K \K\, (k[=a]),
the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal
consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the
Latin, which used the letter but little except in the early
period of the language. It came into the Latin from the
Greek, which received it from a Ph[oe]nician source, the
ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically K is
most nearly related to c, g, h (which see).
Note: In many words of one syllable k is used after c, as in
crack, check, deck, being necessary to exhibit a
correct pronunciation in the derivatives, cracked,
checked, decked, cracking; since without it, c, before
the vowels e and i, would be sounded like s. Formerly,
k was added to c in certain words of Latin origin, as
in musick, publick, republick; but now it is omitted.
Note: See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 240, 178, 179,
185.
Kaama \Kaa"ma\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The hartbeest.
Kabala \Kab"a*la\, n.
See {Cabala}.
Kabassou \Ka*bas"sou\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Cabassou}.
Kabob \Ka*bob"\, n. & v. t.
See {Cabob}, n. & v. t.
Kabook \Ka*book"\, n. (min.)
A clay ironstone found in Ceylon.
Kabyle \Ka*byle"\, n. [Ar. qab[=i]la.] (Ethnol.)
A Berber, as in Algiers or Tunis. See {Berber}.
Kadder \Kad"der\, n. [Cf. {Caddow}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The jackdaw.
Kadi \Ka"di\, Kadiaster \Ka`di*as"ter\, n.
A Turkish judge. See {Cadi}.
Kafal \Ka*fal"\, n. (Bot.)
The Arabian name of two trees of the genus {Balsamodendron},
which yield a gum resin and a red aromatic wood.
Kaffir \Kaf"fir\, Kafir \Ka"fir\, n. [Ar. k?fir infidel, pagan,
fr. kafara to be skeptical in religious matters; -- a name
given to certain infidel races by the Mohammedans. Cf.
{Giaour}.] (Ethnol.)
(a) One of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen,
inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of
Cape Colony, the name being now specifically applied to
the tribes living between Cape Colony and Natal; but the
Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs.
(b) One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia.
[Spelt also {Caffre}.]
{Kaffir corn} (Bot.), a Cape Colony name for Indian millet.
Kaffle \Kaf"fle\, n.
See {Coffle}.
Kafilah \Ka"fi*lah\, n.
See {Cafila}.
Kaftan \Kaf"tan\, n & v.
See {Caftan}.
Kage \Kage\, n.
A chantry chapel inclosed with lattice or screen work.
Kagu \Ka"gu\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus),
native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and
the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with
brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern.
Kaguan \Ka`gu*an"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The colugo.
Kahani \Ka"ha"ni\, n.
A kind of notary public, or attorney, in the Levant.
Kahau \Ka*hau"\, n. [Native name, from its cry.] (Zo["o]l.)
A long-nosed monkey ({Semnopithecus nasalis}), native of
Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut,
with the under parts, shoulders, and sides of the head,
golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the
back brown. Called also {proboscis monkey}. [Written also
{kaha}.]
Kail \Kail\, n.
1. (Bot.) A kind of headless cabbage. Same as {Kale}, 1.
2. Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables. [OE. or Scot.]
3. A broth made with kail or other vegetables; hence, any
broth; also, a dinner. [Scot.]
{Kail yard}, a kitchen garden. [Scot.]
Kaimacam \Kai`ma*cam"\, n.
Same as {Caimacam}.
Kain \Kain\, n. (Scots Law)
Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a
tenant to his landlord. --Wharton (Law Dict.).
Kainit \Kai"nit\, n. [Trade name, fr. kainite.]
Salts of potassium used in the manufacture of fertilizers.
Kainite \Kai"nite\, n. [Gr. ? recent.] (Min.)
A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and
magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in
Prussian Saxony.
Kainozoic \Kai`no*zo"ic\, a.
See {Cenozoic}.
Kaique \Ka*ique"\, n. (Naut.)
See {Caique}.
Kairine \Kai"rine\, n. (Chem.)
A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from
quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine.
Kairoline \Kai`ro*line\, n. (Chem.)
An organic base obtained from quinoline. It is used as a
febrifuge, and resembles kairine.
Kaiser \Kai"ser\, n. [Gr., fr. L. Caesar. Cf. {Kesar}, and
{Czar}.]
The ancient title of emperors of Germany assumed by King
William of Prussia when crowned sovereign of the new German
empire in 1871.
Kaka \Ka"ka\, n. [Maori kaka a parrot; -- so named from its
note.] (Zo["o]l.)
A New Zealand parrot of the genus {Nestor}, especially the
{brown parrot} ({Nestor meridionalis}).
Note: The {mountain kaka}, or {kea} ({N. notabilis}), is
remarkable for having recently acquired carnivorous
habits. It attacks and kills lambs and pigs, sometimes
doing great damage.
{Night kaka}. (Zo["o]l.) The kakapo.
Kakapo \Ka`ka*po"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A singular nocturnal parrot ({Strigops habroptilus}), native
of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is
active at night. It resembles an owl in its colors and
general appearance. It has large wings, but can fly only a
short distance. Called also {owl parrot}, {night parrot}, and
{night kaka}.
Kakaralli \Kak`a*ral"li\, n.
A kind of wood common in Demerara, durable in salt water,
because not subject to the depredations of the sea worm and
barnacle.
Kakistocracy \Kak`is*toc"ra*cy\, n. [Gr. ? worst + ? to rule.]
Government by the worst men.
Kakoxene \Ka*kox"ene\, n.
See {Cacoxene}.
Kalan \Ka*lan"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The sea otter.
Kalasie \Ka`la*sie"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A long-tailed monkey of Borneo ({Semnopithecus rubicundus}).
It has a tuft of long hair on the head.
Kale \Kale\, n. [Scot. kale, kail, cale, colewort, Gael. cael;
akin to Ir. cal, W. cawl, Armor. kaol. See {Cole}.]
1. (Bot.) A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not
form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the
species. [Written also {kail}, and {cale}.]
2. See {Kail}, 2.
{Sea kale} (Bot.), a European cruciferous herb ({Crambe
maritima}), often used as a pot herb; sea cabbage.
Kaleege \Ka*leege"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic pheasants,
belonging to the genus {Euplocamus}, and allied to the
firebacks.
Kaleidophon \Ka*lei"do*phon\, Kaleidophone \Ka*lei"do*phone\,
[Gr. ? beautiful + ? appearance, form + ? sound.] (Physics.)
An instrument invented by Professor Wheatstone, consisting of
a reflecting knob at the end of a vibrating rod or thin
plate, for making visible, in the motion of a point of light
reflected from the knob, the paths or curves corresponding
with the musical notes produced by the vibrations.
Kaleidoscope \Ka*lei"do*scope\, n. [Gr. ? beautiful + ? form +
-scope.]
An instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, which contains
loose fragments of colored glass, etc., and reflecting
surfaces so arranged that changes of position exhibit its
contents in an endless variety of beautiful colors and
symmetrical forms. It has been much employed in arts of
design.
Shifting like the fragments of colored glass in the
kaleidoscope. --G. W. Cable.
Kaleidoscopic \Ka*lei`do*scop"ic\, Kaleidoscopical
\Ka*lei`do*scop"ic*al\, a.
Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a kaleidoscope; variegated.
Kalendar \Kal"en*dar\, n.
See {Calendar}.
Kalendarial \Kal`en*da"ri*al\, a.
See {Calendarial}.
Kalender \Kal"en*der\, n.
See 3d {Calender}.
Kalends \Kal"ends\, n.
Same as {Calends}.
Kali \Ka"li\, n. [Skr. kali.] (Hind. Cosmog.)
The last and worst of the four ages of the world; --
considered to have begun B. C. 3102, and to last 432,000
years.
Kali \Ka"li\, n. [Skr. k[=a]l[=i].] (Hind. Myth.)
The black, destroying goddess; -- called also {Doorga}, {Anna
Purna}.
Kali \Ka"li\, n. [Ar. qali. See {Alkali}.] (Bot.)
The glasswort ({Salsola Kali}).
Kalif \Ka"lif\, n.
See {Caliph}.
Kaliform \Ka"li*form\, a. [Kali + -form.]
Formed like kali, or glasswort.
Kaligenous \Ka*lig"e*nous\, a. [Kali + -genous. See {Alkali}.]
Forming alkalies with oxygen, as some metals.
Kalium \Ka"li*um\, n. [NL. See {Kali}.] (Chem.)
Potassium; -- so called by the German chemists.
Kalki \Kal"ki\, n. [Skr.]
The name of Vishnu in his tenth and last avatar. --Whitworth.
Kalmia \Kal"mi*a\, n. [NL. Named in honor of Peter Kalm, a
Swedish botanist.] (Bot.)
A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen
foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also {mountain
laurel}, {ivy bush}, {lamb kill}, {calico bush}, etc.
Kalmuck \Kal"muck\, n.
1. pl. (Ethnol.) See {Calmucks}.
2. A kind of shaggy cloth, resembling bearskin.
3. A coarse, dyed, cotton cloth, made in Prussia.
Kalong \Ka*long"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat ({Pteropus
edulis}).
Kaloyer \Ka*loy"er\, n.
See {Caloyer}.
Kalpa \Kal"pa\, n. [Skr.] (Hind. Myth.)
One of the Brahmanic eons, a period of 4,320,000,000 years.
At the end of each Kalpa the world is annihilated.
Kalsomine \Kal"so*mine\, n. & v. t.
Same as {Calcimine}.
Kam \Kam\, a. [From Celtic; cf. Gael., Ir., & W. cam. Cf.
{Jamb}, n.]
Crooked; awry. [Obs.] ``This is clean kam.'' --Shak.
Kama \Ka"ma\, n. [Skr. k[=a]ma love, the god of love.]
The Hindoo Cupid. He is represented as a beautiful youth,
with a bow of sugar cane or flowers.
Kamala \Ka*ma"la\, n. (Bot.)
The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree
({Mallotus Philippinensis}) used for dyeing silk. It is
violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm.
[Written also {kameela}.]
Kame \Kame\, n.
A low ridge. [Scot.] See {Eschar}.
Kami \Ka"mi\, n. pl. [Japanese.]
A title given to the celestial gods of the first mythical
dynasty of Japan and extended to the demigods of the second
dynasty, and then to the long line of spiritual princes still
represented by the mikado.
Kamichi \Ka"mi*chi\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A curious South American bird ({Anhima, or Palamedea,
cornuta}), often domesticated by the natives and kept with
poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a
long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp
spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs
resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in
anatomical characters to the ducks and geese ({Anseres}).
Called also {horned screamer}. The name is sometimes applied
also to the chaja. See {Chaja}, and {Screamer}.
Kamptulicon \Kamp*tu"li*con\, n. [Gr. ? to bend + ? material,
fr. ? wood, matter.]
A kind of elastic floor cloth, made of India rubber,
gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.
Kampylite \Kam"py*lite\, n. [Gr. ? bent, curved, fr. ? to bend.]
(Min.)
A variety of mimetite or arseniate of lead in hexagonal
prisms of a fine orange yellow. [Written also {campylite}.]
Kamsin \Kam*sin"\, Khamsin \Kham*sin"\, n. [Ar. khams[=i]n, fr.
khams[=u]n, oblique case khams[=i]n, fifty; -- so called
because it blows for about fifty days, from April till June.]
A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara.
[Written also {Khamseen}.]
Kamtschadales \Kam"tscha*dales\, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
An aboriginal tribe inhabiting the southern part of
Kamtschatka.
Kan \Kan\, v. t.
To know; to ken. [Obs.] See {Ken}.
Kan \Kan\, n.
See {Khan}.
Kanacka \Ka*nack"a\, Kanaka \Ka*na"ka\, n. [Native name, prop.,
a man.]
A native of the Sandwich Islands.
Kanchil \Kan"chil\, n. [Malay canch[=i]l.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small chevrotain of the genus {Tragulus}, esp. {T.
pygm[ae]us}, or {T. kanchil}, inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and
adjacent islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its agility and
cunning.
Kand \Kand\, n. (Mining)
Fluor spar; -- so called by Cornish miners.
Kangaroo \Kan"ga*roo"\, n. [Said to be the native name.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the
family {Macropodid[ae]}. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea,
and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and
a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and
feeble. The giant kangaroo ({Macropus major}) is the largest
species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total
length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus
{Dendrolagus}, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the
genus {Petrogale}, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush
kangaroos, of the genus {Halmaturus}, inhabit wooded
districts. See {Wallaby}.
{Kangaroo apple} (Bot.), the edible fruit of the Tasmanian
plant {Solanum aviculare}.
{Kangaroo grass} (Bot.), a perennial Australian forage grass
({Anthistiria australis}).
{Kangaroo hare} (Zo["o]l.), the jerboa kangaroo. See under
{Jerboa}.
{Kangaroo mouse}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Jumping mouse}, under
{Jumping}.
{Kangaroo rat} (Zo["o]l.), the potoroo.
Kansas \Kan"sas\, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians allied to the Winnebagoes and Osages. They
formerly inhabited the region which is now the State of
Kansas, but were removed to the Indian Territory.
Kantian \Kant"i*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher;
conformed or relating to any or all of the philosophical
doctrines of Immanuel Kant.
Kantian \Kant"i*an\, n.
A follower of Kant; a Kantist.
Kantianism \Kant"i*an*ism\, Kantism \Kant"ism\, n.
The doctrine or theory of Kant; the Kantian philosophy.
Kantist \Kant"ist\ n.
A disciple or follower of Kant.
Kanttry \Kant"try\, n.
Same as {Cantred}.
Kaolin \Ka"o*lin\, Kaoline \Ka"o*line\, n. [Chin. kao-ling.]
(Min.)
A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an
impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain;
China clay; porcelain clay. It is chiefly derived from the
decomposition of common feldspar.
Note: The name is now applied to all porcelain clays which
endure the fire without discoloration.
Kaolinization \Ka`o*lin`i*za"tion\, n.
The process by which feldspar is changed into kaolin.
Kaolinize \Ka"o*lin*ize\, v. t.
To convert into kaolin.
Kapelle \Ka*pel"le\, n. [G.] (Mus.)
A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's chapel;
now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral. --Grove.
Kapellmeister \Ka*pell"meis`ter\, n. [G.] (Mus.)
See {Capellmeister}.
Kapia \Ka"pi*a\, n. [Native name.] (Min.)
The fossil resin of the kauri tree of New Zealand.
Kapnomar \Kap"no*mar\, n. Chem.
) See {Capnomor}.
Karagane \Kar"a*gane\, n. [Russ. karagan'] (Zo["o]l.)
A species of gray fox found in Russia.
Karaism \Ka"ra*ism\, n.
Doctrines of the Karaites.
Karaite \Ka"ra*ite\, n. [Heb. q[=a]r[=a] to read.] (Eccl. Hist.)
A sect of Jews who adhere closely to the letter of the
Scriptures, rejecting the oral law, and allowing the Talmud
no binding authority; -- opposed to the {Rabbinists}.
Karatas \Ka*ra"tas\, n. (Bot.)
A West Indian plant of the Pineapple family ({Nidularium
Karatas}).
Karma \Kar"ma\, n. [Skr.] (Buddhism)
One's acts considered as fixing one's lot in the future
existence. (Theos.) The doctrine of fate as the inflexible
result of cause and effect; the theory of inevitable
consequence.
Karmathian \Kar*ma"thi*an\, n.
One of a Mohammedan sect founded in the ninth century by
Karmat.
Karn \Karn\, n. [Cornish. Cf. {Cairn}.] (Mining)
A pile of rocks; sometimes, the solid rock. See {Cairn}.
Karob \Ka"rob\, n. [Cf. {Carat}.]
The twenty-fourth part of a grain; -- a weight used by
goldsmiths. --Crabb.
Karpholite \Kar"pho*lite\, n. [Gr. ? rice straw + -lite: cf. F.
carpholithe.] (Min.)
A fibrous mineral occurring in tufts of a straw-yellow color.
It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and manganese.
Karreo \Kar*reo"\, n.; pl. {Karroos}.
One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise
terracelike to considerable elevations. [Also {karoo}.]
{The Great Karroo}, or {The Karroo}, a vast plateau, in Cape
Colony, stretching through five degrees of longitude, at
an elevation of about 3,000 feet.
Karstenite \Kar"sten*ite\, n.
Same as {Anhydrite}.
Karvel \Kar"vel\, n. [Obs.]
See {Carvel}, and {Caravel}.
Karyokinesis \Kar"y*o*ki*ne`sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a nut,
kernel + ? to move.] (Biol.)
The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of
the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the
nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; --
opposed to {karyostenosis}. The nucleus becomes enlarged and
convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two
groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute
the daughter nuclei. Called also {mitosis}. See {Cell
development}, under {Cell}.
Karyokinetic \Kar`y*o*ki*net"ic\, a. (Biol.)
Of or pertaining to karyokinesis; as, karyokinetic changes of
cell division.
Karyomiton \Kar`y*om"i*ton\, n. [NL., Gr. (?) a nut + (?) a
thread.] (Biol.)
The reticular network of fine fibers, of which the nucleus of
a cell is in part composed; -- in opposition to kytomiton, or
the network in the body of the cell. --W. Flemming.
Karyoplasma \Kar`y*o*plas"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a num + ? a
thing molded.] (Biol.)
The protoplasmic substance of the nucleus of a cell:
nucleoplasm; -- in opposition to kytoplasma, the protoplasm
of the cell.
Karyostenosis \Kar`y*o*ste*no"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a nut,
kernel + ? a being straitened.] (Biol.)
Direct cell division (in which there is first a simple
division of the nucleus, without any changes in its
structure, followed by division of the protoplasm of the
karyostenotic mode of nuclear division.
Kasack \Ka*sack"\, n. (Ethnol.)
Same as {Cossack}.
Kat \Kat\, n. (Bot.)
An Arabian shrub Catha edulis) the leaves of which are used
as tea by the Arabs.
Katabolic \Kat`a*bol"ic\, a. (Physiol.)
Of or pertaining to katabolism; as, katabolic processes,
which give rise to substances (katastates) of decreasing
complexity and increasing stability.
Katabolism \Ka*tab"o*lism\, n. [Gr. ? down + ? to throw.]
(Physiol.)
Destructive or downward metabolism; regressive metamorphism;
-- opposed to {anabolism}. See {Disassimilation}.
Katastate \Kat"a*state\, n. [Gr. (?) down + (?) to cause to
stand.]
(Physiol.) A substance formed by a katabolic process; --
opposed to {anastate}. See {Katabolic}.
Kate \Kate\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The brambling finch.
Kathetal \Kath"e*tal\, a. [Gr. ? a perpendicular line. See
{Cathetus}.] (Math.)
Making a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two
sides of a triangle, which include a right angle.
Kathetometer \Kath`e*tom"e*ter\, n.
Same as {Cathetometer}.
Kattinumdoo \Kat`ti*num"doo\, n.
A caoutchouc like substance obtained from the milky juice of
the East Indian {Euphorbia Kattimundoo}. It is used as a
cement.
Katydid \Ka"ty*did`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect ({Cyrtophyllus
concavus}) of the family {Locustid[ae]}, common in the United
States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of
the front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the
evening, the males make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound,
resembling the combination Katy-did, whence the name.
Kauri \Ka"u*ri\, n. [Native name.] (Bot.)
A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand {Agathis, or Dammara,
australis}), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind
of dammar resin. [Written also {kaudi}, {cowdie}, and
{cowrie}.]
Kava \Ka"va\, n. [Polynesian.] (Bot.)
A species of {Macropiper} ({M. methysticum}), the long
pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is
made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also,
the beverage itself. [Written also {kawa}, {kava}, and
{ava}.]
Kavass \Ka*vass"\, n.; pl. {Kavasses}[Turk. k[=a]vv[=a]s]
An armed constable; also, a government servant or courier.
[Turkey]
Kaw \Kaw\, v. i. & n.
See {Caw}.
Kawaka \Ka*wa"ka\, n. (Bot.)
a New Zealand tree, the Cypress cedar ({Libocedrus Doniana}),
having a valuable, fine-grained, reddish wood.
Kawn \Kawn\, n.
An inn. [Turkey] See {Khan}.
Kayak \Kay"ak\, n. (Naut.)
A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and
usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits
amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to
the Eskimos and other Arctic tribes.
Kayaker \Kay"ak*er\, n.
One who uses a kayak.
Kayko \Kay"ko\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The dog salmon.
Kayles \Kayles\, n. pl. [Akin to Dan. kegle, Sw. kegla, D. & G.
kegel, OHG. kegil, whence F. quille.]
A game; ninepins. [Prov Eng.] --Carew.
Kaynard \Kay"nard\, n. [F. cagnard.]
A lazy or cowardly person; a rascal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Keck \Keck\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kecked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kecking}.] [Cf. dial. G. k["o]cken, k["o]ken.]
To heave or to retch, as in an effort to vomit. [R.] --Swift.
Keck \Keck\, n.
An effort to vomit; queasiness. [R.]
Keckle \Kec"kle\, v. i. & n.
See {Keck}, v. i. & n.
Keckle \Kec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Keckled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Keckling}.] (Naut.)
To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface
from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend
from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice.
--Totten.
Keckling \Kec"kling\, n.
Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See {Keckle},
v. t.
Kecklish \Kec"klish\, a. [From keck, keckle.]
Inclined to vomit; squeamish. [R.] --Holland.
Kecksy \Keck"sy\, n.; pl. {Kecksies} (-s[i^]z). [Properly pl. of
kex. See {Kex}.] (Bot.)
The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow
parsnip or the hemlock. [Written also {kex}, and in {pl}.,
{kecks}, {kaxes}.]
Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles,
kecksies, burs. --Shak.
Kecky \Keck"y\, a.
Resembling a kecksy. --Grew.
Kedge \Kedge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kedged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kedging}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. keka to tug, to drag one's self
slowly forward; or perh. fr. ked, and kedge, n., for ked
anchor, named from the ked or cask fastened to the anchor to
show where it lies.] (Naut.)
To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat,
dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.
Kedge \Kedge\, n. [See {Kedge}, v. t.] (Naut.)
A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed
witch. See {Kedge}, v. t., and {Anchor}, n.
Kedger \Kedg"er\n. (Naut.)
A small anchor; a kedge.
Kedlook \Ked"look\, n. [Cf. dial. G. k["o]ddik, k["u]dik,
kettich, keek, Dan. kidike, E. charlock, and AS. cedelc the
herb mercury.] (Bot.)
See {Charlock}.
Kee \Kee\ (k[=e]), n. pl. of Cow. [AS. c[=y], pl. of c[=u] cow.
See {Kine}.]
See {Kie}, {Ky}, and {Kine}. [Prov. Eng.] --Gay.
Keech \Keech\ (k[=e]ch), n. [Cf. Prov. E. keech a cake.]
A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Keel \Keel\ (k[=e]l), v. t. & i. [AS. c[=e]lan to cool, fr.
c[=o]l cool. See {Cool}.]
To cool; to skim or stir. [Obs.]
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. --Shak.
Keel \Keel\, n.
A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
Keel \Keel\, n. [Cf. AS. ce['o]l ship; akin to D. & G. kiel
keel, OHG. chiol ship, Icel. kj[=o]ll, and perh. to Gr.
gay^los a round-built Ph[oe]nician merchant vessel, gaylo`s
bucket; cf. Skr. g[=o]la ball, round water vessel. But the
meaning of the English word seems to come from Icel. kj["o]lr
keel, akin to Sw. k["o]l, Dan. kj["o]l.]
1. (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers
scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the
bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the
vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side,
supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a
combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a
wooden ship. See Illust. of {Keelson}.
2. Fig.: The whole ship.
3. A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal
from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one
tons, four cwt. [Eng.]
4. (Bot.) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a
papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens
and pistil; a carina. See {Carina}.
5. (Nat. Hist.) A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat
or curved surface.
{Bilge keel} (Naut.), a keel peculiar to ironclad vessels,
extending only a portion of the length of the vessel under
the bilges. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
{False keel}. See under {False}.
{Keel boat}.
(a) A covered freight boat, with a keel, but no sails,
used on Western rivers. [U. S.]
(b) A low, flat-bottomed freight boat. See {Keel}, n., 3.
{Keel piece}, one of the timbers or sections of which a keel
is composed.
{On even keel}, in a level or horizontal position, so that
the draught of water at the stern and the bow is the same.
--Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Keel \Keel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Keeled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Keeling}.]
1. To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
2. To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
{To keel over}, to upset; to capsize. [Colloq.]
Keelage \Keel"age\, n. [Cf. F. guillage, fr. guille keel; of
German or Scand origin. See 3d {Keel}.]
The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a
port; also, the duty or toll. --Bouvier. Wharton.
Keeled \Keeled\, a.
1. (Bot.) Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on
the back; as, a keeled leaf.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Having a median ridge; carinate; as, a keeled
scale.
Keeler \Keel"er\, n. [See 3d {Keel}.]
1. One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; -- called also
{keelman}.
2. A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding
materials for calking ships, or one used for washing
dishes, etc.
Keelfat \Keel"fat`\, n. [Keel to cool + fat a large tub, a vat.]
(Brewing)
A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc. [Written also
{keelvat}.] --Johnson.
Keelhaul \Keel"haul`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Keelhauled}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Keelhauling}.] [3d keel + haul: cf. LG. & D.
kielhalen, G. kielholen. ] [Written also {keelhale}.] (Naut.)
To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the
yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a
punishment in the Dutch and English navies. --Totten.
Keeling \Kee"ling\, n. [Cf. Icel. keila, Sw. kolja, Dan. kulle.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A cod.
Keelivine \Kee"li*vine\, n. [Cf. Gael. cil ruddle.]
A pencil of black or red lead; -- called also {keelyvine
pen}. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
Keelman \Keel"man\, n.; pl. -{men}.
See {Keeler}, 1.
Keelrake \Keel"rake`\, v. t. (Naut.)
Same as {Keelhaul}.
Keels \Keels\, n. pl.
Ninepins. See {Kayles}.
Keelson \Keel"son\, n. [Akin to Sw. k["o]lsvin, Dan.
kj["o]lsviin, G. kielschwein; apparently compounded of the
words keel and swine; but cf. Norweg. kj["o]lsvill, where
svill is akin to E. sill, n. ] (Shipbuilding)
A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor
timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the
keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like
the keelson of a timber ship.
{Cross keelson}, a similar structure lying athwart the main
keelson, to support the engines and boilers.
Keelvat \Keel"vat`\, n.
See {Keelfat}.
Keen \Keen\ (k[=e]n), a. [Compar. {Keener} (-[~e]r); superl.
{Keenest}.] [OE. kene sharp, bold, AS. c[=e]ne bold; akin to
D. koen, OHG. kuoni, G. k["u]hn, OSw. kyn, k["o]n, Icel.
k[ae]nn, for k[oe]nn wise; perh. akin to E. ken, can to be
able. [root]45. ]
1. Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a
razor with a keen edge.
A bow he bare and arwes [arrows] bright and kene.
--Chaucer.
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes.
--Shak.
2. Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing
mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen
look; keen features.
To make our wits more keen. --Shak.
Before the keen inquiry of her thought. --Cowper.
3. Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe;
as, keen satire or sarcasm.
Good father cardinal, cry thou amen To my keen
curses. --Shak.
4. Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold,
wind, etc,; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes.
--Goldsmith.
5. Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite. ``Of full
kene will.'' --Piers Plowman.
So keen and greedy to confound a man. --Shak.
Note: Keen is often used in the composition of words, most of
which are of obvious signification; as, keen-edged,
keen-eyed, keen-sighted, keen-witted, etc.
Syn: Prompt; eager; ardent; sharp; acute; cutting;
penetrating; biting; severe; sarcastic; satirical;
piercing; shrewd.
Keen \Keen\, v. t.
To sharpen; to make cold. [R.]
Cold winter keens the brightening flood. --Thomson.
Keen \Keen\, n. [Ir. caoine.]
A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. {Coranach}.
[Ireland] --Froude.
Keen \Keen\, v. i.
To wail as a keener does. [Ireland]
Keener \Keen"er\, n.
A professional mourner who wails at a funeral. [Ireland]
Keenly \Keen"ly\, adv.
In a keen manner.
Keenness \Keen"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being keen.
Keep \Keep\ (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k?pen, AS. c?pan to keep, regard, desire,
await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to
desire.]
1. To care; to desire. [Obs.]
I kepe not of armes for to yelp [boast]. --Chaucer.
2. To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let
go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to
lose; to retain; to detain.
If we lose the field, We can not keep the town.
--Shak.
That I may know what keeps me here with you.
--Dryden.
If we would weigh and keep in our minds what we are
considering, that would instruct us. --Locke.
3. To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to
maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or
tenor.
His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. --Milton.
Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on.
--Addison.
Note: In this sense it is often used with prepositions and
adverbs, as to keep away, to keep down, to keep from,
to keep in, out, or off, etc. ``To keep off
impertinence and solicitation from his superior.''
--Addison.
4. To have in custody; to have in some place for
preservation; to take charge of.
The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was
always kept in the castle of Vicegrade. --Knolles.
5. To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.
Behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee. --Gen.
xxviii. 15.
6. To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to
communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.
Great are thy virtues . . . though kept from man.
--Milton.
7. To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the
garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. --Gen.
ii. 15.
In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor.
--Carew.
8. To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to
keep books, a journal, etc.; also, to enter (as accounts,
records, etc. ) in a book.
9. To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the
like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store.
Like a pedant that keeps a school. --Shak.
Every one of them kept house by himself. --Hayward.
10. To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to
keep boarders.
11. To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an
assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.
I keep but three men and a boy. --Shak.
12. To have habitually in stock for sale.
13. To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to
intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to
keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession.
Both day and night did we keep company. --Shak.
Within this portal as I kept my watch. --Smollett.
14. To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from
or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to
neglect; to be faithful to.
I have kept the faith. --2 Tim. iv.
7.
Him whom to love is to obey, and keep His great
command. --Milton.
15. To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as,
to keep one's house, room, bed, etc.; hence, to haunt; to
frequent. --Shak.
'Tis hallowed ground; Fairies, and fawns, and
satyrs do it keep. --J. Fletcher.
16. To observe duty, as a festival, etc.; to celebrate; to
solemnize; as, to keep a feast.
I went with them to the house of God . . . with a
multitude that kept holyday. --Ps. xlii. 4.
{To keep at arm's length}. See under {Arm}, n.
{To keep back}.
(a) To reserve; to withhold. ``I will keep nothing back
from you.'' --Jer. xlii. 4.
(b) To restrain; to hold back. ``Keep back thy servant
also from presumptuous sins.'' --Ps. xix. 13.
{To keep company with}.
(a) To frequent the society of; to associate with; as,
let youth keep company with the wise and good.
(b) To accompany; to go with; as, to keep company with
one on a voyage; also, to pay court to, or accept
attentions from, with a view to marriage. [Colloq.]
{To keep counsel}. See under {Counsel}, n.
{To keep down}.
(a) To hold in subjection; to restrain; to hinder.
(b) (Fine Arts) To subdue in tint or tone, as a portion
of a picture, so that the spectator's attention may
not be diverted from the more important parts of the
work.
{To keep good} (or {bad}) {hours}, to be customarily early
(or late) in returning home or in retiring to rest. -- {To
keep house}.
(a) To occupy a separate house or establishment, as with
one's family, as distinguished from boarding; to
manage domestic affairs.
(b) (Eng. Bankrupt Law) To seclude one's self in one's
house in order to evade the demands of creditors. --
{To keep one's hand in}, to keep in practice. -- {To keep
open house}, to be hospitable. -- {To keep the peace} (Law),
to avoid or to prevent a breach of the peace. -- {To keep
school}, to govern, manage and instruct or teach a school, as
a preceptor. -- {To keep a stiff upper lip}, to keep up
one's courage. [Slang] -- {To keep term}.
(a) (Eng. Universities) To reside during a term.
(b) (Inns of Court) To eat a sufficient number of dinners
in hall to make the term count for the purpose of
being called to the bar. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.
{To keep touch}. See under {Touch}, n.
{To keep under}, to hold in subjection; hence, to oppress.
{To keep up}.
(a) To maintain; to prevent from falling or diminution;
as, to keep up the price of goods; to keep up one's
credit.
(b) To maintain; to continue; to prevent from ceasing.
``In joy, that which keeps up the action is the
desire to continue it.'' --Locke.
Syn: To retain; detain; reserve; preserve; hold; restrain;
maintain; sustain; support; withhold. -- To {Keep}.
Usage: {Retain}, {Preserve}. Keep is the generic term, and is
often used where retain or preserve would too much
restrict the meaning; as, to keep silence, etc. Retain
denotes that we keep or hold things, as against
influences which might deprive us of them, or reasons
which might lead us to give them up; as, to retain
vivacity in old age; to retain counsel in a lawsuit;
to retain one's servant after a reverse of fortune.
Preserve denotes that we keep a thing against agencies
which might lead to its being destroyed or broken in
upon; as, to preserve one's health; to preserve
appearances.
Keep \Keep\, v. i.
1. To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide;
to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep
near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to
keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach.
2. To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.
If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it
makes will not keep. --Mortimer.
3. To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell. [Now disused
except locally or colloquially.]
Knock at his study, where, they say, he keeps.
--Shak.
4. To take care; to be solicitous; to watch. [Obs.]
Keep that the lusts choke not the word of God that
is in us. --Tyndale.
5. To be in session; as, school keeps to-day. [Colloq.]
{To keep from}, to abstain or refrain from.
{To keep in with}, to keep on good terms with; as, to keep in
with an opponent.
{To keep on}, to go forward; to proceed; to continue to
advance.
{To keep to}, to adhere strictly to; not to neglect or
deviate from; as, to keep to old customs; to keep to a
rule; to keep to one's word or promise.
{To keep up}, to remain unsubdued; also, not to be confined
to one's bed.
Keep \Keep\, n.
1. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed;
charge. --Chaucer.
Pan, thou god of shepherds all, Which of our tender
lambkins takest keep. --Spenser.
2. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition;
case; as, to be in good keep.
3. The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance;
support; as, the keep of a horse.
Grass equal to the keep of seven cows. --Carlyle.
I performed some services to the college in return
for my keep. --T. Hughes.
4. That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a
castle; specifically, the strongest and securest part of a
castle, often used as a place of residence by the lord of
the castle, especially during a siege; the donjon. See
Illust. of {Castle}.
The prison strong, Within whose keep the captive
knights were laid. --Dryden.
The lower chambers of those gloomy keeps. --Hallam.
I think . . . the keep, or principal part of a
castle, was so called because the lord and his
domestic circle kept, abode, or lived there. --M. A.
Lower.
5. That which is kept in charge; a charge. [Obs.]
Often he used of his keep A sacrifice to bring.
--Spenser.
6. (Mach.) A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in
place.
{To take keep}, to take care; to heed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Keeper \Keep"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which,
holds or has possession of anything.
2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a
prison and the charge of prisoners.
3. One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of
anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of
a gate, etc.; the keeper of attached property; hence, one
who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver.
The Lord is thy keeper. --Ps. cxxi. 6.
4. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
Discreet; chaste; keepers at home. --Titus ii. 5.
5. A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object
in place; as:
(a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock
protrudes, when shot.
(b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger.
(c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end
of the strap.
6. A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good
keeper. -- Downing.
{Keeper of the forest} (O. Eng. Law), an officer who had the
principal government of all things relating to the forest.
{Keeper of the great seal}, a high officer of state, who has
custody of the great seal. The office is now united with
that of lord chancellor. [Eng.]
{Keeper of the King's conscience}, the lord chancellor; -- a
name given when the chancellor was an ecclesiastic. [Eng.]
{Keeper of the privy seal} (styled also lord privy seal), a
high officer of state, through whose hands pass all
charters, pardons, etc., before they come to the great
seal. He is a privy councillor, and was formerly called
{clerk of the privy seal}. [Eng.]
{Keeper of a magnet}, a piece of iron which connects the two
poles, for the purpose of keeping the magnetic power
undiminished; an armature.
Keepership \Keep"er*ship\, n.
The office or position of a keeper. --Carew.
Keeping \Keep"ing\, n.
1. A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care;
preservation.
His happiness is in his own keeping. --South.
2. Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have
good keeping.
The work of many hands, which earns my keeping.
--Milton.
3. Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these
subjects are in keeping with each other.
4. (Paint.) Harmony or correspondence between the different
parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this
painting is not in keeping.
{Keeping room}, a family sitting room. [New Eng. & Prov.
Eng.]
Syn: Care; guardianship; custody; possession.
Keepsake \Keep"sake`\, n.
Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the
giver; a token of friendship.
Keesh \Keesh\, n.
See {Kish}.
Keeve \Keeve\, n. [AS. c?f, fr. L. cupa a tub, cask; also, F.
cuve. Cf. {Kive}, {Coop}.]
1. (Brewing) A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash
tub. --Ure.
2. (Bleaching) A bleaching vat; a kier.
3. (Mining) A large vat used in dressing ores.
Keeve \Keeve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Keeved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Keeving}.]
1. To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation.
2. To heave; to tilt, as a cart. [Prov. Eng.]
Keever \Keev"er\, n.
See {Keeve}, n.
Keffe-kil \Kef"fe-kil\, n. (Min.)
See {Kiefekil}.
Keg \Keg\ (k[e^]g), n. [Earlier cag, Icel. kaggi; akin to Sw.
kagge.]
A small cask or barrel.
Keilhau-ite \Keil"hau-ite\, n. (Min.)
A mineral of a brownish black color, related to titanite in
form. It consists chiefly of silica, titanium dioxide, lime,
and yttria.
Keir \Keir\, n.
See {Kier}.
Keitloa \Keit*lo"a\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A black, two-horned, African rhinoceros ({Atelodus keitloa}).
It has the posterior horn about as long as the anterior one,
or even longer.
Keld \Keld\, a. [Cf. {Cavl}.]
Having a kell or covering; webbed. [Obs.] --Drayton.
Kele \Kele\, v. t. [See {Keel} to cool.]
To cool. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Kell \Kell\, n.
A kiln. [Obs.]
Kell \Kell\, n. [A modification of kale.]
A sort of pottage; kale. See {Kale}, 2. --Ainsworth.
Kell \Kell\, n. [Cf. {Caul}.]
1. The caul; that which covers or envelops as a caul; a net;
a fold; a film. [Obs.]
I'll have him cut to the kell. --Beau. & Fl.
2. The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect. -- B. Jonson.
Keloid \Ke"loid\, a. [Gr. ? tumor + -oid.] (Med.)
Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular
excrescences upon the skin. -- n. A keloid tumor.
Kelotomy \Ke*lot"o*my\, n. (Med.)
See {Celotomy}.
Kelp \Kelp\, n. [Formerly kilpe; of unknown origin.]
1. The calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in
the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of
iodine.
2. (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed.
Note: {Laminaria} is the common kelp of Great Britain;
{Macrocystis pyrifera} and {Nereocystis Lutkeana} are
the great kelps of the Pacific Ocean.
{Kelp crab} (Zo["o]l.), a California spider crab ({Epialtus
productus}), found among seaweeds, which it resembles in
color.
{Kelp salmon} (Zo["o]l.), a serranoid food fish ({Serranus
clathratus}) of California. See {Cabrilla}.
Kelpfish \Kelp"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small California food fish ({Heterostichus rostratus}),
living among kelp. The name is also applied to species of the
genus {Platyglossus}.
Kelpie \Kel"pie\, Kelpy \Kel"py\, n.; pl. {Kelpies}. [Cf. Gael.
cailpeach, calpach, colpach, a heifer, steer, colt, colpa a
cow or horse.] (Scotch Myth.)
An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form,
vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and
lights, those who are to be drowned. --Jamieson.
Kelpware \Kelp"ware`\, n.
Same as {Kelp}, 2.
Kelson \Kel"son\, n.
See {Keelson}. --Sir W. Raleigh.
Kelt \Kelt\, n.
See {Kilt}, n. --Jamieson.
Kelt \Kelt\, n. [Cf. Icel. kult quilt.]
Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool. [Scot.]
--Jamieson.
Kelt \Kelt\, n.
A salmon after spawning. [Scot.]
Kelt \Kelt\, n.
Same as {Celt}, one of Celtic race.
Kelter \Kel"ter\, n. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. cealt clothes, Gael.
cealltair spear, castle, cause, Prov. E. kilter tool,
instrument. Cf. {Kilt}.]
Regular order or proper condition. [Written also {kilter}.]
[>Colloq.]
If the organs of prayer be out of kelter or out of
tune, how can we pray? --Barrow.
Keltic \Kelt"ic\, a. & n.
Same as {Celtic}, a. & n.
Kemb \Kemb\ (k[e^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kembed} (k[e^]md) or
{Kempt} (k[e^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Kembing}.] [OE.
kemben, AS. cemban, fr. camb comb.]
To comb. [Obs.]
His longe hair was kembed behind his back. --Chaucer.
Kemelin \Kem"e*lin\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. kemlin, kimlin, kimmel, a
salting tub, any tub, kembing a brewing tub, G. kumme bowl,
basin, W. cwmman a tub, brewing tub.]
A tub; a brewer's vessel. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Kemp \Kemp\, Kempty \Kemp"ty\, n.
Coarse, rough hair wool or fur, injuring its quality.
Kempe \Kem"pe\, a.
Rough; shaggy. [Obs.] ``Kempe hairs.'' --Chaucer.
Kemps \Kemps\, n. pl. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
The long flower stems of the ribwort plantain ({Plantago
Lanceolata}). --Dr. Prior.
Kempt \Kempt\,
p. p. of {Kemb}. --B. Jonson.
Ken \Ken\, n. [Perh. from kennel.]
A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves. [Slang,
Eng.]
Ken \Ken\, n. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kenned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kenning}.] [OE. kennen to teach, make known, know, AS.
cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related
Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G. kennen to know, Goth.
kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to
AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. [root]45. See {Can} to be
able, {Know}.]
1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or
Scot.]
2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.]
``We ken them from afar.'' --Addison
'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. --Shak.
Ken \Ken\, v. i.
To look around. [Obs.] --Burton.
Ken \Ken\, n.
Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge.
``Beyond his ken.'' --Longfellow.
Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension.
--South.
It was relief to quit the ken And the inquiring looks
of men. --Trench.
Kendal green \Ken"dal green`\, or Kendal \Ken"dal\
A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen,
formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland,
England. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green ?
--Shak.
Kennel \Ken"nel\, n. [See {Channel}, {Canal}.]
The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a
gutter; also, a puddle. --Bp. Hall.
Kennel \Ken"nel\, n. [OE. kenel, (assumed) OF. kenil, F. chenil,
LL. canile, fr. L. canis a dog. Cf. {Canine}.]
1. A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds.
A dog sure, if he could speak, had wit enough to
describe his kennel. --Sir P.
Sidney.
2. A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs. --Shak.
3. The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.
Kennel \Ken"nel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kenneled}or {Kennelled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Kennelling}.]
To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
The dog kenneled in a hollow tree. --L'Estrange.
Kennel \Ken"nel\, v. t.
To put or keep in a kennel. --Thomson.
Kennel coal \Ken"nel coal`\
See {Cannel coal}.
Kenning \Ken"ning\, n. [See {Ken}, v. t.]
1. Range of sight. [Obs.] --Bacon.
2. The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about
twenty miles.
Keno \Ke"no\, n. [F. quine five winning numbers, fr. L. quini
five each, quinque five. See {Five}.]
A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with
balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered. [U. S.]
Kenogenesis \Ken`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. ? new + E. genesis.]
(Biol.)
Modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make
their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of
the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its environment; --
distinguished from palingenesis. [Written also
{c[ae]nogenesis}.]
Kenogenetic \Ken`o*ge*net"ic\, a. (Biol.)
Of or pertaining to kenogenesis; as, kenogenetic processes.
-- {Ken`o*ge*net"ic*al*ly}, adv.
Kenspeckle \Ken"spec`kle\, a.
Having so marked an appearance as easily to be recognized.
[Scot.]
Kent bugle \Kent" bu"gle\ [Probably named after a Duke of Kent.]
(Mus.)
A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of
which the performer can play upon every key in the musical
scale; -- called also {keyed bugle}, and key {bugle}.
--Moore.
Kentle \Ken"tle\, n. [From {Quintal}.] (Com.)
A hundred weight; a quintal.
Kentledge \Kent"ledge\, n. [OF. cant edge, corner, D. kant. See
{Cant} edge, angle.] (Naut.)
Pigs of iron used for ballast. [Written also {kintlidge}.]
Kentucky \Ken*tuck"y\, n.
One of the United States.
{Kentucky blue grass} (Bot.), a valuable pasture and meadow
grass ({Poa pratensis}), found in both Europe and America.
See under {Blue grass}.
{Kentucky coffee tree} (Bot.), a tall North American tree
({Gymnocladus Canadensis}) with bipinnate leaves. It
produces large woody pods containing a few seeds which
have been used as a substitute for coffee. The timber is
very valuable.
Kephalin \Keph"a*lin\ (k[e^]f"[.a]*l[i^]n), n. [Gr. kefalh` the
head.] (Physiol. Chem.)
One of a group of nitrogenous phosphorized principles,
supposed by Thudichum to exist in brain tissue.
Kept \Kept\, imp. & p. p.
of {Keep}.
{Kept mistress}, a concubine; a woman supported by a man as
his paramour.
Keramic \Ke*ram"ic\, a.
Same as {Ceramic}.
Keramics \Ke*ram"ics\, n.
Same as {Ceramics}.
Keramographic \Ker`a*mo*graph"ic\, a. [Gr. ke`ramos tile + graph
+ ic.]
Suitable to be written upon; capable of being written upon,
as a slate; -- said especially of a certain kind of globe.
--Scudamore.
Kerana \Ke*ra"na\, n. (Mus.)
A kind of long trumpet, used among the Persians. --Moore
(Encyc. of Music).
Kerargyrite \Ke*rar"gy*rite\, n.
See {Cerargyrite}.
Kerasin \Ker"a*sin\, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
A nitrogenous substance free from phosphorus, supposed to be
present in the brain; a body closely related to cerebrin.
Kerasine \Ker"a*sine\, a. [Gr. ke`ras horn.]
Resembling horn; horny; corneous.
Keratin \Ker"a*tin\, n. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing
sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the
chemical basis of epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair,
feathers, and the like. It is an insoluble substance, and,
unlike elastin, is not dissolved even by gastric or
pancreatic juice. By decomposition with sulphuric acid it
yields leucin and tyrosin, as does albumin. Called also
{epidermose}.
Keratitis \Ker`a*ti"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn +
-itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the cornea.
Keratode \Ker"a*tode\, n.
See {Keratose}.
Keratogenous \Ker`a*tog"e*nous\, a. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn +
-genous.]
Producing horn; as, the keratogenous membrane within the
horny hoof of the horse.
Keratoidea \Ker`a*toi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ke`ras,
-atos, horn + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Keratosa}.
Keratome \Ker"a*tome\, n. [Gr. ke`ras, horn + ? to cut.] (Surg.)
An instrument for dividing the cornea in operations for
cataract.
Keratonyxis \Ker`a*to*nyx"is\, n. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn + ?
puncture.] (Med.)
The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle
through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque
mass.
Keratophyte \Ker"a*to*phyte\, n. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, a horn + ?
a plant.] (Zo["o]l.)
A gorgonian coral having a horny axis.
Keratosa \Ker`a*to"sa\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras, -atos, a
horn.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of sponges having a skeleton composed of hornlike
fibers. It includes the commercial sponges.
Keratose \Ker"a*tose`\, n. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition
of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; --
called also {keratode}.
Keratose \Ker"a*tose`\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Containing hornlike fibers or fibers of keratose; belonging
to the Keratosa.
Keraunograph \Ke*rau"no*graph\, n. [Gr. ? thunderbolt + graph.]
A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human
body or elsewhere. -- {Ker`au-nog"ra-phy}, n.
Kerb \Kerb\, n.
See {Curb}.
Kerbstone \Kerb"stone`\, n.
See {Curbstone}.
Kercher \Ker"cher\, n.
A kerchief. [Obs.]
He became . . . white as a kercher. --Sir T.
North.
Kerchered \Ker"chered\, a.
Covered, or bound round, with a kercher. [Obs.] --G.
Fletcher.
Kerchief \Ker"chief\, n.; pl. {Kerchiefs}. [OE. coverchef, OF.
cuevrechief, couvrechef, F. couvrechef, a head covering, fr.
couvrir to cover + OF. chief head, F. chef. See {Cover},
{Chief}, and cf. {Curfew}.]
1. A square of fine linen worn by women as a covering for the
head; hence, anything similar in form or material, worn
for ornament on other parts of the person; -- mostly used
in compounds; as, neckerchief; breastkerchief; and later,
handkerchief.
He might put on a hat, a muffler, and a kerchief,
and so escape. --Shak.
Her black hair strained away To a scarlet kerchief
caught beneath her chin. --Mrs.
Browning.
2. A lady who wears a kerchief. --Dryden.
Kerchiefed \Ker"chiefed\, Kerchieft \Ker"chieft\, a.
Dressed; hooded; covered; wearing a kerchief. --Milton.
Kerf \Kerf\, n. [AS. cyrf a cutting off, fr. ceorfan to cut,
carve. See {Carve}.]
A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or
sawing.
Kerite \Ke"rite\, n. [Gr. ke`ras, horn.]
A compound in which tar or asphaltum combined with animal or
vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely
resembling rubber; -- used principally as an insulating
material in telegraphy. --Knight.
Kerl \Kerl\, n.
See {Carl}.
Kermes \Ker"mes\, n. [Ar. & Per. girmiz. See {Crimson}, and cf.
{Alkermes}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The dried bodies of the females of a scale
insect ({Coccus ilicis}), allied to the cochineal insect,
and found on several species of oak near the
Mediterranean. They are round, about the size of a pea,
contain coloring matter analogous to carmine, and are used
in dyeing. They were anciently thought to be of a
vegetable nature, and were used in medicine. [Written also
{chermes}.]
2. (Bot.) A small European evergreen oak ({Quercus
coccifera}) on which the kermes insect ({Coccus ilicis})
feeds. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
{Kermes mineral}.
(a) (Old Chem.) An artificial amorphous trisulphide of
antimony; -- so called on account of its red color.
(b) (Med. Chem.) A compound of the trioxide and
trisulphide of antimony, used in medicine. This
substance occurs in nature as the mineral kermesite.
Kermesse \Ker"messe\, n. [F.]
See {Kirmess}.
Kern \Kern\, n. [Ir. ceatharnach.Cf. {Cateran}. ]
1. A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of
Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass,
and often used as a term of contempt. --Macaulay.
Now for our Irish wars; We must supplant those
rough, rug-headed kerns. --Shak.
2. Any kind of boor or low-lived person. [Obs.] --Blount.
3. (O. Eng. Law) An idler; a vagabond. --Wharton.
Kern \Kern\, n. (Type Founding)
A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body,
or shank.
Kern \Kern\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kerned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kerning}. ] (Type Founding)
To form with a kern. See 2d {Kern}.
Kern \Kern\, n. [See {Churn}. ]
A churn. [Prov. Eng.]
Kern \Kern\, n. [AS. cweorn, cwyrn. See {Quern}. ]
A hand mill. See {Quern}. --Johnson.
Kern \Kern\, v. i. [Cf. G. kern kernel, grain; akin to E. corn.
See {Corn}, {Kernel}. ]
1. To harden, as corn in ripening. [Obs.] --Carew.
2. To take the form of kernels; to granulate. [Obs.]
It is observed that rain makes the salt kern.
--Dampier.
Kerned \Kerned\, a. (Print.)
Having part of the face projecting beyond the body or shank;
-- said of type. ``In Roman, f and j are the only kerned
letters.'' --MacKellar.
Kernel \Ker"nel\, n. [OE. kernel, kirnel, curnel, AS. cyrnel,
fr. corn grain. See {Corn}, and cf. {Kern} to harden.]
1. The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed
walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a
nut; hence, anything included in a shell, husk, or
integument; as, the kernel of a nut. See Illust. of
{Endocarp}.
' A were as good crack a fusty nut with no kernel
--Shak.
2. A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn.
3. A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a
nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
4. The central, substantial or essential part of anything;
the gist; the core; as, the kernel of an argument.
Kernel \Ker"nel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kerneled}or {Kernelled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Kerneling} or {Kernelling}.]
To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.
Kerneled \Ker"neled\, Kernelled \Ker"nelled\, a.
Having a kernel.
Kernelly \Ker"nel*ly\, a.
Full of kernels; resembling kernels; of the nature of
kernels. --Holland.
Kerish \Ker"ish\, a. [From {Kern} a boor.]
Clownish; boorish. [Obs.] ``A petty kernish prince.''
--Milton.
Kerolite \Ker"o*lite\, n. (Min.)
Same as {Cerolite}.
Kerosene \Ker"o*sene`\, n. [Gr. ? wax.]
An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from
the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and
hence called also {coal oil}. It is now produced in immense
quantities, chiefly by the distillation and purification of
petroleum. It consists chiefly of several hydrocarbons of the
methane series.
Kers \Kers\, Kerse \Kerse\, n.
A cress. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{Not worth a kers}. See under {Cress}.
Kersey \Ker"sey\, n.; pl. {Kerseys}. [Prob. from the town of
Kersey in Suffolk, Eng.]
A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven from
wool of long staple.
Kerseymere \Ker"sey*mere\, n. [For cassimere, confounded with
kersey.]
See {Cassimere}.
Kerseynette \Ker`sey*nette"\, n.
See {Cassinette}.
Kerve \Kerve\, v. t.
To carve. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Kerver \Kerv"er\, n.
A carver. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Kesar \Ke"sar\, n.
See {Kaiser}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Keslop \Kes"lop\, n. [AS. c?selib, or c?slyb, milk curdled; cf.
G. k["a]selab, k["a]selippe. See {Cheese}, and
cf.{Cheeselep}.]
The stomach of a calf, prepared for rennet. --Halliwell.
Kess \Kess\, v. t.
To kiss. [Obs.] --Chaucer
Kest \Kest\, imp.
of {Cast}. [Obs.]
Kestrel \Kes"trel\ (k[e^]s"tr[e^]l), n. [See {Castrel}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A small, slender European hawk ({Falco alaudarius}), allied
to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and
spotted with white and black. Also called {windhover} and
{stannel}. The name is also applied to other allied species.
Note: This word is often used in contempt, as of a mean kind
of hawk. ``Kites and kestrels have a resemblance with
hawks.'' --Bacon.
Ket \Ket\ (k[e^]t), n. [Icel. kj["o]t flesh; akin to Sw.
k["o]tt, Dan. kj["o]d.]
Carrion; any filth. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Ketch \Ketch\ (k[e^]ch), n. [Prob. corrupted fr. Turk.
q[=a][imac]q : cf. F. caiche. Cf. {Ca["i]que}.] (Naut.)
An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a
mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and
fifty tons burden.
{Bomb ketch}. See under {Bomb}.
Ketch \Ketch\, n.
A hangman. See {Jack Ketch}.
Ketch \Ketch\, v. t. [See {Catch}.]
To catch. [Now obs. in spelling, and colloq. in
pronunciation.]
To ketch him at a vantage in his snares. --Spenser.
Ketchup \Ketch"up\ (-[u^]p), n.
A sauce. See {Catchup}.
Ketine \Ke"tine\, n. [See {Ketone}.] (Chem.)
One of a series of organic bases obtained by the reduction of
certain isonitroso compounds of the ketones. In general they
are unstable oily substances having a pungent aromatic odor.
Ketmie \Ket`mie"\, n. (Bot.)
The name of certain African species of {Hibiscus}, cultivated
for the acid of their mucilage. [Written also {ketmia}.]
Ketol \Ke"tol\ (k[=e]"t[=o]l), n. [Ketone + indol.] (Chem.)
One of a series of series of complex nitrogenous substances,
represented by methyl ketol and related to indol.
{Methyl ketol}, a weak organic base, obtained as a white
crystalline substance having the odor of f[ae]ces.
Ketone \Ke"tone\ (k[=e]"t[=o]n), n. [Cf. {Acetone}.] (Chem.)
One of a large class of organic substances resembling the
aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of certain salts of
organic acids and consisting of carbonyl ({CO}) united with
two hydrocarbon radicals. In general the ketones are
colorless volatile liquids having a pungent ethereal odor.
Note: The ketones are named by adding the suffix-one to the
stems of the organic acids from which they are
respectively derived; thus, acetic acid gives acetone;
butyric acid, butyrone, etc.
Ketonic \Ke*ton"ic\ (k[-e]*t[o^]n"[i^]k), a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, a ketone; as, a ketonic acid.
Kettle \Ket"tle\ (k[e^]t"t'l), n. [OE. ketel; cf. AS. cetel,
cetil, cytel; akin to D. kjedel, G. kessel, OHG. chezzil,
Icel. ketill, SW. kittel, Dan. kjedel, Goth. katils; all
perh. fr. L. catillus, dim. of catinus a deep vessel, bowl;
but cf. also OHG. chezz[=i] kettle, Icel. kati small ship.]
A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover,
used for heating and boiling water or other liguids.
{Kettle pins}, ninepins; skittles. [Obs.] --Shelton.
{Kettle stitch} (Bookbinding), the stitch made in sewing at
the head and tail of a book. --Knight.
Kettledrum \Ket"tle*drum`\ (-dr[u^]m`), n.
1. (Mus.) A drum made of thin copper in the form of a
hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the
mouth of it.
Note: Kettledrums, in pairs, were formerly used in martial
music for cavalry, but are now chiefly confined to
orchestras, where they are called {tympani}.
2. An informal social party at which a light collation is
offered, held in the afternoon or early evening. Cf.
{Drum}, n., 4 and 5.
Kettledrummer \Ket"tle*drum`mer\, n.
One who plays on a kettledrum.
Keuper \Keu"per\ (koi"p[~e]r), n. [G.] (Geol.)
The upper division of the European Triassic. See Chart of
{Geology}.
Kevel \Kev"el\, n. [Prov. E. kevil, cavel, rod, pole, a large
hammer, horse's bit; cf. Icel. kefli cylinder, a stick,
mangle, and Dan. kievle a roller.]
1. (Naut.) A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.
2. A stone mason's hammer. [Written also {cavil}.]
{Kevel head} (Naut.), a projecting end of a timber, used as a
kevel.
Kevel \Kev"el\, Kevin \Kev"in\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The gazelle.
Kever \Kev"er\, v. t. &
i. To cover. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Keverchief \Kev"er*chief\, n.
A kerchief. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Kex \Kex\, n. [W. cecys, pl., hollow stalks.]
1. (Bot.) A weed; a kecksy. --Bp. Gauden.
Though the rough kex break The starred mosaic.
--Tennyson.
2. A dry husk or covering.
When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair
flying butterfly. --Holland.
Key \Key\ (k[=e]), n. [OE. keye, key, kay, AS. c[ae]g.]
1. An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot
or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to
the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning
in its place.
2. An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or
adjusting any mechanism; as, a watch key; a bed key, etc.
3. That part of an instrument or machine which serves as the
means of operating it; as, a telegraph key; the keys of a
pianoforte, or of a typewriter.
4. A position or condition which affords entrance, control,
pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the
key of a country; the key of a political situation. Hence,
that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve
something unknown or difficult; as, the key to a riddle;
the key to a problem.
Those who are accustomed to reason have got the true
key of books. --Locke.
Who keeps the keys of all the creeds. --Tennyson.
5. That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make
fast, or adjust to position.
6. (Arch.)
(a) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
(b) The last board of a floor when laid down.
7. (Masonry)
(a) A keystone.
(b) That part of the plastering which is forced through
between the laths and holds the rest in place.
8. (Mach.)
(a) A wedge to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their
relative position; a cotter; a forelock. See Illusts.
of {Cotter}, and {Gib}.
(b) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley,
coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative
turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more
frequently by its resistance to shearing, being
usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the
crank, pulley, etc.
9. (Bot.) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a
wing, as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara; --
called also {key fruit}.
10. (Mus.)
(a) A family of tones whose regular members are called
diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one
(or eight), mediant or three, dominant or five,
subdominant or four, submediant or six, supertonic or
two, and subtonic or seven. Chromatic tones are
temporary members of a key, under such names as ``
sharp four,'' ``flat seven,'' etc. Scales and tunes
of every variety are made from the tones of a key.
(b) The fundamental tone of a movement to which its
modulations are referred, and with which it generally
begins and ends; keynote.
Both warbling of one song, both in one key.
--Shak.
11. Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or
utterance.
You fall at once into a lower key. --Cowper.
{Key bed}. Same as {Key seat}.
{Key bolt}, a bolt which has a mortise near the end, and is
secured by a cotter or wedge instead of a nut.
{Key bugle}. See {Kent bugle}.
{Key of a position} or {country.} (Mil.) See {Key}, 4.
{Key seat} (Mach.), a bed or groove to receive a key which
prevents one part from turning on the other.
{Key way}, a channel for a key, in the hole of a piece which
is keyed to a shaft; an internal key seat; -- called also
{key seat}.
{Key wrench} (Mach.), an adjustable wrench in which the
movable jaw is made fast by a key.
{Power of the keys} (Eccl.), the authority claimed by the
ministry in some Christian churches to administer the
discipline of the church, and to grant or withhold its
privileges; -- so called from the declaration of Christ,
``I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of
heaven.'' --Matt. xvi. 19.
Key \Key\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Keved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Keying}.]
To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or
wedges. --Francis.
{To key up}.
(a) (Arch.) To raise (the whole ring of an arch) off its
centering, by driving in the keystone forcibly.
(b) (Mus.) To raise the pitch of.
(c) Hence, fig., to produce nervous tension in.
Keyage \Key"age\, n. [OF. caiage, F. guayage. See lst {Key},
{Quay}.]
Wharfage; quayage.
Keyboard \Key"board`\, n.
The whole arrangement, or one range, of the keys of an organ,
typewriter, etc.
Key-cold \Key"-cold`\, a.
Cold as a metallic key; lifeless. [Formerly, a proverbial
expression.] --Shak. --Milton.
Keyed \Keyed\ (k[=e]d), a.
Furnished with keys; as, a keyed instrument; also, set to a
key, as a tune.
{Keyed bugle}. See {Kent bugle}.
Keyhole \Key"hole`\, n.
1. A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key.
2.
(a) (Carp.) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be
joined together, to receive the key which fastens
them.
(b) (Mach.) a mortise for a key or cotter.
{Keyhole limpet} (Zo["o]l.), a marine gastropod of the genus
Fissurella and allied genera. See {Fissurella}.
{Keyhole saw}, a narrow, slender saw, used in cutting
keyholes, etc., as in doors; a kind of compass saw or fret
saw.
{Keyhole urchin} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous clypeastroid
sea urchins, of the genera {Melitta}, {Rotula}, and
{Encope}; -- so called because they have one or more
perforations resembling keyholes.
Keynote \Key"note`\, n.
1. (Mus.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a
piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the
chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are
referred; -- called also {key tone}.
2. The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key;
as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon.
Keyseat \Key"seat`\, v. t.
To form a key seat, as by cutting. See {Key seat}, under
{Key}.
Keystone \Key"stone`\, n. (Arch.)
The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles
is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or
projects, or is decorated with carving. See Illust. of
{Arch}.
{Keystone State}, the State of Pennsylvania; -- so called
from its having been the central State of the Union at the
formation of the Constitution.
Key tone \Key" tone`\ (Mus.)
See {Keynote}.
Keyway \Key"way`\, n.
See {Key way}, under {Key}.
Khaliff \Kha"liff\, n.
See {Caliph}.
Khamsin \Kham*sin`\, n.
Same as {Kamsin}.
Khan \Khan\, n. [Pers. & Tart. kh[=a]n.] [Also {kan}, {kaun}.]
A king; a prince; a chief; a governor; -- so called among the
Tartars, Turks, and Persians, and in countries now or
formerly governed by them.
Khan \Khan\, n. [Per. kh[=a]n, kh[=a]nah, house, tent, inn.]
An Eastern inn or caravansary. [Written also {kawn}.]
Khanate \Khan*ate\, n.
Dominion or jurisdiction of a khan.
Khaya \Kha"ya\, n. (Bot.)
A lofty West African tree ({Khaya Senegalensis}), related to
the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood.
The bark is used as a febrifuge.
Khedive \Khe`dive"\, n. [F. kh['e]dive, Pers. khediw a prince.]
A governor or viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the
sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.
Khenna \Khen"na\, n.
See {Henna}.
Kholah \Kho"lah\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The Indian jackal.
Kholsun \Khol"sun\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The dhole.
Khutbah \Khut"bah\, n. [Ar.]
An address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit
in Mohammedan mosques, offering glory to God, praising
Mohammed and his descendants, and the ruling princes.
Kiabooca wood \Ki`a*boo"ca wood`\
See {Kyaboca wood}.
Kiang \Ki*ang"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The dziggetai.
Kibble \Kib"ble\, v. t.
To bruise; to grind coarsely; as, kibbled oats. [Prov.Eng.]
--Halliwell.
Kibble \Kib"ble\, n.
A large iron bucket used in Cornwall and Wales for raising
ore out of mines. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also {kibbal}.]
Kibblings \Kib"blings\, n. pl.
Portions of small fish used for bait on the banks of
Newfoundland.
Kibe \Kibe\, n. [W. cib + gwst pain, sickness.]
A chap or crack in the flesh occasioned by cold; an ulcerated
chilblain. ``He galls his kibe.'' --Shak.
Kibed \Kibed\, a.
Chapped; cracked with cold; affected with chilblains; as
kibed heels. --Beau. & Fl.
Kibitka \Ki*bit"ka\, n.; pl. {Kibitkas}. [Russ.]
1. A tent used by the Kirghiz Tartars.
2. A rude kind of Russian vehicle, on wheels or on runners,
sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often used as
a movable habitation.
Kiblah \Kib"lah\, n.
See {Keblah}.
Kiby \Kib"y\, a.
Affected with kibes. --Skelton.
Kichil \Kich"il\, n. [Obs.]
See {Kechil}. --Chaucer.
Kick \Kick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kicred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kicking}.] [W. cicio, fr. cic foot.]
To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a
horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.
He [Frederick the Great] kicked the shins of his
judges. --Macaulay.
{To kick the beam}, to fit up and strike the beam; -- said of
the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found
wanting in weight. --Milton.
{To kick the bucket}, to lose one's life; to die. [Colloq. &
Low]
Kick \Kick\, v. i.
1. To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike
out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper;
esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a
habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly
resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn.
I should kick, being kicked. --Shak.
2. To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc.
Kick \Kick\, n.
1. A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with
the foot.
A kick, that scarce would more a horse, May kill a
sound divine. --Cowper.
2. The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife,
which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the
spring. See Illust. of {Pocketknife}.
3. (Brickmaking) A projection in a mold, to form a depression
in the surface of the brick.
4. The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged.
Kickable \Kick"a*ble\, a.
Capable or deserving of being kicked. ``A kickable boy.''
--G. Eliot.
Kickapoos \Kick`a*poos"\, n. pl.; sing. {Kickapoo}. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians which formerly occupied the region of
Northern Illinois, allied in language to the Sacs and Foxes.
Kicker \Kick"er\, n.
One who, or that which, kicks.
Kickshaw \Kick"shaw`\, n.
See {Kickshaws}, the correct singular.
Kickshaws \Kick"shaws`\, n.; pl. {Kickshawses}[Corrupt. fr. F.
guelgue chose something, fr. L. gualis of what kind (akin to
E. which) + suffix -guam + causa cause, in LL., a thing. See
{Which}, and {Cause}.]
1. Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a
toy.
Art thou good at these kickshawses! --Shak.
2. A fancy dish; a titbit; a delicacy.
Some pigeons, . . . a joint of mutton, and any
pretty little tiny kickshaws. --Shak.
Cressy was lost by kickshaws and soup-maigre.
--Fenton.
Kickshoe \Kick"shoe`\, n.
A kickshaws. --Milton.
Kicksy-wicksy \Kick"sy-wick`sy\, Kicky-wisky \Kick"y-wisk`y\, n.
That which is restless and uneasy.
Note: Kicky-wicky, or, in some editions, Kicksy-wicksy, is
applied contemptuously to a wife by Shakespeare, in
``All's Well that Ends Well,'' ii. 3, 297.
Kicksy-wicksy \Kick"sy-wick`sy\, a.
Fantastic; restless; as, kicksy-wicksy flames. --Nares.
Kickup \Kick"up\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The water thrush or accentor. [Local, West Indies]
Kid \Kid\, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. ki?, Dan. & Sw. kid;
akin to OHG. kizzi, G. kitz, kitzchen, kitzlein.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A young goat.
The . . . leopard shall lie down with the kid. --Is.
xi. 6.
2. A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily
imposed on. [Slang] --Charles Reade.
3. A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or
of the skin of rats, etc.
4. pl. Gloves made of kid. [Colloq. & Low]
5. A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one
in which they receive their food. --Cooper.
Kid \Kid\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kidded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kidding}.]
To bring forth a young goat.
Kid \Kid\, n. [Cf. W. cidysen.]
A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
Kid \Kid\, p. p.
of {Kythe}. [Obs.] --Gower. Chaucer.
Kid \Kid\, v. t.
See {Kiddy}, v. t. [Slang]
Kidde \Kid"de\, imp.
of {Kythe}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Kidderminster \Kid"der*min`ster\, n.
A kind of ingrain carpeting, named from the English town
where formerly most of it was manufactured.
Kiddier \Kid"di*er\, n. [Cf. OSw. kyta to truck.]
A huckster; a cadger. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
Kiddle \Kid"dle\, n. [Cf. LL. kidellus, Armor. ki[=a]el]
A kind of basketwork wear in a river, for catching fish.
[Improperly spelled {kittle}.]
Kiddow \Kid"dow\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The guillemot. [Written also {kiddaw}.] [Prov. Eng.]
Kiddy \Kid"dy\, v. t.
To deceive; to outwit; to hoax. [Slang] --Dickens.
Kiddy \Kid"dy\, n.
A young fellow; formerly, a low thief. [Slang, Eng.]
Kiddyish \Kid"dy*ish\, a.
Frolicsome; sportive. [Slang]
Kidfox \Kid"fox`\ (Zo["o]l.)
A young fox. --Shak.
Kidling \Kid"ling\, n. [Kid + -ling: cf. Sw. kidling.]
A young kid.
Kidnap \Kid"nap`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kidnaped}or {Kidnapped};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Kidnaping} or {Kidnapping}.] [Kid a child +
Prov. E. nap to seize, to grasp. Cf. {Knab}, {Knap}, {Nab}.]
To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will,
with intent to carry to another place. --Abbott.
You may reason or expostulate with the parents, but
never attempt to kidnap their children, and to make
proselytes of them. --Whately.
Note: Originally used only of stealing children, but now
extended in application to any human being,
involuntarily abducted.
Kidnaper \Kid"nap`er\, or Kidnapper \Kid"nap`per\, n.
One who steals or forcibly carries away a human being; a
manstealer.
Kidney \Kid"ney\, n.; pl. {Kidneys}. [OE. kidnei, kidnere, from
Icel. koi?r belly, womb (akin to Goth. gipus, AS. cwip womb)
+ OE. nere kidney; akin to D. nier, G. niere, OHG. nioro,
Icel. n?ra, Dan. nyre, Sw. njure, and probably to Gr. (?) Cf.
{Kite} belly.]
1. (Anat.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other
waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.
Note: In man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one
each side of vertebral column in the back part of the
abdomen, each kidney being connected with the bladder
by a long tube, the ureter, through which the urine is
constantly excreted into the bladder to be periodically
discharged.
2. Habit; disposition; sort; kind. --Shak.
There are in later other decrees, made by popes of
another kidney. --Barrow.
Millions in the world of this man's kidney.
--L'Estrange.
Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that
kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on
prudence. --Burns.
Note: This use of the word perhaps arose from the fact that
the kidneys and the fat about them are an easy test of
the condition of an animal as to fatness. ``Think of
that, -- a man of my kidney; -- . . . as subject to
heat as butter.'' --Shak.
3. A waiter. [Old Cant] --Tatler.
{Floating kidney}. See {Wandering kidney}, under {Wandering}.
{Kidney bean} (Bot.), a sort of bean; -- so named from its
shape. It is of the genus {Phaseolus} ({P. vulgaris}). See
under {Bean}.
{Kidney ore} (Min.), a variety of hematite or iron
sesquioxide, occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses.
{Kidney stone}. (Min.) See {Nephrite}, and {Jade}.
{Kidney vetch} (Bot.), a leguminous herb of Europe and Asia
({Anthyllis vulneraria}), with cloverlike heads of red or
yellow flowers, once used as a remedy for renal disorders,
and also to stop the flow of blood from wounds;
lady's-fingers.
Kidney-form \Kid"ney-form`\, Kidney-shaped \Kid"ney-shaped`\, a.
Having the form or shape of a kidney; reniform; as, a
kidney-shaped leaf. --Gray.
Kidneywort \Kid"ney*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A kind of saxifrage (Saxifrage stellaris).
(b) The navelwort.
Kie \Kie\, n. pl. [Cf. {Kee}.]
Kine; cows. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Kiefekil \Kie"fe*kil\, n. [Per. keff foam, scum + gil clay,
mud.] (Min.)
A species of clay; meerschaum. [Also written {keffekil}.]
Kier \Kier\, n. [Icel. ker a tub.] (Bleaching)
A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action
of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called {keeve}.
Kieselguhr \Kie"sel*guhr`\, n. [G., fr. kiesel flint + guhr an
earthy deposit or sediment in water.]
Siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used
as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of
dynamite.
Kieserite \Kie"ser*ite\ n. [Named after Prof. Kieser, of Jena.]
(Min.)
Hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt mines of
Stassfurt, Prussian Saxony.
Kieve \Kieve\, n.
See {Keeve}, n.
Kike \Kike\, v. i. [Cf. D. kijken, Sw. kika.]
To gaze; to stare. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Kike \Kike\, v. t. & i.
To kick. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Kilderkin \Kil"der*kin\, n. [OD. kindeken, kinneken, a small
barrel, orig., a little child, fr. kind child; akin to G.
kind, and to E. kin.]
A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen
English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United
States measure. [Written also {kinderkin}.]
Kill \Kill\, n.
A kiln. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Kill \Kill\, n. [D. kil.]
A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the
channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van
Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as,
Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.
Kill \Kill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Killed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Killing}.] [OE. killen, kellen, cullen, to kill, strike;
perh. the same word as cwellen, quellen, to kill (cf.
{Quell}), or perh. rather akin to Icel. kolla to hit in the
head, harm, kollr top, summit, head, Sw. kulle, D. kollen to
kill with the ax.]
1. To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or
by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to
slay.
Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words !
--Shak.
2. To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill
the sale of a book. ``To kill thine honor.'' --Shak.
Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares. --Shak.
3. To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in
seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.
Be comforted, good madam; the great rage, You see,
is killed in him. --Shak.
4. To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize;
as, alkali kills acid.
{To kill time}, to busy one's self with something which
occupies the attention, or makes the time pass without
tediousness.
Syn: To murder; assassinate; slay; butcher; destroy. -- To
{Kill}, {Murder}, {Assassinate}. To kill does not
necessarily mean any more than to deprive of life. A man
may kill another by accident or in self-defense, without
the imputation of guilt. To murder is to kill with
malicious forethought and intention. To assassinate is
tomurder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill
without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not
assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and
murders.
Killdee \Kill"dee`\, Killdeer \Kill"deer`\, n. [So named from
its notes.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small American plover ({[AE]gialitis vocifera}).
Note: It is dark grayish brown above; the rump and upper tail
coverts are yellowish rufous; the belly, throat, and a
line over the eyes, white; a ring round the neck and
band across the breast, black.
Killer \Kill"er\, n.
1. One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A voracious, toothed whale of the genus {Orca},
of which several species are known.
Note: The killers have a high dorsal fin, and powerful jaws
armed with large, sharp teeth. They capture, and
swallow entire, large numbers of seals, porpoises, and
dolphins, and are celebrated for their savage, combined
attacks upon the right whales, which they are said to
mutilate and kill. The common Atlantic species ({Orca
gladiator}), is found both on the European and the
American coast. Two species ({Orca ater} and {O.
rectipinna}) occur on the Pacific coast.
Killesse \Kil*lesse"\, n. [Cf. {Coulisse}.] (Arch.)
(a) A gutter, groove, or channel.
(b) A hipped roof. [Prov. Eng.] --Parker.
Killifish \Kil"li*fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the
genus {Fundulus} and allied genera. They live equally well in
fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are
usually striped or barred with black. Called also {minnow},
and {brook fish}. See {Minnow}.
Killigrew \Kil"li*grew\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The Cornish chough. See under {Chough}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Killikinick \Kil`li*ki*nick"\, n.
See {Kinnikinic}.
Killing \Kill"ing\, a.
Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a
colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible. --
{Kill"ing*ly}, adv.
Those eyes are made so killing. --Pope.
Nothing could be more killingly spoken. --Milton.
Kill-joy \Kill"-joy`\, n.
One who causes gloom or grief; a dispiriting person. --W.
Black.
Killock \Kil"lock\, n. [Cf. Scot. killick ``the flue [fluke] of
an anchor.'' --Jamieson.]
A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stone
inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together. [Written also
{killick}.]
Killow \Kil"low\, n. [Prov. E. kollow the smut or grime on the
backs of chimneys.]
An earth of a blackish or deep blue color. --Woodward.
Kiln \Kiln\, n. [OE. kilne, kulne, AS. cyln, cylen; akin to
Icel. kylna; prob. from the same source as coal. See {Coal}.]
1. A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a
heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or
drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening
earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber,
etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone.
2. A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.
Kiln-dry \Kiln"-dry`\, v. t.
To dry in a kiln; as, to kiln-dry meal or grain. --Mortimer.
Kilnhole \Kiln"hole`\, n.
The mouth or opening of an oven or kiln. --Shak.
Kilo \Ki"lo\, n.; pl. {Kilos}. [F.]
An abbreviation of {Kilogram}.
Kilogram \Kil"o*gram\, Kilogramme \Kil"o*gramme\, n. [F.
kilogramme; pref. kilo- (fr. Gr. chi`lioi a thousand ) +
gramme. See 3d {Gram}.]
A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046
pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is equal to the
weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the
temperature of maximum density, or 39[deg] Fahrenheit.
Kilogrammeter \Kil"o*gram*me`ter\, Kilogrammetre
\Kil"o*gram*me`tre\, n. (Mech.)
A measure of energy or work done, being the amount expended
in raising one kilogram through the height of one meter, in
the latitude of Paris.
Kiloliter \Kil"o*li`ter\, Kilolitre \Kil"o*li`tre\, n. [F.
kilolitre. See {Kilogram}, and {Liter}.]
A measure of capacity equal to a cubic meter, or a thousand
liters. It is equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet, and to 220.04
imperial gallons, or 264.18 American gallons of 321 cubic
inches.
Kilometer \Kil"o*me`ter\, Kilometre \Kil"o*me`tre\, n. [F.
kilometre. See {Kilogram}, and {Meter}.]
A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to
3,280.8 feet, or 62137 of a mile.
Kilostere \Kil"o*stere`\, n. [F. kilostere. See {Kilogram}, and
{Stere}.]
A cubic measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent
to 35,315 cubic feet.
Kilowatt \Kil"o*watt\, n. [See {Kilogram} and {Watt}.] (Elec.)
One thousand watts.
Kilt \Kilt\,
p. p. from {Kill}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Kilt \Kilt\, n. [OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan.
kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up.]
A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the
knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the
Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg. [Written also {kelt}.]
Kilt \Kilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kilted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kilting}.]
To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.] --Sir W.
Scott.
Kilted \Kilt"ed\, a.
1. Having on a kilt.
2. Plaited after the manner of kilting.
3. Tucked or fastened up; -- said of petticoats, etc.
Kilter \Kil"ter\, n.
See {Kelter}.
Kilting \Kilt"ing\, n. (Dressmaking)
A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each
plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the
preceding one.
Kimbo \Kim"bo\, a. [Cf. {Akimbo}.]
Crooked; arched; bent. [Written also {kimbow}.] --Dryden.
Kimmerian \Kim*me"ri*an\, a.
See {Cimmerian}.
Kimnel \Kim"nel\, n.
A tub. See {Kemelin}. [Obs.]
She knew not what a kimnel was --Beau. & Fl.
Kimry \Kim"ry\, n.
See {Cymry}.
kin \kin\ [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen, LG. -- ken.]
A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
Kin \Kin\, n. (Mus.)
A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from
five to twenty-five silken strings. --Riemann.
Kin \Kin\, n. [OE. kin, cun, AS. cynn kin, kind, race, people;
akin to cennan to beget, D. kunne sex, OS. & OHG. kunni kin,
race, Icel. kyn, Goth. kuni, G. & D. kind a child, L. genus
kind, race, L. gignere to beget, Gr. ? to be born, Skr. jan
to beget. ?. Cf. {Kind}, {King}, {Gender} kind, {Nation}.]
1. Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by
birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance,
as of those having common descent.
2. Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
The father, mother, and the kinbeside. --Dryden.
You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons.
--Bacon.
Kin \Kin\, a.
Of the same nature or kind; kinder. ``Kin to the king.''
--Shak.
Kinaesodic \Kin`[ae]*sod"ic\, a. (Physiol.)
Kinesodic.
Kinaesthesis \Kin`[ae]s*the"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to move + ?
perception.] (Physiol.)
The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles.
--Bastian.
Kinate \Ki"nate\, n. [Cf. F. kinate. ] (Chem.)
See {Quinate}. [Obsolescent]
Kincob \Kin"cob\, n.
India silk brocaded with flowers in silver or gold. -- a. Of
the nature of kincob; brocaded. --Thackeray.
Kind \Kind\, a. [Compar. {Kinder}; superl. {Kindest}.] [AS.
cynde, gecynde, natural, innate, prop. an old p. p. from the
root of E. kin. See {Kin} kindred.]
1. Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature;
natural; native. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
It becometh sweeter than it should be, and loseth
the kind taste. --Holland.
2. Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial;
sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart.
Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught, The love he
bore to learning was his fault. --Goldsmith.
3. Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and
confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining;
benevolent; benignant; gracious.
He is kind unto the unthankful and to evil. --Luke
vi 35.
O cruel Death, to those you take more kind Than to
the wretched mortals left behind. --Waller.
A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind. --Garrick.
4. Proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness,
gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act. ``Manners so
kind, yet stately.'' --Tennyson.
5. Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in
harness.
Syn: Benevolent; benign; beneficent; bounteous; gracious;
propitious; generous; forbearing; indulgent; tender;
humane; compassionate; good; lenient; clement; mild;
gentle; bland; obliging; friendly; amicable. See
{Obliging}.
Kind \Kind\, n. [OE. kinde, cunde, AS. cynd. See {Kind}, a.]
1. Nature; natural instinct or disposition. [Obs.]
He knew by kind and by no other lore. --Chaucer.
Some of you, on pure instinct of nature, Are led by
kind t'admire your fellow-creature. --Dryden.
2. Race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or
humankind. ``Come of so low a kind.'' --Chaucer.
Every kind of beasts, and of birds. --James iii.7.
She follows the law of her kind. --Wordsworth.
Here to sow the seed of bread, That man and all the
kinds be fed. --Emerson.
3. Nature; style; character; sort; fashion; manner; variety;
description; class; as, there are several kinds of
eloquence, of style, and of music; many kinds of
government; various kinds of soil, etc.
How diversely Love doth his pageants play, And snows
his power in variable kinds ! --Spenser.
There is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of
beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. --I
Cor. xv. 39.
Diogenes was asked in a kind of scorn: What was the
matter that philosophers haunted rich men, and not
rich men philosophers ? --Bacon.
{A kind of}, something belonging to the class of; something
like to; -- said loosely or slightingly.
{In kind}, in the produce or designated commodity itself, as
distinguished from its value in money.
Tax on tillage was often levied in kind upon corn.
--Arbuthnot.
Syn: Sort; species; class; genus; nature; style; character;
breed; set.
Kind \Kind\, v. t. [See {Kin}.]
To beget. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Kindergarten \Kin"der*gar`ten\, n. [G., lit., children's garden;
kinder (pl. of kind child, akin to E. kin kindred) + garten
garden.]
A school for young children, conducted on the theory that
education should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the
normal aptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation,
and construction; -- a name given by Friedrich Froebel, a
German educator, who introduced this method of training, in
rooms opening on a garden.
Kindergartner \Kin"der*gart`ner\, n.
One who teaches in a kindergarten.
Kind-hearted \Kind"-heart`ed\, a.
Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a
humane disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord.
To thy self at least kind-hearted prove. --Shak.
Kind-heartedness \Kind"-heart`ed*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being kind-hearted; benevolence.
Kindle \Kin"dle\, v. t. & i. [OE. kindlen, cundlen. See {Kind}.]
To bring forth young. [Obs.] --Shak.
The poor beast had but lately kindled. --Holland.
Kindle \Kin`dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kindled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kindling}.] [Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr. L.
candela; cf. also Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf. {Candle}.]
1. To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to
cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle
a match, or shavings.
His breath kindleth coals. --Job xii. 21.
2. Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke;
to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to
incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame
of love, or love into a flame.
So is a contentious man to kindle strife. --Prov.
xxvi. 21.
Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy thither.
--Shak.
Kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam.
--Milton.
Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
--Dryden.
Syn: Enkindle; light; ignite; inflame; provoke; excite;
arouse; stir up.
Kindle \Kin"dle\ (k[i^]n"d'l), v. i.
1. To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a
flame.
When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not
be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
--Is. xliii.
2.
2. Fig.: To begin to be excited; to grow warm or animated; to
be roused or exasperated.
On all occasions where forbearance might be called
for, the Briton kindles, and the Christian gives
way. --I. Taylor.
Kindler \Kin"dler\, n.
One who, or that which, kindles, stirs up, or sets on fire.
``Kindlers of riot.'' --Gay.
Kindless \Kind"less\, a.
Destitute of kindness; unnatural.[Obs.] ``Kindless villain.''
--Shak.
Kindliness \Kind"li*ness\, n.
1. Natural inclination; natural course. [Obs.] --Milton.
2. The quality or state of being kindly; benignity;
benevolence; gentleness; tenderness; as, kindliness of
disposition, of treatment, or of words.
In kind a father, but not in kindliness.
--Sackville.
3. Softness; mildness; propitiousness; as, kindliness of
weather, or of a season.
Fruits and corn are much advanced by temper of the
air and kindliness of seasons. --Whitlock.
Kinding \Kin"ding\, n.
1. The of causing to burn, or of exciting or inflaming the
passions.
2. pl. Materials, easily lighted, for starting a fire.
Kindly \Kind"ly\, a. [Compar. {Kindlier}; superl. {Kindliest}.]
[AS. cyndelic. See {Kind}, n. ]
1. According to the kind or nature; natural. [R.]
The kindly fruits of the earth. --Book of Com.
Prayer.
An herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting.
--Spenser.
Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is kindly
for Him as the Son of Man to save the sons of men.
--L. Andrews.
2. Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to do good
to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as, kindly
affections, words, acts, etc.
The shade by which my life was crossed, . . . Has
made me kindly with my kind. --Tennyson.
3. Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent.
In soft silence shed the kindly shower. --Pope.
Should e'er a kindlier time ensue. --Wordsworth.
Note: ``Nothing ethical was connoted in kindly once: it was
simply the adjective of kind. But it is God's ordinance
that kind should be kindly, in our modern sense of the
word as well; and thus the word has attained this
meaning.'' --Trench.
Kindly \Kind"ly\, adv.
1. Naturally; fitly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Examine how kindly the Hebrew manners of speech mix
and incorporate with the English language --Addison.
2. In a kind manner; congenially; with good will; with a
disposition to make others happy, or to oblige.
Be kindly affectioned one to another, with brotherly
love. --Rom. xii.
10.
Kindness \Kind"ness\, n. [From {Kind}. a.]
1. The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various
senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition
beneficence.
I do fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of
human kindness To catch the nearest way. --Shak.
Unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.
--Wordsworth.
2. A kind act; an act of good will; as, to do a great
kindness.
Syn: Good will; benignity; grace; tenderness; compassion;
humanity; clemency; mildness; gentleness; goodness;
generosity; beneficence; favor.
Kindred \Kin"dred\, n. [OE. kinrede, kynrede, kunreden (with
excrescent d), fr. AS. cynn kin, race + the termination
-r[=ae]den, akin to AS. r[=ae]dan to advise, G. rathen. Cf.
{Hatred}.]
1. Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity;
affinity; kin.
Like her, of equal kindred to the throne. -- Dryden.
2. Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former;
relations; persons related to each other.
I think there's no man is secure But the queen's
kindred. --Shak.
Syn: Kin; kinsfolk; relatives; kinsmen; relations;
relationship; affinity.
Kindred \Kin"dred\, a.
Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as,
kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.
True to the kindred points of heaven and home.
--Wordsworth.
Kine \Kine\, n. pl. [For older kyen, formed like oxen, fr. AS.
c?, itself pl. of c? cow. See {Cow}, and cf. {Kee}, {Kie}.]
Cows. ``A herd of fifty or sixty kine.'' --Milton.
Kinematic \Kin`e*mat"ic\, Kinematical \Kin`e*mat"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to kinematics.
{Kinematic curves}, curves produced by machinery, or a
combination of motions, as distinguished from mathematical
curves.
Kinematics \Kin`e*mat"ics\, n. [Gr. (?),(?) motion, fr. ? to
move.] (Physics)
The science which treats of motions considered in themselves,
or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of
motions.
Note: Kinematics forms properly an introduction to mechanics,
as involving the mathematical principles which are to
be applied to its data of forces. --Nichol.
Kinepox \Kine"pox`\, n. (Med.)
See {Cowpox}. Kin"e*scope, n. See {Kinetoscope}.
Kinesiatrics \Kin`e*si*at"rics\, n. [Gr. (?) motion (fr. ? to
move) + (?) pertaining to medicine, fr. (?) a physician.]
(Med.)
A mode of treating disease by appropriate muscular movements;
-- also termed {kinesitherapy}, {kinesipathy}, {lingism}, and
the {movement cure}.
Kinesipathy \Kin`e*sip"a*thy\, n. [Gr. ? motion + ? suffering.]
(Med.)
See {Kinesiatrics}.
Kinesitherapy \Kin`e*si*ther"a*py\, n. [Gr. ? motion + ? to
heal.] (Med.)
See {Kinesiatrics}.
Kinesipathy \Kin`e*sip"a*thy\, n. [Gr. ? motion + ? to heal.]
(Med.)
See {Kinesiatrics}.
Kinesodic \Kin`e*sod"ic\, a. [Gr. ? motion + ? way: cf. F.
kin['e]sodigue.] (Physiol.)
Conveying motion; as; kinesodic substance; -- applied esp. to
the spinal cord, because it is capable of conveying doth
voluntary and reflex motor impulses, without itself being
affected by motor impulses applied to it directly.
Kinetic \Ki*net"ic\, q. [Gr. ?, from ? to move.] (Physics)
Moving or causing motion; motory; active, as opposed to
latent.
{Kinetic energy}. See {Energy}, n. 4.
Kinetics \Ki*net"ics\, n. (Physics)
See {Dynamics}.
Kinetogenesis \Ki*ne`to*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. ? movable + -scope.]
An instrument for producing curves by the combination of
circular movements; -- called also {kinescope}.
King \King\ (k[i^]ng), n.
A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones
or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame
of wood, and struck with a hammer.
King \King\, n.[AS. cyng, cyning; akin to OS. kuning, D. koning,
OHG. kuning, G. k["o]nig, Icel. konungr, Sw. konung, Dan.
konge; formed with a patronymic ending, and fr. the root of
E. kin; cf. Icel. konr a man of noble birth. [root]44. See
{Kin}.]
1. A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme
authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by
hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince. ``Ay, every
inch a king.'' --Shak.
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are
rebels from principle. --Burke.
There was a State without king or nobles. --R.
Choate.
But yonder comes the powerful King of Day, Rejoicing
in the east --Thomson.
2. One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank;
a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money
king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts.
3. A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king
of diamonds.
4. The chief piece in the game of chess.
5. A crowned man in the game of draughts.
6. pl. The title of two historical books in the Old
Testament.
Note: King is often used adjectively, or in combination, to
denote pre["e]minence or superiority in some
particular; as, kingbird; king crow; king vulture.
{Apostolic king}.See {Apostolic}.
{King-at-arms}, or {King-of-arms}, the chief heraldic officer
of a country. In England the king-at-arms was formerly of
great authority. His business is to direct the heralds,
preside at their chapters, and have the jurisdiction of
armory. There are three principal kings-at-arms, viz.,
Garter, Clarencieux, and Norroy. The latter (literally
north roy or north king) officiates north of the Trent.
{King auk} (Zo["o]l.), the little auk or sea dove.
{King bird of paradise}. (Zo["o]l.), See {Bird of paradise}.
{King card}, in whist, the best unplayed card of each suit;
thus, if the ace and king of a suit have been played, the
queen is the king card of the suit.
{King Cole}, a legendary king of Britain, who is said to have
reigned in the third century.
{King conch} (Zo["o]l.), a large and handsome univalve shell
({Cassis cameo}), found in the West Indies. It is used for
making cameos. See {Helmet shell}, under {Helmet}.
{King Cotton}, a popular personification of the great staple
production of the southern United States.
{King crab}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The limulus or horseshoe crab. See {Limulus}.
(b) The large European spider crab or thornback ({Maia
squinado}).
{King crow}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A black drongo shrike ({Buchanga atra}) of India; --
so called because, while breeding, they attack and
drive away hawks, crows, and other large birds.
(b) The {Dicrurus macrocercus} of India, a crested bird
with a long, forked tail. Its color is black, with
green and blue reflections. Called also {devil bird}.
{King duck} (Zo["o]l.), a large and handsome eider duck
({Somateria spectabilis}), inhabiting the arctic regions
of both continents.
{King eagle} (Zo["o]l.), an eagle ({Aquila heliaca}) found in
Asia and Southeastern Europe. It is about as large as the
golden eagle. Some writers believe it to be the imperial
eagle of Rome.
{King hake} (Zo["o]l.), an American hake ({Phycis regius}),
fond in deep water along the Atlantic coast.
{King monkey} (Zo["o]l.), an African monkey ({Colobus
polycomus}), inhabiting Sierra Leone.
{King mullet} (Zo["o]l.), a West Indian red mullet ({Upeneus
maculatus}); -- so called on account of its great beauty.
Called also {goldfish}.
{King of terrors}, death.
{King parrakeet} (Zo["o]l.), a handsome Australian parrakeet
({Platycercys scapulatus}), often kept in a cage. Its
prevailing color is bright red, with the back and wings
bright green, the rump blue, and tail black.
{King penguin} (Zo["o]l.), any large species of penguin of
the genus {Aptenodytes}; esp., {A. longirostris}, of the
Falkland Islands and Kerguelen Land, and {A. Patagonica},
of Patagonia.
{King rail} (Zo["o]l.), a small American rail ({Rallus
elegans}), living in fresh-water marshes. The upper parts
are fulvous brown, striped with black; the breast is deep
cinnamon color.
{King salmon} (Zo["o]l.), the quinnat. See {Quinnat}.
{King's, or Queen's}, {counsel} (Eng. Law), barristers
learned in the law, who have been called within the bar,
and selected to be the king's or queen's counsel. They
answer in some measure to the advocates of the revenue
(advocati fisci) among the Romans. They can not be
employed against the crown without special license.
--Wharton's Law Dict.
{King's cushion}, a temporary seat made by two persons
crossing their hands. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
{The king's English}, correct or current language of good
speakers; pure English. --Shak.
{King's or Queen's}, {evidence}, testimony in favor of the
Crown by a witness who confesses his guilt as an
accomplice. See under {Evidence}. [Eng.]
{King's evil}, scrofula; -- so called because formerly
supposed to be healed by the touch of a king.
{King snake} (Zo["o]l.), a large, nearly black, harmless
snake ({Ophiobolus getulus}) of the Southern United
States; -- so called because it kills and eats other kinds
of snakes, including even the rattlesnake.
{King's spear} (Bot.), the white asphodel ({Asphodelus
albus}).
{King's yellow}, a yellow pigment, consisting essentially of
sulphide and oxide of arsenic; -- called also {yellow
orpiment}.
{King tody} (Zo["o]l.), a small fly-catching bird
({Eurylaimus serilophus}) of tropical America. The head is
adorned with a large, spreading, fan-shaped crest, which
is bright red, edged with black.
{King vulture} (Zo["o]l.), a large species of vulture
({Sarcorhamphus papa}), ranging from Mexico to Paraguay,
The general color is white. The wings and tail are black,
and the naked carunculated head and the neck are
briliantly colored with scarlet, yellow, orange, and blue.
So called because it drives away other vultures while
feeding.
{King wood}, a wood from Brazil, called also {violet wood},
beautifully streaked in violet tints, used in turning and
small cabinetwork. The tree is probably a species of
{Dalbergia}. See {Jacaranda}.
King \King\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kinged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kinging}). ]
To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to
royalty. [R.] --Shak.
Those traitorous captains of Israel who kinged
themselves by slaying their masters and reigning in
their stead. --South.
Kingbird \King"bird\ (-b[~e]rd), n. (Zo["o]l.)
1. A small American bird ({Tyrannus tyrannus}, or {T.
Carolinensis}), noted for its courage in attacking larger
birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they
approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical
tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing.
It is dark ash above, and blackish on the head and tail.
The quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. It
is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail.
The feathers on the head of the adults show a bright
orange basal spot when erected. Called also {bee bird},
and {bee martin}. Several Southern and Western species of
{Tyrannus} are also called king birds.
2. The king tody. See under {King}.
Kingbolt \King"bolt`\ (-b[=o]lt`), n.
A vertical iron bolt, by which the forward axle and wheels of
a vehicle or the trucks of a railroad car are connected with
the other parts.
King Charles spaniel \King Charles span"iel\ (Zo["o]l.)
A variety of small pet dogs, having, drooping ears, a high,
dome-shaped forehead, pug nose, large, prominent eyes, and
long, wavy hair. The color is usually black and tan.
Kingcraft \King"craft\, n.
The craft of kings; the art of governing as a sovereign;
royal policy. --Prescott.
Kingcup \King"cup`\, n. (Bot.)
The common buttercup.
Kingdom \King"dom\, n. [AS. cyningd?m. See 2d {King}, and
-{dom}.]
1. The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal
authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.
Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. --Ps. cxiv.
13.
When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his
father, he strengthened himself. --2 Chron.
xxi. 4.
2. The territory or country subject to a king or queen; the
dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or
has control.
Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. --Shak.
You're welcome, Most learned reverend sir, into our
kingdom. --Shak.
3. An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading
or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a
department; as, the mineral kingdom. ``The animal and
vegetable kingdoms.'' --Locke.
{Animal kingdom}. See under {Animal}.
{Kingdom of God}.
(a) The universe.
(b) That spiritual realm of which God is the acknowledged
sovereign.
(c) The authority or dominion of God.
{Mineral kingdom}. See under {Mineral}.
{United Kingdom}. See under {United}.
{Vegetable kingdom}. See under {Vegetable}.
Syn: Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy; sovereignty; domain.
Kingdomed \King"domed\, a.
Having a kingdom or the dignity of a king; like a kingdom.
[R.]
``Twixt his mental and his active parts, Kingdom'd
Achilles in commotion rages And batters down himself.
--Shak.
Kingfish \King"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An American marine food fish of the genus {Menticirrus},
especially {M. saxatilis}, or {M. nebulosos}, of the
Atlantic coast; -- called also {whiting}, {surf whiting},
and {barb}.
(b) The opah.
(c) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See {Cero}.
(d) The queenfish.
Kingfisher \King"fish`er\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family
{Alcedinid[ae]}. Most of them feed upon fishes which they
capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed
only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty
species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the
world, but are particularly abundant in the East Indies.
Note: The belted king-fisher of the United States ({Ceryle
alcyon}) feeds upon fishes. It is slate-blue above,
with a white belly and breast, and a broad white ring
around the neck. A dark band crosses the breast. The
common European species ({Alcedo ispida}), which is
much smaller and brighter colored, is also a fisher.
See {Alcedo}. The wood kingfishers ({Halcyones}), which
inhabit forests, especially in Africa, feed largely
upon insects, but also eat reptiles, snails, and small
Crustacea, as well as fishes. The giant kingfisher of
Australia feeds largely upon lizards and insects. See
{Laughing jackass}, under {Laughing}.
Kinghood \King"hood\, n.
The state of being a king; the attributes of a king;
kingship. --Gower.
Kingless \King"less\, a.
Having no king. --F. Lieber.
Kinglet \King"let\, n.
1. A little king; a weak or insignificant king. --Carlyle.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of small singing
birds of the genus {Regulus} and family {Sylviid[ae]}.
Note: The golden-crowned kinglet ({Regulus satrapa}), and the
rubycrowned kinglet ({R. calendula}), are the most
common American species. The common English kinglet
({R. cristatus}) is also called {golden-crested wren},
{moonie}, and {marigold finch}. The kinglets are often
popularly called {wrens}, both in America and England.
Kinglihood \King"li*hood\, n.
King-liness. --Tennyson.
Kingliness \King"li*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being kingly.
Kingling \King"ling\, n.
Same as {Kinglet}, 1. --Churchill.
Kingly \King"ly\, a. [Compar. {Kinglier}; superl. {Kingliest}.]
Belonging to, suitable to, or becoming, a king;
characteristic of, resembling, a king; directed or
administered by a king; monarchical; royal; sovereign; regal;
august; noble; grand. ``Kingly magnificence.'' --Sir P.
Sidney. ``A kingly government.'' --Swift. ``The kingly
couch.'' --Shak.
The kingliest kings are crowned with thorn. --G.
Massey.
Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly cares. --Cowper.
Syn: Regal; royal; monarchical; imperial; august; sovereign;
noble; splendid.
Usage: {Kingly}, {Regal}. Kingly is Anglo-Saxon, and refers
especially to the character of a king; regal is Latin,
and now relates more to his office. The former is
chiefly used of dispositions, feelings, and purposes
which are kinglike; as, kingly sentiments; kingly
condescension; `` a kingly heart for enterprises.''
--Sir P. Sidney. The latter is oftener applied to
external state, pomp, etc.; as, regal state, regal
title, etc. This distinction is not observed by our
early writers, but is gaining ground.
Kingly \King"ly\, adv.
In a kingly or kinglike manner. --Shak.
Low bowed the rest; he, kingly, did but nod. --Pore.
Note: Although this citation, one from Paradise Lost, and one
from Shakespeare's ll4th Sonnet are given by
lexicographers as examples of adverbial use, it is by
no means clear that the word is not an adjective in
each instance.
King-post \King"-post`\, n. (Carp.)
A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is
strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the
tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the
main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post.
Called also {crown-post}.
King's Bench \King's Bench\ (Law)
Formerly, the highest court of common law in England; -- so
called because the king used to sit there in person. It
consisted of a chief justice and four puisne, or junior,
justices. During the reign of a queen it was called the
{Queen's Bench}. Its jurisdiction was transferred by the
judicature acts of 1873 and 1875 to the high court of justice
created by that legislation.
Kingship \King"ship\, n.
The state, office, or dignity of a king; royalty. --Landor.
Kingston \King"ston\, Kingstone \King"stone`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The black angel fish. See {Angel fish}, under {Angel}.
Kingston metal \King"ston met"al\
An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the
bearings and packings of machinery. --McElrath.
Kingston valve \King"ston valve\ (Marine Steam Engin.)
A conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a
pipe which passes through the side of a vessel below the
water line.
Kingtruss \King"truss`\ (Carp.)
A truss, framed with a king-post; -- used in roofs, bridges,
etc.
Kinic \Ki"nic\, a. [Cf. F. kinique.] (Chem.)
See {Quinic}.
Kink \Kink\, n. [D. kink a bend or turn, or Sw. kink.]
1. A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a
spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop
or curl; a doubling in a cord.
2. An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
[Colloq.] --Cozzens.
Kink \Kink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kinked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kinking}.]
To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon
itself, as a rope or thread.
Kink \Kink\, n. [Cf. {Chincough}, {Kink-haust}.]
A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter.
[Scot.]
Kinkajou \Kin"ka*jou`\, n. [F. kinkajou, quincajou, from the
native American name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A nocturnal carnivorous mammal ({Cercoleptes caudivolvulus})
of South America, about as large as a full-grown cat. It has
a prehensile tail and lives in trees. It is the only
representative of a distinct family ({Cercoleptid[ae]})
allied to the raccoons. Called also {potto}, and {honey
bear}.
Kinkhaust \Kink"haust`\, n. [Prov. E. kink to gasp (cf. {Chin
cough}) + haust a cough (akin to E. wheeze).]
Whooping cough. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.]
Kinkle \Kin"kle\, n.
Same as 3d {Kink}.
Kinky \Kink"y\, a.
1. Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl; as, kinky hair.
2. Queer; eccentric; crotchety. [Colloq. U.S.]
Kinnikinic \Kin`ni*ki*nic"\, n. [Indian, literally, a mixture.]
Prepared leaves or bark of certain plants; -- used by the
Indians of the Northwest for smoking, either mixed with
tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a plant so used, as
the osier cornel ({Cornus stolonijra}), and the bearberry
({Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi}). [Spelled also {kinnickinnick}
and {killikinick}.]
Kino \Ki"no\, n.
The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in
tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.
Note: The chief supply is from an East Indian leguminous
tree, the {Pterocarpus Marsupium}. Other sources are
the African {Pterocarpus erinaceus}, the tropical
American sea grape ({Coccoloba uvifera}), and several
Australian Eucalypti. See {Botany bay kino}, under
{Botany bay}, {Gum butea}, under {Gum}, and
{Eucalyptus}.
Kinology \Ki*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? to move + -logy.]
That branch of physics which treats of the laws of motion, or
of moving bodies.
Kinone \Ki"none\, n. (Chem.)
See {Quinone}.
Kinoyl \Ki"noyl\, n. (Chem.) [Obs.]
See {Quinoyl}.
Kinrede \Kin"rede\, n.
Kindred. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Kinsfolk \Kins"folk`\, n.
Relatives; kindred; kin; persons of the same family or
closely or closely related families.
They sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
--Luke ii. 44.
Kinship \Kin"ship\, n.
Family relationship.
Kinsman \Kins"man\, n.; pl. {Kinsmen}.
A man of the same race or family; one related by blood.
Kinsmanship \Kins"man*ship\, n.
Kinship. --Thackeray.
Kinswoman \Kins"wom`an\, n.; pl. {Kinswomen}.
A female relative. --Shak.
Kintlidge \Kint"lidge\, n. (Naut.)
See {Kentledge}.
Kiosk \Ki*osk"\, n. [Turk. kiushk, ki["o]shk, Per. k?shk.]
A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by
pillars.
Kioways \Ki"o*ways`\, n. pl.; sing. {Kioway}. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians distantly related to the Shoshones. They
formerly inhabited the region about the head waters of the
North Platte.
Kip \Kip\, n.
The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made
from it; kipskin.
{Kip leather.} See {Kipskin}.
Kipe \Kipe\, n. [Cf. OE. kipen to catch, Icel. kippa to pull,
snatch. Cf. {Kipper}.]
An osier basket used for catching fish. [Prov. Eng.]
Kipper \Kip"per\, n. [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf.
{Kipe}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A salmon after spawning.
2. A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so
called because salmon after spawning were usually so
cured, not being good when fresh. [Scot.]
{Kipper time}, the season in which fishing for salmon is
forbidden. [Eng. & Scot.]
Kipper \Kip"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kippered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Kippering}.]
To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. ``Kippered
salmon.'' --Dickens.
Kipper \Kip"per\, a.
Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.
[Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
Kippernut \Kip"per*nut`\, n. (Bot.)
A name given to earthnuts of several kinds.
Kipskin \Kip"skin`\, n. [Kip + skin.]
Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle,
intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide.
Kirk \Kirk\, n. [Scot.; cf. Icel. kirkja, of Greek origin. See
{Church}.]
A church or the church, in the various senses of the word;
esp., the Church of Scotland as distinguished from other
reformed churches, or from the Roman Catholic Church. [Scot.]
--Jamieson.
Kirked \Kirked\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.]
Turned upward; bent. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.
Kirkman \Kirk"man\, n.; pl. {Kirkmen}.
1. A clergyman or officer in a kirk. [Scot.]
2. A member of the Church of Scotland, as distinguished from
a member of another communion. [Scot.]
Kirkyard \Kirk"yard`\, n.
A churchyard. [Scot.]
Kirmess \Kir"mess\, n. [D. kermis; cf. G. kirmes; prop., church
mass. See {Church}, and {Mass} a religious service.]
In Europe, particularly in Belgium and Holland, and outdoor
festival and fair; in the United States, generally an indoor
entertainment and fair combined.
Kirschwasser \Kirsch"was`ser\, n. [G., fr. kirsche cherry +
wasser water.]
An alcoholic liquor, obtained by distilling the fermented
juice of the small black cherry.
Kirsome \Kir"some\, a. [Corrupted from chrisom.]
Christian; christened. [Obs.]
I am a true kirsome woman. --Beau. & Fl.
Kirtle \Kir"tle\, n. [OE. kirtel, curtel, AS. cyrtel; skin to
Icel. kyrtill, Sw. kjortel, Dan. kiortel, kiole.]
A garment varying in form and use at different times, and
worn doth by men and women.
Wearing her Norman car, and her kirtle of blue.
--Longfellow.
Note: The term is still retained in the provinces, in the
sense of `` an outer petticoat.'' --Halliwell.
Kirtled \Kir"tled\, a.
Wearing a kirtle. --Byron.
Kirumbo \Ki*rum"bo\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A bird of Madagascar ({Leptosomus discolor}), the only living
type of a family allied to the rollers. It has a pair of
loral plumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic
reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black.
Kish \Kish\, n. [Cf. G. kies gravel, pyrites.] (Min.)
A workman's name for the graphite which forms incidentally in
iron smelting.
Kismet \Kis"met\, n. [Per. qismat.]
Destiny; fate. [Written also {kismat}.] [Oriental]
Kiss \Kiss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kissed};p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kissing}.] [OE. kissen, cussen, AS. cyssan, fr. coss a kiss;
of uncertain origin; akin to D. kus, G. kuss, Icel. koss.]
1. To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection,
reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc.
He . . . kissed her lips with such a clamorous
smack, That at the parting all the church echoed.
--Shak.
2. To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly.
When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees.
--Shak.
Kiss \Kiss\, v. i.
1. To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love,
respect, etc.; as, kiss and make friends.
2. To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly.
Like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume.
--Shak.
Rose, rose and clematis, Trail and twine and clasp
and kiss. --Tennyson.
{Kissing comfit}, a perfumed sugarplum to sweeten the breath.
[Obs or Prov. End.] --Shak.
Kiss \Kiss\, n. [OE. kiss, derived under the influence of the
verb from the older form coss, AS. coss. See {Kiss}, v.]
1. A salutation with the lips, as a token of affection,
respect, etc.; as, a parting kiss; a kiss of
reconciliation.
Last with a kiss, she took a long farewell.
--Dryden.
Dear as remembered kisses after death. --Tennyson.
2. A small piece of confectionery.
Kisser \Kiss"er\, n.
One who kisses. --Beau. & Fl.
Kissingcrust \Kiss"ing*crust`\, n. (Cookery)
The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touched
another loaf in baking. --Lamb.
A massy fragment from the rich kissingcrust that hangs
like a fretted cornice from the upper half of the loaf.
--W. Howitt.
Kist \Kist\ (k[i^]st), n. [See {Chest}.]
A chest; hence, a coffin. [Scot. & Prov. End.] --Jamieson.
Halliwell.
Kist \Kist\, n. [Ar. gist.]
A stated payment, especially a payment of rent for land;
hence, the time for such payment. [India]
Kistvaen \Kist"vaen\ (k[i^]st"v[=a]n), n. [W. cist-faen.]
(Arch[ae]ol.)
A Celtic monument, commonly known as a {dolmen}.
Kit \Kit\, (k[i^]t), v. t. [imp. {Kitte}.]
To cut. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Kit \Kit\, n. [See {Kitten}.]
A kitten.
{Kit fox} (Zo["o]l.), a small burrowing fox ({Vulpes velox}),
inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains. It is
brownish gray, reddish on the breast and flanks, and white
below. Called also {swift fox}.
Kit \Kit\, n. [Gf. AS. cytere harp, L. cithara. Cf. {Guitar}.]
A small violin. ``A dancing master's kit.'' --Grew.
Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit
with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to
dance. --Dickens.
Kit \Kit\, m. [Cf. D. kit a large bottle, OD. kitte beaker,
decanter.]
1. A large bottle.
2. A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the
bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel. --Wright.
3. straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
4. A box for working implements; hence, a working outfit, as
of a workman, a soldier, and the like.
5. A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used
with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole
kit of them.
Kitcat \Kit"cat`\, a.
1. Designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele
belonged; -- so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry
cook, who served the club with mutton pies.
2. Designating a canvas used for portraits of a peculiar
size, viz., twenty-right or twenty-nine inches by
thirty-six; -- so called because that size was adopted by
Sir Godfrey Kneller for the portraits he painted of the
members of the Kitcat Club. --Fairholt.
Kitcat \Kit"cat`\, n.
A game played by striking with a stick small piece of wood,
called a cat, shaped like two cones united at their bases;
tipcat. --Cotton.
{Kitcat roll} (Agric.), a roller somewhat in the form of two
cones set base to base. [Prov. Eng.]
Kitchen \Kitch"en\ (k[i^]ch"[e^]n), n. [OE. kichen, kichene,
kuchene, AS. cycene, L. coquina, equiv. to culina a kitchen,
fr. coquinus pertaining to cooking, fr. coquere to cook. See
{Cook} to prepare food, and cf. {Cuisine}.]
1. A cookroom; the room of a house appropriated to cookery.
Cool was his kitchen, though his brains were hot.
--Dryden.
A fat kitchen makes a lean will. --Franklin.
2. A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen.
{Kitchen garden}. See under {Garden}.
{Kitchen lee}, dirty soapsuds. [Obs.] ``A brazen tub of
kitchen lee.'' --Ford.
{Kitchen stuff}, fat collected from pots and pans. --Donne.
Kitchen \Kitch"en\, v. t.
To furnish food to; to entertain with the fare of the
kitchen. [Obs.] --Shak.
Kitchener \Kitch"en*er\, n.
A kitchen servant; a cook. --Carlyle.
Kitchenmaid \Kitch"en*maid`\, n.
A woman employed in the kitchen. --Shak.
Kitchen middens \Kitch"en mid`dens\ [Dan. kj["o]k-kenm["o]ddings
kitchen leavings; cf. Scot. midden a dunghill.]
Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark,
consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high,
one thousand feet long, and two hundred feet wide. The name
is applied also to similar mounds found on the American coast
from Canada to Florida, made by the North American Indians.
Kitchen-ry \Kitch"en-ry\, n.
The body of servants employed in the kitchen. [Obs.]
--Holland.
Kite \Kite\, n. [OE. kyte, AS. c?ta; cf. W. cud, cut.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily
{Milvin[ae]}, of which many species are known. They have
long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked
tail.
Note: The European species are {Milvus ictinus} and {M.
govinda}; the sacred or Brahmany kite of India is
{Haliastur Indus}; the American fork-tailed kite is the
{Nauclerus furcatus}.
2. Fig. : One who is rapacious.
Detested kite, thou liest. --Shak.
3. A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper
or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
4. (Naut.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
5. (Geom.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis
of symmetry. --Henrici.
6. Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to
sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in
bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of
goods; an accommodation check or bill. [Cant]
7. (Zo["o]l.) The brill. [Prov. Eng. ]
{Flying kites}. (Naut.) See under {Flying}.
{Kite falcon} (Zo["o]l.), an African falcon of the genus
{Avicida}, having some resemblance to a kite.
Kite \Kite\, v. i.
To raise money by ``kites;'' as, kiting transactions. See
{Kite}, 6. [Cant]
Kite \Kite\, n.
The belly. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Kiteflying \Kite"fly`ing\, n.
A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the
use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also
{kiting}.
Kiteflier \Kite"fli`er\, n.
See {Kite}, n., 6. [Cant] --McElrath. Thackeray.
Kith \Kith\ (k[i^]th), n. [OE. kith, cu[eth], AS.
c[=y][eth][eth]e, c[=y][eth], native land, fr. c[=u][eth]
known. [root]45. See {Uncouth}, {Can}, and cf. {Kythe}.]
Acquaintance; kindred.
And my near kith for that will sore me shend. --W.
Browne.
The sage of his kith and the hamlet. --Longfellow.
{Kith and kin}, kindred more or less remote.
Kithara \Kith"a*ra\ (-[.a]*r[.a]), n.
See {Cithara}.
Kithe \Kithe\ (k[imac][th]), v. t. [Obs.]
See {Kythe}. --Chaucer.
Kitish \Kit"ish\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Like or relating to a kite.
Kitling \Kit"ling\, n. [Kit a kitten + -ling: cf. Icel.
ketlingr.]
A young kitten; a whelp. [Obs. or Scot.] --B. Jonson.
Kitte \Kit"te\, imp.
of {Kit} to cut. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Kittel \Kit"tel\, v. t.
See {Kittle}, v. t.
Kitten \Kit"ten\, n. [OE. kiton, a dim. of cat; cf. G. kitze a
young cat, also a female cat, and F. chaton, dim. of chat
cat, also E. kitling. See {Cat}.]
A young cat.
Kitten \Kit"ten\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Kittened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Kittening}.]
To bring forth young, as a cat; to bring forth, as kittens.
--Shak. H. Spencer.
Kittenish \Kit"ten*ish\, a.
Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition.
--Richardson.
Kittiwake \Kit"ti*wake\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A northern gull ({Rissa tridactyla}), inhabiting the coasts
of Europe and America. It is white, with black tips to the
wings, and has but three toes.
Kittle \Kit"tle\, v. i. [Cf. {Kit} a kitten.] (Zo["o]l.)
To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.]
Kittle \Kit"tle\, v. t. [Cf. AS. citelian; akin to D. kittelen,
G. kitzeln, Icel. kitla, Sw. kittla, kittsla, Dan. kildre.
Cf. {Tickle}.]
To tickle. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [Written also {kittel}.]
--Halliwell. --Jamieson.
Kittle \Kit"tle\, a.
Ticklish; not easily managed; troublesome; difficult;
variable. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Halliwell. --Sir W. Scott.
Kittlish \Kit"tlish\, a.
Ticklish; kittle. --Sir W. Scott.
Kittysol \Kit*ty*sol"\, n. [Sp. quitasol.]
The Chinese paper parasol.
Kive \Kive\, n.
A mash vat. See {Keeve}. [Obs.]
Kiver \Kiv"er\, v. t.
To cover. -- n. A cover. [Disused except in illiterate
speech.]
Kivikivi \Ki`vi*ki"vi\, Kiwikiwi \Ki`wi*ki"wi\, n.; pl.
{Kivikivies} (?), {Kiwikiwies}. (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of Apteryx, esp. {A. australis}; -- so called in
imitation of its notes. Called also {kiwi}. See {Apteryx}.
Kjoekken moeddings \Kjoek"ken moed`dings\ [Dan.]
See {Kitchen middens}.
Klamaths \Kla"maths\, n. pl.; sing. {Klamath} (Ethnol.)
A collective name for the Indians of several tribes formerly
living along the Klamath river, in California and Oregon, but
now restricted to a reservation at Klamath Lake; -- called
also {Clamets} and {Hamati}.
Kleeneboc \Kleene"boc`\ (kl[=e]n"b[o^]k`), n. [D. kleen little,
small + bok buck.]
(Zo["o]l.) An antelope ({Cerphalopus pygm[ae]us}), found in
South Africa. It is of very small size, being but one foot
high at shoulder. It is remarkable for its activity, and for
its mild and timid disposition. Called also {guevi}, and
{pygmy antelope}.
Kleptomania \Klep`to*ma"ni*a\, n. [Gr. ? thief + E. mania.]
A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does
not constitute legal irresponsibility. --Wharton.
Kleptomaniac \Klep`to*ma"ni*ac\, n.
A person affected with kleptomania.
Klick \Klick\, n. & v.
See {Click}.
Klicket \Klick"et\, n. [Cf. {Clicket}.] (Mil.)
A small postern or gate in a palisade, for the passage of
sallying parties. [Written also {klinket}.]
Klinkstone \Klink"stone`\, n.
See {Clinkstone}.
Klinometer \Kli*nom"e*ter\, n.
See {Clinometer}.
Klipdas \Klip"das\, Klipdachs \Klip"dachs`\, n. [D. klip cliff +
das badger, akin to G. dachs.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small mammal ({Hyrax Capensis}), found in South Africa. It
is of about the size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the
daman. Called also {rock rabbit}.
Klipfish \Klip"fish`\, n.
Dried cod, exported from Norway. [Written also {clipfish}.]
Klipspringer \Klip"spring`er\, n. [D., lit., cliff springer.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A small, graceful South African antelope ({Nanotragus
oreotragus}), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag
to another with great agility; -- called also {kainsi}.
[Written also {klippspringer}.]
Kloof \Kloof\, n. [D. See {Clove} a cleft.]
A glen; a ravine closed at its upper end. [South Africa]
Klopemania \Klo`pe*ma"ni*a\, n. [Gr. ? theft + E. mania.]
See {Kleptomania}.
Knab \Knab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Knabbing}.] [See {Nab}, v. t., and cf. {Knap}, v. t.]
1. To seize with the teeth; to gnaw. ``Knabbing crusts.''
[Obs.] --L'Estrange.
2. To nab. See {Nab}, v. t. [Colloq.]
Knabble \Knab"ble\, v. i. [Freq. of knab.]
To bite or nibble. [Obs.]
Horses will knabble at walls, and rats gnaw iron. --Sir
T. Browne.
Knack \Knack\, v. i. [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. G. knacken
to break, Dan. knage to crack, and E. knock.]
1. To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.] --Bp. Hall.
2. To speak affectedly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Knack \Knack\, n.
1. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. --Shak.
2. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something;
skill; facility; dexterity.
The fellow . . . has not the knack with his shears.
--B. Jonson.
The dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of
knack at rhyme. --Swift.
3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and
dexterity; a trick; a device. ``The knacks of japers.''
--Chaucer.
For how should equal colors do the knack ! --Pope.
Knacker \Knack"er\, n.
1. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc. --Mortimer.
2. One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely
between the fingers, and struck together by moving the
hand; -- called also {clapper}. --Halliwell.
Knacker \Knack"er\, n. [Cf. Icel. hnakkr a saddle.]
1. a harness maker. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
2. One who slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh
for dog's meat. [Eng.]
Knackish \Knack"ish\, a.
Trickish; artful. [Obs.] -- {Knack"ish*ness}, n. [Obs.] --Dr.
H. More.
Knack-kneed \Knack"-kneed`\, a.
See {Knock-kneed}.
Knacky \Knack"y\, a.
Having a knack; cunning; crafty; trickish. [Prov. Eng. &
Scot.] --Halliwell.
Knag \Knag\, n. [Cf. Prov. G. knagge a knot in wood, Sw. knagg,
Dan. knag a hook to hand clothes on, a bracket; Gael. & Ir.
cnag peg, knob.]
1. A knot in wood; a protuberance. --Wright.
2. A wooden peg for hanging things on. --Wright.
3. The prong of an antler. --Holland.
4. The rugged top of a hill. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Knagged \Knag"ged\, a.
Full of knots; knaggy.
Knaggy \Knag"gy\, a.
Knotty; rough; figuratively, rough in temper. --Fuller. --
{Knag"gi*ness}, n.
Knap \Knap\, n. [AS. cn[ae]p, cn[ae]pp, top, knob, button; cf.
Icel. knappr knob, Sw. knapp, Dan. knap button, W., Gael., &
Ir. cnap knob, button, and E. knop.]
A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising
ground; a summit. See {Knob}, and {Knop}.
The highest part and knap of the same island.
--Holland.
Knap \Knap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Knapping}.] [D. knappen to chew, bite, crack, take hold of;
prob. of imitative origin.]
1. To bite; to bite off; to break short. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.
]
He will knap the spears apieces with his teeth.
--Dr. H. More.
He breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in
sunder. --Ps. xlvi. 9
(Book of
Common
Prayer.)
2. To strike smartly; to rap; to snap. --Bacon.
Knap \Knap\, v. i.
To make a sound of snapping. --Wiseman.
Knap \Knap\, n.
A sharp blow or slap. --Halliwell.
Knapbottle \Knap"bot`tle\, n. (Bot.)
The bladder campion ({Silene inflata}).
Knappish \Knap"pish\, a. [See {Knap} to strike.]
Snappish; peevish. [Obs.] --Grafton.
Knapple \Knap"ple\, v. i. [Freq. of knap, v., cf. D. knabbelen
to gnaw.]
To break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to nibble.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Knappy \Knap"py\, a.
Having knaps; full of protuberances or humps; knobby. [Obs.]
--Huloet.
Knapsack \Knap"sack`\, n. [D. knapzak; knappen to eat + zak a
bag. See {Knap}, v. t., and {Sack}.]
A case of canvas or leather, for carrying on the back a
soldier's necessaries, or the clothing, etc., of a traveler.
And each one fills his knapsack or his scrip With some
rare thing that on the field is found. --Drayton.
Knapweed \Knap"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
The black centaury ({Centaurea nigra}); -- so called from the
knoblike heads of flowers. Called also {bullweed}.
Knar \Knar\, n.
See {Gnar}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Knarl \Knar"l\, n.
A knot in wood. See {Gnarl}.
Knarled \Knarled\, a.
Knotted. See {Gnarled}.
Knarred \Knarred\, a.
Knotty; gnarled.
The knarred and crooked cedar knees. --Longfellow.
Knarry \Knar"ry\, a.
Knotty; gnarled. --Chaucer.
Knave \Knave\, n. [OE., boy, servant, knave, AS. cnafa boy,
youth; cf. AS. cnapa boy, youth, D. kna?p, G. knabe boy,
knappe esquire, Icel. knapi, Sw. knape esquire, kn["a]fvel
knave.]
1. A boy; especially, a boy servant. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Chaucer.
O murderous slumber, Lay'st thou thy leaden mace
upon my boy That plays thee music ? Gentle knave,
good night. --Shak.
2. Any male servant; a menial. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
He's but Fortune's knave, A minister of her will.
--Shak.
3. A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a
villain. ``A pair of crafty knaves.'' --Shak.
In defiance of demonstration, knaves will continue
to proselyte fools. --Ames.
Note: ``How many serving lads must have been unfaithful and
dishonest before knave -which meant at first no more
than boy -- acquired the meaning which it has now !''
--Trench.
4. A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or
soldier; a jack.
{Knave child}, a male child. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Syn: Villain; cheat; rascal; rogue; scoundrel; miscreant.
Knavery \Knav"er*y\, n.; pl. {Knaveries}.
1. The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery;
a knavish action.
This is flat knavery, to take upon you another man's
name. --Shak.
2. pl. Roguish or mischievous tricks. --Shak.
Knaveship \Knave"ship\, n.
A small due, in meal, established by usage, which is paid to
the under miller. [Scot.]
Knavess \Knav"ess\, n.
A knavish woman. --Carlyle.
Knavish \Knav"ish\, a.
1. Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery;
trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish
fellow, or a knavish trick. ``Knavish politicians.''
--Macaulay.
2. Mischievous; roguish; waggish.
Cupid is knavish lad, Thus to make poor females mad.
--Shak.
Knavishly \Knav"ish*ly\, adv.
1. In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently. --Holland.
2. Mischievously; waggishly; roguishly. ``Knavishly witty.''
--Gayton.
KNavishness \KNav"ish*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being knavish; knavery; dishonesty.
Knaw \Knaw\, v. t.
See {Gnaw}. [Obs.] --Sir T. More.
Knawel \Knaw"el\, n. [Akin to G. knauelk, kn["a]uel,prop., a
ball of thread, coil. Cf. {Clew}.] (Bot.)
A low, spreading weed ({Scleranthus annuus}), common in sandy
soil.
Knead \Knead\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kneaded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kneading}.] [OE. kneden, As. cnedan; akin to D. kneden, G.
kneten, Sw. kn?da, Icel. kno?a; cf. OSlav. gnesti.]
1. To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands;
esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles,
into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake,
etc.; as, to knead dough.
The kneading, the making of the cake, the heating of
the oven, and the baking. --Shak.
2. Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat.
I will knead him : I'll make him supple. --Shak.
{Kneading trough}, a trough or tray in which dough is
kneaded. --Ex. viii. 3.
Kneadable \Knead"a*ble\, a.
That may be kneaded; capable of being worked into a mass.
Kneader \Knead"er\, n.
One who kneads.
Kneadingly \Knead"ing*ly\, adv.
In the manner of one kneading.
Knebelite \Kne"bel*ite\, n. [From Major von Knebel.] (Min.)
A mineral of a gray, red, brown, or green color, and
glistening luster. It is a silicate of iron and manganese.
Kneck \Kneck\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.)
The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out. [Eng.]
Knee \Knee\, n. [OE. kne, cneo, As. cne['o], cne['o]w; akin to
OS. knio, kneo, OFries. kn[=i], G. & D. knie, OHG. chniu,
chneo, Icel. kn?, Sw. kn["a],Dan. kn[ae], Goth. kniu, L.
genu, Gr. ?, Skr. j[=a]nu, ? Cf. {Genuflection}.]
1. In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
2. (Anat.)
(a) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh
and leg.
(b) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint,
corresponding to the wrist in man.
3. (Mech. & Shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed
with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when
bent.
4. A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.
Give them title, knee, and approbation. --Shak.
{Knee breeches}. See under {Breeches}.
{Knee holly}, {Knee holm} (Bot.), butcher's broom.
{Knee jerk} (Physiol.) a jerk or kick produced by a blow or
sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which
causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle; one
of the so-called tendon reflexes.
{Knee joint}. See in the Vocabulary.
{Knee timber}, timber with knees or angles in it.
{Knee tribute}, or {Knee worship}, tribute paid by kneeling;
worship by genuflection. [Obs.] ``Knee tribute yet
unpaid.'' --Milton.
Knee \Knee\ (n[=e]), v. t.
To supplicate by kneeling. [Obs.]
Fall down, and knee The way into his mercy. --Shak
Kneebrush \Knee"brush`\ (n[=e]"br[u^]sh`), n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some
species of antelopes and other animals; -- chiefly used in
the plural.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A thick mass or collection of hairs on the legs
of bees, by aid of which they carry the collected pollen
to the hive or nest; -- usually in the plural.
Kneecap \Knee"cap`\, n.
1. (Anat.) The kneepan.
2. A cap or protection for the knee.
Knee-crooking \Knee"-crook`ing\, a.
Obsequious; fawning; cringing. ``Knee-crooking knave.''
--Shak.
Kneed \Kneed\, a.
1. Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed;
out-kneed; weak-kneed.
2. (Bot.) Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints,
like the knee when a little bent; as, kneed grass.
Knee-deep \Knee"-deep`\, a.
1. Rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow
knee-deep.
Grass knee-deep within a month. --Milton.
2. Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water.
Where knee-deep the trees were standing.
--Longfellow.
Knee-high \Knee"-high`\, a.
Rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is
knee-high.
Kneejoint \Knee"joint`\, n.
1. The joint of the knee.
2. (Mach.) A toggle joint; -- so called because consisting of
two pieces jointed to each other end to end, making an
angle like the knee when bent.
Kneejointed \Knee"joint`ed\, a. (Bot.)
Geniculate; kneed. See {Kneed}, a., 2.
Kneel \Kneel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knelt}or {Kneeled} (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Kneeling}.] [OE. knelen, cneolien; akin to D.
knielen, Dan. kn[ae]le. See {Knee}.]
To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes
with down.
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord,
lay not this sin to their charge. --Acts vii.
60.
As soon as you are dressed, kneel and say the Lord's
Prayer. --Jer. Taylor.
Kneeler \Kneel"er\, n.
1. One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling.
--Tennyson.
2. A cushion or stool to kneel on.
3. (Eccl. Hist.) A name given to certain catechumens and
penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of
church worship.
Kneelingly \Kneel"ing*ly\, adv.
In a kneeling position.
Kneepan \Knee"pan`\, n. (Anat.)
A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front
of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.
Kneepiece \Knee"piece`\, n.
A piece shaped like a knee; as, the kneepieces or ears of a
boat.
Knell \Knell\, n. [OE. knel, cnul, AS. cnyll, fr. cnyllan to
sound a bell; cf. D. & G. knallen to clap, crack, G. & Sw.
knall a clap, crack, loud sound, Dan. knalde to clap, crack.
Cf. {Knoll}, n. & v.]
The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a
person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively,
a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of
anything.
The dead man's knell Is there scarce asked for who.
--Shak.
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day. --Gray.
Knell \Knell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Knelling}.] [OE. knellen, knillen, As. cnyllan. See {Knell},
n.]
To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or
funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen.
Not worth a blessing nor a bell to knell for thee.
--Beau. & Fl.
Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known, Of hopes
laid waste, knells in that word, ``alone''. --Ld.
Lytton.
Knell \Knell\, v. t.
To summon, as by a knell.
Each matin bell, the baron saith, Knells us back to a
world of death. --Coleridge.
Knelt \Knelt\, imp. & p. p.
of {Kneel}.
Knew \Knew\, imp.
of {Know}.
Knicker \Knick"er\, n. [D. knikker.]
A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble
by boys in playing. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.] --Halliwell.
Bartlett.
Knickerbockers \Knick"er*bock`ers\, n. pl.
The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.
Knickknack \Knick"knack`\, n. [See {Knack}.]
A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw.
Knickknackatory \Knick"knack`a*to*ry\, n.
A collection of knickknacks. --Richardson.
Knickknackery \Knick"knack`er*y\, n.
Knickknacks.
Knife \Knife\, n.; pl. {Knives}. [OE. knif, AS. cn[=i]f; akin to
D. knijf, Icel. kn[=i]fr, Sw. knif, Dan. kniv.]
1. An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel
and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle,
but of many different forms and names for different uses;
as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife,
pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc..
2. A sword or dagger.
The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. --Shak.
{Knife grass} (Bot.) a tropical American sedge ({Scleria
latifolia}), having leaves with a very sharp and hard
edge, like a knife.
{War to the knife}, mortal combat; a conflict carried to the
last extremity.
Knife \Knife\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knifed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Knifing}.]
1. (Hort.) To prune with the knife.
2. To cut or stab with a knife. [Low]
Knifeboard \Knife"board`\, n.
A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
Knife-edge \Knife"-edge`\, n. (Mech.)
A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and
resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of
a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate
with the least possible friction.
{Knife-edge file}. See Illust. of {File}.
Knight \Knight\, n. [OE. knight, cniht, knight, soldier, As.
cniht, cneoht, a boy, youth, attendant, military follower;
akin to D. & G. knecht servant; perh. akin to E. kin.]
1. A young servant or follower; a military attendant. [Obs.]
2.
(a) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback
and admitted to a certain military rank with special
ceremonies, including an oath to protect the
distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless
life.
(b) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of
baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him
to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John. [Eng.] Hence:
(c) A champion; a partisan; a lover. ``Give this ring to
my true knight.'' Shak ``In all your quarrels will I
be your knight.'' --Tennyson.
Knights, by their oaths, should right poor
ladies' harms. --Shak.
Note: Formerly, when a knight's name was not known, it was
customary to address him as Sir Knight. The rank of a
knight is not hereditary.
3. A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a
horse's head.
4. A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave
or jack. [Obs.]
{Carpet knight}. See under {Carpet}.
{Knight of industry}. See {Chevalier d'industrie}, under
{Chevalier}.
{Knight of Malta}, {Knight of Rhodes}, {Knight of St. John of
Jerusalem}. See {Hospitaler}.
{Knight of the post}, one who gained his living by giving
false evidence on trials, or false bail; hence, a sharper
in general. --Nares. ``A knight of the post, . . . quoth
he, for so I am termed; a fellow that will swear you
anything for twelve pence.'' --Nash.
{Knight of the shire}, in England, one of the representatives
of a county in Parliament, in distinction from the
representatives of cities and boroughs.
{Knights commanders}, {Knights grand cross}, different
classes of the Order of the Bath. See under {Bath}, and
{Companion}.
{Knights of labor}, a secret organization whose professed
purpose is to secure and maintain the rights of workingmen
as respects their relations to their employers. [U. S.]
{Knights of Pythias}, a secret order, founded in Washington,
d.C., in 1864, for social and charitable purposes.
{Knights of the Round Table}, knights belonging to an order
which, according to the legendary accounts, was instituted
by the mythical King Arthur. They derived their common
title from the table around which they sat on certain
solemn days. --Brande & C.
Knight \Knight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knighted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Knighting}.]
To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the
sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword,
saying: Rise, Sir ---.
A soldier, by the honor-giving hand Of C?ur-de-Lion
knighted in the field. --Shak.
Knightage \Knight"age\, n.
To body of knights, taken collectively.
Knight bachelor \Knight" bach"e*lor\; pl. {Knights bachelors}.
A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of English
knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See
{Bachelor}, 4.
Knight banneret \Knight" ban"ner*et\; pl. {Knights bannerets}.
A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a
greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged
to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The
dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on
the field of battle.
Knight baro-net \Knight" bar"o-net\
See {Baronet}.
Knight-errant \Knight"-er`rant\, n.; pl. {Knight-errants}, or
{Knights-errant}.
A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of
adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill,
prowess, and generosity.
Knight-errantry \Knight"-er`rant*ry\, n.; pl.
{Knight-errantries}.
The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice
of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or
romantic adventure or scheme.
The rigid guardian [i. e., conscience] of a blameless
heart Is weak with rank knight-erratries o'errun. --Young.
Knight-er-ratic \Knight"-er-rat"ic\, a.
Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry. [R.]
--Quart. Rev.
Knighthead \Knight"head`\, n. (Naut.)
A bollard timber. See under {Bollard}.
Knighthood \Knight"hood\, n. [Knight + hood: cf. AS. chihth[=a]d
youth.]
1. The character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of
knights as a class; hence, chivalry. ``O shame to
knighthood.'' --Shak.
If you needs must write, write C[ae]sar's praise;
You 'll gain at least a knighthood, or the bays.
--Pope.
2. The whole body of knights.
The knighthood nowadays are nothing like the
knighthood of old time. --Chapman.
Note: ``When the order of knighthood was conferred with full
solemnity in the leisure of a court or court or city,
imposing preliminary ceremonies were required of the
candidate. He prepared himself by prayer and fasting,
watched his arms at night in a chapel, and was then
admitted with the performance of religious rites.
Knighthood was conferred by the accolade, which, from
the derivation of the name, would appear to have been
originally an embrace; but afterward consisted, as it
still does, in a blow of the flat of a sword on the
back of the kneeling candidate.'' --Brande & C.
Knightless \Knight"less\, a.
Unbecoming a knight. [Obs.] ``Knightless guile.'' --Spenser.
Knightliness \Knight"li*ness\, n.
The character or bearing suitable for a knight; chivalry.
--Spenser.
Knightly \Knight`ly\, a. [AS. cnihtlic boyish.]
Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous;
as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit.
For knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit.
--Spenser.
[Excuses] full knightly without scorn. --Tennyson.
Knightly \Knight"ly\, adv.
In a manner becoming a knight.
And why thou comest thus knightly clad in arms. --Shak.
Knight marshal \Knight" mar"shal\ (Eng. Law)
An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has
cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and
verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household
being one of the parties. --Wharton.
Knight service \Knight" serv"ice\ (Eng. Feud. Law)
A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing
military service. See {Chivalry}, n., 4.
Knight Templar \Knight" Tem"plar\; pl. {Knights Templars}.
See {Commandery}, n., 3, and also {Templar}, n., 1 and 3.
Knit \Knit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knit} or {Knitted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Knitting}.] [OE. knitten, knutten, As. cnyttan, fr.
cnotta knot; akin to Icel. kn?ta, Sw. knyta, Dan. knytte. See
{Knot}.]
1. To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as
cord; to fasten by tying.
A great sheet knit at the four corners. --Acts x.
11.
When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher
about your brows. --Shak.
2. To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn
or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of
needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit
stockings.
3. To join; to cause to grow together.
Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are
under a discharge. --Wiseman.
4. To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit
together in love.
Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit. --Shak.
Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light
fantastic round. --Milton.
A link among the days, toknit The generations each
to each. --Tennyson.
5. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
He knits his brow and shows an angry eye. --Shak.
Knit \Knit\, v. i.
1. To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave
by making knots or loops.
2. To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones
will in time knit and become sound.
{To knit up}, to wind up; to conclude; to come to a close.
``It remaineth to knit up briefly with the nature and
compass of the seas.'' [Obs.] --Holland.
Knit \Knit\, n.
Union knitting; texture. --Shak.
Knitback \Knit"back`\, n. (Bot.)
The plant comfrey; -- so called from its use as a
restorative. --Dr. Prier.
Knitch \Knitch\, Knitchet \Knitch"et\, n. [Cf. {Knit}.]
A number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
When they [stems of asphodel] be dried, they ought to
be made up into knitchets, or handfuls. --Holland.
Knits \Knits\, n. pl. [Prob. same word as nit a louse's egg.]
(Mining)
Small particles of ore. --Raymond.
Knitster \Knit"ster\, n.
A woman who knits. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Knitter \Knit"ter\, n.
One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting
machine. --Shak.
Knitting \Knit"ting\, n.
1. The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.
2. Union formed by knitting, as of bones.
{Knitting machine}, one of a number of contrivances for
mechanically knitting stockings, jerseys, and the like.
{Knitting ?eedle}, a stiff rod, as of steel wire, with
rounded ends for knitting yarn or threads into a fabric,
as in stockings.
{Knitting sheath}, a sheath to receive the end of a needle in
knitting.
Knittle \Knit"tle\, n. [From {Knit}.]
1. A string that draws together a purse or bag. [Prov. Eng.]
--Wright.
2. pl. (Naut.) See {Nettles}.
Knives \Knives\, n. pl.
of {Knife}. See {Knife}.
Knob \Knob\, n. [A modification of knop. Cf. {Nob}.]
1. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a
lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.
2. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock,
door, or drawer. --Chaucer.
3. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. [U. S.]
--Bartlett.
4. (Arch.) See {Knop}.
{Knob latch}, a latch which can be operated by turning a
knob, without using a key.
Knob \Knob\, v. i.
To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [Obs.]
--Drant.
Knobbed \Knobbed\, a.
Containing knobs; full of knobs; ending in a nob. See Illust
of {Antenna}.
The horns of a roe deer of Greenland are pointed at the
top, and knobbed or tuberous at the bottom. --Grew.
Knobber \Knob"ber\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Knobbler}.
Knobbing \Knob"bing\, n. (Stone Quarrying)
Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections.
Knobbler \Knob"bler\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The hart in its second year; a young deer. [Written also
{knobber}.] --Halliwell.
He has hallooed the hounds upon a velvet-headed
knobbler. --Sir W.
Scott.
Knobbling fire \Knob"bling fire\
A bloomery fire. See {Bloomery}.
Knobby \Knob"by\, a. [From {Knob}.]
1. Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances.
--Dr. H. More.
2. Irregular; stubborn in particulars. [Obs.]
The informers continued in a knobby kind of
obstinacy. --Howell.
3. Abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly. [U.S.]
--Bartlett.
Knobstick \Knob"stick`\, n.
One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trades union.
[Cant, Eng.]
Knock \Knock\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knocked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Knocking}.] [OE. knoken, AS. cnocian, cnucian; prob. of
imitative origin; cf. Sw. knacka.Cf. {Knack}.]
1. To drive or be driven against something; to strike against
something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against
another. --Bacon.
2. To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap;
as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.
For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked.
--Dryden.
Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you. --Matt. vii.
7.
{To knock about}, to go about, taking knocks or rough usage;
to wander about; to saunter. [Colloq.] ``Knocking about
town.'' --W. Irving.
{To knock up}, to fail of strength; to become wearied or worn
out, as with labor; to give out. ``The horses were
beginning to knock up under the fatigue of such severe
service.'' --De Quincey.
{To knock off}, to cease, as from work; to desist.
{To knock under}, to yield; to submit; to acknowledge one's
self conquered; -- an expression probably borrowed from
the practice of knocking under the table with the
knuckles, when conquered. ``Colonel Esmond knocked under
to his fate.'' --Thackeray.
Knock \Knock\ (n[o^]k), v. t.
1. To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by
striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to
knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post;
to knock a lamp off the table.
When heroes knock their knotty heads together.
--Rowe.
2. To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
Master, knock the door hard. --Shak.
{To knock down}.
(a) To strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by
blows; as, to knock down an assailant.
(b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow or
knock; to knock off.
{To knock in the head}, or {on the head}, to stun or kill by
a blow upon the head; hence, to put am end to; to defeat,
as a scheme or project; to frustrate; to quash. [Colloq.]
-- {To knock off}.
(a) To force off by a blow or by beating.
(b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the
counter.
(c) To leave off (work, etc.). [Colloq.] -- {To knock
out}, to force out by a blow or by blows; as, to knock out
the brains.
{To knock up}.
(a) To arouse by knocking.
(b) To beat or tire out; to fatigue till unable to do
more; as, the men were entirely knocked up. [Colloq.]
``The day being exceedingly hot, the want of food had
knocked up my followers.'' --Petherick.
(c) (Bookbinding) To make even at the edges, or to shape
into book form, as printed sheets.
Knock \Knock\, n.
1. A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
2. A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. `` A knock
at the door.'' --Longfellow.
A loud cry or some great knock. --Holland.
{Knock off}, a device in a knitting machine to remove loops
from the needles.
Knockdown \Knock"down`\, n.
A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal.
Knockdown \Knock"down`\, a.
Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a
knockdown blow; a knockdown argument. [Colloq.]
Knocker \Knock"er\, n.
One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument,
or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking
for admittance.
Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said; Tie
up the knocker; say I'm sick, I'm dead. --Pope.
Knocking \Knock"ing\, n.
A beating; a rap; a series of raps.
The . . . repeated knockings of the head upon the
ground by the Chinese worshiper. --H. Spencer.
Knockings \Knock"ings\, n. pl. (Mining)
Large lumps picked out of the sieve, in dressing ore.
Knock-knee \Knock"-knee`\, n. (Med.)
A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch
each other in walking; inknee.
Knock-kneed \Knock"-kneed`\, a.
Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in
walking. [Written also {knack-kneed}.]
Knockstone \Knock"stone`\, n. (Mining)
A block upon which ore is broken up.
Knoll \Knoll\, n. [AS. cnoll; akin to G. knolle, knollen, clod,
lump, knob, bunch, OD. knolle ball, bunch, Sw. kn["o]l, Dan.
knold.]
A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the
top or crown of a hill.
On knoll or hillock rears his crest, Lonely and huge,
the giant oak. --Sir W.
Scott.
Knoll \Knoll\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knolled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Knolling}.] [OE. knollen, AS. cnyllan. See {Knell}.]
To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to
proclaim, or summon, by ringing. ``Knolled to church.''
--Shak.
Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours. --Tennyson.
Knoll \Knoll\, v. i.
To sound, as a bell; to knell. --Shak.
For a departed being's soul The death hymn peals, and
the hollow bells knoll. --Byron.
Knoll \Knoll\, n.
The tolling of a bell; a knell. [R.] --Byron.
Knoller \Knoll"er\, n.
One who tolls a bell. [Obs.] --Sherwood.
Knop \Knop\, n. [OE. knop, knoppe; cf. D. knop, knoop, G. knopf,
Dan. knap, knop, Sw. knapp, knopp, button, bud, Icel. knappr,
and E. knap, n. Cf. {Knap}, {Knob}.]
1. A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.
Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops
and their flowers. --Ex. xxv. 21.
2. (Arch.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp.,
the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then
synonymous with finial; -- called also {knob}, and
{knosp}.
{Knop sedge} (Bot.), the bur reed ({Sparganium}); -- so
called from its globular clusters of seed vessels.
--Prior.
Knopped \Knopped\, a.
Having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons. [Obs.]
--Rom. of R.
Knoppern \Knop"pern\, n. [Cf. G. knopper. See {Knop}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn,
-- used in tanning and dyeing.
Knopweed \Knop"weed`\, n.
Same as {Knapweed}.
Knor \Knor\, n.
See {Knur}. [Obs.]
Knosp \Knosp\, n. [Cf. G. knospe bud, E. knop, knar.] (Arch.)
Same as {Knop},2. --Milman.
Knot \Knot\, n. [OE. knot, knotte, AS. cnotta; akin to D. knot,
OHG. chnodo, chnoto, G. knoten, Icel. kn?tr, Sw. knut, Dan.
knude, and perh. to L. nodus. Cf. {Knout}, {Knit}.]
1.
(a) A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or
more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of
various ways of tying or entangling.
(b) A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc.,
as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon
itself.
(c) An ornamental tie, as of a ribbon.
Note: The names of knots vary according to the manner of
their making, or the use for which they are intended;
as, dowknot, reef knot, stopper knot, diamond knot,
etc.
2. A bond of union; a connection; a tie. ``With nuptial
knot.'' --Shak.
Ere we knit the knot that can never be loosed. --Bp.
Hall.
3. Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a
perplexity; a problem.
Knots worthy of solution. --Cowper.
A man shall be perplexed with knots, and problems of
business, and contrary affairs. --South.
4. A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately
interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc. ``Garden
knots.'' --Bacon.
Flowers worthy of paradise, which, not nice art In
beds and curious knots, but nature boon Poured forth
profuse on hill, and dale, and plain. --Milton.
5. A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a
hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians. ``Knots of
talk.'' --Tennyson.
His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries. --Shak.
Palms in cluster, knots of Paradise. --Tennyson.
As they sat together in small, separate knots, they
discussed doctrinal and metaphysical points of
belief. --Sir W.
Scott.
6. A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody
fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock
and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is
generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered
by later woody growth.
7. A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
With lips serenely placid, felt the knot Climb in
her throat. --Tennyson.
8. A protuberant joint in a plant.
9. The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist
of a matter. [Obs.]
I shoulde to the knotte condescend, And maken of her
walking soon an end. --Chaucer.
10. (Mech.) See {Node}.
11. (Naut.)
(a) A division of the log line, serving to measure the
rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line
bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty
seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run
off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows
the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour.
Hence:
(b) A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship
goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be
eight knots.
12. A kind of epaulet. See {Shoulder knot}.
13. (Zo["o]l.) A sandpiper ({Tringa canutus}), found in the
northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is
grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail
coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are
pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white.
When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also {dunne}.
Note: The name is said to be derived from King Canute, this
bird being a favorite article of food with him.
The knot that called was Canutus' bird of old, Of
that great king of Danes his name that still doth
hold, His appetite to please that far and near
was sought. --Drayton.
Knot \Knot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Knotting}.]
1. To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form
a knot on, as a rope; to entangle. ``Knotted curls.''
--Drayton.
As tight as I could knot the noose. --Tennyson.
2. To unite closely; to knit together. --Bacon.
3. To entangle or perplex; to puzzle. [Obs. or R.]
Knot \Knot\, v. i.
1. To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to
become entangled.
Cut hay when it begins to knot. --Mortimer.
2. To knit knots for fringe or trimming.
3. To copulate; -- said of toads. [R.] --Shak.
Knotberry \Knot"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
The cloudberry ({Rudus Cham[ae]morus}); -- so called from its
knotted stems.
Knotgrass \Knot"grass`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) a common weed with jointed stems {(Polygonum aviculare)};
knotweed.
(b) The dog grass. See under {Dog}.
Note: An infusion of {Polygonum aviculare} was once supposed
to have the effect of stopping the growth of an animal,
and hence it was called, as by Shakespeare, ``hindering
knotgrass.''
We want a boy extremely for this function, Kept
under for a year with milk and knotgrass. --Beau.
& Fl.
Knotless \Knot"less\, a.
Free from knots; without knots. ``Silver firs with knotless
trunks.'' --Congreve.
Knotted \Knot"ted\, a.
1. Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord;
the knotted oak. --Dryden.
2. Interwoven; matted; entangled.
Make . . . thy knotted and combined locks to part.
--Shak.
3. Having intersecting lines or figures.
The west corner of thy curious knotted garden.
--Shak.
4. (Geol.) Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly
composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the
rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered
surface; as, knotted rocks. --Percival.
5. Entangled; puzzling; knotty. [R.]
They're catched in knotted lawlike nets. --Hudibras.
Knottiness \Knot"ti*ness\, n. [From {Knotty}.]
1. The quality or state of being knotty or full of knots.
2. Difficulty of solution; intricacy; complication. ``
Knottiness of his style.'' --Hare.
Knotty \Knot"ty\, a. [Compar. {Knottier}; superl. {Knottiest}.]
1. Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty
timber; a knotty rope.
2. Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head.[R.] --Rewe.
3. Difficult; intricate; perplexed.
A knotty point to which we now proceed --Pope.
Knotweed \Knot"weed"\ (n>ocr/t"w[=e]d`), n. (Bot.)
See {Knot?rass}.
Knotwort \Knot"wort\ (-w[^u]rt`), n. (Bot.)
A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus
{Illecebrum} ({I. verticillatum}).
Knout \Knout\ (nout or n[=oo]t), n. [Russ. knut'; prob. of
Scand. origin; cf. Sw. knut knot, knout, Icel. kn[=u]tr knot:
cf. F. knout. See {Knot}.]
A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in
Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs
twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.
Knout \Knout\, v. t.
To punish with the knout. --Brougham.
Know \Know\, n.
Knee. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Know \Know\, v. t. [imp. {Knew}; p. p. {Known}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Knowing}.] [OE. knowen, knawen, AS. cn["a]wan; akin to OHG.
chn["a]an (in comp.), Icel. kn["a] to be able, Russ, znate to
know, L. gnoscere, noscere, Gr. ?, Skr. jn?; fr. the root of
E. can, v. i., ken. (?). See {Ken}, {Can} to be able, and cf.
{Acquaint}, {Cognition}, {Gnome}, {Ignore}, {Noble}, {Note}.]
1. To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to
understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's
duty.
O, that a man might know The end of this day's
business ere it come! --Shak.
There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know
it. --Dryden.
Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be
strong. --Longfellow.
2. To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of;
as, to know things from information.
3. To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or
less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to
possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the
rules of an organization.
He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
--2 Cor. v.
21.
Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. --Milton.
4. To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of;
as, to know a person's face or figure.
Ye shall know them by their fruits. --Matt. vil.
16.
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him.
--Luke xxiv.
31.
To know Faithful friend from flattering foe. --Shak.
At nearer view he thought he knew the dead.
--Flatman.
5. To have sexual commerce with.
And Adam knew Eve his wife. --Gen. iv. 1.
Note: Know is often followed by an objective and an
infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a
dependent sentence, etc.
And I knew that thou hearest me always. --John
xi. 42.
The monk he instantly knew to be the prior. --Sir
W. Scott.
In other hands I have known money do good.
--Dickens.
{To know how}, to understand the manner, way, or means; to
have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity. How
is sometimes omitted. `` If we fear to die, or know not to
be patient.'' --Jer. Taylor.
Know \Know\, v. i.
1. To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception;
to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often
with of.
Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
--Is. i. 3.
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the
doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak
of myself. --John vii.
17.
The peasant folklore of Europe still knows of
willows that bleed and weep and speak when hewn.
--Tylor.
2. To be assured; to feel confident.
{To know of}, to ask, to inquire. [Obs.] `` Know of your
youth, examine well your blood.'' --Shak.
Knowable \Know"a*ble\, a.
That may be known; capable of being discovered, understood,
or ascertained.
Thus mind and matter, as known or knowable, are only
two different series of phenomena or qualities. --Sir
W. Hamilton.
Knowa bleness \Know"a* ble*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being knowable. --Locke.
Know-all \Know"-all`\, n.
One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to
great knowledge; a wiseacre; -- usually ironical. [Colloq. or
R.]
Knower \Know"er\, n.
One who knows. --Shak.
Knowing \Know"ing\, a.
1. Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a
knowing dog.
The knowing and intelligent part of the world.
--South.
2. Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal. [Colloq.]
Knowing \Know"ing\, n.
Knowledge; hence, experience. `` In my knowing.'' --Shak.
This sore night Hath trifled former knowings. --Shak.
Knowingly \Know"ing*ly\, adv.
1. With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently;
consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly
offend. --Strype.
2. By experience. [Obs.] --Shak.
Knowingness \Know"ing*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent;
shrewdness; skillfulness.
Knowleche \Knowl"eche\, n. & v. [Obs.]
See {Knowl}, {edge}.
We consider and knowleche that we have offended.
--Chaucer.
Knowleching \Knowl"ech*ing\, n.
Knowledge. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Knowledge \Knowl"edge\, n. [OE. knowlage, knowlege, knowleche,
knawleche. The last part is the Icel. suffix -leikr, forming
abstract nouns, orig. the same as Icel. leikr game, play,
sport, akin to AS. l[=a]c, Goth. laiks dance. See {Know}, and
cf. {Lake}, v. i., {Lark} a frolic.]
1. The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact,
truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance;
cognition.
Knowledge, which is the highest degree of the
speculative faculties, consists in the perception of
the truth of affirmative or negative propositions.
--Locke.
2. That which is or may be known; the object of an act of
knowing; a cognition; -- chiefly used in the plural.
There is a great difference in the delivery of the
mathematics, which are the most abstracted of
knowledges. --Bacon.
Knowledges is a term in frequent use by Bacon, and,
though now obsolete, should be revived, as without
it we are compelled to borrow ``cognitions'' to
express its import. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
To use a word of Bacon's, now unfortunately
obsolete, we must determine the relative value of
knowledges. --H. Spencer.
3. That which is gained and preserved by knowing;
instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning;
scholarship; erudition.
Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. --1 Cor.
viii. 1.
Ignorance is the curse of God; - Knowledge, the wing
wherewith we fly to heaven. --Shak.
4. That familiarity which is gained by actual experience;
practical skill; as, a knowledge of life.
Shipmen that had knowledge of the sea. --1 Kings ix.
27.
5. Scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not
come to my knowledge.
Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou
shouldst take knowledge of me? --Ruth ii. 10.
6. Sexual intercourse; -- usually preceded by carnal; as,
carnal knowledge.
Syn: See {Wisdom}.
Knowledge \Knowl"edge\, v. t.
To acknowledge. [Obs.] ``Sinners which knowledge their
sins.'' --Tyndale.
Known \Known\, p. p.
of {Know}.
Know-nothing \Know"-noth`ing\, n.
A member of a secret political organization in the United
States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of
foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the
exclusive choice of native Americans for office.
Note: The party originated in 1853, and existed for about
three years. The members of it were called
Know-nothings, because they replied ``I don't know,''
to any questions asked them in reference to the party.
Know-nothingism \Know"-noth`ing*ism\, n.
The doctrines, principles, or practices, of the
Know-nothings.
Knubs \Knubs\, n. pl.
Waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon.
Knuckle \Knuc"kle\, n. [OE. knokel, knokil, AS. cuncel; akin to
D. knokkel, OFries. knokele, knokle, G. kn["o]chel, Sw.
knoge, Dan. knokkel, G. knochen bone, and perh. to E. knock.]
1. The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by
the closing of the fingers. --Davenant.
2. The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a
quadruped, especially of a calf; -- formerly used of the
kneejoint of a human being.
With weary knuckles on thy brim she kneeled sadly
down. --Golding.
3. The joint of a plant. [Obs.] --Bacon.
4. (Mech.) The joining pars of a hinge through which the pin
or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.
5. (Shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where
a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where
a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
6. A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished
with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a
blow, and to disfigure the person struck; as, brass
knuckles; -- called also {knuckle duster}. [Slang.]
{Knuckle joint} (Mach.), a hinge joint, in which a projection
with an eye, on one piece, enters a jaw between two
corresponding projections with eyes, on another piece, and
is retained by a pin which passes through the eyes and
forms the pivot.
{Knuckle of veal} (Cookery), the lower part of a leg of veal,
from the line of the body to the knuckle.
Knuckle \Knuc"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knuckled};; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Knuckling}.]
To yield; to submit; -- used with down, to, or under.
{To knuckle to}.
(a) To submit to in a contest; to yield to. [Colloq.] See {To
knock under}, under {Knock}, v. i.
(b) To apply one's self vigorously or earnestly to; as, to
knuckle to work. [Colloq.]
Knuckle \Knuc"kle\, v. t.
To beat with the knuckles; to pommel. [R.] --Horace Smith.
Knuckled \Knuc"kled\, a.
Jointed. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Knuff \Knuff\, n. [Cf. {Cnof} a churl.]
A lout; a clown. [Obs.]
The country knuffs, Hob, Dick, and Hick, With clubs and
clouted shoon. --Hayward.
Knur \Knur\, n. [See {Knurl}.]
A knurl. --Woodward.
Knurl \Knurl\, n. [See {Knar}, {Gnar}.]
A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a
nodule; a boss or projection.
2. One who, or that which, is crossgrained.
Knurl \Knurl\, v. t.
To provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge
of a flat knob, or coin; to mill.
Knurled \Knurled\, a.
1. Full of knots; gnarled.
2. Milled, as the head of a screw, or the edge of a coin.
Knurly \Knurl"y\, [Compar. {Knurlier}; superl. {Knurliest}.]
[See {Knur}, and cf. {Gnarly}.]
Full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or
resisting much.
Knurry \Knur"ry\, a.
Full of knots. [Obs.] --Drayton.
Koaita \Ko*ai"ta\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Coaita}.
Koala \Ko*a"la\, n.
A tailless marsupial ({Phascolarctos cinereus}), found in
Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her
neck. Called also {Australian bear}, {native bear}, and
{native sloth}.
Kob \Kob\, Koba \Ko"ba\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of African antelopes of the genus
{Kobus}, esp. the species {Kobus sing-sing}.
Kobalt \Ko"balt\, n.
See {Cobalt}.
Kobellite \Ko"bel*lite\, n. [From Franz von Kobell, of Munich.]
(Min.)
A blackish gray mineral, a sulphide of antimony, bismuth, and
lead.
Kobold \Ko"bold\, n. [G., perh. orig., house god, hose
protector. See {Cobalt}]
A kind of domestic spirit in German mythology, corresponding
to the Scottish brownie and the English Robin Goodfellow.
Kodak \Ko"dak\, n.
A kind of portable camera.
Koel \Ko"el\, n. [Native name in India.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of cuckoos of the genus
{Eudynamys}, found in India, the East Indies, and Australia.
They deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds.
Koff \Koff\, n. [D. kof.]
A two-masted Dutch vessel.
Kohinoor \Koh`i*noor"\, Kohnur \Koh`*nur\, n. [Per. koh-i-n?r,
lit., mountain of light.]
A famous diamond, surrendered to the British crown on the
annexation of the Punjab. According to Hindoo legends, it was
found in a Golconda mine, and has been the property of
various Hindoo and Persian rulers.
Kohl \Kohl\, n. [See {Alcohol}.]
A mixture of soot and other ingredients, used by Egyptian and
other Eastern women to darken the edges of the eyelids.
Kohl-rabi \Kohl"-ra`bi\, n.; pl. {Kohl-rabies}. [G. Cf. {Cole},
{Rape} the plant.] (Bot.)
A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large,
turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the
ground.
Kokama \Ko*ka"ma\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The gemsbok.
Koklass \Ko"klass\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any pheasant of the genus {Pucrasia}. The birds of this genus
inhabit India and China, and are distinguished by having a
long central and two lateral crests on the head. Called also
{pucras}.
Kokoon \Ko*koon"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The gnu.
Kolarian \Ko*la"ri*an\, n. (Ethnol.)
An individual of one of the races of aboriginal inhabitants
which survive in Hindostan. -- a. Of or pertaining to the
Kolarians.
Komenic \Ko*me"nic\, a. [Prob. G. mekonin (by transposition of
letters) + -ic.] (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from
meconic acid. [Written also {comenic}.]
Komtok \Kom"tok\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An African freshwater fish ({Protopterus annectens}),
belonging to the Dipnoi. It can breathe air by means of its
lungs, and when waters dry up, it encases itself in a nest of
hard mud, where it remains till the rainy season. It is used
as food.
Kon \Kon\, v. t.
To know. See {Can}, and {Con}. [Obs.]
Ye konnen thereon as much as any man. --Chaucer.
Konite \Ko"nite\, n. (Min.)
See {Conite}.
Konze \Konze\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large African antelope ({Alcelaphus Lichtensteini}), allied
to the hartbeest, but having shorter and flatter horns, and
lacking a black patch on the face.
Koodoo \Koo"doo\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large South African antelope ({Strepsiceros kudu}). The
males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long.
The general color is reddish or grayish brown, with eight or
nine white bands on each side, and a pale dorsal stripe. The
old males become dark bluish gray, due to the skin showing
through the hair. The females are hornless. Called also
{nellut}. [Written also {kudu}.]
Kookoom \Koo"koom\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The oryx or gemsbok. [Written also {kookaam}.]
Koolokamba \Koo`lo*kam"ba\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A west African anthropoid ape ({Troglodytes koolokamba}, or
{T. Aubryi}), allied to the chimpanzee and gorilla, and, in
some respects, intermediate between them.
Koolslaa \Kool"slaa`\, n.
See {Coleslaw}.
Koord \Koord\, n.
See {Kurd}.
Koordish \Koord"ish\, n.
See {Kurdish}.
Koorilian \Koo*ril"i*an\, a & n.
Same as {Kurilian}.
Kopeck \Ko"peck\, n. [Russ. kopeika.]
A small Russian coin. One hundred kopecks make a rouble,
worth about sixty cents
. [Written also {kopek}, {copec}, and {copeck}.]
Koran \Ko"ran\ (?; 277), n. [Ar. gor[=a]n. See {Alcoran}.]
The Scriptures of the Mohammedans, containing the professed
revelations to Mohammed; -- called also {Alcoran}. [Written
also {Kuran} or {Quran}.]
Korin \Ko"rin\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The gazelle.
Korrigum \Kor"ri*gum\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A West African antelope ({Damalis Senegalensis}), allied to
the sassaby. It is reddish gray, with a black face, and a
black stripe on the outside of the legs above the knees.
Kosmos \Kos"mos\, n.
See {Cosmos}. --Gladstone.
Kotow \Ko*tow"\, n. [Chinese, knock head.]
The prostration made by mandarins and others to their
superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the
forehead on the ground. There are degrees in the rite, the
highest being expressed by three knockings. [China]
--S. W. Williams.
Kotow \Ko*tow"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kotowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kotowing}.]
To perform the kotow.
Koulan \Kou"lan\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A wild horse ({Equus, or Asinus, onager}) inhabiting the
plants of Central Asia; -- called also {gour}, {khur}, and
{onager}. [Written also {kulan}.]
Note: It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which
it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but
fulvous in summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal
stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is
intermediate between the horse and ass.
Koumiss \Kou"miss\, n. [Russ. kumys; of Mongolian origin.]
An intoxicating fermented or distilled liquor originally made
by the Tartars from mare's or camel's milk. It can be
obtained from any kind of milk, and is now largely made in
Europe. [Written also {koumyss}, {kumiss}, {kumish}, and
{kumys}.]
Koumiss has from time immemorial served the Tartar
instead of wine or spirits. --J. H.
Newman.
Kousso \Kous"so\, n. (Bot.)
An Abyssinian rosaceous tree ({Brayera anthelmintica}), the
flowers of which are used as a vermifuge. [Written also
{cusso} and {kosso}.]
Kowtow \Kow*tow"\, n. & v. i.
The same as {Kotow}.
I have salaamed and kowtowed to him. --H. James.
Kra \Kra\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A long-tailed ape ({Macacus cynomolgus}) of India and
Sumatra. It is reddish olive, spotted with black, and has a
black tail.
Kraal \Kraal\ (?; 277), n. [D., a village, inclosure, park,
prob. fr. Pg. curral a cattle pen; the same word as Sp.
corral. See {Corral}.]
1. A collection of huts within a stockade; a village;
sometimes, a single hut. [South Africa]
2. An inclosure into which are driven wild elephants which
are to be tamed and educated. [Ceylon]
Krait \Krait\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A very venomous snake of India ({Bungarus c[oe]ruleus}),
allied to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or brownish
black, often with narrow white streaks; the belly is whitish.
Kraken \Kra"ken\, n. [Prob. from OSw. krake, or ODan. krage the
trunk of a tree, the branches of which are not entirely cut
off, to which it was likened by the Norwegian mariners.]
A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as
resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense
octopus.
To believe all that has been said of the sea serpent or
kraken, would be credulity; to reject the possibility
of their existence, would be presumption. --Goldsmith.
Like a kraken huge and black. --Longfellow.
Krakowiak \Kra*ko"wi*ak\, n. (Mus.)
A lively Polish dance. See {Cracovienne}.
Krameria \Kra*me"ri*a\, n. [NL. So called after the German
botanists, J. G. H. & W. H. Kramer.] (Bot.)
A genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from one species
of which ({K. triandra}), found in Peru, rhatany root, used
as a medicine, is obtained.
Krameric \Kra*mer"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, {Krameria} (rhatany); as,
krameric acid, usually called {ratanhia-tannic} acid.
Krang \Krang\, n. [Cf. D. kreng a carcass.]
The carcass of a whale after the blubber has been removed.
[Written also {crang} and {kreng}.]
Kranging hook \Krang"ing hook`\ (Whaling)
A hook for holding the blubber while cutting it away.
[Written also {cranging hook}.]
Kreatic \Kre*at"ic\, a.
See {Creatic}.
Kreatin \Kre"a*tin\, n. (Chem.)
See {Creatin}.
Kreatinin \Kre*at"i*nin\, n. (Chem.)
See {Creatinin}.
Kreel \Kreel\, n.
See {Creel}.
Kremlin \Krem"lin\, n. [Russ. kremle.]
The citadel of a town or city; especially, the citadel of
Moscow, a large inclosure which contains imperial palaces,
cathedrals, churches, an arsenal, etc. [Russia]
Krems \Krems\, n.
A variety of white lead. See {Krems lead}, under {Lead}, n.
Kreng \Kreng\, n.
See {Krang}.
Kreosote \Kre"o*sote\, n.
See Creosote.
Kreutzer \Kreut"zer\ (kroit"s[~e]r), n. [G. kreuzer.]
A small copper coin formerly used in South Germany; also, a
small Austrian copper coin. [Written also {kreuzer}.]
Kriegsspiel \Kriegs"spiel`\, n. [G., fr. krieg war + spiel
play.]
A game of war, played for practice, on maps. --Farrow.
Kris \Kris\, n.
A Malay dagger. See {Creese}.
Krishna \Krish"na\, n. [Skr. k[.r]sh[.n]a.] (Hindoo Myth.)
The most popular of the Hindoo divinities, usually held to be
the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu.
Kritarchy \Kri"tarch*y\ (kr[imac]"t[aum]rk*[tcr]), n. [Gr.
krith`s judge + 'archh` beginning, government.]
The rule of the judges over Israel.
Samson, Jephthah, Gideon, and other heroes of the
kritarchy. --Southey.
Krokidolite \Kro*kid"o*lite\ (kr[-o]*k[i^]d"[-o]*l[imac]t), n.
(Min.)
See {Crocidolite}.
Krone \Kro"ne\ (kr[=o]"n[asl]), n. [Dan.]
A coin of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, of the value of about
twenty-eight cents. See {Crown}, n., 9.
Krooman \Kroo"man\ (kr[=oo]"man), n.; pl. {Kroomen} (-men).
One of a negro tribe of Liberia and the adjacent coast, whose
members are much employed on shipboard.
Kruller \Krul"ler\, n.
See {Cruller}.
Krummhorn \Krumm"horn`\, Krumhorn \Krum"horn`\
(kr[=oo]m"h[^o]rn`), n. [G. krummhorn cornet; krumm crooked +
horn horn.] (Mus.)
(a) A reed instrument of music of the cornet kind, now
obsolete (see {Cornet}, 1, a.).
(b) A reed stop in the organ; -- sometimes called {cremona}.
Krupp gun \Krupp" gun"\
A breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of
Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia. Guns of over eight-inch
bore are made up of several concentric cylinders; those of a
smaller size are forged solid. --Knight.
Kryolite \Kry"o*lite\, n. (Min.)
See {Cryolite}.
Ksar \Ksar\ (z[aum]r), n.
See {Czar}.
Kshatriya \Ksha"tri*ya\, Kshatruya \Ksha"tru*ya\, n.[Skr.
kshatriya one belonging to the military caste.]
The military caste, the second of the four great Hindoo
castes; also, a member of that caste. See {Caste}. [India]
Kuda \Ku"da\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The East Indian tapir. See {Tapir}.
Kudos \Ku"dos\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ky^dos glory.]
Glory; fame; renown; praise. --W. H. Russel.
Kudos \Ku"dos\, v. t.
To praise; to extol; to glorify. ``Kudos'd egregiously.''
[R.] --Southey.
Kudu \Ku"du\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Koodoo}.
Kufic \Ku"fic\, a.
See {Cufic}.
Kukang \Ku*kang"\, n. (Zo["o]l.) [Native name.]
The slow lemur. See {Lemur}.
Kuklux \Ku`klux"\, n.
The name adopted in the southern part of the United States by
a secret political organization, active for several years
after the close of the Civil War, and having for its aim the
repression of the political power of the freedmen; -- called
also {Kuklux Klan}.
Kulan \Ku"lan\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Koulan}.
Kumish \Ku"mish\, Kumiss \Ku"miss\, n.
See {Koumiss}.
Kummel \Kum"mel\, n. [G. k["u]mmel cumin, caraway seed, L.
cuminum. Cf. {Cumin}.]
A Russian and German liqueur, consisting of a sweetened
spirit flavored with caraway seeds.
Kumquat \Kum"quat\, n. [Chin. kin keu.] (Bot.)
A small tree of the genus {Citrus} ({C. Japonica}) growing in
China and Japan; also, its small acid, orange-colored fruit
used for preserves.
Kupfernickel \Kup"fer*nick"el\, n. [G. See {Copper}, and
{Nickel}.] (Min.)
Copper-nickel; niccolite. See {Niccolite}.
Kurd \Kurd\, n.
A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western
Asia belonging to the Turkish and Persian monarchies.
[Written also {Koord}.]
Kurdish \Kurd"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Kurds. [Written also {Koordish}.]
Kurilian \Ku*ril"i*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Kurile Islands, a chain of islands in
the Pacific ocean, extending from the southern extremity of
Kamschatka to Yesso. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of the
Kurile Islands. [Written also {Koorilian}.]
Kursaal \Kur"saal`\, n.[G.]
A public hall or room, for the use of visitors at watering
places and health resorts in Germany.
Kusimanse \Ku`si*man"se\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A carnivorous animal ({Crossarchus obscurus}) of tropical
Africa. It its allied to the civets. Called also
{kusimansel}, and {mangue}.
Kuskus \Kus"kus\, [Per. & Hind. khaskhas.] (Bot.)
See {Vetiver}.
Kussier \Kus"si*er\, n.
(Mus.) A Turkish instrument of music, with a hollow body
covered with skin, over which five strings are stretched.
[Written also {kussir}.]
Kutauss \Ku*tauss"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The India civet ({Viverra zibetha}).
Kutch \Kutch\, n. (Goldbeating)
The packet of vellum leaves in which the gold is first beaten
into thin sheets.
Kutch \Kutch\, n.
See {Catechu}.
Ky \Ky\, n. pl.
Kine. [Scot.] See {Kee}, {Kie}, and {Kine}.
Kyaboca wood \Ky`a*bo"ca wood`\ (Bot.)
(a) Amboyna wood.
(b) Sandalwood (Santalum album).
Kyannite \Ky"an*nite\, n.
See {Cyanite}.
Kyanize \Ky"an*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kyanized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Kyanizing}.] [From Mr. Kyan, the inventor of the
process.]
To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a
solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under
pressure.
Kyanol \Ky"a*nol\, n. [See {Cyanite}.] (Chem.)
(a) Aniline. [Obs.]
(b) A base obtained from coal tar. --Ure.
Kyanophyll \Ky*an"o*phyll\, n. (Bot.)
Same as {Cyanophyll}.
Kyar \Kyar\, n.
Cocoanut fiber, or the cordage made from it. See {Coir}.
Kyaw \Kyaw\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A daw. [Scot.]
Kyd \Kyd\,
p. p. of {Kythe}.
Kydde \Kyd"de\,
imp. of {Kythe}, to show. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Note: Spenser erroneously uses kydst to mean ``knowest.''
Kyke \Kyke\, v. i. [See 1st {Kike}.]
To look steadfastly; to gaze. [Obs.] [Written also {kike},
{keke}.]
This Nicholas sat ever gaping upright, As he had kyked
on the newe moon. --Chaucer.
Kyley \Ky"ley\, n.
A variety of the boomerang.
Kyloes \Ky"loes\, n. pl.
The cattle of the Hebrides, or of the Highlands. [Scot.]
--Sir W. Scott.
Kymnel \Kym"nel\, n.
See {Kimnel}. [Obs.] --Chapman.
Kymograph \Ky"mo*graph\, n. [Gr. ? wave + -graph.] (Physiol.)
An instrument for measuring, and recording graphically, the
pressure of the blood in any of the blood vessels of a living
animal; -- called also {kymographion}.
Kymographic \Ky`mo*graph"ic\, a. (Physiol.)
Of or pertaining to a kymograph; as, a kymographic tracing.
Kymric \Kym"ric\, a & n.
See {Cymric}, a. & n.
Kymry \Kym"ry\, n.
See {Cymry}.
Kynrede \Kyn"rede\, n.
Kindred. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Kynurenic \Ky`nu*ren"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, ?, dog + ? urine.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from the
urine of dogs. By decomposition the acid yields a nitrogenous
base (called kynurin) and carbonic acid. [Written also
{cynurenic}.]
Kyrie \Kyr"i*e\, n.
See {Kyrie eleison}.
Kyrie eleison \Kyr"i*e e*lei"son\ [Gr. ky`rie 'elei^son .]
1. (R. C. Ch.) Greek words, meaning ``Lord, have mercy upon
us,'' used in the Mass, the breviary offices, the litany
of the saints, etc. --Addis & Arnold.
2. The name given to the response to the Commandments, in the
service of the Church of England and of the Protestant
Episcopal Church.
Kyrielle \Kyr`i*elle\, n. [Cf. F. kyrielle.]
A litany beginning with the words. ``Kyrie eleison.''
--Shipley.
Kyriolexy \Kyr"i*o*lex`y\, Kyriology \Kyr`i*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?,
?. See {Curiologic}.]
The use of literal or simple expressions, as distinguished
from the use of figurative or obscure ones. --Krauth-Fleming.
Kyriological \Kyr`i*o*log"ic*al\, a. [See {Curiologic}.]
Serving to denote objects by conventional signs or
alphabetical characters; as, the original Greek alphabet of
sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it represented
the pure elementary sounds. See {Curiologic}. [Written also
{curiologic} and {kuriologic}.]
Note: The term is also applied, as by Warburton, to those
Egyptian hieroglyphics, in which a part is put
conventionally for the whole, as in depicting a battle
by two hands, one holding a shield and the other a bow.
Kythe \Kythe\, Kithe \Kithe\ (k[imac][th]), v. t. [imp. {Kydde},
{Kidde} (k[i^]d"de); p. p. {Kythed}, Kid; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kything}.] [OE. kythen, kithen, cu[eth]en, to make known,
AS. c[=y][eth]an, fr. c[=u][eth] known. [root]45. See
{Uncouth}, {Can} to be able, and cf. {Kith}.]
To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. [Obs: or
Scot.]
For gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse. --Chaucer.
Kythe \Kythe\, v. t.
To come into view; to appear. [Scot.]
It kythes bright . . . because all is dark around it.
--Sir W.
Scott.
Kytomiton \Ky*tom"i*ton\, n.[NL., from Gr. ? a hollow vessel + ?
a thread.] (Biol.)
See {Karyomiton}.
Kytoplasma \Ky`to*plas"ma\, n.[NL., fr. Gr. ? a hollow vessel +
? thing molded.] (Biol.)
See {Karyoplasma}.