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being kindly; natural inclination or dispo- Kinetic (ki-net'ik), a. 1. Causing motion; birds, even hawks and eagles, when they sition; affectionate disposition; affection; motory. -2. Noting force actually exerted, approach its nest in the breeding season. benevolence. as opposed to latent or potential.

King-cardinal (kingkir-din-al), n. A carThat mute kindliness among the herds and flocks. Kinetics (ki.net'iks), n. That branch of the dinal acting the part or assuming the power

Millor. science of dynamics which treats of forces and dignity of a king. Kindling (kind'ling), n. 1. The act of setcausing or changing motion in bodies.

This is the cardinal's doing, the king-cardinal. ting on fire or causing to burn; the act of Kinetoscope (ki-nē’to-skop), n. (Gr. kinētos,

Shak. exciting.-2. Materials for kindling or caus- moving, and skopeõ, to view.] A kind of King-crab (king'krab), n. A name given to ing to burn; materials for commencing a movable panorama. (Rare.]

the species of Limulus, a fire. King (king), n. A Chinese musical instru

genus of crustaceans, of the Kindling-coal(kind'ling-kõl), n. An ignited ment consisting of sixteen resonant stones

order Xiphosura, in which piece of coal used to light a fire; material or metal plates, so arranged in a frame of

the bases of the first six used to raise a fire. wood as, on being struck by a hammer, to

pairs of limbs are closely Kindly (kindli), adv. In a kind manner; sound as many musical notes.

beset with small spines, and with good-will, with a disposition to make King (king), n. [A. Sax. cyning, cyng; comp.

are so approximated about others happy or to oblige; benevolently; D. koning, Icel. konungr, Dan. konge, G.

the mouth as to serve the favourably; naturally. könig; it does not occur in Gothic. The origin

office of jaws. The species And he comforted thein, and spake kindly unto of these words is the same as that of kin,

are found on the shores of them.

Gen. I. 21.
and the original meaning was either that of

tropical Asia, the Asiatic Examine how kindly the Hebrew manners of the begetter'(corresponding to Skr.janaka,

Archipelago, and tropical speech mix and incorporate with the English lan

Addison.
father) or else the man well-born.' . See

America. guage.

The tail spine is Kindly (kind'li), a. (See KIND, n.) 1.7 BeKin and KNOW.] 1. The chief magistrate

straight and sharp-pointed, longing or pertaining to kind or nature; or sovereign of a nation; a man invested

and is used by the natives kindred; of the same nature. with supreme authority over a nation, tribe,

as a spear-head or arrowor country; a monarch; a prince; a ruler. An herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting.

Kingcrab (Limu- point. Many of the species Spenser

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects lus polyphemus). attain a length of 2 feet, and 2. Sympathetic; congenial; inclined to good;

are rebels from principle.

Burke.

the tail spine is nearly 1 foot benevolent; as, a kindly disposition,

2. The conqueror among a set of compet- in length. They are also termed horseitors; the chief. Burns.-3. A card having

shoe or Molucca crabs. The shade by which my life was crossed,

Fossil species are Which makes a desert in the mind,

the picture of a king; as, the king of dia- pretty common, and trilobites are supposed Has made me kindly with my kind. Tennyson. monds. - 4. The chief piece in the game of

to have been allied to the king-crabs. The 3. Favourable; beneficial; refreshing; soften- chess ; a crowned man in the game of

British thornback-crab (Maia squinado) is ing; as, kindly showers. -Kindly tenant, in draughts. See Chess and DRAUGHTS. --5. pl.

often also called the king-crab. Scots law, a tenant whose ancestors have The title of two books in the Old Testa- Kingcraft (king'kraft), n. The art of governresided for a long time upon the same lands. ment, relating particularly to the Jewish ing; royal polity or policy. Kindness (kind'nes), n. 1. The state or quality kings. ---King's Bench. See under BENCH. James was always boasting of what he called king. of being kind; good-will; benevolence; that King's Counsel. See under COUNSEL. crasl; and yet it is hardly possible even to imagine temper or disposition which delights in con- King's or Queen's English, the English lan

a course more directly opposed to all the rules of

kingcraft than that which he followed. Macaulay. tributing to the happiness of others, which guage sportively regarded as specially under is exercised cheerfully in gratifying their the guardianship or supervision of the sove

King-crow (king'kro), n. A bird (Dicrurus wishes, supplying their wants, or alleviating reign.- King's evidence. See EVIDENCE. -

macrocercus) of the family Ampelidæ or their distresses; benignity of nature. King's Freeman, in Scotland, the name

chatterers, remarkable for its elongated There is no man whose kindness we may not some.

applied to a person who, on account of his outer tail-feathers. It has its name of kingtime want, or by whose malice we may not sometime own service or that of his fathers, in the

crow from the boldness with which it atsuffer. Rambler.

tacks crows. army, navy, &c., had a peculiar statutory 2. That which is kind; an act of good-will; right to exercise a trade as a freeman, with

Kingcup (king'kup), n. The popular name beneficence; any act of benevolence which out entering with the corporation of the of flowers of the species Ranunculus bul. promotes the happiness or welfare of others; particular trade which he exercised. Such

bosus and other allied species; butter-cup.

See RANUNCULUS. as, charity, hospitality, attentions to the a person might move from place to place wants of others, &c., are kindnesses. --SYN. and carry on his trade within the bounds Kingdom (king'dum), n. 1. The position or Good-will, benignity, benevolence, tender- of any corporation. - King's letter. See

attributes of a king; the power or authority ness, compassion, humanity, clemency,mild- under BRIEF.-King's messenger, an officer

of a king; sovereign power; supreme rule. ness, gentleness, goodness, generosity, bene- employed under a secretary of state to carry Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy ficence, favour, affection. despatches both at home and abroad.

dominion endureth throughout all generations.

Ps. cxlv. 13 Kindred (kin'dred), n. (O. E. kinrede, kin- King's silver, the money which was paid to dred, from kin, and term. red, as in hatred, the king in the Court of Common Pleas for

I must be married to my brother's daughter,

Or else my kingdom stands on brittle glass. in A. Sax, red, rod, ræden, equivalent as a a license granted to a man to levy a fine of

Shak. term. to E. ship. The d is inserted, as in lands, tenements, or hereditaments, to an- 2. The territory or country subject to a gender, thunder.] 1. Relationship by birth other person; and this must have been king; the dominion of a king or monarch. or marriage; consanguinity; kin.

compounded according to the value of the 3. Domain or realm in a general sense; the Like her, of equal kindred to the throne. Dryden. land, in the alienation office, before the fine province or department over which sway is

As the sciences are all of one kindred, it would not would pass. -King's stores, naval and mili- exercised; sphere. The kingdom of perbe possible for philosophy to spread in any country tary stores: so named from being vested in petual night.' Shak. without introducing men to a knowledge of their

the crown.--King's tradesman, a tradesman When I have seen the hungry ocean gain rights as well as their duties.

Brougham.

holding a commission under the privy seal, Advantage on the kingdom of the shore. Shak. 2. In plural sense, relatives by blood or exempting him from paying burghal taxa

4. In nat. hist. one of the most extensive marriage, more properly the former; a body tions. The right of the sovereign to appoint divisions into which natural objects are clasof persons related to each other; relations.

tradesmen of this description is limited to Kindred (kin'dred), a. Related; congenial;

sified; as, the animal, vegetable, and mineral one of each craft or occupation.-King's kingdoms. allied; of the like nature or properties; as, widow, a widow of the king's tenant-in: Kingdomed (king'dumd), a.

In the conkindred souls; kindred skies. The kindred

chief, obliged to take oath in chancery that dition of a kingdom. points of heaven and home.' Wordsworth. she would not marry without the king's

Imagined worth Kind-spoken (kind'spök.n), a. Spoken in a leave.

Holds in his blood such swoln and hot discourse, kind way; characterized by speaking dly; King (king), v.t. To supply with a king; to

That 'twixt his mental and his active parts, as, a kind-spoken word; a kind spoken gen

Kingdomed Achilles in commotion rages. Shak. make royal; to raise to royalty, tleman. Kine (kin), an old pl. of cou.

(For the elucidation of this passage, which Cows.

These traitorous captains of Israel who kinged them.

selves by slaying their masters and reigning in their is to be found in Troil. and Cres., ii. 3; A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. Milton.

stead.

South

Schmidt compares King John IV. 2; Henry Kinematic, Kinematical ski-ne-mat'ik, ki- King-apple (king'ap-1), n. A kind of apple. IV., pt. II. iv. 3; and Jul. Cæsar, ii. 1.) né-mat'ik-al), a. Of or belonging to kine- King-at-arms (king'at-armz), n. In her, an Kingfish (king'fish), n. A name sometimes matics.

officer of great antiquity, and formerly of given to the Lampris luna, or opah. Kinematics (ki-ne-mat'iks), n. (Gr. kinema, great authority, whose business is to direct Kingfisher: (king-fish'er), n. The general movement, from kine), to move.) A term the heralds, preside at their chapters, and name of the birds belonging to the family used in mechanics to denote that part of have the jurisdiction of armoury. In Eng- Halcyonidæ, sub - order Fissirostres, and the science which treats of motion, without land there are three kings-at-arms, viz. order Insessores, distinguished by having reference to the forces producing it.

Garter, Clarencieux, and Norroy. The first an elongated, robust, straight, tetragonal, Kinesiatric (ki-nē'si-at"rik), a. (Gr. kinēsis, of these is styled principal king-at-arms, acute bill with its margins finely crenate, movement, and iatrikos, relating to a cure.) and the two latter provincial kings, because feet robust, the two outer toes united up In therapeutics, relating to or consisting in their duties are confined to the provinces; to the last joint, body thick and compact, muscular movement as a remedy.

the one (clarencieux) officiating south of with wings rather short, head large and Kinesipathic (ki-nē'si-path'ik), a. of or the Trent, and the other (norroy) north of Plongated, plumage thick and glossy. They pertaining to kinesipathy; motorpathic. that river. There is a Lyon-king-at-arms for occur in all parts of the world, especially Kinesipathist (ki-ne-sip'a-thist), n. One Scotland, and an Ulster-king-at-arms for in warm climates. They are divided into

who practises kinesipathy; one versed in Ireland, whose duties are nearly analogous several genera, such as Alcedo, Halcyon, kinesipathy. to those of England.

Ceryle, Dacelo. The only British and alKinesipathy(ki-nē-sip'a-thi), n. (Gr.kinēsis, King-bird (king'bėrd), n. The popular name most the only European species is the commovement, from kineo, to move, and pathos, of two birds, the one belonging to the genus mon kingfisher (A. isprida), in size not much suffering.) In therapeutics, a mode of treat- Paradisea (P. regia), the other to the genus larger than a sparrow, but in brilliancy of ing diseases by gymnastics or appropriate Tyrannus (T. intrepidus). The former is a colour rivalling the finest tropical birds, movements; movement cure. Called also native of Africa, and is so called from its blue and green being the prevailing tints.

Lingism, from Ling, a Swede, its proposer. Solitary habits, never associating with other It frequents the banks of rivers and dives Kinesitherapy (ki-nē'si-ther'a-pi), n. (Gr. birds of the genus; the latter is peculiar to for fish. It is probable, though not certain,

kinesis, movement, and therapeia, cure.) America, and has its popular name from its that this bird is the halcyon of the ancients, Same as Kinesipathy.

courage and persistency in attacking larger of which so many wonderful stories were KING-GELD

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told. (See HALCYON.) The spotted king- or Yellow Melilot. Its flowers are sold by Kinkajou (king'ka -jo), n. A plantigrade fisher (Ceryle guttata), of which we give an herbalists as balsam flowers. It is an an- carnivorous mammal of northern South illustration, is a native of the Himalayas, nual or biennial from 2 to 4 feet high, with America belonging to the group Cercolepwhere it is called by the natives the fish- smooth branched stems, trifoliate leaves, tidæ, and allied to the family Ursidæ. It

and long racemes of yellow flowers. When is about as large as a full-grown cat, and dried the plant acquires a peculiar haylike somewhat resembles the lemurs in its strucodour due to a principle called coumarine ture and aspect. It is a nocturnal, arboreal, existing also in Tonka-bean and vernal active animal, and in captivity is very mild. grass.

Kinkhaust, n. (Kink and haust. See King's-cushion (kingz'kysh-on), n. A sort KINK, a fit of coughing.) The hoopingof seat formed by two persons holding each congh. (Obsolete or Provincial] other's hands crossed. [Provincial.]

Kinkhost (kingk'host), n. [Sc. kink and King's-evil (kingz'e-vil), n. A disease of the host.] [Scotch.) The hooping-cough. scrofulous kind, which it was ignorantly Kinkle (kingk'l), n. Same as Kink. believed a king could cure by touching the Kinless (kin'les), a. Destitute of kin or patient.

kindred. --Kinless loons, a name given by Kingship (king'ship), n. Royalty; the state, the Scotch to the judges sent among them office, or dignity of a king.

by Cromwell, because they distributed jusWe can come now to the last form of Heroism; tice solely according to the merits of the that which we call kingship.

Carlyle. cases, being uninfluenced by family or party King's-hood (kingz'hyd), n. A certain part

ties. of the entrails of an ox; the reticulum or Kinniklnic, Kinnikinnick (kin'i-kin-ik"). second stomach: applied derisively to a per

n. (Amer. Indian.) The name of a compoSpotted Kingfisher (Ceryle guttata). son's stomach in following passage

sition used for smoking by the North Ameritiger. The great or giant kingfisher (Dacelo

Deil mak' his king's-hood in a spleuchan. Burns.

can Indians, consisting of the dried leaves

and bark of red sumac or red willow. giganteus), a native of Australia, is a large King's-spear (kingz'sper), n. A plant of Spelled also Killikinick. species which preys upon reptiles, beetles, the genus Asphodelus (A. albus). See As- Kino (ki'no), n. (Fr, kino. Supposed to be and small mammals. It is 18 inches in length, PHODEL.

an East Indian word.) An astringent exand of a brown colour. It is called by Kingston, Kingstone(king'

tract, resembling catechu, obtained from the colonists the laughing-jackass, from the ston, king'ston), n. A name

various trees. The original is procured from peculiar cry which it utters. sometimes given to the an

Pterocarpus Marsupium, a handsome East King-geld (king'geld), n. (King and geld, gel-fish (Squatina angelus).

Indian tree, nat. order Leguminosa, which gelt.] A royal aid ; an escuage. See ANGEL-FISH.

yields a valuable timber. Kino is the juice Kinghood (king'hyd), 1. State of being a Kingston's Valve, n. A

of the tree dried without artificial heat. king. conical valve, forming the

African or Gambia kino is obtained from King-killer (king'kil-ér), n. One who kills outlet of the blow-off pipe

another species (P. erinaceus), a native of a king; a regicide. Shak. of a marine engine. It opens

tropical Western Africa. Dhak-tree or Kingless (king'les), a. Having no king. through the side of a vessel

Bengal kino is the product of Butea frondKinglet (king'let), n. 1. A little king; a by turning a screw.

osa; while Botany Bay kino is got from weak or insignificant king:—2. The golden- King's-yellow(kingz'yel-lo)

various species of Eucalyptus. Kino concrested wren (Regulus cristatus).

The name given to a pig.

sists of tannin, gum, and extractive, and is Kinglihood (kingʻli-hyd), n. The condition, ment formed by mixing orpi. Kingston's Valve.

a powerful astringent. character, or dignity of a king. ment and arsenious acid.

Kinone (ki'non), n. (C6H402.) A compound Since he neither wore on helm or shield King-table (king'tā-bl), n. In medioeval

obtained by distilling kinic acid with diluted The golden symbol of his kinglihood,

arch. a course or member, conjectured to sulphuric acid and peroxide of manganese. But rode a simple knight among his knights. be the string course, with ball and flower Tennyson.

It is in the form of a sublimate of fine Kinglike (king'lik), a. Like a king.

ornaments in the hollow moulding, usual golden yellow crystals; it is very slightly Kingliness (kingʻli-nes), n.

State of being King-truss (king'trus), n.
under parapets.

soluble in water, very volatile, and has a

A truss for a kingly.

pungent smell in the state of vapour. It Kingling (king'ling), n. A little king; a roof framed with a kingpost.

combines with hydrogen, forming two new kinglet. King-vulture (king vul-tūr), n. The Sar

compounds, green and white hydrokinone; Kingly (kingli), a. 1. Belonging or pertain

corhampus Papa of the intertropical regions the former of which is one of the most beauing to a king or to kings. of America, belonging to the family Vultur

tiful compounds known to chemists, formidæ. It is about 2 feet in length, and up- ing long prisms of the most brilliant goldWhat can they see in the longest kingly line in wards of 5 feet across the expanded wings. Europe, save that it runs back to a successful soldier ?

green metallic lustre. Written also Quinone. The other vultures are said to stand quietly Kinrede, t n. Sir W. Scott.

Kindred. Chaucer. 2. Presided over by a king; royal; sovereign;

by until this, their monarch, has finished Kinric (kin'rik), n. (King, and ric, dominion. monarchical; as, a kingly government. his repast.

Comp. bishopric] Kingdom. (Scotch. ] 3. Noble; august; splendid; becoming a king; Kingwood (king'wud), n. A Brazilian wood Kinsfolkt (kinz'tók), n. (Kin and folk.) 'Reas, kingly magnificence.

believed to be derived from a species of lations; kindred ; persons of the same

Triptolomæa, but by some referred to Brya They've battled best who've boldliest borne;

family. ebenus. The kingliest kings are crowned with thorn.

It is beautifully streaked with

Kinship (kin'ship), n. Relationship; conG. Massey. violet tints, and is used in turning and

sanguinity: 'A distant kinship to the ---Royal, Regal, Kingly. See under ROYAL. small cabinet-work. Called also Violet

gracious blood.' Tennyson. Kingly (king'li), adv. With an air of royalty; wood.

Kinsman (kinz'man), n. (Kin and man.) A as becoming a king; with a superior dig. King-worship (king'wer-ship), n. Excessive

man of the same race or family; one related nity. or extravagant loyalty to the monarch.

by blood. Low bow'd the rest; he, kingly, did but nod. The Tories in particular who had always been in Kinswoman (kinz'wym -an), n. [Rin and

Pope.
clined to king-worship.

Macaulay. woman.] A female relation.
Kingly-poor (king'li- pör), a. Miserably Kinic (kin'ik), a. [Fr. kinique, from kina, Kintal (kin'tal), n. Same as Quintal.
poor. 'Kingly-poor flout. Shak. [Rare. ] an abbrev. of quinquina, cinchona. Akin Kintledge (kint'lej), n. Naut. same as Kent-
King-mullet (kingʻmul-et), n. A fish found

quinine.] Pertaining to or obtained from

ledge. in the seas around Jamaica, and so called cinchona.-Kinic acid (C2H120x), a peculiar Kintra, Kintray (kin'tra, kin'tri), n. Cow from its beauty. It is the Upeneus macu- vegetable acid discovered by Hofmann, an

try. (Scotch.) latus of Cuvier.

apothecary of Leer, in the calcium-salts of Kiosk (ki-osk'), n. A Turkish word signifyKingpost, Kingpiece (king/post, kingʻpēs), cinchona-bark, in which it exists in combinan. The middle post, standing at the apex

ing a kind of open pavilion or summer tion with the vegetable alkalies cinchonin of a pair of rafters, and having its lower and quinin, and also with lime, forming the end fastened to the middle of the tiebeam: kinates of these bases. It is found also in

blaeberry (Vaccinium Myrtillus), in coffee-
beans, and in the leaves of oak, elm, ivy,
holly, &c.

Written also Quinic.
Kink (kingk), n. [D. G. and Sw. kink, a twist
or coil in a cable; comp. Icel. kengr, a
metal crook, a bend or bight.] 1. A twist in
a rope or thread such as prevents it running
freely; a loop or double.-2. An unreason-
able and obstinate notion; a crotchet; a
whim.
Kink (kingk), v.i. To wind into a kink; to

twist or run into knots.

Kink (kingk), n. (Comp. A. Sax. cincung,
Kingpost Roof.

a fit of laughter, D. kink-hoest, hooping

cough, 0.D. kincken, to cough, and E. chin4, The kingpost. B, Tiebeam. CC, Struts or

cough.] A fit of coughing; an immoderate
braces.
fit of laughter. [Scotch.)

Kiosk in the Serai Bournon, Constantinople. when two side-posts, one at each side of I gae a sklent wi' my ee to Donald Roy Macpher. the centre, are used to support the roof, son, and he was fa'n into a kink o' laughing. Hogg. house, generally constructed of wood, straw, instead of one in the centre, they are called Kink (kingk), v. i. (Northern English and or other light materials, and supported by queen-posts. See Roof, CROWN-POST. Scotch.] 1. To gasp for breath in a severe pillars (commonly placed in a square) round King's-clover (kingz'kló-vér), n.

An Eng

fit of coughing; especially applied to the the foot of which is a balustrade. It has lish name of the Melilotus officinalis, nat. efforts of a child in the hooping-cough. – been introduced from Turkey and Persia into order Leguminose, called also the Common 2. To laugh immoderately.

the gardens, parks, &c., of Western Europe.

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Kiotome (ki'o-tõm), n. [Gr. kión, a column, Escape by pulpit stairs is even becoming doubtful Then in his hand he takes a thick bat
and temno, to cut.] The name of a surgical without kirtling those outward investments which With which he used to play at kit-kat. Cotton.
instrument, devised by Desault for dividing

distinguish the priest from the man so high that no
one will see there is anything but the man left.

Kitcat-roll (kit'kat-rol), n. In agri. a kind pseudo-membranous bands in the rectum

Huxley. of roller for land, somewhat in the form of and bladder. Kirtled (ker' tld), a. Wearing a kirtle.

a double cone, being thickest in the middle. Kip (kip), n. A tanner's name for the hide Milton.

Kitchen (kich'en), n. _[A. Sax. cycene, O.H.G. of a young beast.- Kip leather. See KIP- Kirwanite (ker'wan-īt), n. A native silicate chuhhina, kuchina, It. cucina, L. coquina, SKIN.

of iron and alumina found in the basalt of kitchen, from coquo, to cook.] 1. A cookKipe (kip), n. [A. Sax. cepan, to catch, to the north-east coast of Ireland, and named room; the room of a house appropriated to keep.] An osier basket used for catching after Kirwan the mineralogist.

cookery. fish.

Kish (kish), n. (Gr. kies, kiss, gravel, A fat kitchen makes a lean will. Franklin. Kippage (kip'āj), n. [Comp. kipper, a.] pyrites.) A substance resembling plumbago 1. Disorder; confusion. -2. A fit of rage; a found in some iron-smelting furnaces. It

2. Naut. the galley or caboose.-3. A utensil violent passion. consists of carbon and manganese.

for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen. Only dinna pit yoursel into a kippage, and expose Kiss (kis), v.t. (A. Sax. cyssan, from coss, a

4. [Scotch.] Anything eaten with bread: coryoursel before the weans. Sir W. Scott. kiss; Icel. and Sw. kyssa, Dan, kysse, G.

responding to the Latin opsonium. There

is no English word which expresses the Kipper (kip'er), n. [D. kippen, to hatch, to kussen; comp. also Goth. kukjan, to kiss. exclude ova.. The cartilaginous hook on the It seems to be from same root as L. gusto,

same idea. Meat is not nearly so extensive under jaw of the male is called a kip, while to taste.] 1. To touch with the lips in

in its signification, for kitchen not only dein D. kip means a roll or band round a bundle salutation or as a mark of affection; to

notes butcher-meat, but anything that is

used as a substitute for it, as fish, eggs, of dried fish, but the connection of these caress by joining lips.-2. To treat with

cheese, milk, &c. words with this is doubtful.] 1. A term ap- fondness; to delight in.

Kitchen (kich'en), v.t. 1. To entertain with plied to a salmon in the condition in which

The hearts of princes kiss obedience. Shak,

the fare of the kitchen; to furnish food it is directly after the spawning season, when 3. To touch gently, as if with fondness; to to. A fat friend that kitchened me for you." it is unfit to be eaten fresh; more particu- meet.

Shak.-2. To serve as kitchen; to give a larly to a male salmon in this condition.

When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees. relish to; to season; to render palatable. 2. A salmon split open, salted, and dried or

Shak.

(Scotch.) smoked. (This sense of the word, which is

The moon-beam kissed the holy pane,
And threw on the pavement a bloody stain.

The poor man's wine, originally Scotch, is derived from the fact

Sir W. Scott.

His wee drap parritch, or his bread, that salmon about and after the time of Kiss (kis), v.i. 1. To join lips in love or re

Thou kitchens fine. Burns spawning, or when foul, were so prepared spect: it sometimes becomes transitive Kitchen (kich'en), a. Belonging to or used to make them fit for eating ] through the addition of an adverb; as, “We

in the kitchen. Kipper (kip'ér), v.t. To cure and preserve, have kissed away kingdoms and provinces." Kitchen-fare (kich'en-fār), n. The fare of as salmon, by salt and pepper, and by hang- Shak.-2. To touch each other; to meet; to servants in a kitchen. ing up.

come in contact. ‘Like fire and powder, Kitchen-garden (kich'en-gär-dn), n. A garThere was kippered salmon, and Finnan haddocks, which as they kiss consume.' Shak.

den or piece of ground appropriated to the and a lamb's head, and a haggis.

Dickens.

Kiss (kis), n. (A. Sax. cy88, coss, Dan. lys, raising of vegetables for the table. Kipper (kip'er), a. Amorous; sprightly; Sw. lyss, Icel. ko88, G. kuss; the word ap

Kitchen-lee (kich'en-lē), n. Dirty soapgay; light-footed. [Provincial.) pears also in W. cus, cusan, Corn. cussin, a

suds. 'A brazen tub of kitchen-lee. Ford. Kipper-nut (kip'er-nut), n. Pig-nut or kiss. See the verb.] 1. A salute given with Kitchen-maid (kich'en-mād), ?. A female earth-nut (Bunium flexuosum). the lips.

servant whose business is to clean the Kipper-time (kip'er-tīm), n. In English Dear as remembered kisses after death. Tennyson.

kitchen and utensils of cookery, or in genelaw, the space of time between the 3d and 2. A confection usually made of whites of

ral, to do the work of a kitchen. 12th of May, in which fishing for salmon in

eggs, powdered sugar, and currant jelly Kitchen-midden (kich'en-mid-n), nr. (Dan. the Thames between Gravesend and Hen- mixed and baked in an oven.

kjökken-mödding, lit. kitchen-midden.) The ley-on-Thames was forbidden. Kisser (kis'ér), n. One that kisses.

name given to certain mounds, from 3 to Kip-skin (kip'skin), n. Leather prepared Kissing-comfit (kis'ing-kom-fit), n. A

10 feet in height and 100 to 1000 feet in from the skin of young cattle, intermediate perfumed sugar-plum to sweeten the breath.

length, found in Denmark, the north of between calf-skin and cowhide. Shak.

Scotland, &c., consisting chiefly of the shells Kirb-plate (kėrb'plāt). See CURB-PLATE. Kissing-crust (kis'ing-krust), n. In cookery,

of oysters, cockles, and other edible shellKirb-roof (kerb'röf). See CURB-ROOF. a portion of the upper crust of a loaf that

fish. They are the refuse heaps of a preKirb-stone (kerb'ston), n. Same as Curbtouches another.

historic people unacquainted with the use stone.

He cuts a massy fraginent from the rich kissing.

of metals, all the implements found in them Kirk (kirk), n. (A. Sax. cyrc, G. kirche. See crust that hangs like a fretted cornice from the upper

being of stone, bone, horn, or wood. FragCHURCH.] [Scotch.] 1. A church.-2. The half of the loaf.

W. Howitt, ments of rude pottery occur. The bones Established Church of Scotland.

Kissmiss (kis'mis), n. A small kind of grape are all those of wild animals, with the exKirk (kirk), v.t. To church. (Scotch.) from which the Shiraz wine is made in ception of those of the dog. Similar shell Kirked, t p. Crooked. Chaucer. Persia.

deposits occur on the eastern shores of the Kirk-session (kirk'se-shon), n. The lowest Kist (kist), n. A chest. [Northern Eng- United States, formed by the Red Indians. or initiatory court of the Established Church lish and Scotch.)

Kitchen-range (kich'en-rāni), n. A kitchen of Scotland. It consists of an ordained Kist (kist), n. In the East Indies, an in- grate with oven, boiler, &c., attached, for minister, generally the incumbent, who pre- stalment of rent, of a tax, or the like. cooking. sides under the

name of moderator, and the Kist, Kistvaen (kist, kist'va-en or kist'vān), Kitchenry (kich'en-ri), n. 1. Utensils used elders of the congregation, of whom two n. Same as Cist, 1 (6), Cistvaen.

in the kitchen; utensils for cooking. -2. The must be present to form a quorum.

It

Kit (kit), n. [D. kit, a large bottle; 0.D. kitte, body of servants employed in a kitchen. takes cognisance of cases of scandal and of a beaker, decanter.] 1. A large bottle. - Next unto them goeth the blackguard and kitchennys matters of general ecclesiastical discipline 2. A vessel of various kinds; as, a kind of

Holland. within the congregation. Other Presby- wooden

tub for holding fish, milk, butter, Kitchen-stuff (kich'en-stuf),n. Fat collected terian churches have a court of the same &c.-3. That which contains necessaries or

from pots and dripping-pans.

A nature.

tools, and hence the necessaries and tools Kitchen-wench (kich'en - wensh), n. Kirkyard (kirk'yärd), n. A churchyard; a themselves; a sailor's chest and contents;

woman who cleans the kitchen and utensils graveyard. (Scotch.) an outfit; as, a soldier's kit; a shoemaker's

of cookery. Kirn (kirn), n. [Icel. kirna. See CHURN.) kit. Hence–4. A contemptuous expression

Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench. Shak. (Scotch.) 1. A churn.-2. The feast of har- used with the adjective whole for the entire Kite (kit), n. [A. Sax. cita, cyta, W. cud, vest-home, supposed to be so called because assemblage; as, the whole kit of them.

velocity, and also any bird of the Falconidæ. a churnful of cream formed a considerable (Colloq.) part of the entertainment.

Kit (kit), n. [Probably an abbreviated form As bleak-fac'd Hallowmas returns,

of guitar, gittern, cittern.) A diminutive They get the jovial, ranting kirns,

fiddle, capable of being carried in the coatWhen rural life, o ev'ry station,

pocket, and used generally by dancingUnite in common recreation. Burns.

masters. Kirn (kirn), v.t. and i. To churn. [Scotch. ]

The gittern and the kit the wandering fiddlers like. Kirsch-wasser (kērsh'väs-sér), nr. (G., from

Drayton. kirsche, cherry, and wasser, water.] An Kit (kit), n. A kitten; a young cat. alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented Kit, t v.t.

To cut. Chaucer. juice of the small black cherry. It is called Kit-cat (kit'kat), a. 1. A term applied to a the brandy of Switzerland.

club in London to which Addison and Steele Kirsomet (kér'sum), a. (Corruption of chri- belonged: so called from Christopher Cat, a som.) Christened or Christian.

pastry-cook who served the club with mutAs I am a true kir some woman, it is one of the ton pies. — 2. A term first applied to a threecrystal glasses my cousin sent me. Bean, & FL. quarter length portrait on a canvas 36 inches Kirsten, Kirs'n (kerst'n, kers'n), v.t. To in length by 28 or 29 inches in width, for christen; to baptize. (Scotch.)

the reason that Sir G. Kneller, a member of Kirtle (kér'tl), n. [A. Sax. cyrtel, Icel.

the Kit-cat Club, painted a series of porkyrtill, Dan. kjortel.] 1. An upper garment; traits of all the other members, which were

Kite (Milvus ictinus). a gown; a petticoat; a short jacket; a hung up in the room of meeting, and in mantle.

order to accommodate the paintings to the 1. A raptorial bird of the falcon family and The form of the kirtle underwent various altera

height of the walls he was obliged to adopt genus Milvus, differing from the true faltions at different times. It was worn by both sexes.

canvas of the size mentioned. The term is cons in having a somewhat long forked The term is still retained in the provinces in the now applied to any portrait about half- tail, long wings, short legs, and weak bill sense of an outer petticoat.

Halliwell.

length in which the hands are shown. and talons. This last peculiarity renders 2. A quantity of flax, about 100 lbs.

Kit-kat, Kit-cat (kitkat), n. A boys' game it the least formidable of the birds of prey. Kirtle (kértl), v.t. To tuck up so as to give played with sticks and a small piece of The common kite, glead, or glede (M. ictinus, the appearance of a kirtle to. wood called cat. See CAT.

regalis, vulgaris) preys chietly on the smaller KITE

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quadrupeds, birds, young chickens, &c. It Kittlish (kit'lish), a. Ticklish

wood.] 1. A maker of harness, collars, de, usually builds in the fork of a tree in a thick Kittly (kitli), a. Easily tickled; hence, for cart-horses. (Provincial. )-2. One whose wood. The common kite of America is the susceptible; sensitive. (Scotch.]

occupation is to slaughter diseased or use Ictinia mississippiensis. The word is some- I was not so kittly as she thought, and could thole

less horses. times used as an opprobrious epithet denot- her progs and jokes with the greatest pleasance and Knackish (nak'ish), a. Trickish; knavish; ing rapacity. “Detested kite! thou liest.' composure.

Galt.

artful Knackish forms of gracious Shak. --- 2. Å name given in some parts of Kive (kiv), 11. (See KEEVE.] A mashing vat; speeches.' More. Cornwall and Devonshire to the fish other- a keeve.

Knackishness (nak'ish-nes), n. The state wise called brill. --3. A light frame of wood Kiver (kiv'ér), v. t. To cover. [Vulgar.) or quality of being knackish ; artifice; and paper constructed for flying in the air Kivi-kivi, Kiwi-kiwi (ke'vi-ke-vi, ké'wi- trickery. for the amusement of boys.-4. Fictitious or kë-wi), n. A species of Apteryx (A. austra- Knacky (nak'i), a. Having a knack; cunmerely nominal commercial paper, as ac- lis). See under APTERYX.

ning; crafty. commodation bills, &c., designed to mislead Kleene-boc (klēn'bok), n. [D., lit. little Knag (nag), n. [Comp. Dan. knag, a wooden others as to one's real money resources. buck.] The Cape gueves (Antilope perpusilla peg, Prov. G. knagge, Sw. Ionagg, a knot in Electrical kite, a contrivance employed by or pygmæa, or Cephalopus pygmæa). See wood; Ir. cnag, a peg, a knob, W. enue, a Franklin to verify his hypothesis respecting GUEVET.

protuberance, a knot.] 1. A knot in wood or the identity of electricity and lightning, Kleptomania (klep-to-mā'ni-a), n. [Gr. a protuberant knot; a wart.--2. A peg for res mbling in shape a school-boy's kite, but klepto, to steal, and mania, madness.] A hanging things on.-3. The shoot of a deer's covered with silk and varnished paper, and supposed species of moral insanity, exhibit- horns. armed with a wire.

ing itself in an irresistible desire to pilier. Horns most dangerous by reason of their sharp and Kite (kit), v.i. To raise money by the use Klick (klik), n. and v. Same as Click.

branching knags.

Holland of fictitious paper; to fly kites. (Mercantile Klicker (klik'ér), n. Same as Clicker.

4. The rugged top of a rock or hill. (Provslang )

Klicket, Klinket (klik'et, klingk'et), n. In incial. ] Kite, Kyte (kyt), n. [A. Sax. cuith, Icel. fort. a small gate in a palisade through Knagged (nagd), a. Formed into knots; kvithr, the womb; Sw. qued, Goth. quithus, which sallies may be made.

knotty a protuberance, the belly ) In Scotland and Klinkstone (klingk'ston), n. Same as Clink- Knagginess (nagʻi-nes), n. The state of the North of England, the belly. stone.

being knaggy. Kite-flier (hitilier), n. One who attempts Klinometer. See CLINOMETER.

Knaggy (nag'i), n. Knotty; full of knots ; to raise money by the use of accommodation Klio (kli'o), n. In class. myth. same as Clio. rough with knots; hence, rough in temper. bills.

Klip-das (klip'das), n. [D., cliff-badger.) Knakkes, t n. pl. Trifling tricks; trifling Kite-flying (kīt'fli-ing), n. The practice of A small South African animal of the genus

words. Chaucer. See KNACK, n. raising money or sustaining one's credit Hyrax (H. capensis). See under HYRAX. Knap (nap), n. (A parallel form to knop. by means of accommodation bills or other Klipspringer, Klippspringer (klip'spring- knob; comp. Icel. knappr, Dan. knap, W. fictitious commercial paper.

ér), n [D., cliff-sprmger.) A beautiful little enap, a button, a knob.] 1. A protuber. Kitefoot (kit'lut), n. A sort of tobacco, so South African antelope of the genus Oreo- ance; a swelling; a knob or button. - 2 A

called from its resemblance to a kite's foot. tragus (0. saltatrix), inhabiting the most in- rising ground; a hillock; a summit. (Rare.) Kith (kith), n. [A. Sax, cyth, acquaintance, accessible mountains of the Cape, being as Hark, on knap of yonder hill, friendship, affinity.) Acquaintances or sure-footed and agile as the chamois, which

Some sweet shepherd tunes his quill. W'. Brown friends collectively.-Kith and kin, friends i it somewhat resembles in its habits. Its Knap (nap), n. A short sharp noise; a snap. and relatives.

colour is dark brown, sprinkled with yellow, Knap (nap), r. t. (Comp. D. knappen, to For Launcelot's kith and kin so worship him

and its height barely 20 inches. Its hair is crack, to munch, to lay hold of; G. knappen, That ill to himn is ill to them.

Tennyson. rather long and projecting. Its flesh is much to crack, to crunch, to snap. See KNAB ] Kithara (kith'a-ra), n. Same as Cithara.

esteemed, and its hair is used for stuffing 1. To bite; to bite off; to break short Thomson. saddles.

[Rare.) Kithe (kifh), v.t. (See KYTHE.) To show; Klopemania (klō-pē-mā'ni-a), n. [Gr. klopë, As lying a gossip as ever knapped ginger. Skak. to make known. Chaucer. theft, and mania, madness. ] Same as Klep

He knappeth the spear in sunder. Kithe (kith), v.i. (Old English and Scotch.) tomania, but seldom used.

Bk of Com. Prayer. Tis become known; to be manifest; to ap- Kloster (klos'ter), n. [G.) A cloister; a 2. To strike with a sharp noise; to snap. pear. Written also Kythe. convent; a monastery.

[Rare.] Unless a new stranger is present, they kithe in Sounds of bells came faintly stealing,

Knap a pair of tongs some depth in a vessel of more rational colours.

Galt.
Bells that, from the neighbouring kloster,

Басен. Kitling (kit'ling), n. [Dim. of kit, a kitten,

Rang for the nativity Longfellow Knap (nap), v.i. To make a short sharp

sound. or of cat. Comp. Icel ketlingr, N. kjetling, Knab (nab), v.t. pret: & pp. knabbed; ppr. a kitten. Or it may be formed from the knabbing. [Another form of knap, and in The people standing by heard it knap in, and the

patient declared it by the ease she felt. Hiseman. verb to kittle, or bring forth young; comp.

second sense also written nab.] 1. To bite; 0. E. kindle, a young one, kindle, to bring to gnaw; to nibble.

Knapbottle (nap bot-1), n. A plant, bladforth young.) A young animal, more espe- I had much rather lie knabbing crusts without fear

der-campion (Silene inflata). cially a young cat; a kitten. A newly kit.

than be mistress of the world with cares

Knappe, t n. A short sleep; a nap. Chaucer.

Sir R L Estrange. tened kitling's cries.' Chapman. [Obsolete

Knappia (nap'i-a), n. [in compliment to or Provincial English and Scotch.)

2. To lay hold of or apprehend. (Vulgar.) Mr. M. Knapp, a writer on British grasses. ]

See XAB. Kitmutgar (kit-mut'gar), n. Same as Khit

A genus of plants of the nat order Grammutgar.

Knabblet (nab'l), v. i. (Freq. of knab.) To ineæ. K. agrostidea is a very small but elebite or nibble.

gant annual British grass, which grows in But most high,' said the rascally kimutgar, 'one of the eldest daughters is about to be married.'

Horses will krabble at walls, and rats knaw iron.

sandy pastures by the sea in the south of James Grant.

Sir T. Bromune. England. It has short rough leaves, and Kitte,t pret. of kit. Cut. Chaucer.

Knack (nak), n. [An imitative word like D. somewhat one-sided slender flower-spikes. Kittel (kitl), v.t. Same as Kittle.

knak, Dan. knæk, G. knack, a crack, a snap. Knappish (nap'ish), a. Inclined to knap or Kitten (kit'n), n. [Dim. of cat.) A young Knack, as Wedgwood thinks, probably ori. snap; snappish. cat, or the young of the cat.

ginally signified a snap of the fingers, then Knapple (napl), v.i. (Dim. of knap. ) To Kitten (kit'n), v... To bring forth young, as a trick or way of doing a thing as if with a break off with an abrupt sharp noise. a cat.

snap. In the same way from D. knappen, Knappy (nap'i), a. Full of knaps or hillocks. Kittiwake (kit'ti-wak), n. (From its cry.] to snap, we have knap, clever, handy, Knapsack (nap'sak), n. (L.G. knappeack, D. A natatorial bird of the genus Larus or nimble. Its sense of a toy or knick-knack knapzak, G. and D. knappen, to snap, hence, gulls (the L. tridactylus), found in great may result from the frequency with which to eat, and sack-lit. a provision-sack.) A abundance in all the northern parts of the such fragile contrivances are broken with a bag of leather or strong cloth for carryinz world wherever the coast is high and rocky. sharp crack.] 1. A knick-knack; a pretty or a soldier's necessaries, and closely strapped It migrates southward in winter, extending ingenious trifle; a toy.

to the back between the shoulders; any its range as far as the Mediterranean and A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. Shak.

similar bag. Various forms of knapsacks Madeira. The young of the kittiwake has 2. Readiness; habitual facility of perform

are now used by tourists and others as being dark markings in the plumage, which dis

by far the easiest way of carrying light perance; dexterity; adroitness. appear in the adult, hence it was for some

sonal luggage. time regarded as a different species, and is

My author has a great knack at remarks.

Atterbury.

Knapweed (nap'wēd), n. The popular name still known on some parts of our coasts as 3. Something requiring adroitness, dexterity,

of Centaurea, nat. order Compositæ; as C. the tarrock. See LARIDÆ, GULL. or special aptitude.

nigra and C. Scabiosa. They are perennial Kittle (kiti), v. t. [A. Sax. citelian, D. kittelen,

coarse-looking weeds, growing in meadows,

For how should equal colours do the knack! Icel, kitla, G. kitzeln, to tickle. Tickle seems

having heads of reddish-purple flowers and

Chameleons who can paint in white and black? the same word with sounds transposed.] To

Pope.

brown scaly involucres. tickle; to excite a pleasant sensation in the Knack (nak), v.i. [D. knakken, G. knacken, Knar, Knarl (nar, närl), n. (A word ocmind; to enliven: frequently followed by up. to crack or snap. See the noun.] 1. To

curring in various forms, as gnar, gnarl, [Northern English and Scotch.) crack; to make a sharp abrupt noise. (Rare.)

knur, knurl; comp. O.D. knorre, G. knorren, It never fails, on drinkin' deep, 2. To speak affectedly or mincingly. (Rare.)

a gnar, a knot in a tree.) A knot in wood. To kittle up our notion. Burns.

A hard-hearted or savage Knacker (nak'ér), n. 1. A maker of knacks, Knark (närk), n. Kittle (kit'l), a. Ticklish; easily tickled; toys, or small work. ---2. One of two pieces person. [Slang. ) difficult; nice; not easily managed; trying; of wood used as a plaything by boys, who

Knarled (närld), a. Knotted. "The old vexatious; bad. (Scotch.) strike them together by moving the hand; Knarred (närd), a. "Having knars or knots;

knarled oak.' Sir W. Scott. And now, gudewife, I maun ride, to get to the castanets; bones. Liddel or it be dark, for your waste has but a little Knacker (nak'er), n. [Probably from Icel.

gnarled; knotty. character, ye ken yoursell,

Sir II'. Scott.
hnakkr, à man's saddle, the word in East

The knarred and crooked cedar trees. Longfellow. Kittle (kit'l), v.i. (Non-nasalized form cor- Anglia meaning a saddler and harness- Knarry (när'i), a. Knotty; stubhy. responding to kindle, to bring forth young; maker. It would seem that this office' | Knautia (na'ti-a), n. [In honour of C. Knaut, comp. N. kjetla, to bring forth young.1 To (that of slanghtering old horses) ‘fell to the a physician and botanical author of Halle, litter; to bring forth kittens. [Provincial knacker or coarse harness-maker, as the who died in 1694.] A genus of plants of the English and Scotch.]

person who would have the best opportu- nat. order Dipsacacer, now usually united Kittling (kit ling), n. Same as Kitling. nity of making the skins available.' Wedg- with Scabiosa. K. arvensis is a handsome

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British plant known as field-scabious, with | Knede,t v.t. To knead. Chaucer.

down, &, Bursa situated between the ligament of the heads of lilac-purple flowers, and having Knee (ne), n. (O. E. kneo, A. Sax. cneo, cnió,

patella and head of the tibia laid open.

2, Longitudinal Section of the Left Knee-joint. pinnate leaves, growing in pastures and corn- cnew; comp. 0. Fris. kni, Icel. kné, Dan.

?, Cancellous structure of lower part of femur. fields.

knæ, D. and G. knie, Goth, kniu; the word is h. Tendon of extensor muscles of leg. c. Patella. Knave(nāv). n. [A. Sax. cnapa or cnafa, a boy, cognate with L. genu, Gr. gonu, Skr. jânu- d, Ligament of the patella, e, Cancellous structure of a youth, a son; 0. E. knape, a boy; comp. D. knee, the root being unknown.] 1. Inanat, the

head of tibiit. , Anterior crucial ligament. &. Pos. knaap, G. knabe, a boy or young man, Icel. joint connecting the two principal parts of

terior ligament. h. Mass of fat projecting into the

cavity of the joint below the patella. 1, Bursa.
knapi, a servant boy, Sc. knip, a young or the leg; the articulation of the thigh and
little fellow. The root is probably the same leg bones. See KNEE-JOINT. -- 2. The knee
as that of Kin, &c.) 1.7 A boy; a man-child. bent in reverence or respect. * Your knee,

complex articulation, consisting of an an-
O murderous slumber,
sirrah!' Shak. - 3. Something resembling

gular ginglymus or hinge-joint, formed by
Lay'st thou thy leaden mace upon my boy
the knee in shape; as, (a) in ship-building,

the condyles of the femur, the upper ex-
That plays thee music? Gentle knave, good night.

tremity of the tibia, and the posterior sur-
a piece of bent timber or iron having two
Shak.
branches or arms, and used to connect the

face of the patella.--2. In mach. same as
2. A servant.
He's but Fortune's knave,
beams of a ship with her sides or timbers.

Toggle-joint (which see).

Knee-jointed (ne'joint-ed), a. In bot. bent
A minister of her will.
Shak. The branches of the knees form an angle of

like a knee; geniculate.
3. A false deceitful fellow; a dishonest man
greater or smaller extent, according to the

Kneel (nél), v... pret. & pp. kneeled, knelt;
or boy.

mutual situation of the pieces which they
In defiance of demonstration, knaves will continue
are designed to unite. -- Carline knees, in

ppr. kneeling. (O. E. kneole, kneoli, from knee;
to proselyte fools.

corresponding to D. knielen, Dan, knæle, to
Ames.
a ship, those timbers which extend from

kneel.
How many serving-lads must have been unfaithful
the sides to the hatchway, and bear up

Comp. handle, from hand.] To

bend the knee; to fall on the knees.
and dishonest before knave-which meant at first no the deck. - Hanging knees, such as have one
more than a boy-acquired the meaning which it has of their arms fayed vertically to the ship's

As soon as you are dressed, kneel and say the
Trench.

Lord's Prayer.
now!

Fer. Taylor
side. -- Lodging-knees, such as are fixed par-
4. In a pack of cards, a card with a soldier

allel to the deck. --- Diagonal hanging-knees, Kneeler (nēl'ér), n. One who kneels or wor-
or servant painted on it; a jack.- A knave.
such as cross the timbers in a slanting direc-

ships by kneeling. child or boy-knave, a male child. Chaucer.

tion. () In carp. a piece of wood having a

Kneelingly (nėl'ing-li), adv. In a kneeling Knave-bairn (náv'bārn), n. A man-child. natural bend, or sawn into shape, fitting Kneen, Knene,t n. pl. Knees.

position.
(Scotch.)

Chaucer.
into an angle, as a brace and strut. (c) In
Wha could tell whether the bonny knave.bairn
may not come back to claim his ain? Sir IV. Scott.

arch. a part of the back of a handrailing Kneepan (nē'pan), n. Same as Knee-cap, 1.
of a convex form, the reverse of a ramp,

Knee-piece (nē' pės), n. Same as Knee-
Knavery (nāv'èr-i), n. 1. Dishonesty; de- which is concave.

rafter. ception in traffic; trick; petty villany; Knee (nė), v.t. 1. To pass over on the krfees.

Knee-rafter (nē'raft-ér), n. A rafter, the fraud.

lower end or foot of which is crooked down

Fall down, and knee
This is flat knavery, to take upon you another

The way into his inercy.

Shak.

wards, so that it may rest more firmly on
man's naine.
Shak.

the walls. Called also Crook - rafter and
2. Mischievous tricks or practices.
2. To kneel to.

Knee-piece.

I could as well be brought Knaveship (nāv'ship), n. In Scots law, one

To knee his throne.

Shak. Knee-rafter, or crook-rafter, is the principal truss of the sequels of thirlage. The multure is

of a house.

Oxford Glossary.
the quantity of grain paid to the proprietor,

Knee-breeches(nē'brēch-ez),n. pl. Breeches
or his tacksman of the mill to which the
that do not reach farther down than the

Knee-stop (nē'stop), n. A stop or lever in
knee.

an organ or harmonium acted on by the lands are astricted. The knaveship is that

knee.
quantity of the grain which, by the practice

Knee-brush (nē'brush), n. In zool. (a) the
brush or tuft of hair on the knees of some

Knee-string (nē'string), n. A ligament or
of the mill, is given to the mill servant by

Addison.

tendon of the knee.
whom the work is performed.
antelopes. (6) The masses of thick-set hairs

A contrivance in
Knavess (nāv'es), n. A female knave. (Rare

on the legs of bees, by means of which they Knee-swell (ne'swel), n.
and rhetorical.)
carry pollen from one plant to another or

a harmonium by which certain shutters are
to their hive.

made to open by means of levers pressed by Cullies, the easy cushions on which knaves and

Knee-cap (nē'kap), n. 1. In anat. the bone knavesses repose and fatten, have at all times existed

the knees. This allows more wind to act on in considerable confusion,

the reeds, and a diminuendo and crescendo Carlyle. covering the knee-joint in front; the kneeKnavish (náv'ish), a. 1. Dishonest; fraudu- pan; the patella. See KNEE-JOINT. -- 2. A

effect is more readily produced.

Knee-timber (nē'tim-bér), n. Timber of a
lent; as, a knavish fellow or a kna vish trick leather cap or covering bound over the knee
or transaction.
to preserve the clothes in kneeling, or on

bent or angular shape, suitable for making
Praise is the medium of a kuvish trade,
horses to protect them in case of a fall.

knees in shipbuilding.
A coin by Craft for Folly's use designed. Cowper. Knee-cords (nē' kordz), n. pl. Corded Knee-tribute, Knee-worship, (nē'trib-ūt,
breeches. (Colloq.)

né'wer-ship), n. Tribute paid by kneeling:
2. Waggish; mischievous.

worship or obeisance by genuflexion.
Cupid is a kravish lad,
It had long been his ambition to stand in a bar of

Receive from us
Thus to make poor females mad. Shak.

his own, in a green coat, knee-cords, and tops.

Dickens.

Knee-tribute yet unpaid, prostration vile. Milton.
Knavishly (náv'ish-li), adv. In a knavish

Knee-crooking (nē'krök-ing), a. Obsequi. Knell (nel), n. (A. Sax. cnyll, a knell; cnellan,
manner: (a) dishonestly; fraudulently; (6) ous; cringing. Many a duteous and knee- cnyllan, to sound a bell; comp. G. knellen,
waggishly; mischievously.
crooking knave.' Shak.

knallen, to make a loud noise or report,
It is ordinary for hosts to be knavishly witty Kneed (ned), a. 1. Having knees: chiefly knall, a crack, a report, Sw, knall, a loud

Gayton. used in composition; as, in-kneed, out-kneed. sound, a knell; Icel. knylla, to beat, gmella, Knavishness (nāv'ish-nes), n. The quality 2. In bot. geniculated; forming an obtuse to scream. 0.E. knoll, to toll, is a parallel

or habit of being knavish; dishonesty. angle at the joints, like the knee when a form.] The sound caused by striking a Knawi (na), v.t. To gnaw. Sir T. More. little bent; as, leneed grass.

bell; especially, and perhaps exclusively, the Knawel (na'el), n. (G. knauel, knäuel, a clew

Knee-deep (nė'dēp), a. 1. Rising to the sound of a bell rung at a funeral; a passing
of thread; D. knawel, Dan.knevel, pl.kneveler,
knees; as, water or snow knee-deep.

bell; a death signal in general.
pods of flax.] The popular name of the two

The ground in fourteen days is dry, and grass By fairy hands their knell is rung:
British species of the genus Scleranthus (S.

knee-deep within a month.

Milton.

By forins unseen their dirge is sung. Collins.
annuus and S. perennis), nat. order Scler-

Knell (nel), v... 1. To sound as a funeral
2. Sunk to the knees; as, wading in water
anthaceæ. They are mere weeds, with
or mire knee-deep.

knell; to knoll.
much - branched iffuse stems and smal

In winter weather unconcern'd he goes,

Not worth a blessing, nor a bell to knell for thee.
greenish flowers, growing on sandy soils,
Almost knee-deep througlı mire in clumsy shoes.

Beau. & FI.
and sometimes on barren heathy wastes.

Dryden. Hence-2. To sound as an omen or warning
Knead (něd), v.t. (A. Sax, cnedan, cnædan; Knee-high (nē'hī), a. Rising to the knees; of coming evil.
comp. D. kneeden, G. kneten, to knead; in as, water knee-high.
Northern English we find the part. knodden, Kneeholly (nē'hol-li), n. A plant, Ruscus

Hawks are whistling; horns are krelling:

Sir W. Scott. which shows that the verb was originally aculeatus; butcher's-broom.

Knell (nel), v.t. To summon by, or as by, a strong. O. E. gnide (A. Sax. gnidan) and Kneeholm (nē'hõlm or nē'hôm), n. Knee

knell.
A. Sax. cnidan (as in forcnidan, to beat to holly.

Each matin bell,' the baron saith,
pieces) are probably allied.] 1. To work and Knee-joint (nē'joint), n. 1. The joint which 'Knells us back to a world of death.' Coleridge.
press into a mass usually with the hands; connects the thigh and leg bones. It is a knelt (nelt), pret. & pp. of kneel.
particularly, to work into a well-mixed mass,

Chaucer.
as the materials of bread, cake, or paste; as,

Knet,+ pp. Knit or knitted. to knead dough,

2

Knew (nů), pret. of know.

b Knib (nib), v.t. Same as Nib. “Four sharp
The cake she kneaded was the savoury meat.

lawyers knibbing their pens.' Disraeli.
Prior.
2. To beat with the fists; to pommel.

Knicker (nik'ér), n. (D. knikker.] A small

ball of baked clay, used by boys as a marble; I will knead him; I'll make him supple. Shak.

especially the ball that is placed between the Kneader (nēd'ér), n. One who kneads; a

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fore-finger and thumb, and propelled by a baker.

jerk of the thumb so as to strike if possible Kneading - trough (nēd'ing-trof), n. А

one of the other balls. trough or tray in which dough is worked

Knickerbockers (nik'ėr- bok-érz), n. pl. and mixed.

(After Washington Irving's character DiedKnebelite (nē'bel-it), n. (From Von Knebel.]

rich Knickerbocker, as representative of a A mineral of a gray colour, spotted with

Dutchman.) A kind of loose breeches, of dirty white, brownish-green, or green. It

American origin, reaching just beyond the consists of about 32:5 per cent. of silica,

Human Knee-joint.

knee, where they are gathered in so as to 32-5 of ferrous oxide, and 35 0 of manganous 1, Right Knee joint laid open from the front, to show clasp the leg. Such breeches are much worn oxide.

the internal ligaments. a, Cartilaginous surface of by sportsmen and others having to travel Kneck (nek), n. Naut. the twisting of a lower extremity of the femur, with its two condyles: amid heather or rough ground.

ligament, 'c rope or a cable.

ternal semilunar fibro-cartilage. 4. External fibro. Knick-knack (nik'nak), n. [A reduplication Knedde, pp. of knede. Kneaded. Chaucer.

cartilage. ,, Part of the ligament of the patella turned of knack. Comp. click-clack, tip-top, ding.

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ch, chain; ch, Sc. loch;

8, go;

j, job; t, Fr. ton;

ng, sing;

TH, then; th, thin;

w, wig; wh, whig; zh, azure. - See KEY.

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