr>decision</contr>; <as>as, Muhammed Ali won by a <ex>knockout</ex>
in the first round</as>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>a strikingly beautiful woman.</def>
<mark>[Informal]</mark><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knock-out drops</ent><br/
<ent>knockout drops</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>knockout drops</hw>, <hw>knock-out drops</hw></mhw> <pos>n.
pl.</pos> <def>Drops of any drug, used to a person to fall asleep or
become unconscious or stupefied for the purpose of robbery, etc.; they
are usually mixed into a drink so that the person consuming it does so
unknowingly. One compound used for this purpose is <styp><er>chloral
hydrate</er></styp>.</def> <mark>[Slang, U. S.]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source> + <source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knockstone</ent><br/
<hw>Knock"stone`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mining)</fld>
<def>A block upon which ore is broken up.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knoll</ent><br/
<hw>Knoll</hw> <pr>(n<omac/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS.
<ets>cnoll</ets>; akin to G. <ets>knolle</ets>, <ets>knollen</ets>,
clod, lump, knob, bunch, OD. <ets>knolle</ets> ball, bunch, Sw.
<ets>kn<oum/l</ets>, Dan. <ets>knold</ets>.]</ety> <def>A little round
hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a
hill.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>On <qex>knoll</qex> or hillock rears his crest,<br/
Lonely and huge, the giant oak.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W.
Scott.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knoll</ent><br/
<hw>Knoll</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p.
p.</pos> <conjf>Knolled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Knolling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>knollen</ets>, AS.
<ets>cnyllan</ets>. See <er>Knell</er>.]</ety> <def>To ring, as a bell;
to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by
ringing.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Knolled</xex> to church.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Heavy clocks <qex>knolling</qex> the drowsy hours.</q>
<rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knoll</ent><br/
<hw>Knoll</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To sound, as a bell; to
knell.</def> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>For a departed being's soul<br/
The death hymn peals, and the hollow bells <qex>knoll</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knoll</ent><br/
<hw>Knoll</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The tolling of a bell; a knell.</def>
<mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Byron.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knoller</ent><br/
<hw>Knoll"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who tolls a bell.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Sherwood.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knop</ent><br/
<hw>Knop</hw> <pr>(n<ocr/p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE.
<ets>knop</ets>, <ets>knoppe</ets>; cf. D. <ets>knop</ets>,
<ets>knoop</ets>, G. <ets>knopf</ets>, Dan. <ets>knap</ets>,
<ets>knop</ets>, Sw. <ets>knapp</ets>, <ets>knopp</ets>, button, bud,
Icel. <ets>knappr</ets>, and E. <ets>knap</ets>, <pos>n.</pos> Cf.
<er>Knap</er>, <er>Knob</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A knob; a bud; a
bunch; a button.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their <qex>knops</qex> and
their flowers.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. xxv. 21.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Any boldly projecting sculptured
ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then
synonymous with <altname>finial</altname>; -- called also
<altname>knob</altname>, and <altname>knosp</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Knop sedge</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the bur reed
(<gen>Sparganium</gen>); -- so called from its globular clusters of seed
vessels.</cd> <rj><au>Prior.</au></rj></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knopped</ent><br/
<hw>Knopped</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having knops or knobs;
fastened as with buttons.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Rom. of
R.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knoppern</ent><br/
<hw>Knop"pern</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. G.
<ets>knopper</ets>. See <er>Knop</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A
kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, -- used in
tanning and dyeing.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knopweed</ent><br/
<hw>Knop"weed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as
<er>Knapweed</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knor</ent><br/
<hw>Knor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Knur</er>.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knosp</ent><br/
<hw>Knosp</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. G.
<ets>knospe</ets> bud, E. <ets>knop</ets>, <ets>knar</ets>.]</ety>
<fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Knop</er>, 2.</def>
<rj><au>Milman.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knot</ent><br/
<hw>Knot</hw> <pr>(n<ocr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE.
<ets>knot</ets>, <ets>knotte</ets>, AS. <ets>cnotta</ets>; akin to D.
<ets>knot</ets>, OHG. <ets>chnodo</ets>, <ets>chnoto</ets>, G.
<ets>knoten</ets>, Icel. <ets>kn<umac/tr</ets>, Sw. <ets>knut</ets>,
Dan. <ets>knude</ets>, and perh. to L. <ets>nodus</ets>. Cf.
<er>Knout</er>, <er>Knit</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A
fastening together of the parts or ends of one or more threads, cords,
ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc.,
as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself.</def>
<sd>(c)</sd> <def>An ornamental tie, as of a ribbon.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The names of knots vary according to the manner of their
making, or the use for which they are intended; as, <xex>dow</xex>knot,
<xex>reef</xex> knot, <xex>stopper</xex> knot, <xex>diamond</xex> knot,
etc.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A bond of union; a connection; a tie.</def>
<ldquo/With nuptial <xex>knot</xex>.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Ere we knit the <qex>knot</qex> that can never be loosed.</q>
<rj><qau>Bp. Hall.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a
difficulty; a perplexity; a problem.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q><qex>Knots</qex> worthy of solution.</q>
<rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A man shall be perplexed with <qex>knots</qex>, and problems of
business, and contrary affairs.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A figure the lines of which are interlaced or
intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc.</def>
<ldquo/Garden <xex>knots</xex>.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Flowers worthy of paradise, which, not nice art<br/
In beds and curious <qex>knots</qex>, but nature boon<br/
Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain.</q>
<rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a
group; a hand; a clique; <as>as, a <ex>knot</ex> of
politicians</as>.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Knots</xex> of talk.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>His ancient <qex>knot</qex> of dangerous adversaries.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Palms in cluster, <qex>knots</qex> of Paradise.</q>
<rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>As they sat together in small, separate <qex>knots</qex>, they
discussed doctrinal and metaphysical points of belief.</q> <rj><qau>Sir
W. Scott. </qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>With lips serenely placid, felt the <qex>knot</qex><br/
Climb in her throat.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>A protuberant joint in a plant.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>The point on which the action of a story depends;
the gist of a matter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>I shoulde to the <qex>knotte</qex> condescend,<br/
And maken of her walking soon an end.</q>
<rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>10.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>See <er>Node</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>11.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def> Hence: <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet;
<as>as, when a ship goes nautical eight miles an hour, her speed is said
to be eight <ex>knots</ex></as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>12.</sn> <def>A kind of epaulet. See <er>Shoulder
knot</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>13.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A sandpiper (<spn>Tringa
canutus</spn>), 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 <altname>dunne</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The name is said to be derived from King Canute, this
bird being a favorite article of food with him.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The <qex>knot</qex> that called was Canutus' bird of old,<br/
Of that great king of Danes his name that still doth hold,<br/
His appetite to please that far and near was sought.</q>
<rj><qau>Drayton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Knot</ent><br/
<hw>Knot</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Knotted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Knotting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To tie in or with,
or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to
entangle.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Knotted</xex> curls.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Drayton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>As tight as I could <qex>knot</qex> the noose.</q>
<rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To unite closely; to knit together.</def>
<rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.</def> <mark>[Obs.
or R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Knot</ent><br/
<hw>Knot</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To form knots or
joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Cut hay when it begins to <qex>knot</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Mortimer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To knit knots for fringe or trimming.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To copulate; -- said of toads.</def>
<mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Knotberry</ent><br/
<hw>Knot"ber`ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>
<def>The cloudberry (<spn>Rudus Cham<ae/morus</spn>); -- so called from
its knotted stems.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Knotgrass</ent><br/
<hw>Knot"grass`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>a common weed with jointed stems <spn>(Polygonum
aviculare)</spn>; knotweed.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The dog grass. See
under <er>Dog</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ An infusion of <spn>Polygonum aviculare</spn> was once
supposed to have the effect of stopping the growth of an animal, and
hence it was called, as by Shakespeare, <ldquo/hindering
<xex>knotgrass</xex>.<rdquo/</note><br/
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<p><q>We want a boy extremely for this function,<br/
Kept under for a year with milk and <qex>knotgrass</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Beau. & Fl.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Knotless</ent><br/
<hw>Knot"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Free from knots; without
knots.</def> <ldquo/Silver firs with <xex>knotless</xex> trunks.<rdquo/
<rj><qau>Congreve.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Knotted</ent><br/
<hw>Knot"ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Full of
knots; having knots; knurled; <as>as, a <ex>knotted</ex> cord; the
<ex>knotted</ex> oak.</as></def> <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Interwoven; matted; entangled.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Make . . . thy <qex>knotted</qex> and combined locks to part.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Having intersecting lines or figures.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The west corner of thy curious <qex>knotted</qex> garden.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>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>as,
<ex>knotted</ex> rocks</as>.</def> <rj><au>Percival.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Entangled; puzzling; knotty.</def>
<mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>They're catched in <qex>knotted</qex> lawlike nets.</q>
<rj><qau>Hudibras.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Knottiness</ent><br/
<hw>Knot"ti*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From
<er>Knotty</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being
knotty or full of knots.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Difficulty of solution; intricacy;
complication.</def> <ldquo/ <xex>Knottiness</xex> of his style.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Hare.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Knotty</ent><br/
<hw>Knot"ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos>
<adjf>Knottier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos>
<adjf>Knottiest</adjf>.]</amorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Full of knots;
knotted; having many knots; <as>as, <ex>knotty</ex> timber; a
<ex>knotty</ex> rope.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hard; rugged; <as>as, a <ex>knotty</ex>
head</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Rewe.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Difficult; intricate; perplexed.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A <qex>knotty</qex> point to which we now proceed</q>
<rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Knotweed</ent><br/
<hw>Knot"weed`</hw> <pr>(n<ocr/t"w<emac/d`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Knotgrass</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knotwort</ent><br/
<hw>Knot"wort`</hw> <pr>(n<ocr/t"w<ucir/rt`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus
<gen>Illecebrum</gen> (<spn>Illecebrum verticillatum</spn>).</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knout</ent><br/
<hw>Knout</hw> <pr>(nout <it>or</it> n<oomac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<ety>[Russ. <ets>knut'</ets>; prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Sw.
<ets>knut</ets> knot, knout, Icel. <ets>kn<umac/tr</ets> knot: cf. F.
<ets>knout</ets>. See <er>Knot</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of whip for
flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The lash is a tapering
bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it
mangles the flesh.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knout</ent><br/
<hw>Knout</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To punish with the knout.</def>
<rj><au>Brougham.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Know</ent><br/
<hw>Know</hw> <pr>(n<omac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Knee.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Know</ent><br/
<hw>Know</hw> <pr>(n<omac/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos>
<vmorph>[<pos>imp.</pos> <conjf>Knew</conjf> <pr>(n<umac/)</pr>; <pos>p.
p.</pos> <conjf>Known</conjf> <pr>(n<omac/n)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> <conjf>Knowing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>knowen</ets>,
<ets>knawen</ets>, AS. <ets>cn<aum/wan</ets>; akin to OHG.
<ets>chn<aum/an</ets> (in comp.), Icel. <ets>kn<aum/</ets> to be able,
Russ. <ets>znate</ets> to know, L. <ets>gnoscere</ets>,
<ets>noscere</ets>, Gr. <grk>gighw`skein</grk>, Skr.
<ets>jn<amac/</ets>; fr. the root of E. <ets>can</ets>, <pos>v.
i.</pos>, <ets>ken</ets>. <root/45. See <er>Ken</er>, <er>Can</er> to be
able, and cf. <er>Acquaint</er>, <er>Cognition</er>, <er>Gnome</er>,
<er>Ignore</er>, <er>Noble</er>, <er>Note</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to
have full information of; <as>as, to <ex>know</ex> one's
duty</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>O, that a man might <qex>know</qex><br/
The end of this day's business ere it come!</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>There is a certainty in the proposition, and we <qex>know</qex>
it.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q><qex>Know</qex> how sublime a thing it is<br/
To suffer and be strong.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured
of; <as>as, to <ex>know</ex> things from information</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>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>as, to <ex>know</ex> an author; to <ex>know</ex> the
rules of an organization.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>He hath made him to be sin for us, who <qex>knew</qex> no sin.</q>
<rj><qau>2 Cor. v. 21.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Not to <qex>know</qex> me argues yourselves unknown.</q>
<rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the
character of; <as>as, to <ex>know</ex> a person's face or
figure</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Ye shall <qex>know</qex> them by their fruits.</q> <rj><qau>Matt.
vil. 16. </qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>And their eyes were opened, and they <qex>knew</qex> him.</q>
<rj><qau>Luke xxiv. 31.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>To know<br/
Faithful friend from flattering foe.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>At nearer view he thought he <qex>knew</qex> the dead.</q>
<rj><qau>Flatman.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To have sexual intercourse with.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>And Adam <qex>knew</qex> Eve his wife.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. iv.
1.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ <xex>Know</xex> is often followed by an objective and an
infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a dependent sentence,
etc.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>And I <qex>knew</qex> that thou hearest me always.</q>
<rj><qau>John xi. 42.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The monk he instantly <qex>knew</qex> to be the prior.</q>
<rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>In other hands I have <qex>known</qex> money do good.</q>
<rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>To know how</b></col>, <cd>to understand the manner, way,
or means; to have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity.
<xex>How</xex> is sometimes omitted.</cd> <ldquo/ If we fear to die, or
<xex>know</xex> not to be patient.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Jer.
Taylor.</au></rj></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Know</ent><br/
<hw>Know</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To have knowledge; to
have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or
information; -- often with <ptcl>of</ptcl>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Israel doth not <qex>know</qex>, my people doth not consider.</q>
<rj><qau>Is. i. 3.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>If any man will do his will, he shall <qex>know</qex> of the
doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.</q>
<rj><qau>John vii. 17.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The peasant folklore of Europe still <qex>knows</qex> of willows
that bleed and weep and speak when hewn.</q>
<rj><qau>Tylor.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be assured; to feel confident.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>To know of</b></col>, <cd>to ask, to inquire.</cd>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/ <xex>Know of</xex> your youth, examine well
your blood.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knowable</ent><br/
<hw>Know"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>That may be known;
capable of being discovered, understood, or ascertained.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Thus mind and matter, as known or <qex>knowable</qex>, are only
two different series of phenomena or qualities.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W.
Hamilton. </qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knowa bleness</ent><br/
<hw>Know"a* ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of
being knowable.</def> <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Know-all</ent><br/
<hw>Know"-all`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who knows
everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a
wiseacre; a know-it-all; -- usually ironical.</def> <mark>[Colloq. or
R.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knower</ent><br/
<hw>Know"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who knows.</def>
<rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>know-how</ent><br/
<ent>knowhow</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>know"how`</hw>, <hw>know"-how`</hw></mhw>
<pr>(n<omac/"hou`)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the knowledge and skill
required to do something; practical knowledge for a specific
task.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> knowhow.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knowing</ent><br/
<hw>Know"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Skillful; well
informed; intelligent; <as>as, a <ex>knowing</ex> man; a
<ex>knowing</ex> dog.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The <qex>knowing</qex> and intelligent part of the world.</q>
<rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Artful; cunning; <as>as, a <ex>knowing</ex>
rascal</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knowing</ent><br/
<hw>Know"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Knowledge; hence,
experience.</def> <ldquo/ In my <xex>knowing</xex>.<rdquo/
<rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>This sore night<br/
Hath trifled former <qex>knowings</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knowingly</ent><br/
<hw>Know"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>With knowledge;
in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; <as>as,
he would not <ex>knowingly</ex> offend</as>.</def>
<rj><au>Strype.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>By experience.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knowingness</ent><br/
<hw>Know"ing*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being
knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Know-it-all</ent><br/
<hw>Know"-it-all`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who knows
everything;</def> <specif>hence,</specif> <def>a person who makes
pretension to great knowledge, especially one whose didactic
conversational habit conspicuously reveals his belief that he has
superior knowledge on many subjects; a wiseacre; a know-all; -- usually
ironical.</def> <mark>[Colloq. & pejorative]</mark> <note>the use of
this term implies that the speaker disapproves of this behavior, and may
think that it is unjustified</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knowleche</ent><br/
<hw>Knowl"eche</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. & v.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<def>See <er>Knowledge</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>We consider and <qex>knowleche</qex> that we have offended.</q>
<rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><-- p. 819 --></p>

<p><ent>Knowleching</ent><br/
<hw>Knowl"ech*ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Knowledge.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knowledge</ent><br/
<hw>Knowl"edge</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE.
<ets>knowlage</ets>, <ets>knowlege</ets>, <ets>knowleche</ets>,
<ets>knawleche</ets>. The last part is the Icel. suffix
<ets>-leikr</ets>, forming abstract nouns, orig. the same as Icel.
<ets>leikr</ets> game, play, sport, akin to AS. <ets>l<amac/c</ets>,
Goth. <ets>laiks</ets> dance. See <er>Know</er>, and cf. <er>Lake</er>,
<pos>v. i.</pos>, <er>Lark</er> a frolic.]</ety><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or state of knowing; clear perception of
fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance;
cognition.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q><qex>Knowledge</qex>, which is the highest degree of the
speculative faculties, consists in the perception of the truth of
affirmative or negative propositions.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is or may be known; the object of an act
of knowing; a cognition; -- chiefly used in the plural.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>There is a great difference in the delivery of the mathematics,
which are the most abstracted of <qex>knowledges</qex>.</q>
<rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q><qex>Knowledges</qex> is a term in frequent use by Bacon, and,
though now obsolete, should be revived, as without it we are compelled
to borrow <ldquo/cognitions<rdquo/ to express its import.</q>
<rj><qau>Sir W. Hamilton.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>To use a word of Bacon's, now unfortunately obsolete, we must
determine the relative value of <qex>knowledges</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>H.
Spencer.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is gained and preserved by knowing;
instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship;
erudition.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q><qex>Knowledge</qex> puffeth up, but charity edifieth.</q>
<rj><qau>1 Cor. viii. 1.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Ignorance is the curse of God;<br/
<qex>Knowledge</qex>, the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.</q>
<rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>That familiarity which is gained by actual
experience; practical skill; <as>as, a <ex>knowledge</ex> of
life</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Shipmen that had <qex>knowledge</qex> of the sea.</q> <rj><qau>1
Kings ix. 27.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Scope of information; cognizance; notice; <as>as, it
has not come to my <ex>knowledge</ex></as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldst take
<qex>knowledge</qex> of me?</q> <rj><qau>Ruth ii. 10.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Sexual intercourse; -- usually preceded by
<it>carnal</it>; same as <cref>carnal knowledge</cref>.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Wisdom</er>.</syn><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knowledge</ent><br/
<hw>Knowl"edge</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To acknowledge.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/Sinners which <xex>knowledge</xex> their
sins.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Tyndale.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knowledgeable</ent><br/
<hw>knowledgeable</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>thoroughly
acquainted with and skilled in something through study or experience;
<as>as, <ex>knowledgeable</ex> in classical languages</as>. Opposite of
<ant>unversed</ant>, <ant>unacquainted</ant>, and
<ant>unfamiliar</ant>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> versed.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>fully informed.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>highly educated; having information or
understanding.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> enlightened, learned, lettered, literate,
well-educated, well-read.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>knowledgeability</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --
<wf>knowledgeably</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>knowledgeableness</wf>,
<pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knowledge engineering</ent><br/
<hw>knowledge engineering</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The application of
computerized data and text manipulation to manage and interpret large
bodies of knowledge, or find useful information in large bodies of data.
The study of methods for knowledge engineering is generally considered
as a branch of <partof>artificial intelligence</partof>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knowledge-intensive</ent><br/
<hw>knowledge-intensive</hw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Requiring access to and
manipulation of large quantities of knowledge; <as>as,
<ex>knowledge-intensive</ex> labor</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knowledge worker</ent><br/
<hw>knowledge worker</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person whose occupation
is predominantly concerned with generating or interpreting information,
as contrasted with manual labor.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Known</ent><br/
<hw>Known</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>p. p.</pos> <def>of
<er>Know</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Know-nothing</ent><br/
<hw>Know"-noth`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The party originated in 1853, and existed for about
three years. The members of it were called <xex>Know-nothings</xex>,
because they replied <ldquo/I don't know,<rdquo/ to any questions asked
them in reference to the party.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Know-nothingism</ent><br/
<hw>Know"-noth`ing*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The
doctrines, principles, or practices, of the Know-nothings.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knubs</ent><br/
<hw>Knubs</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Waste silk formed in
winding off the threads from a cocoon.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knuckle</ent><br/
<hw>Knuc"kle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE.
<ets>knokel</ets>, <ets>knokil</ets>, AS. <ets>cuncel</ets>; akin to D.
<ets>knokkel</ets>, OFries. <ets>knokele</ets>, <ets>knokle</ets>, G.
<ets>kn<oum/chel</ets>, Sw. <ets>knoge</ets>, Dan. <ets>knokkel</ets>,
G. <ets>knochen</ets> bone, and perh. to E. <ets>knock</ets>.]</ety>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent
by the closing of the fingers.</def> <rj><au>Davenant.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a
quadruped, especially of a calf; -- formerly used of the kneejoint of a
human being.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>With weary <qex>knuckles</qex> on thy brim she kneeled sadly
down.</q> <rj><qau>Golding.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The joint of a plant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>The joining parts of a hinge
through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>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; -- called also <altname>knuckle
duster</altname>, <altname>knuckles</altname> or <altname>brass
knuckles</altname>.</def> <mark>[Slang.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Knuckle joint</b></col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col><b>Knuckle of veal</b></col> <fld>(Cookery)</fld>,
<cd>the lower part of a leg of veal, from the line of the body to the
knuckle.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knuckle</ent><br/
<hw>Knuc"kle</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Knuckled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>;; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Knuckling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To yield; to
submit; -- used with <ptcl>down</ptcl>, <ptcl>to</ptcl>, or
<ptcl>under</ptcl>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>To knuckle to</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To submit to in
a contest; to yield to.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <see>See <cref>To
knock under</cref>, under <er>Knock</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos></see>
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To apply one's self vigorously or earnestly to; <as>as,
<ex>to knuckle to</ex> work.</as></cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knuckle</ent><br/
<hw>Knuc"kle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To beat with the knuckles; to
pummel.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Horace Smith.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knuckled</ent><br/
<hw>Knuc"kled</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Jointed.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knuckle under</ent><br/
<hw>knuc`kle un"der</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To yield; to submit; --
usually used with <ptcl>to</ptcl>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knuckles</ent><br/
<hw>knuc"kles</hw> <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>a small metal weapon, worn
over the knuckles on the back of the hand; called also <altname>brass
knuckles</altname> and <altname>knuckle duster</altname>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> brass knucks, knucks, brass knuckles, knuckle
duster.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>knucks</ent><br/
<hw>knucks</hw> <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>same as
<er>knuckles</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> brass knucks, brass knuckles, knuckles, knuckle
duster.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knuff</ent><br/
<hw>Knuff</hw> <pr>(n<ucr/f)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Gnof</er>
a churl.]</ety> <def>A lout; a clown.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The country <qex>knuffs</qex>, Hob, Dick, and Hick,<br/
With clubs and clouted shoon.</q> <rj><qau>Hayward.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knur</ent><br/
<hw>Knur</hw> <pr>(n<ucir/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See
<er>Knurl</er>.]</ety> <def>A knurl.</def>
<rj><au>Woodward.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knurl</ent><br/
<hw>Knurl</hw> <pr>(n<ucir/rl)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See
<er>Knar</er>, <er>Gnar</er>.]</ety> <def>A contorted knot in wood; a
crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, is crossgrained.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knurl</ent><br/
<hw>Knurl</hw> <pr>(n<ucir/rl)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To provide
with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge of a flat knob, or
coin; to mill.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knurled</ent><br/
<hw>Knurled</hw> <pr>(n<ucir/rld)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Full of knots; gnarled.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Milled, as the head of a screw, or the edge of a
coin.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knurly</ent><br/
<hw>Knurl"y</hw> <pr>(n<ucir/rl"<ycr/)</pr>, <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos>
<adjf>Knurlier</adjf> <pr>(n<ucir/rl"<icr/*<etil/r)</pr>;
<pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Knurliest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[See
<er>Knur</er>, and cf. <er>Gnarly</er>.]</ety> <def>Full of knots; hard;
tough; hence, capable of enduring or resisting much.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Knurry</ent><br/
<hw>Knur"ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of knots.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Drayton.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>k.o.</ent><br/
<ent>K.O.</ent><br/
<ent>KO</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>KO</hw>, <hw>K.O.</hw>, <hw>k.o.</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos>
<def>a knockout; a blow that renders the opponent unconscious; -- used
especially in boxing.</def> <mark>[acronym]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> knockout.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>KO</ent><br/
<hw>KO</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>KO'd</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>KO'ing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To knock out; to deliver a blow
that renders (the opponent) unconscious; -- used especially in
boxing.</def> <mark>[acronym]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> knockout.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Koaita</ent><br/
<hw>Ko*ai"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>Same as <er>Coaita</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Koala</ent><br/
<hw>Ko*a"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tailless furry
marsupial (<spn>Phascolarctos cinereus</spn>), found in Australia. The
female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also
<altname>Australian bear</altname>, <altname>koala bear</altname>,
<altname>native bear</altname>, and <altname>native sloth</altname>. The
<ex>koala</ex> lives almost all of its life in trees, moves sluggishly
like a sloth, and eats eucalyptus leaves almost exclusively.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Koba</ent><br/
<ent>Kob</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kob</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ko"ba</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>,
<pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of
African antelopes of the genus <gen>Kobus</gen>, esp. the species
<spn>Kobus sing-sing</spn>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kobalt</ent><br/
<hw>Ko"balt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Cobalt</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kobellite</ent><br/
<hw>Ko"bel*lite</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <person>Franz von
<etsep>Kobell</etsep></person>, of Munich.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld>
<def>A blackish gray mineral, a sulphide of antimony, bismuth, and
lead.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kobold</ent><br/
<hw>Ko"bold</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G., perh. orig.,
house god, hose protector. See <er>Cobalt</er>]</ety> <def>A kind of
domestic spirit in German mythology, corresponding to the Scottish
brownie and the English <person>Robin Goodfellow</person>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>KO'd</ent><br/
<hw>KO'd</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <ety>[from <er>KO</er>, <pos>v.
t.</pos>]</ety> <def>rendered unconscious, usually by a blow.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> knocked out(predicate), kayoed, out(predicate),
stunned.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kodachrome</ent><br/
<hw>Ko"da*chrome`</hw> <pr>(k<omac/"d<acr/*kr<omac/m`)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos> <ety>[A trademark.]</ety> <def>A brand of photographic
transparency bearing a positive color image.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kodagu</ent><br/
<hw>Kodagu</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A Dravidian language.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kodak</ent><br/
<hw>Ko"dak</hw> <pr>(k<omac/"d<acr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[An
invented name.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A kind of portable photographic
camera, esp. adapted for snapshot work, in which a succession of
negatives is made upon a continuous roll of sensitized film; --
originally a trademark name of the Eastman Kodak Company, but from early
1900's through the 1930's it was popularly applied to almost any hand
camera.</def> <mark>[Trademark]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A photograph taken with a kodak.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kodak</ent><br/
<hw>Ko"dak</hw>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Kodaked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Kodaking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To photograph with a kodak;
hence, to describe or characterize briefly and vividly.</def>
<mark>[obsolescent]</mark> <br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kodiak</ent><br/
<hw>Kodiak</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Kodiak
bear</er>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kodiak bear</ent><br/
<hw>Kodiak bear</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A large brown bear (<spn>Ursus
middendorffi</spn> syn. <spn>Ursus arctos</spn>
<varn>middendorffi</varn>) of coastal Alaska and British Columbia
related to the grizzly bear; called also <altname>Kodiak
bear</altname>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Alaskan brown bear, Kodiak, <spn>Ursus
middendorffi</spn>, <spn>Ursus arctos</spn>
<varn>middendorffi</varn>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Koel</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ko"el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name in
India.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of
cuckoos of the genus <gen>Eudynamys</gen>, found in India, the East
Indies, and Australia. They deposit their eggs in the nests of other
birds.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Koellia</ent><br/
<hw>Koellia</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The genus
comprising the American mountain mint, synonymous with
<gen>Pycnanthemum</gen>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Pycnanthemum, genus <gen>Pycnanthemum</gen>, genus
<gen>Koellia</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Koff</ent><br/
<hw>Koff</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D.
<ets>kof</ets>.]</ety> <def>A two-masted Dutch vessel.</def></p>

<p><ent>Koftgari</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Koft`ga*ri"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Hind.
<ets>koft gar<ium/</ets> goldbeating. fr. Per. <ets>koft</ets> beating +
<ets>gar<ium/</ets> trade.]</ety> <def>Ornamental work produced by
inlaying steel with gold, -- a variety of damascening much used in the
arts of India.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kogia</ent><br/
<hw>Kogia</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The genus
comprising the pygmy sperm whales.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Kogia</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kohnur</ent><br/
<ent>Kohinoor</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Koh`i*noor"</hw>, <hw>Koh`*nur</hw> }</mhw>
<pr>(k<omac/`<icr/*n<oomac/r")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Per.
<ets>koh-i-n<umac/r</ets>, lit., mountain of light.]</ety> <def>A famous
diamond, surrendered to the British crown on the annexation of the
Punjab. According to Hindu legends, it was found in a Golconda mine, and
has been the property of various Hindu and Persian rulers.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kohl</ent><br/
<hw>Kohl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See
<er>Alcohol</er>.]</ety> <def>A mixture of soot and other ingredients,
used by Egyptian and other Eastern women to darken the edges of the
eyelids.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kohl-rabi</ent><br/
<hw>Kohl"-ra`bi</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it>
<plw>Kohl-rabies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[G. Cf. <er>Cole</er>,
<er>Rape</er> the plant.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A variety of
cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of
the stem, above the surface of the ground.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kokama</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ko*ka"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>The gemsbok.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Koklass</ent><br/
<hw>Ko"klass</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>Any pheasant of the genus <gen>Pucrasia</gen>. 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
<altname>pucras</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kokoon</ent><br/
<hw>Ko*koon"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>The gnu.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kola nut</ent><br/
<ent>Kola</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Ko"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Kola nut</hw> }</mhw>. <def>Same
as <er>Cola</er>, <er>Cola nut</er>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kolarian</ent><br/
<hw>Ko*la"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld>
<def>An individual of one of the races of aboriginal inhabitants which
survive in Hindustan.</def> -- <def2><pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining
to the Kolarians.</def></def2><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kolinsky</ent><br/
<hw>Ko*lin"sky</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Russ.
<ets>kolinski</ets> of Kola, a district in northeasten Russia where the
finest minks abound.]</ety> <def>Among furriers, any of several Asiatic
minks; esp., <spn>Putorius sibiricus</spn>, the yellowish brown pelt of
which is valued, esp. for the tail, used for making artists' brushes.
Trade names for the fur are <altname>red sable</altname> and
<altname>Tatar sable</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kolkhoz</ent><br/
<hw>kol*khoz"</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Russian, concatenated from
<ets>kol</ets>lektivnoye <ets>khoz</ets>yaistvo, <tran>collective
farm</tran>.]</ety> <def>A collective farm owned by the communist state,
in the former USSR.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kolkhoznik</ent><br/
<hw>kol`khoz"nik</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a member of a
kolkhoz.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kolushan</ent><br/
<ent>Koluschan</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Ko*lusch"an</hw>, <hw>Ko*lush"an</hw> }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>,
<pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From Russ. <ets>kalyushka</ets> piece of wood (worn
in the nether lip).]</ety> <def>Designating, or pertaining to, a
linguistic stock of North American Indians comprising the Tlinkit tribes
of the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska and adjacent coast
lands. Their language bears some affinity to Mexican tongues.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kolkwitzia</ent><br/
<hw>Kolkwitzia</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A Chinese genus having only
one species, the beauty bush.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Kolkwitzia</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Komenic</ent><br/
<hw>Ko*me"nic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Prob. G.
<ets>mekon</ets>in (by transposition of letters) +
<ets>-ic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to, or
designating, an acid derived from meconic acid.</def> <altsp>[Written
also <asp>comenic</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>komondor</ent><br/
<hw>komondor</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A Hungarian breed of large powerful
shaggy-coated white dog, used also as guard dog.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Komtok</ent><br/
<hw>Kom"tok</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An
African freshwater fish (<spn>Protopterus annectens</spn>), 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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kon</ent><br/
<hw>Kon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To know. See
<er>Can</er>, and <er>Con</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Ye <qex>konnen</qex> thereon as much as any man.</q>
<rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>konini</ent><br/
<hw>konini</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An erect deciduous shrub or tree
(<spn>Fuchsia excorticata</spn>), native to New Zealand, growing up to
10 feet, with maroon-flushed flowers.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> tree fuchsia, native fuchsia, <spn>Fuchsia
excorticata</spn>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Konite</ent><br/
<hw>Ko"nite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See
<er>Conite</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Konseal</ent><br/
<hw>Kon*seal"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prob. formed from
<ets>conceal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A form of capsule for
inclosing a dose of medicine that is offensive, caustic, or the
like.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Konze</ent><br/
<hw>Konze</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A
large African antelope (<spn>Alcelaphus Lichtensteini</spn>), allied to
the hartbeest, but having shorter and flatter horns, and lacking a black
patch on the face.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Koodoo</ent><br/
<hw>Koo"doo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A
large South African antelope (<spn>Strepsiceros kudu</spn>). 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 <altname>nellut</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>kudu</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kookoom</ent><br/
<hw>Koo"koom</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>The oryx or gemsbok.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>kookaam</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Koolokamba</ent><br/
<hw>Koo`lo*kam"ba</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>A west African anthropoid ape (<spn>Troglodytes koolokamba</spn>,
or <spn>Troglodytes Aubryi</spn>), allied to the chimpanzee and gorilla,
and, in some respects, intermediate between them.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Koolslaa</ent><br/
<hw>Kool"slaa`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Coleslaw</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Koord</ent><br/
<hw>Koord</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Kurd</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Koordish</ent><br/
<hw>Koord"ish</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Kurdish</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Koorilian</ent><br/
<hw>Koo*ril"i*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a & n.</pos> <def>Same as
<er>Kurilian</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kop</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kop</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[South Afr. D., fr. D.
<ets>kop</ets> head, akin to G. <ets>kopf</ets> and prob. to E.
<ets>cop</ets> top.]</ety> <def>Hill; mountain.</def> <mark>[South
Africa]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kopeck</ent><br/
<hw>ko"peck</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> Eng.
<plw>kopecks</plw>, Russ. <plw>kopeek</plw>.</plu> <ety>[Russ.
<ets>kopeika</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small Russian coin, continued as a
unit of currency within the Soviet Union. One hundred kopecks make a
ruble. The ruble was worth about sixty cents (U. S.) in 1910; in 1991 a
two-kopeck coin could be used for a local telephone call at a pay
telephone. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1993, the exchange
value of the ruble declined rapidly and by the end of 1994 the ruble was
worth three hundredths of a cent, and by 1997 two hundredths of a cent.
By 1993, the kopek had become of such small value that it was obsolete
and no longer minted.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kopek</asp>,
<asp>copec</asp>, and <asp>copeck</asp>.]</altsp><-- ##?? After the
revaluation of the Ruble in 1998, the kopeck was ?? --><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>koppie</ent><br/
<ent>kopje</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>kop"je</hw>, <hw>kop"pie</hw></mhw> <pr>(k<ocr/p"<icr/)</pr>
<pos>n.</pos> <ety>[South African D., dim. of <ets>kop</ets>. See
<er>Kop</er>.]</ety> <def>A hillock; a small kop, especially a small
hill rising up from the African veld.</def> <mark>[South
Africa]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source> + <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The colloqual Dutch pronunciation as here given is the
usual one in South Africa.</note><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kor</ent><br/
<hw>kor</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A Hebrew unit of capacity.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> homer.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Koran</ent><br/
<hw>Ko"ran</hw> <pr>(k<omac/"r<ait/n <it>or</it> k<osl/*r<aum/n";
277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>qor<amac/n</ets>; with the Ar.
article, <ets>Alkoran</ets>, <ets>Alcoran</ets>; = Turk. Pers.
<ets>qur<acir/n</ets>, from Ar. <ets>quran</ets>, <ets>qoran</ets>,
book, reading, from <ets>q<acir/r<acir/</ets>, read. See
<er>Alcoran</er>.]</ety> <def>The Scriptures of the Muslims, containing
the professed revelations to Mohammed; -- called also
<altname>Alcoran</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Kuran</asp>
or <asp>Quran</asp>, Also rarely <asp>Coran</asp> and
<asp>Core</asp>.]</altsp></p>

<p><note><hand/ The <ex>Koran</ex> is the sacred book of the Muslims
(sometimes called <it>Mohammedans</it> by non-Muslims, a term considered
offensive by some Muslims). It is the most important foundation on which
Islam rests and it is held in the highest veneration by all Islamic
sects. When being read it must be kept on a stand elevated above the
floor. No one may read it or touch it without first making a legal
ablution. It is written in the Arabic language, and its style is
considered a model. The substance of the Koran is held to be uncreated
and eternal. Mohammed was merely the person to whom the work was
revealed. At first the Koran was not written, but entirely committed to
memory. But when a great many of the best Koran reciters had been killed
in battle, Omar suggested to Abu-Bekr (the successor of Mohammed) that
it should be written down. Abu-Bekr accordingly commanded Zeid, an
amanuensis of the prophet, to commit it to writing. This was the
authorized text until 23 years after the death of the prophet. A number
of variant readings had, however, crept into use. By order of the calif
Osman in the year 30 of the Hejira, Zeid and three assistants made a
careful revision which was adopted as the standard, and all the other
copies were ordered to be burned. The Koran consists of 114
<parts>suras</parts> or divisions. These are not numbered, but each one
has a separate name. They are not arranged in historical order. These
suras purport to be the addresses delivered by Mohammed during his
career at Mecca and Medina. As a general rule the shorter suras, which
contain the theology of Islam, belong to the Meccan period; while the
longer ones, relating to social duties and relationships, to Medina. The
Koran is largely drawn from Jewish and Christian sources, the former
prevailing. Moses and Jesus are reckoned among the prophets. The
biblical narratives are interwoven with rabbinical legends. The customs
of the Jews are made to conform to those of the Arabians. Islamic
theology consists in the study of the Koran and its commentaries. A very
fine collection of Korans, including one in Cufic (the old Arabic
character), is to be found in the Khedival Library at Cairo,
Egypt.</note><br/
[<source>Century Dict. 1906</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Korea</ent><br/
<hw>Korea</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>An Asian peninsula off
Manchuria.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Korean Peninsula.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Korean</ent><br/
<hw>Korean</hw> <pos>prop. a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Korea;
<as>as, <ex>Korean</ex> handicrafts; the <ex>Korean</ex>
war</as>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Korin</ent><br/
<hw>Ko"rin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The
gazelle.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Korinthos</ent><br/
<hw>Korinthos</hw> <pos>prop. prop. n.</pos> <ety>[Greek.]</ety> <def>A
city in Greece, called <altname>Corinth</altname> in English; the modern
city is near the site of the ancient city that was 2nd only to Athens in
size and power in ancient Greece.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Corinth.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Korrigum</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kor"ri*gum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native
name.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A West African antelope
(<spn>Damalis Senegalensis</spn>), 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.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kos</ent><br/
<hw>kos</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an Indian unit of length having
different values in different localities.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> coss.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kosher</ent><br/
<hw>Ko"sher</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[heb.
<ets>kosh<eum/r</ets> fit, proper.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Ceremonially
clean, according to Jewish law; -- applied to food, esp. to meat of
animals slaughtered according to the requirements of Jewish law. Opposed
to <ant>tref</ant>. For food to be officially <ex>kosher</ex>, it must
be certified fit to eat by a Rabbi, according to Jewish ritual law;
<as>as, <ex>kosher</ex> food</as>.</def> <specif>Hence,</specif>
<def>designating a shop, store, house, etc., where such food is sold or
used; <as>as, a <ex>kosher</ex> restaurant</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> cosher, ritually fit, sanctioned.</syn><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Proper; seemly; appropriate;
legitimate; <as>as, it's not <ex>kosher</ex> to do it that
way</as>.</def> <mark>[colloq.]</mark><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Genuine.</def> <mark>[colloq.]</mark><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kosher</ent><br/
<hw>Ko"sher</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Kosher food; also, a kosher
shop.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>the practise of adherence to the Jewish ritual law;
used mostly in the phrase <col>keep kosher</col>, <pos>v.
i.</pos>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>keep kosher</b></col> <cd>To adhere to the rules for
eating only kosher food and handling it properly.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kosher</ent><br/
<hw>Ko"sher</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Koshered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Koshering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To prepare in conformity with
the requirements of the Jewish law, as meat.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kosmos</ent><br/
<hw>Kos"mos</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Cosmos</er>.</def> <rj><au>Gladstone.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kosteletzya</ent><br/
<hw>Kosteletzya</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small genus of herbs of the
Southeastern U. S. and tropical America and Africa.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Kosteletzya</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kotow</ent><br/
<hw>Ko*tow"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chinese, knock
head.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>kowtow</er>, the more common
spellings.</def> <mark>[China]</mark> <altsp>[Also spelled
<asp>kowtow</asp>.]</altsp> <rj><au>S. W. Williams.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kotow</ent><br/
<hw>Ko*tow"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Kotowed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Kotowing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To perform the
kotow. Now usually spelled <er>kowtow</er>.</def> <altsp>[Also spelled
<asp>kowtow</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To defer to another in a servile or humiliating
manner; to act obsequiously.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Koulan</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kou"lan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native
name.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A wild horse (<spn>Equus
onager</spn> <it>or</it> <spn>Asinus onager</spn>) inhabiting the plains
of Central Asia; -- called also <altname>gour</altname>,
<altname>khur</altname>, and <altname>onager</altname>.</def>
<altsp>[Written also <asp>kulan</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ It is sometimes confounded with 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.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Koumiss</ent><br/
<hw>Kou"miss</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Russ.
<ets>kumys</ets>; of Mongolian origin.]</ety> <def>An intoxicating
fermented or distilled liquor originally made by the Tartars of central
Asia from mare's or camel's milk. It can be obtained from any kind of
milk, and is now largely made in Europe.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>koumyss</asp>, <asp>kumiss</asp>, <asp>kumis</asp>,
<asp>kumish</asp>, and <asp>kumys</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q><qex>Koumiss</qex> has from time immemorial served the Tartar
instead of wine or spirits.</q> <rj><qau>J. H. Newman.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kousso</ent><br/
<hw>Kous"so</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An
Abyssinian rosaceous tree (<spn>Brayera anthelmintica</spn>), the
flowers of which are used as a vermifuge.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>cusso</asp> and <asp>kosso</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kowhai</ent><br/
<hw>kowhai</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A shrub or small tree (<spn>Sophora
tetraptera</spn>) of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of
tubular golden-yellow flowers; it yields a hard strong wood.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> <spn>Sophora tetraptera</spn>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kowtow</ent><br/
<hw>Kow*tow"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chinese, knock
head.]</ety> <def>The prostration made by mandarins and others to their
superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the
ground; same as <er>Kotow</er>. There are degrees in the rite, the
highest being expressed by three knockings.</def> <mark>[China]</mark>
<altsp>[Also spelled <asp>kotow</asp>.]</altsp> <rj><au>S. W.
Williams.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kowtow</ent><br/
<hw>Kow*tow"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Kowtowed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Kowtowing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To perform the kowtow. Same as
<er>Kotow</er></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>I have salaamed and <qex>kowtowed</qex> to him.</q> <rj><qau>H.
James.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To defer to another in a servile or humiliating
manner; to act obsequiously.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> kotow.</syn><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kr</ent><br/
<hw>Kr</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The chemical
symbol for the element <sig>krypton</sig>, one of the six noble
gases.</def> <mark>[abbrev.]</mark> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> krypton.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kra</ent><br/
<hw>Kra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A
long-tailed ape (<spn>Macacus cynomolgus</spn>) of India and Sumatra. It
is reddish olive, spotted with black, and has a black tail.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kraal</ent><br/
<hw>Kraal</hw> <pr>(kr<aum/l <it>or</it> kr<add/l; 277)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D., a village, inclosure, park, prob. fr. Pg.
<ets>curral</ets> a cattle pen; the same word as Sp. <ets>corral</ets>.
See <er>Corral</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A collection of huts within
a stockade; a village; sometimes, a single hut.</def> <mark>[South
Africa]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An inclosure into which are driven wild elephants
which are to be tamed and educated.</def> <mark>[Ceylon]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Krait</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Krait</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A very venomous snake of India (<spn>Bungarus
coeruleus</spn>), allied to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or
brownish black, often with narrow white streaks; the belly is
whitish.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kraken</ent><br/
<hw>Kra"ken</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prob. from OSw.
<ets>krake</ets>, or ODan. <ets>krage</ets> the trunk of a tree, the
branches of which are not entirely cut off, to which it was likened by
the Norwegian mariners.]</ety> <def>A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster,
often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling
an immense octopus.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>To believe all that has been said of the sea serpent or
<qex>kraken</qex>, would be credulity; to reject the possibility of
their existence, would be presumption.</q>
<rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Like a <qex>kraken</qex> huge and black.</q>
<rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Krakowiak</ent><br/
<hw>Kra*ko"wi*ak</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>
<def>A lively Polish dance. See <er>Cracovienne</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Krameria</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kra*me"ri*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[NL. So
called after the German botanists, <person>J. G. H. Kramer</person> &
<person>W. H. <etsep>Kramer</etsep></person>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>
<def>A genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from one species of
which (<spn>Krameria triandra</spn>), found in <country>Peru</country>,
rhatany root, used as a medicine, is obtained.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Krameric</ent><br/
<hw>Kra*mer"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>
<def>Pertaining to, or derived from, <gen>Krameria</gen> (rhatany);
<as>as, <ex>krameric</ex> acid, usually called <ex>ratanhia-tannic</ex>
acid</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Krang</ent><br/
<hw>Krang</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>kreng</ets>
a carcass.]</ety> <def>The carcass of a whale after the blubber has been
removed.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>crang</asp> and
<asp>kreng</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kranging hook</ent><br/
<hw>Krang"ing hook`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Whaling)</fld>
<def>A hook for holding the blubber while cutting it away.</def>
<altsp>[Written also <asp>cranging hook</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kreatic</ent><br/
<hw>Kre*at"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See
<er>Creatic</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kreatin</ent><br/
<hw>Kre"a*tin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>
<def>See <er>Creatin</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kreatinin</ent><br/
<hw>Kre*at"i*nin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>
<def>See <er>Creatinin</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kreel</ent><br/
<hw>Kreel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Creel</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kremlin</ent><br/
<hw>Krem"lin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Russ.
<ets>kremle</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The citadel of a town or
city; especially, the citadel of Moscow, a large inclosure which
contains imperial palaces, cathedrals, churches, an arsenal, etc.</def>
<mark>[Russia]</mark></p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>The government of Russia
(or, 1920-1992, of the Soviet Union).</def>
<mark>[metonymical]</mark><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Krems</ent><br/
<hw>Krems</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A variety of white lead.
See <cref>Krems lead</cref>, under <er>Lead</er>,
<pos>n.</pos></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kreng</ent><br/
<hw>Kreng</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Krang</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kreosote</ent><br/
<hw>Kre"o*sote</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
Creosote.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kreutzer</ent><br/
<hw>Kreut"zer</hw> <pr>(kroit"s<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G.
<ets>kreuzer</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small copper coin formerly used in
South Germany; also, a small Austrian copper coin.</def> <altsp>[Written
also <asp>kreuzer</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kriegsspiel</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kriegs"spiel`</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G., fr.
<ets>krieg</ets> war + <ets>spiel</ets> play.]</ety> <def>A game of war,
played for practice, on maps.</def> <rj><au>Farrow.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kris</ent><br/
<hw>Kris</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A Malay dagger. See
<er>Creese</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Krishna</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Krish"na</hw> <pr>(kr<icr/sh"n<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<ety>[Skr. <ets>k<rsdot/sh<nsdot/a</ets> ' The black.'.]</ety>
<fld>(Hindu Myth.)</fld> <def>The most popular of the Hindu divinities,
usually held to be the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ <persfn>Krishna</persfn> is a well-known Hindu deity.
Originally the ethnic god of some powerful confederation of Rajput
clans, by fusion with the Vishnu of the older theology Krishna becomes
one of the chief divinities of Hinduism. He is indeed an avatar of
<persfn>Vishnu</persfn>, or Vishnu himself. In his physical character
mingle myths of fire, lightning, and storm, of heaven and the sun. In
the epic he is a hero invincible in war and love, brave, but above all
crafty. He was the son of <persfn>Vasudeva</persfn> and
<persfn>Devaki</persfn>, and born at Mathura, on the Yamuna, between
Delhi and Agra, among the Yadavas. Like that of many solar heroes, his
birth was beset with peril. On the night when it took place, his parents
had to remove him from the reach of his uncle, <person>King
Kansa</person>, who sought his life because he had been warned by a
voice from heaven that the eighth son of <persfn>Devaki</persfn> would
kill him, and who had regularly made away with his nephews at their
birth. Conveyed across the Yamuna, Krishna was brought up as their son
by the shepherd <persfn>Nanda</persfn> and his wife
<persfn>Yashoda</persfn>, together with his brother
<persfn>Balarama</persfn>, 'Rama the strong,' who had been likewise
saved from massacre. The two brothers grew up among the shepherds,
slaying monsters and demons and sporting with the Gopis, the female
cowherds of Vrindavana. Their birth and infancy, their juvenile
exploits, and their erotic gambols with the Gopis became in time the
essential portion of the legend of Krishna, and their scenes are today
the most celebrated centers of his worship. When grown, the brothers put
their uncle <persfn>Kansa</persfn> to death, and Krishna became king of
the Yadavas. He cleared the land of monsters, warred against impious
kings, and took part in the war of the sons of <persfn>Pandu</persfn>
against those of <persfn>Dhritarashtra</persfn>, as described in the
Mahabharata. He transferred his capital to Dvaraka ('the city of
gates'), the gates of the West, since localized in Gujarat. There he and
his race were overtaken by the final catastrophe. After seeing his
brother slain, and the Yadavas kill each other to the last man, he
himself perished, wounded in the heel, like Achilles, by the arrow of a
hunter. The bible of the worshipers of Vishnu in his most popular
manifestation, that of Krishna, consists of the <er>Bhagavatapurana</er>
and the <er>Bhagavadgita</er>. See these words.</note><br/
[<source>Century Dict. 1906</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Hare Krishnas</b></col> <cd>A popular name for the group
<altname>International Society for Krishna Consciousness</altname>
(abbreviated <altname>ISKCON</altname>), devotees of Krishna, founded in
1966 by <person>A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada</person> (born
1896, died 1977). They are called thus because of their frequent public
chanting of the words <ldquo/Hare Krishna<rdquo/.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><-- p. 820 --></p>

<p><ent>Kritarchy</ent><br/
<hw>Kri"tarch*y</hw> <pr>(kr<imac/"t<aum/rk*<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<ety>[Gr. <grk>krith`s</grk> judge + <grk>'archh`</grk> beginning,
government.]</ety> <def>The rule of the judges over Israel.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Samson, Jephthah, Gideon, and other heroes of the
<qex>kritarchy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Southey.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Krokidolite</ent><br/
<hw>Kro*kid"o*lite</hw> <pr>(kr<osl/*k<icr/d"<osl/*l<imac/t)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See <er>Crocidolite</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Krone</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kro"ne</hw> <pr>(kr<omac/"n<asl/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<ety>[Dan.]</ety> <def>A coin of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, of the
value of about twenty-eight cents (in 1913). See <er>Crown</er>,
<pos>n.</pos>, 9.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Krooman</ent><br/
<hw>Kroo"man</hw> <pr>(kr<oomac/"m<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>;
<plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Kroomen</plw> <pr>(kr<oomac/"m<eit/n)</pr>.</plu>
<def>One of a negro tribe of Liberia and the adjacent coast, whose
members are much employed on shipboard.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kruller</ent><br/
<hw>Krul"ler</hw> <pr>(kr<ucr/l"l<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Cruller</er>.</def></p>

<p><ent>Krumhorn</ent><br/
<ent>Krummhorn</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Krumm"horn`</hw>, <hw>Krum"horn`</hw> }</mhw>
<pr>(kr<oomac/m"h<ocir/rn`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G.
<ets>krummhorn</ets> cornet; <ets>krumm</ets> crooked + <ets>horn</ets>
horn.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A reed instrument of
music of the cornet kind, now obsolete (see <er>Cornet</er>, 1,
<pos>a.</pos>).</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A reed stop in the organ; --
sometimes called <altname>cremona</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Krupp gun</ent><br/
<hw>Krupp` gun"</hw> <pr>(kr<oocr/p`g<ucr/n")</pr> <pos>n.</pos>. <def>A
breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of Friedrich
<etsep>Krupp</etsep>, 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.</def> <mark>[obsolescent]</mark>
<rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kruppize</ent><br/
<hw>Krupp"ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &
p. p.</pos> <conjf>Kruppized</conjf> <pr>(<?/)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> <conjf>Kruppizing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <fld>(Metal.)</fld>
<def>To treat by, or subject to, the Krupp process.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Krupp process</ent><br/
<hw>Krupp process</hw> <pr>(kr<oocr/p)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Iron
Metal.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A process practiced by <person>Friedrich
<etsep>Krupp</etsep></person>, Essen, Germany, for washing pig iron,
differing from the Bell process in using manganese as well as iron
oxide, and performed in a Pernot furnace. Called also the
<altname>Bell-Krupp process</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A process
for the manufacture of steel armor plates, invented or practiced by
<etsep>Krupp</etsep>, the details of which are secret. It is understood
to involve the addition of chromium as well as nickel to the metal, and
to include a treatment like that of the Harvey process with unknown
variations or additions. The product is mentioned by some authors, as
<xex>improved Harvey</xex>, or <xex>Harvey-Krupp</xex> armor
plate.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kryolite</ent><br/
<hw>Kry"o*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld>
<def>See <er>Cryolite</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Krypton</ent><br/
<hw>Kryp"ton</hw> <pr>(kr<icr/p"t<ocr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.,
fr. Gr. <grk>krypto`n</grk>, neut. of <grk>krypto`s</grk> hidden.]</ety>
<fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An inert gaseous element of the argon
(<isa>noble gas</isa>) group, of atomic number 36, occurring in air to
the extent of about one volume in a million. It was discovered by
<persfn>Ramsay</persfn> and <persfn>Travers</persfn> in 1898. Boiling
point, -152.3<deg/ C.; melting point, -156.6<deg/ C.; symbol,
<it>Kr</it>; atomic weight, 83.8.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Ksar</ent><br/
<hw>Ksar</hw> <pr>(z<aum/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Czar</er>.</def></p>

<p><ent>Kshatruya</ent><br/
<ent>Kshatriya</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Ksha"tri*ya</hw> <pr>(ksh<adot/"tr<esl/*y<adot/)</pr>,
<hw>Ksha"tru*ya</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr.
<ets>kshatriya</ets> one belonging to the military caste.]</ety>
<def>The military caste, the second of the four great Hindu castes;
also, a member of that caste. See <er>Caste</er>.</def>
<mark>[India]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kuda</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ku"da</hw> <pr>(k<oomac/"d<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The East Indian tapir. See
<er>Tapir</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kudos</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ku"dos</hw> <pr>(k<umac/"d<ocr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.,
fr. Gr. <grk>ky^dos</grk> glory.]</ety> <def>Glory; fame; renown;
praise.</def> <rj><au>W. H. Russel.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kudos</ent><br/
<hw>Ku"dos</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To praise; to extol; to
glorify.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Kudos'd</xex> egregiously.<rdquo/
<mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Southey.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kudu</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ku"du</hw> <pr>(k<oomac/"d<oomac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>
<fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>See <er>Koodoo</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kufic</ent><br/
<hw>Ku"fic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See
<er>Cufic</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kukang</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ku*kang"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<ety>[Native name.]</ety> <def>The slow lemur. See
<er>Lemur</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Ku Klux Klan</ent><br/
<ent>Ku Klux</ent><br/
<ent>Kuklux</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Ku`klux"</hw>, <hw>Ku` Klux"</hw>, <hw>Ku` Klux"
Klan</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>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 freed negroes;
-- called also <altname>Kuklux Klan</altname> and <altname>the
Klan</altname>. It experienced a revival in the 1920's, in the north as
well as the south, and persists as a weak organization into the 1990's.
Its goals were primarily anti-negro and anti-Catholic, and its tactics
included terrorist attacks on negroes for the purpose of intimidation
with the goal of continuing segregation. The signature activity of the
Klan was the burning of a cross, either at rallies of Klansmen, or on
the property of African-Americans which they hoped to
intimidate.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kulan</ent><br/
<hw>Ku"lan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>See
<er>Koulan</er>.</def></p>

<p><ent>Kulturkampf</ent><br/
<hw>Kul*tur"kampf`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G., fr.
<ets>kultur</ets>, <ets>cultur</ets>, culture + <ets>kampf</ets>
fight.]</ety> <fld>(Ger. Hist.)</fld> <def>Lit., culture war; -- a name,
originating with <persfn>Virchow</persfn> (1821 - 1902), given to a
struggle between the Roman Catholic Church and the German government,
chiefly over the latter's efforts to control educational and
ecclesiastical appointments in the interest of the political policy of
centralization. The struggle began with the passage by the Prussian Diet
in May, 1873, of the so-called <col><b>May laws</b></col>, or
<col><b>Falk laws</b></col>, aiming at the regulation of the clergy.
Opposition eventually compelled the government to change its policy, and
from 1880 to 1887 laws virtually nullifying the May laws were
enacted.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kumiss</ent><br/
<ent>Kumish</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Ku"mish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ku"miss</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>,
}</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Koumiss</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kummel</ent><br/
<hw>Kum"mel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G.
<ets>k<uum/mmel</ets> cumin, caraway seed, L. <ets>cuminum</ets>. Cf.
<er>Cumin</er>.]</ety> <def>A Russian and German liqueur, consisting of
a sweetened spirit flavored with caraway seeds.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kumquat</ent><br/
<hw>kum"quat</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chin. <ets>kin
keu</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>any of several trees or shrubs
of the genus <gen>Fortunella</gen> (formerly <gen>Citrus</gen>) of the
rue family (<fam>Rutaceae</fam>) (especially <spn>Citrus Japonica</spn>)
growing in <country>China</country> and <country>Japan</country> bearing
small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and
sour pulp; also, any of the small acid, orange-colored citrus fruits of
such plants, used mostly for preserves.</def> <altsp>[Also spelled
<asp>cumquat</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> + <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kupfernickel</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kup"fer*nick"el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. See
<er>Copper</er>, and <er>Nickel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld>
<def>Copper-nickel; niccolite. See <er>Niccolite</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kurakkan</ent><br/
<hw>kurakkan</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An East Indian cereal grass
(<spn>Eleusine coracana</spn>) whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour,
a staple in the Orient.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> finger millet, ragi, ragee, African millet, coracan,
corakan, <spn>Eleusine coracana</spn>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kurchatovium</ent><br/
<hw>kurchatovium</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <person>Igor
<etsep>Kurchatov</etsep></person>, a Russian scientist who worked on the
atomic bomb.]</ety> <def>A transuranic element of atomic number 104,
symbol <it>Ku</it>; also called <altname>rutherfordium</altname>, symbol
<it>Rf</it>. It is produced in very small quantities by nuclear
reactions. In November 1993 the nomenclature committee of the American
Chemical Society approved the name <altname>rutherfordium</altname> for
element 104. Russian investigators who claim to have first discovered
element 104, isotope 260 (half-life 0.3 seconds) in 1964 at Dubna
proposed the name <ex>kurchatovium</ex>. However, investigators at
Berkely in 1969 produced several isotopes of element 104 but were unable
to produce isotope 260; they reported finding isotope 257, with a
half-life of 4-5 seconds, isotope 259 with a half-life of 3-4 seconds,
and isotope 258 with a shorter half-life.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> rutherfordium, Rf, Ku, unnilquadium, Unq, element
104, atomic number 104.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kurchi</ent><br/
<ent>kurchee</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>kurchee</hw>, <hw>kurchi</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A
tropical Asian tree (<spn>Holarrhena antidysenterica</spn> syn.
<spn>Holarrhena pubescens</spn>) with hard white wood and bark formerly
used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ivory tree, conessi, kurchee, <spn>Holarrhena
pubescens</spn>, <spn>Holarrhena antidysenterica</spn>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kurd</ent><br/
<hw>Kurd</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A member of a
people who inhabit a mountainous region of Western Asia, sometimes
referred to as Kurdistan, spread over an area including adjoining parts
of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Syria. The people of
this region speak Kurdish and are mostly Moslem.</def> <altsp>[Written
also <asp>Koord</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kurdish</ent><br/
<hw>Kurd"ish</hw>, <pos>prop. a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the
Kurds, the Kurdish language, or Kurdistan.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>Koordish</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kurdish</ent><br/
<hw>Kurd"ish</hw>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The language of the Kurds;
it is related to Farsi, the modern Iranian language.</def>
<altsp>[Written also <asp>Koordish</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kurilian</ent><br/
<hw>Ku*ril"i*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining
to the Kurile Islands, a chain of islands in the Pacific ocean,
extending from the southern extremity of Kamchatka to Yesso.</def> --
<def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or an inhabitant of the Kurile
Islands.</def></def2> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>Koorilian</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kuro-Siwo</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ku"ro-Siwo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Jap.
<ets>kuroshio</ets>; <ets>kuro</ets> black + <ets>shio</ets>
tide.]</ety> <def>See <er>Japan Current</er>, above.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kursaal</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Kur"saal`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G.]</ety>
<def>A public hall or room, for the use of visitors at watering places
and health resorts in Germany.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kusimanse</ent><br/
<hw>Ku`si*man"se</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>A carnivorous animal (<spn>Crossarchus obscurus</spn>) of tropical
Africa. It its allied to the civets. Called also
<altname>kusimansel</altname>, and <altname>mangue</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kuskus</ent><br/
<hw>Kus"kus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <ety>[Per. & Hind.
<ets>khaskhas</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See
<er>Vetiver</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kussier</ent><br/
<hw>Kus"si*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A
Turkish instrument of music, with a hollow body covered with skin, over
which five strings are stretched.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>kussir</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kutauss</ent><br/
<hw>Ku*tauss"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>
<def>The India civet (<spn>Viverra zibetha</spn>).</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kutch</ent><br/
<hw>Kutch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Goldbeating)</fld>
<def>The packet of vellum leaves in which the gold is first beaten into
thin sheets.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kutch</ent><br/
<hw>Kutch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Catechu</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kvass</ent><br/
<hw>kvass</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Russ.
<ets>kvas'</ets>.]</ety> <def>A thin, sour beer, made by pouring warm
water on rye or barley meal and letting it ferment, -- much used by the
Russians.</def> <altsp>[written also <asp>quas</asp> and
<asp>quass</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> + <source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kwajalein</ent><br/
<hw>Kwajalein</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A battle of World War II
(January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese
airbase.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kwan-yin</ent><br/
<ent>Kwan yin</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Kwan yin</hw>, <hw>Kwan-yin</hw></mhw> <pos>prop. n.</pos>
<fld>(Buddhism)</fld> <def>A female Bodhisattva; often called Goddess of
Mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara;
identified with Japanese Kwannon.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Kuan Yin.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kwannon</ent><br/
<hw>Kwannon</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>Japanese counterpart of the
Chinese Kuan Yin.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kweek</ent><br/
<hw>kweek</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A trailing grass (<spn>Cynodon
dactylon</spn>) native to Europe, now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used
for lawns and pastures especially in the Southern U. S. and India.
Called also <altname>Bahama grass</altname> and <altname>Bermuda
grass</altname>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Bermuda grass, devil grass, Bahama grass, doob,
scutch grass, star grass, <spn>Cynodon dactylon</spn>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kwela</ent><br/
<hw>kwela</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of danceable music popular
among black South Africans; it includes a whistle among its
instruments.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Ky</ent><br/
<hw>Ky</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Kine.</def>
<mark>[Scot.]</mark> <see>See <er>Kee</er>, <er>Kie</er>, and
<er>Kine</er>.</see><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kyaboca wood</ent><br/
<hw>Ky`a*bo"ca wood`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>Amboyna wood.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Sandalwood
(<spn>Santalum album</spn>).</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kyack</ent><br/
<hw>Ky"ack</hw> <pr>(k<imac/"<acr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>A pack sack to be swung on either side of a packsaddle.</def>
<mark>[Western U. S.]</mark></p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A <er>kayak</er>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kyanite</ent><br/
<hw>Ky"a*nite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Cyanite</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kyanize</ent><br/
<hw>Ky"an*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &
p. p.</pos> <conjf>Kyanized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> <conjf>Kyanizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[From Mr.
<etsep>Kyan</etsep>, the inventor of the process.]</ety> <def>To render
(wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive
sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kyanol</ent><br/
<hw>Ky"a*nol</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See
<er>Cyanite</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd>
<def>Aniline.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A base
obtained from coal tar.</def> <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kyanophyll</ent><br/
<hw>Ky*an"o*phyll</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>
<def>Same as <er>Cyanophyll</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kyar</ent><br/
<hw>Kyar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Cocoanut fiber, or the
cordage made from it. See <er>Coir</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kyaw</ent><br/
<hw>Kyaw</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A
daw.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kyd</ent><br/
<hw>Kyd</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <def><pos>p. p.</pos> of
<er>Kythe</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kydde</ent><br/
<hw>Kyd"de</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <def><pos>imp.</pos> of <er>Kythe</er>,
to show.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ Spenser erroneously uses <xex>kydst</xex> to mean
<ldquo/knowest.<rdquo/</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kyke</ent><br/
<hw>Kyke</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[See 1st
<er>Kike</er>.]</ety> <def>To look steadfastly; to gaze.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kike</asp>,
<asp>keke</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>This Nicholas sat ever gaping upright,<br/
As he had <qex>kyked</qex> on the newe moon.</q>
<rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>kylie</ent><br/
<ent>Kyley</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Ky"ley</hw>, <hw>ky"lie</hw></mhw> <pr>(k<imac/"l<ycr/)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>an Australian boomerang, having one side
flat and the other convex.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> kiley.</syn><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> + <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kyloes</ent><br/
<hw>Ky"loes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>The cattle of the
Hebrides, or of the Highlands.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark> <rj><au>Sir W.
Scott.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kymnel</ent><br/
<hw>Kym"nel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Kimnel</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<rj><au>Chapman.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kymograph</ent><br/
<hw>Ky"mo*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ wave +
<ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>An instrument for
measuring, and recording graphically, the pressure of the blood in any
of the blood vessels of a living animal; -- called also
<altname>kymographion</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kymographic</ent><br/
<hw>Ky`mo*graph"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>
<fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a kymograph; <as>as, a
<ex>kymographic</ex> tracing</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kymric</ent><br/
<hw>Kym"ric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a & n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Cymric</er>, <pos>a. & n.</pos></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kymry</ent><br/
<hw>Kym"ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
<er>Cymry</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kynrede</ent><br/
<hw>Kyn"rede</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Kindred.</def>
<mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kynurenic</ent><br/
<hw>Ky`nu*ren"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/,
dog + <?/ urine.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to,
or designating, an acid obtained from the urine of dogs. By
decomposition the acid yields a nitrogenous base (called
<xex>kynurin</xex>) and carbonic acid.</def> <altsp>[Written also
<asp>cynurenic</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kyrie</ent><br/
<hw>Kyr"i*e</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Kyrie
eleison</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kyrie eleison</ent><br/
<hw>Kyr"i*e e*lei"son</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n. & interj.</pos>
<ety>[Gr. <grk>ky`rie 'elei^son</grk> .]</ety><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>Greek words, meaning
<ldquo/<sig>Lord, have mercy upon us</sig>,<rdquo/ used in the Mass, the
breviary offices, the litany of the saints, etc.</def> <rj><au>Addis &
Arnold.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The name given to the response to the Commandments,
in the service of the Church of England and of the Protestant Episcopal
Church.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kyrielle</ent><br/
<hw>Kyr`i*elle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F.
<ets>kyrielle</ets>.]</ety> <def>A litany beginning with the words,
<ldquo/Kyrie eleison.<rdquo/</def> <rj><au>Shipley.</au></rj></p>

<p><ent>Kyriology</ent><br/
<ent>Kyriolexy</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kyr"i*o*lex`y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Kyr`i*ol"o*gy</hw>
<pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/. See
<er>Curiologic</er>.]</ety> <def>The use of literal or simple
expressions, as distinguished from the use of figurative or obscure
ones.</def> <rj><au>Krauth-Fleming.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kyriological</ent><br/
<hw>Kyr`i*o*log"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See
<er>Curiologic</er>.]</ety> <def>Serving to denote objects by
conventional signs or alphabetical characters; <as>as, the original
Greek alphabet of sixteen letters was called <ex>kyriologic</ex>,
because it represented the pure elementary sounds</as>. See
<er>Curiologic</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>curiologic</asp>
and <asp>kuriologic</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The term 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.</note></p>

<p><ent>Kithe</ent><br/
<ent>Kythe</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Kythe</hw>, <hw>Kithe</hw> <pr>(k<imac/<th/)</pr> }</mhw>,
<pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp.</pos> <conjf>Kydde</conjf>,
<conjf>Kidde</conjf> <pr>(k<icr/d"d<it>e</it>)</pr>; <pos>p. p.</pos>
<conjf>Kythed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>, Kid; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
<conjf>Kything</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>kythen</ets>,
<ets>kithen</ets>, <ets>cu<edh/en</ets>, to make known, AS.
<ets>c<ymac/<edh/an</ets>, fr. <ets>c<umac/<edh/</ets> known. <root/45.
See <er>Uncouth</er>, <er>Can</er> to be able, and cf.
<er>Kith</er>.]</ety> <def>To make known; to manifest; to show; to
declare.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Scot.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>For gentle hearte <qex>kytheth</qex> gentilesse.</q>
<rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kythe</ent><br/
<hw>Kythe</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To come into view; to
appear.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>It <qex>kythes</qex> bright . . . because all is dark around
it.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kytomiton</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ky*tom"i*ton</hw> <pr>(k<isl/*t<ocr/m"<icr/*t<ocr/n)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>ky`tos</grk> a hollow vessel +
<grk>mi`tos</grk> a thread.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>See
<er>Karyomiton</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Kytoplasma</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Ky`to*plas"ma</hw> <pr>(k<imac/`t<osl/*pl<acr/z"m<adot/)</pr>,
<pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ky`tos</grk> a hollow vessel +
<grk>pla`sma</grk> thing molded.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>See
<er>Karyoplasma</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

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