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of rocks or on shells or sea-weeds, or lying rent of her share of her deceased husband's Alnurn, spring, thou darling of the year!
free.
lands. See TERCE.

Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear. Burns.
Kelloway Rock (kello-wā rok), n. (So called 'Ken (ken), v.i. To look round.

Kepe, t n. Care; attention. Chaucer. from being well developed at Kelloway Ken (ken), n. Cognizance; view; especially, Kepet vi. or t. To take care; to care. Bridge, Wiltshire.) A calcareous bed at the reach of sight or knowledge, Above the Chaucer. base of the Oxford clay in Wiltshire and reach and ken of a mortal apprehension.' Keplerian (kep-lē'ri-an), a. Of or pertainYorkshire. Its maximum thickness is 80 feet, South.

ing to Kepler; propounded by Kepler; as, and it is so abundant in fossil shells as often Coasting they kept the land within their ken, Keplerian doctrines; Keplerian laws. to be entirely made up of them.

Dryden.

It should be noted that the modern system of as-
Kelp (kelp), n. [O. E. kilpe. Origin un-
Ken (ken), n. [Contr. of kennel.] A place

tronomy deserves far better to be called the Kepknown.] 1. The produce of sea-weeds when

where low or disreputable characters lodge lerian system than the Copernican. Haydn. burned, from which carbonate of soda is or meet; as, a padding ken, a lodging-house

Kepler's Laws (kep'lerz lạz), n. pl. The laws obtained. It was formerly much used in for tramps; a sporting ken.

of the courses of the planets established by the manufacture of glass and soap, and large Kendal (ken'dal), n. A coarse woollen cloth,

Kepler. They are three in number: (1.) That so named from the town of Kendal in Westquantities of iodine are now obtained from

the planets move in elliptical orbits, of

It the residue after the carbonate of soda is moreland, where it was first made.

which the sun is in one of the foci. (2.) That continued to be called Kendal after its separated. — 2. The sea-weed from which

an imaginary line drawn from the sun to manufacture was carried on elsewhere. kelp is produced.

the planets (called the radius vector) alKelpie, Kelpy (kel'pi), n. (Probably, as

'Apparelled in short coats of Kentish ken

ways describes equal areas in equal times. Jamieson suggests, connected with G. kalb, Kenk (kengk), n.

dal.
Hall.

(3.) That the squares of the times of the re

Same as Kink. a calf.] In Scotland, an imaginary spirit of

volutions of the planets are as the cubes of the waters, generally seen in the form of a

Kennel (ken'nel), n. [Norm. Fr.; It. canile; their mean distances from the sun. horse, who was believed to give previous

from L. canis, a dog.] 1. A house or cot for Kepler's Problem (kep'lerz problem), n. warning when a person was about to be dogs, or for a pack of hounds.--2. A pack

The determining the eccentric from the of hounds. drowned, and sometimes maliciously to

*A yelping kennel of French

mean anomaly of a planet, or the determincurs.' Shak.-3. The hole of a fox or other assist in drowning persons.

ing its place in the elliptic orbit, answering beast; a haunt. That bards are second sighted is nae joke,

to any given time. And ken the lingo of the sp'ritual folk;

Kennel (ken'nel), v.i. pret. & pp. kennelled; Kept (kept), pret. & pp. of keep.-Kept misFays, spunkies, kelpies, a', they can explain them. ppr. kennelling. To lodge; to lie; to dwell,

tress, a concubine or woman kept and mainBurns. as a dog or a fox.

tained by a particular individual as his Kelson (kel'son), n. Same as Keelson.

The dog kennelled in a hollow tree. L'Estrange. paramour.
Kelt, Keltic (kelt, kelt’ik). Same as Celt, Kennel (ken'nel), v.t. To keep or confine in Keramic (ke-ram'ik), a. Same as Ceramic.
Celtic.
a kennel.

Kerana (ke-rä'na), 11. In music, a long wind
Kelt (kelt), n. Cloth with the nap, generally Kennel (ken'nel), n. [A form of E. channel,

instrument like a trumpet, much used in
of native black wool. [Scotch. ]
Kelt (kelt), n.

Persia, being sounded evening and morning.
The name given in Scotland

canal.] 1. The water-course of a street;

a gutter; a little canal or channel. -- 2. A Kerargyrite (ke-rär'ji-rit), n. to a salmon in its spent state after spawn

[Gr. keras, puddle. ing; a foul fish.

horn, and argyros, silver.) Same as Kerate Kelter, Kilter (kel'tër), n. (Comp. Dan.

Kennel-coal (ken'nel-kõl), n. Same as Can- (which see).

nel-coal.
kilte, to gird, to tuck up; also Prov. E. kilter, Kennel-raker (ken'nel-rák-er), n.

Kerasine (ker'a-sin), a. (Gr. keras, a horn.)
A sca-

In mineral. horny; corneous.
a tool. ] Order; regular or proper state.
venger; one fit for mean, filthy jobs.

Kerate (ker'āt), n. [Gr. keras, a horn.) If the organs of prayer be out of kelter or out of Kenning (ken'ing), n. 1.7 Range vision; Chloride of silver; horn silver: so named tune, how can we pray?

Barrow.
sight; view.

from its cutting like horn. It has a white
Keltie, Kelty (kelti), n. (Said to be from a The next day about evening we saw, within a ken. streak, and no distinct cleavage.
famous champion drinker in Kinross-shire.) ning, thick clouds, which did put us in sonue hope of Keratin (ker'a-tin), n. Same as Epidermose
A large glass or bumper, imposed as a fine

land.

Bacon.

(which see). on those who, as it is expressed, do not drink 2. As little as one can recognize; a small Keratode (ker'a-tod), n. [Gr. keras, keratos, fair. --Cleared keltie aff, a phrase used to portion; a little; as, put in a kenning of horn, and eidox, resemblance.] In zool, the denote that one's glass is quite empty, pre- salt. [Scotch.)

horny substance of which the skeleton of vious to drinking a bumper. Sir W. Scott. Though they may gang a kennin wrang, (Scotch.)

To step aside is human.

many sponges is composed. Bun15.

Keratome (ker'a-tom), n. (Gr. keras, keratos, Kemb,t o.t. [A. Sax. cemban, to comb.] To Kenspeckle (ken'spek-1), a. (Probably from

a horn, and tomos, cutting, from temno, to comb (which see). Chaucer.

ken, to know, and A. Sax. specca, a speck, a cut.) An instrument for dividing the transKemelin,t n. (O. E. kempling; Prov. E. kemb- mark; but comp. Icel kennispeki, the fa

parent cornea in the operation for cataract ing, a brewing-vessel, kimnel, a tub; 0. Fr. culty of knowing others, from kenna, to by extraction. cambe, a brewing.) A tub; a brewer's vessel. know, and speki, wisdom.] Having so sin

Keratonyxis (ker'a-to-niks''is), n. (Gr.keras, Chaucer. gular an appearance as to be easily recog

keratos, horn, and nyxis, a puncturing.) In Kemp (kemp), v.i. (Dan. kæmpe, to fight, nized; fitted to be a gazing-stock. (Scotch.)

surg. the operation of removing a cataract to contend; kæmpe, Icel. kempa, a warrior; I I grant ye, his face is kenspeckle,

by thrusting a needle through the cornea of A. Sax. campian, D. kampen, G. kämpfen,

That the white o' his e'e is turn'd out. Nicol.

the eye and breaking up the opaque mass. to strive, to fight.) To strive or contend, in Kent (kent), n. [Perhaps connected with Keratophyllite (ker-a-tof'il-lit), n. (Gr. whatever way; to strive for victory, as cant, to tilt (see CANT, v. and n.), and comp. keras, keratos, a horn, phyllon, a leaf, and reapers on the harvest-field. Scotch.) D. kenteren, to overturn.] A long staff lithos, a stone.] A variety of hornblende, Kemp (kemp), n. [A. Sax. cempa, a soldier. used by shepherds for leaping over ditches so named from the form of the crystals. See the verb.) 1.7 A champion; a knight.- and brooks; a cudgel; a rough walking-stick; Keratophyte (ker'a-to-fīt), n. (Gr. keras, 2. The act of striving for superiority in any a pole. [Scotch.]

keratos, a horn, and phyton, that which way whatever. (Scotch. ]

A better lad ne'er lean'd out o'er a kent. Ramsay. grows.] Cuvier's name for a polype which Kemp, Kempty (kemp, kemp'ti), n. The

Kent (kent), v.t. To propel, as a boat, by has a horny axis, in contradistinction to a
coarse rough hairs of wool, which is avoided
by the manufacturer in his purchases of

pushing with a kent or long pole against the lithophyte, or one having a stony axis. The
bottom of a river; to punt. Scotch.)

term is now disused. wool, as they deteriorate the appearance of Kent-bugle (kent'bū-gl), n. [In honour of

Keratosa (ker-a-to'sa), n. pl. The division fabrics, and do not take dye readily. the Duke of Kent.] A curved six-keyed

of the sponges in which the skeleton is comKemper (kemp'ér), n. One who kemps or

bugle,on which

posed of keratode. strives for superiority; specifically, a comevery tone in

Keratose (ker'a-tos), n. Same as Keratode. petitor amongst reapers. (Scotch.) the musical

Kerb-plate (kerb'plät), n. Same as Curb. Mark, I see nought to hinder you and me from scale can

plate. helping to give a hot brow to this bevy of notable sounded.

Kerb-roof (kerb'röf), n. Same as Curbkempers.

Blackwood's Mag.
Kentish (kent'.

roof. Kemptt (kempt), p. and a. For kembed, pp.

ish), a.
Of or

Ker:b-stone (kérb'ston), n. Same as Curb-
of kemb, to comb.
pertaining to

stone. There is nothing valiant or solid to be hoped for the county of Kent-bugle.

Kerchert (ker'cher), n. A kerchief. from such as are always kempi, and perfumed, and Kent. Kent

He became like a man in an exstacie and trance, every day smell of the taylor.

B. 7onson.
ish fire, a term given to the continuous

and white as a kercher,

Nerth. Ken (ken), v.t. pret. & pp. kenned; ppr. ken.

cheering common at the Protestant meet- Kerchert (kér'cher), v.t. To wrap, as in a ning. [O. E, and Sc. ken, Icel, kenna, D. and

ings held in Kent in 1828 and 1829, with the kercher. G. kennen, A. Sax. cunnan, to ken, to know;

view of preventing the passing of the Catholic Pale sickness with her kerchered head upwound. comp. the allied can, canny, cunning, know. Relief Bill. It is now applied to the shout

Giles Fletcher See KNOW.] 1. To know; to understand; to ing practised by Orangemen at political

Kerchief (ker'chēs), n. [Contr. from 0.E. take cognizance of. meetings, in derision of Roman Catholics.

coverchief, 0. Fr. couvrechief, couvrechef Fal. Which of you know Ford of this town? Kentish rag, in geol. a dark-coloured, tough,

Fr. couvrir, to cover, and chef, the head. }
Pist. I ken the wight; he is of substance good.

Shak.
highly fossiliferous, arenaceous limestone,

1. A head-dress; a cloth to cover the head;
2. To see at a distance; to descry; to recog-
belonging to the lower greensand. It oc-

hence, any cloth used in dress. nize. curs at Hythe and other places in Kent,

He might put on a hat, a muffler, and a kerrkies. and so escape.

Sha... They from their fields can see the countenance

and from its durability is much valued for Of your fierce war, may ken the glittering lance, building.

2. One who wears a kerchief; a lady. And hear you shouting forth your brave intent. Kentle (ken'tl), n. [Same word as Quintal.] The proudest kerchief of the court shall rest Wordsworth. In com. a hundred pounds in weight; as, a

Well satisfyd of what they love the best. Dryden.
He spake; his eye in lightning rolls!
For the lady was ruthlessly seized; and he kenned
kentle of fish.

Kerchiefed, Kerchieft (ker' cheft), a.
In the beautiful lady the child of his friend.

Kentledge (kentlej), n. Naut. pigs of iron Dressed; hooded; covered.

Coleridge. for ballast laid on the floor of a ship. Kerf (kérf), n. [A. Sax. cyrf, a cutting off, 3. In Scots laro, to acknowledge or recognize Kep (kep), v.t. [See KEEP.) To catch, as in from ceorfan, cearfan, to cut, to carve; by a judicial act; as, to ken a widow to her the act of passing through the air, falling, comp. G. kerbe, a notch; kerben, to notch.j terce, that is, to recognize or decree by a running, and the like; to intercept; to meet. The channel or way made through wood by judicial act the right of a widow to the life- (Scotch.)

a saw or other cutting instrument.

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Kerl (kérl), n. (See CARL.) A man; a coun- the plate. It has been proposed as a substi- vessel, of the galiot order, usually twotryman; a peasant; a carl. Poor old keris tute for chloroform.

masted, and from 100 to 250 tons burden, making their daily penny.' North Brit. Rev. Kerosene (ker'o-sēn), n. [From Gr. kēros, Ketches were formerly much used as bombKermes (ker'mez), n. [Ar. and Per. kerines, wax.] A liquid hydrocarbon distilled from vessels, the peculiarity of the rig, affording kirmis, from Skr. krimi, a worm.) A dye- coals, bitumen, petroleum, &c., extensively stuff consisting of the dried bodies of the used in America as a lamp-oil. When pure females of one or two species of Coccus, it is colourless, and its specific gravity varies especially Coccus ilicis, an insect found on from 780 to 825. It is the same as, or very various species of oak round the Mediter- closely related to, the British paraffin oil. ranean. The bodies are round, about the Called also American Paraffin Oil, Photosize of a pea. The dye is more permanent gen, and Mineral Oil. but less brilliant than cochineal.

Kerst Kerse, n. [A. Sax. cerse or cærse.) Kermes-mineral (ker'mēz-min-er-al), n. A A cress. —Ne sette he not a kers, he cared name given to amorphous trisulphide of not a cress. Chaucer. In such expressions antimony in consequence of its colour, this word is now corrupted into curse. See which is orange-red.

CURSE, n. Kern, Kerne (kérn), n. (O.Gael, and Ir. Kersent (kérs'n), v.t. A corruption of Chriscearn, a man.) 1. A light - arined foot

ten. soldier of the ancient Irish militia and the

Pish, one good Cæsar, a pump-maker, Highlands of Scotland, armed with a dart

Kersen'd him.

Beau, & FI. or skean: opposed to gallowglass, who was Kersey (kèr'zi), n. [Comp. Sc. carsaye, D. heavy-armed.

karsaai, Fr. cariset, créseau, Sw. kersing, Soars thy presumption then so high,

kersey. Littré suggests that the Fr. créseau Because a wretched kern ye slew, is from croiser, to cross, croisé, twilled.) A

Ketch. Homage to name to Roderic Dhu? Sir W. Scott.

species of coarse wooll cloth, usually The perpetual warfare of these petty chieftains ribbed, made from long wool.

so much space before the mainmast and at had given rise to the

employment of mercenary Kersey (kér’zi), a. 1. Consisting of kersey. troops, partly natives, partly from Scotland, known

the greatest beam, well fitting them for by the uncouth names of kerns and gallowglasses. Will she with huswife's hand provide thy meat,

mortar vessels. See BOMB-KÉTCH. Hallam. And every Sunday morn thy neckcloth plait, Ketch, n. A musical catch. Beau, & FI. 2. A boor or low-lived person; a churl.

Which o'er thy kersey doublet spreading wide, Ketch' (kech), n. A hangman. See JACK-
In service time drew

Cic'ly's eye aside 1 Gay.
We take a kern most commonly for a farmer or

KETCH country bumpkin.

Blount.
Hence-2. Homespun; homely.

Ketcht (kech), n. [A form of keg. ) A cask; 3. In English law, an idle person or vaga

Henceforth my wooing mind shall be express'd a keg. Shak bond.

In russet yeas, and honest kersey noes. Shak. Ketchet u.t. To catch. Chaucer. Kern (kérn), n. 1. A quern (which see). – Kerseymere (kérézi-mēr), n. (See CASSI- Ketchup (kech'up), n. (See CATCHUP.) A 2.7 A churn.-3. [Probably from L. crena,

MERE.) A thin twilled stuff woven from name common to several kinds of sauce, potch. See CRENATE, &c.] A slight prothe finest wools, used for men's garments;

much used with meat, fish, toasted cheese, jection from the main body; specifically, in cassimere.

&c. - Mushroom ketchup is made from the printing, that part of a type which hangs Kerseynette (kérézi-net), n. A thin woollen common mushroom (Agaricus campestris), over the body or shank. stuff; cassinette (which see).

by taking a number of them, breaking Kern (kèrn), v.i. [G. and D. kern, a kernel. | Kerve, t v.t. To carve; to cut. Chaucer. them into small pieces and mixing with See KERNEL.] 1. To harden, as corn in Kerver,t n. A carver. Chaucer.

salt, which so acts as to reduce the whole ripening.–2. To take the form of corns; to Kesart (kēʻzėr), n. (See CÆSAR.) An em- mass to an almost liquid state. It is granulate; to set, as fruit. peror.

then strained and boiled.-Walnut ketchup Kern (kérn), v.t. In type-founding, to form

Kings and kesars at her feet did them prostrate. is made from unripe walnuts before the with a kern. See KERN, n. 3.

shell is hardened. They are beaten to a Kern-baby (kérn'bā-bi), n. [Sc. kirn, a har- Kesari, n. An East Indian name for a plant

pulp, and the juice separated by straining: of the genus Lathyrus. See LATHYRUS. vest-home, and baby.) An image dressed

salt, vinegar, and spices are added, and the with corn and carried before reapers to Keslop (kes lop), n. [A. Sax. cese-lib, cyse

whole is boiled. - Tomato ketchup is made their harvest-home. [Provincial.]

lib, curdled milk - cese, cyse, cheese, and from tomatoes by a similar process.

lib, bewitching; comp. G. käselab, curdled | Ketone (kē'ton), n. Kernel (kernel), n. [A. Sax. cyrnel, a little

In chem. same as Acemilk- küse, cheese, and lab, rennet; Goth. corn, a grain, a kernel or core; G. and

tone, 2. lubi, a drug, poison.] The stomach of a D. kern, the core of anything, the seed of

Kettle (ket), n. (A. Sax. ceti, cetel, or cytel; fruit: allied to corn and to L. granum. See calf prepared for rennet.

comp. D. ketel, Icel. ketill, Sw. kettel, Goth. Kesse, tv.t. To kiss. Chaucer. CORN and GRAIN.) 1. The edible substance

katils, G. kessel, kettle; all borrowed from contained in the shell of a nut or the stone Keste, pret. Kissed. Kest, pret. of cast. Cast. Spenser.

L. catillus, dim, of catinus, a deep bowl,

Chaucer. of a fruit. -2. Anything inclosed in a shell, Kestrel (kes'trel), n. [Burgundian cristel;

a vessel for cooking food.] 1. A vessel husk, or integument; a grain or corn; as, a

of iron or other metal, of various shapes kernel of wheat or oats. —3. The seed of

Fr. cresserelle, quercelle, a hawk of a red- and dimensions, used for heating and boilpulpy fruit; as, the kernel of an apple.

ing water or other liquor.–2. An abbrevia4. The central part of anything; a small

tion of Kettle-drum. mass around which other matter is con

And let the kettle to the trumpet speak,

Shak. creted ; a nucleus. – 5. Fig. the important

The trumpet to the cannoneer without. part of anything, as a question, as distin

-A pretty kettle of fish. See KIDDLE. guished from that which surrounds it; the

Kettle-drum (ket'1-drum), n. 1. A drum main or essential point, as opposed to mat

consisting of a copper vessel, usually hemiters of less import; the core; the gist; as,

spherical, covered with parchment. Kettleto come to the kernel of the question.-6. A

drums were formerly used in pairs in marhard concretion in the flesh.

tial music for cavalry, but are now chiefly Kernel (ker'nel), v.i. To harden or ripen

confined to orchestras. They are usually into kernels, as the seeds of plants.

tuned to the tonic and dominant of the Kernel (kernel), n. In arch. a crenelle

piece in which they are to be used by (which see).

tightening or loosening the head or skin by Kernelled (ker'neld), a. Having a kernel.

а Kernelly (ker'nel-i), a. Full of kernels; re

Kestrel (Falco Tinnunculus). sembling kernels. Kernelwort (ker'nel-wert), n. A popular dish colour. Wedgwood.] The Falco Tinname of Scrophularia nodosa (common fig- nunculus, a common British species of falwort).

con, called also Stannel and Windhover. It Kernisht (kérn'ish), a. Having the charac- is rather larger than the merlin, its whole

ter of a kern; clownish. 'A petty kernish length being from 13 to 15 inches. It builds prince.' Milton.

in hollow trees and in cliffs, or in nests deKerodon (ker'o-don), n. [Gr. keras, a horn, serted by crows, magpies, &c. It feeds on and odous, a tooth.) A South American mice, small birds, insects, &c. The kestrel genus of rodents, allied to the cavies, about may be at once recognized by its peculiar the size of a guinea-pig, and of an olive-gray habit of hovering or sustaining itself in the colour.

same place in the air by a rapid motion of Kerolite (ker'o-līt), n. [Gr. kēros, wax, and its wings, always with its head to the wind. lithos, a stone.] A mineral of a white or The male and female differ considerably in

I, Köhler's Patent Kettle-drum. 2, Ordinary Kettle.

drum. green colour, greasy feel, and vitreous or colour, ash-gray prevailing more in the forresinous lustre, found in Silesia. It consists mer and rusty brown in the latter. This means of a ring of metal moved by screws chiefly of hydrous silicate of magnesia. hawk was regarded as of a mean or base turned by a key. -2. Same as Drum, 7 and 8. Keroselene (ker'o-se-lēn), n. (See KERO- kind, and hence kestrel was often used as a Kettle-drummer (ket1-drum-ér), n.

One SENE.) An extremely light, volatile, liquid contemptuous epithet. See the adjective. who beats the kettle-drum. hydrocarbon, which first passes over when Kestrelt (kes'trel), a. Base. - Kestrell kynd, Kettle-hat (keti-hat), n. The iron hat of a petroleum, coal-tar, &c., are distilled. It base nature. Spenser.

knight in the middle ages; also applied to has a specific gravity of 650, a rather plea- Ket (ket), n. (Icel. kjöt, ket; Dan. kiöd, the leather burgonet. sant ethereal odour, and resembles benzole flesh.) Carrion; filth of any kind.

Kettle-holder (ket'l-hold-ér), n. Any conin its properties, but is much lighter, and a Ket (ket), n. A matted hairy fleece of wool. trivance, as a little mat, for holding the powerful anæsthetic. A solution consisting (Scotch.)

handle of a kettle when hot. of one grain of india-rubber dissolved in an Ketch (kech), n. (Comp. D. and G. kits, G. Kettle-pins t (ket’l-pinz), n. Nine-pins ; ounce of keroselene is used as a coating kitz; perhaps the same word as Fr. caiche, skittles. fluid in the photographic dry collodion pro- a form of caique, Turk. qaig, a light skiff Kettrin (ket'trin), n. Same as Cateran. cess, to make the film stick more firmly to used in the Bosphorus.) A strongly-built Keuper (koi'per), n. In geol. the German

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name for the upper member of the trias or Key (kē), v.t. To fasten with a key or wedge- goods sold within, and there are also certain
upper new red sandstone formation, the shaped piece of wood or iron; to fasten or other charges. These establishments may
lower members being the Muschelkalk and secure firmly.
the Bunter-sandstein.

Key (ke), n. A quay (which see).
Kevel (kev'el), n. Antilope Dorcas, a spe- Key (kē), n. See CAY.
cies of antelope found in Central Africa. Key (ké), n. (Manx kiare-as-feed, twenty-
It is similar to the gazelle in its manners four.] One of the twenty-four commoners

who represent the people in the parliament
or Court of Tynwald the Isle of Man.
Under the title of the House of Keys these
twenty-four representatives form one of the
branches of the Tynwald Court or legislative
body of the island, the other branch con-
sisting of the governor and his council.
Keyage (ke’āj), n. Same as Quayage.
Key-bed (kē'bed), n. In mach. a rectangu-
lar groove made to receive a key for the
purpose of binding the parts, as the wheel
and shaft of a machine, firmly together, so
as to prevent the one part turning on the
other; a key-seat.
Key-board (kē' bord), n. In music, the
series of levers in a keyed instrument, as

Interior of a Khan,
Kevel (Antilope Dorcas.)

a pianoforte, organ, or harmonium, upon
which the fingers press to produce percus-

belong to government or to private indiviand habits. Its head resembles that of the sion of the wires, or, in the organ and har

duals. goat, and its body is much smaller than a monium, the opening of the valves.

Khanate (kan'āt), n. The dominion or jurisroebuck's. See KORIN. Key-bugle (kē' bū-gl), n. Same as Kent

diction of a khan. Kevel (kev'el), n. (Prov. E. kevel, cavel, a buigle (which see).

Khansamah, Khansuma (kan'sa-ma, kan'. rod, a horse's bit, a gag; Dan. kievle, a pes, Key-cold (kēʻkõld), a. Cold as a key; lifeless;

su-ma), n. One who is over other servants; a rolling-pin.] Naut. a piece of timber serv- inanimate.

a head servant. (Anglo-Indian.) ing to belay great ropes to.

Poor key-cold figure of a holy king!

Khaya (kā'ya), n. A genus of plants belongKevel-head (kev'el-hed), n. Naut. the end

Pale ashes of the house of Lancaster! Shak. ing to the nat order Meliaceae. There is but of one of the top timbers used as a kevel.

Key-colour (kē'kul-ér), n. In painting, a Kevere,t v.t. To cover; to recover. Chaucer.

one species, K. senegalensis, a large handleading colour.

some tree, found on the banks of the Gambia Kex (keks), n. A dry stalk; kecksy. Kexy (kek'si), a. Abounding with kex; overKeyed (kēd), a. 1. Furnished with keys;

and in the valleys near Cape Verde, as well as, a keyed instrument. -2. Set to a key,

as in Zambesi land. It is imperfectly known, grown with weeds; weedy. Dr. H. More. as a tune. - Keyed bugle. Same as Kent

but is described as having abruptly pinnate Key (kē), n. [A. Sax. cæg, cæge, Fris. kai,

bugle. kei, a key. Affinities doubtful.) 1. An in. Key-fastener (kē'fasn-er), n.

leaves, and small cymose flowers growing An attach

in panicles about as long as the leaves. The strument for shutting or opening a lock by ment to a lock to prevent the turning of the

fruit is capsular, with compressed or subbeing inserted into it, and generally made,

alate seeds. by turning, to push a bolt one way or the Key-guard (kē'gärd), n.

key by a person outside.

A shield which Khedive (ke-dēv), n. A Turkish title applied other. Hence – 2. Fig. That whereby any shuts down over a key to prevent its being

to the Pasha or governor of Egypt, implying mystery is disclosed or anything difficult pushed out of the lock from the outside.

a rank or authority superior to a prince or explained; a guide; a solution; an explan. Keyhole (kē'hol), n. 1. A hole or aperture

viceroy, but inferior to an independent soration; as, a key to a'cipher; a key to a riddle; in a door or lock for receiving a key.-2. In

ereign. The title is an old one revived by a key to a mathematical problem.-3. An carp. a hole or excavation in beams intended

Ismael I. instrument by which something is screwed or turned; as, the key of a watch or clock; a

to be joined together, to receive the key Khenna (ken'na), n. [Ar. alkenna.] A Perwhich fastens them.-Keyhole limpet, a gas

sian dye for the hair, used in the baths of screw-key.-4. Something that fastens, keeps teropodous mollusc of the genus Fissurella,

Constantinople. tight, prevents movement, or the like; specifically, (a) in arch. a piece of wood let into

family Fissurellidæ: so called from the apex Khitmutgar (kit-mut'gär), n. (Hind) In being perforated like a keyhole.- Keyhole

India, a waiter at table; an under butler. the back of another, in a direction contrary to that of the grain, to preserve the last

saw, a narrow slender saw used for cutting Azimoolah was originally a khitmugar in some out sharp curves, such as keyholes require,

Anglo-Indian family.

Capt. M. Thomson from warping. (0) In masonry, the highest whence its name,

Kholsun (kol'sun), n. [Hind.) The native central stone of an

Key-note (kē'not), n. arch; the key-stone.

In music, the first

dog of India; the dhole. See DHOLE. (c) In mech. a wedge

note of any scale; the do or doh; the funda- Khotbah (kot'ba), n. A Mohammedan form 6

mental note or tone to which the whole of shaped piece of iron

of prayer, chiefly a confession of faith, rea movement has a certain relation or bear

peated at the commencement of public or wood, which is

ing, to which all its modulations are referred worship in the mosques every Friday morndriven firmly into a a mortise or seat pre

and accommodated, and in which, if the ing. It is regarded by Mussulmans as the movement is regular, it both begins and

most sacred portion of their service, and pared to receive it, ends.

the insertion of his name in this prayer is for the purpose of fixing the parts of a Key-screw (kē'

regarded as the chief prerogative of the skrö), n. A le

sultan. machine immovably ver for turning

Khur (kur), n. See DZIGGETAI. together. An exama screw.

Khus (kus), n. The East India name of a ple of its most comKey-seat (ke'

species of grass (Andropogon muricatus), mon application is sēt), n. A key

which has a sweet-smelling root. shown in the figure: a is a key fixing the bed (which see)

Khus-khus (kuskus), n. A fragrant attar wheel b to the shaft c. Another form is shown under Cotter, - 5. In music, (a) a lever of

obtained from khus (Andropogon muriKeystone (ke'ston), n. The

cutus). wood, ivory,or metal in an organ, pianoforte, stone of an arch

Kiabooca-wood (ki-a-bö'ka-wyd), n. A beauflute, clarinet, cornet, or other fixed toned which, being the

tifully mottled or curled wood, in colour instrument, struck or pressed by the fingers last put in, keys

ranging from orange to a deep brown, from in playing the instrument. (6) The funda

locks the А, Keystone in plan of Groin. the Moluccas, Borneo, Singapore, &c., mental or governing note or tone of the scale whole together;

obtained from Pterospermum indicum. in which a piece is composed, and with which the stone in an arch which is equidistant

Called also Amboyna-wood. it usually begins and, with but very few exceptions, ends; the key-note.-6. The husk

from its springing extremities: in a circular Kiang (ki'ang), n. Same as Dziggetai.

arch there will be two keystones, one at Kiaugh (kyach), n. Toil; trouble; anxiety. containing the seed of an ash. — Key of

the top and one at the bottom. In some [Scotch.) a position or country (milit.), a point the

arches the keystone projects from the face. Kibble (kib'l), v.t. To cut or bruise. [Propossession of which gives control of a posiIn vaulted Gothic roofs it is usually orna

vincial.) tion or country.- Power of the keys, the ecclesiastical jurisdiction or power of the

mented with a boss or pendant. See ARCH Kibble, Kibbal (kibl, kib'bal), n. (Armor. and GROIN.

kibel.) In mining, a large bucket, generpope, or the power of excommunicating or

Key-tone (kē'ton), n. Same as Key-note. ally of iron, in which the ore and attal are absolving: so called from the declaration of Key-way (kè'wā), n. The mortise made for

brought to the surface. Christ to Saint Peter, as recorded in Mat. xvi. 19, 'I will give unto thee the keys of

the reception of a key; a slot in the open- Kibble-filler (kib'l-fil-ér), n. In mining, the

ing of a wheel enabling the key to fasten it man who fills the kibble and sends the ore the kingdom of heaven, &c.;' hence, the to the shaft.

to the surface. authority of the ministry in any Christian Khaliff (kā lif), n. Same as Calif.

Kibbler (kib'ler), n. One who or that church to administer the discipline of the

Khamsin (kam'sin), n. Same as Kamsin. which kibbles or cuts, especially a machine church and to grant or withhold its privi- | Khan (kan), n. [Tartar and Turk.) In Asia, for cutting beans and peas for cattle. leges.

a governor; a king; a prince; a chief. Kibbling (kibling). Same as Kibling. What Henry and his favourite counsellors meant

Khan (kan), n. (Per. khan, a house, a tent.] Kibe (kib), n. [W. cibwst, chilblains - cib, by the Supremacy was certainly nothing less than the whole power of the keys. The king was to be

An eastern inn; a caravansary. The khans cup, and grost, moist, fluid.] A chap or the pope of his kingdom, the vicar of God, the expo.

in towns are of two kinds: those for travel- crack in the flesh occasioned by cold; an ulsitor of Catholic verity, the channel of sacramental lers and pilgrims, where a lodging is fur- cerated chilblain, as in the heels. graces. Macaulay. nished gratis; and those for traders, which

I am almost out at heels. -Queen's keys, in Scots law, that part of a are usually handsomer and more conven

Why, then, let kibes ensue.

Shar, warrant which authorizes a messenger or ient, having well-secured doors to the apart. Kibed (kibd), a. Chapped; cracked with sheriff-officer to break open lockfast places ments. A very small sum is charged for cold; affected with chilblains; as, kibed in order to come at a debtor or his goods. lodgment, but a duty is charged on all heels.

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Kibitka (ki-bit'ka), n. 1. A tent of the no- Such kicksy-wicksy flames shew but how dear kidney consists of a cortical or outer part, mad tribes of the Kirghiz-Tartars. The frame Thy great light's resurrection would be here.

Poems subjoined to R. Fletcher's Epigrams.

and a medullary or central portion. The consists of twelve stakes, each 5} feet high,

gland is essentially composed of numerous set up in a circle 12 feet in diameter, on Kickup (kik’up), n. 1. A disturbance; a minute tubes, which are straight in the which is laid a wheel-shaped roof-frame,

row. -2. The name given by the negroes of outer and convoluted in the central part. consisting also of twelve stakes, united at Jamaica to the water-thrush (Seiurus) from

The tubes are lined with cells, and the cells its habit of jerking its tail after the fashion

separate the urine from the blood brought of our wagtail.

to the kidney, the urine passing in drops Kicky-wicky (kik'i-wik'i), n. (A form of

into the pelvis or cavity of the organ, and Kicksy - wicksy, which is written by some

thence through the ureter into the bladder. editors in the passage quoted.] Applied by 2. Sort; kind; character; disposition; temShakspere ludicrously to a man's wife.

per. (Humorous.] He wears his honour in a box unseen,

There are millions in the world of this man's kidney. That hugs his kicky-wicky here at home.

Sir R. L'Estrange Kid (kid), n. (Icel. kid (kidh), Dan. and Sw. This sense probably arose from the fact that kid, G. kitz, kitze, kitzlein, a kid.) 1. A young the kidneys with the fat surrounding them goat. — 2. Leather made from the skin of a are left exposed in slaughtered animals kid, or from other hides in imitation of it. when they are cut up, and thus they furnish 3. An infant; a child. [Slang. ) So you've an easy test of the condition of the animal got the kid.' Dickens. —4. pl. Gloves made in respect of fatness. The literal applicaof leather from the skin of a kid, or of lea- tion may attach to the word as put into ther made to resemble it.

Falstaff's mouth in the following extract. Kid (kid), v. t. or i. pret. & pp. kidded; ppr. "Think of that,-a man of my kidney,--think of

kidding. To bring forth a young one, es- that; that am as subject to heat as butter; a man of pecially a goat.

continual dissolution and thaw; it was a miracle to Kibitka or Kirghiz Tent.–From Zaleski.

Shak. Kid (kid), n. [W. cidys, faggots.) A faggot;

'scape suffocation.' a bundle of heath and furze.

3. Anything resembling a kidney in shape one extremity but free at the other, so that

To make into a bundle, as

Kid (kid), v. t. the stakes radiate like spokes. The whole is

or otherwise, as a potato. "The kidneys of covered with thick cloth made of sheep's Kid (kid), n. faggots.

wheat.' Jer. Taylor.-4. A cant term for

[Possibly a form of kit.) A a waiting servant Tatler. wool, with the exception of an aperture in the centre for the escape of smoke. The

small wooden tub or vessel : applied by Kidney - bean (kid'ni-bēn), n. A bean so door is formed by the removal of a stake. sailors to the vessel in which they receive

named from its resemblance in shape to the their food.

kidney, Phaseolus vulgaris, nat. order Le2. A Russian vehicle, consisting of a frame of wood rounded at top, covered with felt

Kidt (kid), v.t. [A. Sax. kythan, Sc. kythe, guminosæ: it is a well known culinary vegeor leather, and placed on wheels, serving as

to make known, to show. ] 1. To show, table. There are two principal varieties in a kind of movable habitation. It is used

discover, or make known. -2. To hoax; to our gardens, viz. annual dwarfs and rundeceive. [Cant.]

ners, the pods of which are used when green for travelling in winter.

and tender. Kiblah (kibla), n. Kid, t Kidde,t pret. & pp. of kithe or kythe.

Those of the Same as Keblah. Kibling (kibʻling), n. A part of a small fish Made known; discovered. Chaucer.

dwarfs are also a favourite Kidderminster (kid'ér- min-stér), n. A

pickle. used by fishermen for bait on the banks of

It is called also Newfoundland. Written also Kibbling. carpeting, so named from the town where

French Bean or Haricot. Kiby (kib'i), a.

The kidney-bean is of uncer-
Affected with kibes.

it was formerly principally manufactured.
It is composed of two webs, each consisting

tain origin, but is probably He halteth often that hath a kiby heel. Skelton. of a separate warped woof, interwoven at

Asiatic. Kichel,t n. [A. Sax. cicel, a morsel.] A little intervals to produce the figures.

Kidney - form, Kidney cake. Chaucer. Kiddle (kid']), n. (Armor. kidel, a net at the

shaped (kid'ni-form, kid'Kick (kik), v. t. (W. ciciaw, to kick, cic, the mouth of a stream; Fr. quideau, a basket of

ni-shāpt), a. Having the foot.] 1. To strike with the foot; as, a man wicker-work.) A kind of weir formed of Kidney-shaped

form or shape of a kidney.

Leaf. kickes a dog.-2. To strike in recoiling; as, his basket-work placed in a river for catching

-Kidney-shaped leaf, in gun kicked him on the shoulder. - To kick fish: very often found in the forms Kittle and

bot. a leaf having the breadth the beam, to fly up and strike the beam, as Kettle. Kettle, in the phrase a pretty kettle greater than the length, and a wide sinus at the lighter scale of a balance outweighed of fish, signifying a fine mess, may be a cor

the base, as in ground-ivy. by the heavier; hence, to be found wanting.

A varuption of this word.

Kidney-potato (kid'ni-põ-tā-to), n. Lady M.'s zeal had adhered to them through the

Kiddow (kiddo), n. [Corn. kiddaw.] A riety of potato resembling a kidney in shape. worst of times, and was ready to sustain the same name for the common guillemot (Uria Kidney-vetch (kid'ni-vech), n. The popular severities of fortune should their scale once more troile). See GUILLEMOT.

name of plants of the genus Anthyllis, bekick the beam.

Sir W. Scott.
Kid-fox (kid'foks), n.

longing to the nat. order Leguminosa, the - To kick up a row or a dust, to create a

The music ended,

only British species of which is A. Vulnerdisturbance. (Colloq.]-To kick the bucket, We'll fit the kid-fox with a pennyworth.

aria. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, to die. [Vulgar.)

Much Ado, ii. 3. with pinnate leaves and yellow flowers in Kick (kik), v.i. 1. To strike with the foot Kidling (kid'ling), 1. [Dim. of kid.) A young terminal pairs of crowded many-flowered or feet; to be in the habit of striking with

kid. Kidlings blithe and merry.' Gay. woolly heads, growing abundantly in dry the foot or feet; as, a horse accustomed to Kidnap (kidnap), v. t. pret. & pp. kidnapped; pastures, especially such as are chalky or kick.-2. To thrust out the foot or feet with ppr. kidnapping. [Slang E. kid, a child, and

near the sea. Called also Lady's-fingers. violence, either in wantonness, resistance, nap for nab, to steal.) To forcibly abduct Kidney-wort (kid'ni-wert), n. The popular anger, or contempt; to manifest opposition. or steal, as a human being, whether man, name of the plant Saxifraga stellaris. See

SAXIFRAGE. Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine of

woman, or child; to seize and forcibly carry fering, which I have commanded? 1 Sam. ii. 29.

away, as a person from one country or juris- Kiefekil, Keffekil (kē'fē-kil, kef'fē-kil), n.

diction to another, or into slavery. 3. To recoil, as a musket or other firearm. Kidnapper (kid'nap-ér), n.

[Per. kejf, foam, scum, and gil, clay, mud.] One who kid

A species of clay, meerschaum (which see). -To kick off, in foot-ball, to give the ball the first kick in the game. naps; a man-stealer.

Kie-kie (ki'ki), n. [Native name.) A troKidney (kid'ni), n. (O.E. kidnere; the two pical Asiatic or Polynesian climbing shrub Kick (kik), n. 1. A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust of the foot. -2. In

parts of the word may correspond to A. Sax. (Freycinetia Banksii) of the nat. order

cwith, Icel. kvithr, Sw. qued, Sc. leite, the Pandanacere, which yields an edible fruit, foot-ball, (a) one who kicks; one who kicks belly; and Sc. neer, Sw. niura, G. niere, & said to be the finest in New Zealand. Its off. He's the best kick and charger at kidney.) 1. In anat. one of two oblong, flat- jelly tastes like that of strawberries. Rugby.' Hughes. (6) The right or turn of kicking the ball.-3. The recoil of a firearm tened, bean-sizaped glands, situated on either Kier (ker), n. Same as Keir.

Kieve (kēv), n. Same as Keeve. when discharged.-4. The projection on the

Kike, t v.t. To kick. Chaucer. tang of the blade of a pocket knife by which

Kikekunemalo (kik'e-ku- nem"a-lo), n. the blade is prevented from striking the

[Native name.) A pure resin similar to copal, spring when closed.–5. Fashion; thing in

but of a more beautiful whiteness and transvogue. (Slang.)

parency. It is brought from America, and 'Tis the kick, I say, old un, so I brought it down.

forms the most beautiful of all the varDibdin.

nishes. Kicker (kik'ér), n. One that kicks. Kickshaw (kik'sha), n. (Corrupted from Fr.

Kil, Kill. [From L. cella.) A Celtic (Irish quelque chose, something.) 1. Something

and Gaelic) element signifying cell, buryingfantastical or uncommon, or something that

place, church, very frequent in place-names has no particular name.-2. A light, un

in Ireland, and common in Scotland; as, Kilsubstantial di

See CHURCH. of cooking.

patrick, Kilkenny, Kilbride.

Kilderkin, Kinderkin (kilder-kin, kin'derCressy was lost by kickshaws and soup-maigre.

kin), n. 10. D. kindeken, kinneken, Sc. Fenton. Kickshoe (kik'shö), n. A dancer, in con

linken, a small barrel.) A small barrel; an

old liquid measure, containing the eighth tempt; a caperer; a buffoon. Milton. Kicksy-wicksyt (kik'si-wik'si), n. [Writ

part of a hogshead.

Section of Human Kidney. ten also Kicksy-winsie, and doubtfully con

A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ; nected with kick and wince. See Kickya, Supra-renal capsule.

But sure thou'rt but a kilderkin of wit. Dryden.

b, Vascular or cortical wicky.) A word apparently implying rest

portion of kidney. << Tubular portion, consisting Kill (kil), n. A kiln. See KILN. (Obsolete

of cones. dd, Two of the papillæ, projecting into lessness, used in one passage in the sense

or provincial and United States. ] their corresponding calyces ei e, the three infundi. of an unruly jade. See KICKY-WICKY. bular. , Pelvis. g. Ureter.

How much of philosophy concurred to the first kill of malt!

Fuller. Kicksy-wicksy (kik'si-wik'si), a. Fantastic; restless; uncertain.

side of the lumbar vertebrae, surrounded Kill (kil), v.t. [By some regarded as another Perhaps an ignis fatuus now and then

with fatty tissue. They are of a reddish- form of quell, O. E. quellen, A. Sax, cwellan, Starts up in holes, stinks, and goes out agen; brown colour, and secrete the urine. Each D. kwellen, Icel. kvelja, G. quälen, to quell,

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to torture, to kill. Dr. R. Morris, however, and Fr. mètre, from Gr. metron, measure.] Kinate (ki'nāt), n. [Fr. kinate. See KINIC.) gives it a different origin, connecting it The French unit employed in estimating the A salt of kinic acid. with Icel, kolla, to hit on the head, to harm, mechanical work performed by a machine. Kinbote (kin'bot), n. [A. Sax.] Compensation from kollr, the head, and quoting the 0. E. It represents the work performed in raising for the murder of a kinsman. forms kulle or culle, kylle, to strike, as in a kilogramme through a metre of space, and Kinchin-mort (kin'chin-mort), n. A beggar's Alliterative Poems, 'we kylle of thyn heucd,' corresponds to 7-233 foot-pounds. See Foot- child carried at its mother's back. (Old that is, 'strike off thy head;' and cole, to POUND

cant.) strike off (still used in Scotland in the sense Kilolitre (ki-lol'it-ér or kil-7-le-tr), n. [Fr., Kind (kind), n. [A. Sax. cynd, gecynd, nature, of cutting off or trimming by cutting), as from the Gr. chilioi, a thousand, and litra, kind, race, generation, from same root as in the Cursor Mundi, 'and Iohn hefd com- a Greek measure. See LITRE.) In the cyn, offspring. See KIN.] 1. Race; genus; anded to cole,' that is, and John's head standard French decimal measures 1000 generic class, as in mankind or humankind. commanded to cut off.] 1. To deprive of litres, or 35-3166 cubic feet, or 220 0967 im- She follows the law of her kind. Wordsworth. life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or perial gallons.

2. Sort; variety; nature; style; manner; charby any means; to render inanimate; to put Kilomètre (ki-lom'et-ér or kil-o-må-tr), n. to death; to slay. [Fr., from the Gr. chilioi, a thousand, and

acter; as, there are several kinds of elo

quence and of style, many kinds of music, Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words! metron, a measure.] In the French standShak, ard decimal system of measures 1000

many kinds of government, various kinds of 2. To deprive of active qualities; to deaden;

architecture or of painting, various kinds of mètres, the mètre being the unit of linear to quell; to appease; to calm; to still; to

soil, &c. -- 3. Natural propensity or determeasure, and equivalent to 3-2808992 Engoverpower; as, a shower of rain kills the lish feet.

mination peculiar to a race or class; native

The kilomètre is about fivewind.

or inherent character or disposition. eighths of our statute mile, or 1093 633 We are reconciled, and the first view shall kill yards, so that 10 kilomètres, or 1 myria

Some of you, on pure instinct of nature,
All repetition.
Shak.

Are led by kind t'admire your fellow-creature. mètre=6-2138257 English miles. The kilo

Dryden. Kill See KIL.

mètre carré, or square kilomètre, is equal Killadar (kil'a-där), n. In India, the com

4. Manner; way. (Rare.) to 217.11 acres.

Send me your prisoners with the speediest means, inandant or governor of a fort.

Kilostère (kil'Ô-star or kil-o-stār), n. [Fr., Or you shall hear in such a kind from me Killas (kil'as), n. A Cornish miner's term from Gr. chilioi, a thousand, and stereos,

As will displease you.

Skak, for the argillaceous schist, of a pale gray or solid.) A French solid measure, consisting - In kind, with produce or commodities, greenish gray, having a lamellar or coarsely of 1000 stères or cubic mètres, and equal as opposed to in money; as, to pay one in granular texture, in which many of the to 35317.41 cubic feet.

kind. metalliferous veins of Cornwall and Devon

Kilt (kilt), n. [A Scandinavian word, lit. a The tax upon tillage was often levied in kind upon occur. short skirt; filibeg is the Gaelic name;

Arbuthnot. Kill-courtesy t (kil'kort-e-si), n.

A person

comp. Icel. kilting, å skirt, kjalta, a person's Kind (kind), a. (A. Sax. cynde, gecynde, nawanting in courtesy; a boor; a clown. Shak. Kill-cow (kil'kou), n. A butcher. Southey.

lap; Dan, kilte, to tuck up or kilt; Sc. to tural, harmonious. See KIND, 72.; Kin, n.]

kilt.) A kind of short petticoat, reaching 1.1 Characteristic of the genus or species; (Burlesque and rare.)

from the waist to the knees, worn by men natural; native. Killdee, Killdeer (kid'dē, kil' dêr), n. A

as an article of dress in lieu of trousers. small aquatic bird (Ægialites (Oxyechus) |

It becometh sweeter than it should be, and loseth It is regarded as peculiarly the national the kind taste.

Holland. vociferus), which takes the name from its

dress of the Highlanders of Scotland. cry. It is of a light brown colour above,

2. Disposed to do good to others, and to

Among the Highlanders, the kilt seeins to have the feathers being tipped with a brownish

make them happy by granting their rebeen originally formed by folding, and girding up red, with a black ring round the neck. It the lower part of the mantle or plaid. Jamieson.

quests, supplying their wants, or assisting is found in both North and South America.

them in distress; having tenderness or goodKilt (kilt), v.t. To tuck up; to truss up, as Killer (kil'ér), n. One who kills or deprives

ness of nature; benevolent; benignant. the clothes. Burns.

He is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. of life; especially, a journeyman flesher; a Kilted (kilt'ed), a. Wearing a kilt.

Luke vi. 35 slaughterman. Thus having said, the killed goddess kissed

I must be cruel only to be kind. Shak Killesse, Cullis, Coulisse (kil-les', kul'lis, Her son, and vanish'd in a Scottish míst. Byron. kö-lis'), n. [Fr. coulisse, a groove, a gutter. ]

3. Proceeding from or dictated by tenderKilter (kilt'ér), n. See KELTER. In arch. (a) a gutter, groove, or channel.

ness or goodness of heart; benevolent; as, a (b) A dormer window.

Kimbo, Kimbow (kim'bo), a. (No doubt kind act; a kind return of favours. --Benig

from Celtic cam, crooked (see KAM), and E. Killigrew (killi-grö), n.

See under BEA local name for

nant, Kind, Good-natured. the Cornish chongh (Pyrrhocorax graculas).

bow.) Crooked; arched; bent. The kimbo NIGNANT. -- SYN. Benevolent, benign, bene.

handles.' Dryden. Killikinick (kil'li-kin-ik), n.

Now used only in a-
Same as Kin-

ficent, bounteous, gracious, propitious, genkimbo.- To set the arms a-kimbo, to set the nikinic.

erous, indulgent, tender, humane, compashands on the hips with the elbows projectKilling (kil'ing), p. and a. 1. Depriving of

sionate, good, lenient, clement, mild, gentle, life. ing outward.

bland, friendly, amicable, affectionate, lovKim-coal (kimkol), 7. See KIMMERIDGE The third day comes a frost, a killing frost.

ing. Shak. CLAY

Kind + (kind), v.t. To beget. 2. Overpowering, irresistible, generally in Kimmer (kim'mér), n. [Written also Cum

She yet forgets that she of men was kinded. the sense of fascinating, bewitching, charm- mer. See COMMERE.) In Scotland, a fami

Spenser. ing, so as to attract and compel admiration; liar name for a female, especially for a

Kindet (kind), n. Kindred. Spenser. but sometimes in the sense of freezing, chill- female gossip.

Kinderkin, n. See KILDERKIN. ing, so as to repel; as, a killing beauty; Kimmeridge Clay (kim'mer-ij klā), n. [So Kind-hearted (kind'hårt-ed), a. Having killing eyes. called from a locality in the Isle of Pur

much kindness of nature; proceeding from Looking at her with a most killing expression.

beck.) A blue and grayish yellow clay of or characterized by kindness of heart.

Thackeray. the upper oolite formation. It is a marine Kind-heartedness (kind härt-ed-nies), n. The general went on with killing haughtiness. deposit, and contains gypsum and bitumin

Kindness of heart.
Thackeray.

ous slate. It is sometimes used for fuel | Kindle (kin'dl), v.t. pret, & pp. kindled; ppr. 3. Dangerous; too fast to last; exhausting.

under the name of Kim-coal.

It is very

kindling. (Allied to or derived from Icel. The pace at which they went was really killing. abundant at the place whose name it bears, kynda, to kindle.) 1. To set on fire; to cause

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and forms the base of the Isle of Portland. to burn with flame; to light; as, to kindle Killingly (kil'ing-li), adv. In a killing It is also found at Pickering in Yorkshire, a fire. -2. To inflame, as the passions; to manner. Nothing could be more killingly and in Buckinghamshire, where it yields rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to spoken.' Milton. many fossils.

instigate; to fire; to animate; as, to kindle Killinite (kil'in-it), n. A mineral of a pale Kimnelt (kim'nel), n. (See KEMELIN.) A anger or wrath; to kindle resentment; to green colour, occurring in veins of granite; tub. "She knew not what a kimnel was.' kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame. a variety of spodumene, found at Killiney Beau. & Fl. See KEMELIN.

So is a contentious man to kindle strife. in Ireland.

Prov. xxvi. 21. Kin (kin), n. [A. Sax. cynn, cyn; comp. Killow (killo), n. [A form of colly, collow 0. Fris. kin, Icel. kyn, Goth. kuni, 0.H.G.

The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more. Poft. (which see)) An earth of a blackish or chunni, kin, kind, family, race.

Of same

Kindle (kin'di), v.i. 1. To take fire; to begin deep blue colour.

root are E. kind, n. and a., king, A. Sax, to burn with flame.-2. To begin to be exKiln (kil), n. [A. Sax. cylene, cyln, N. kylna,

cennan, to beget; Icel. kynd, offspring; D. cited; to grow warm or animated; to be a kiln, a drying-house for corn; comp. W. and G. kind, a child, and more remotely con- roused or exasperated. cylyn, a furnace. Wedgwood gives L. cu- nected L genus, Gr. genos, race, offspring; On all occasions when forbearance might be called lina, a kitchen, as the origin.) A large stove Armor. gana, genel, Gael. gin, to beget; for, the Briton kindles and the Christian gives way. or oven; a fabric of brick or stone which

is. Taylor cine, race, family. See KNOW.] 1. Relationmay be heated for the purpose of harden- ship, consanguinity or affinity; kindred; near Kindlet (kin'dl), v.t. or i. (A dim. form from ing, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln connection or alliance, as of those having

kind, v.t. See KIND, n.] To bring forth for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a common descent.

young kiln for drying grain or meal; a brick-kiln.

'Cause grace and virtue are within

The poor beast had but lately kindled, and her Kiln-dry (kil'dri), v.t. pret. & pp. kiln-dried; Prohibited degrees of kin;

young whelps were fallen into a ditch. Holland. ppr. kiln-drying. To dry in a kiln; as, to And therefore no true saint allows

Kindle-coal, Kindle-fire (kin'dl-köl, kin'kiln-dry meal or grain.

They shall be suffer'd to espouse. Hudibras. Kiln-hole (kilhõl), n.

dl-fir), n. A kindling-coal; à firebrand. The chimney or

2. Relatives collectively; kindred; persons mouth of a kiln.

In these civil wars among saints Satan is the great Shak. of the same race.

kindle-coal.

Gurnail Kilodyne (kil'o-din), n. (Gr. chilioi, a thou- The father, mother, and the kin beside. Dryden,

In a word, such a kindle fire sin is that the flames sand, and E. dyne.] In dynamics, a thou- Kin (kin), a. Of the same nature or kind; it kindles fly not only from one neighbour's house to sand dynes. kindred; congenial.

the other, but from one nation to another. Gurnall. Kilogram, Kilogramme (kil'ö-gram), n. Because she's kin to me, therefore she's not so fair Kindler (kin'dl-ér), n. One who or that [Fr. kilogramme, from Gr. chilioi, a thou- as Helen,

Shak. which kindles or sets on fire. Kindlers of sand, and Fr. gramme.) A French meaures Kin. A diminutive suffix akin to L.G. eken, riot, enemies of sleep.' Gay. of weight, being 1000 grammes, equal to G. chen; as, manikin, lambkin, pipkin. Kindless (kind'les), a.

Destitute of kind2-67951 lbs. troy, or 2 20485 lbs. avoirdupois. Kin(kin), n. In music, a Chinese five- ness; unnatural. 'Remorseless, treacherous, Kilogrammètre (kil-o-gram'et-ér or kil-o- stringed instrument, somewhat of the na- lecherous, kindless villain.' Shak. giam-4-tr), 0. (Kilogramme (which see), ture of a violin.

Kindliness (kind'li-nes), n. The quality of

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