Chapter 865

Kink"y (?) , a. 1. Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl; as, kinky hair .

2. Queer; eccentric; crotchety. [Colloq. U.S.]

Kinnikinic <Xpage=815>

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 <Xpage=815>

Ki"no (?) , n. The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.

&hand; 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 <Xpage=815>

Ki*nol"o*gy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ to move + -logy .] That branch of physics which treats of the laws of motion, or of moving bodies. <-- kinetics? mechanics? -->

Kinone <Xpage=815>

Ki"none (?) , n. (Chem.) See Quinone .

Kinoyl <Xpage=815>

Ki"noyl (?) , n. (Chem.) [Obs.] See Quinoyl .

Kinrede <Xpage=815>

Kin"rede (?) , n. Kindred. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Kinsfolk <Xpage=815>

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 <Xpage=815>

Kin"ship (?) , n. Family relationship.

Kinsman <Xpage=815>

Kins"man (?) , n. ; pl. Kinsmen (<?/) . A man of the same race or family; one related by blood.

Kinsmanship <Xpage=815>

Kins"man*ship , n. Kinship.

Thackeray.

Kinswoman <Xpage=815>

Kins"wom`an (?) , n. ; pl. Kinswomen (<?/) . A female relative.

Shak.

Kintlidge <Xpage=815>

Kint"lidge (?) , n. (Naut.) See Kentledge .

Kiosk <Xpage=815>

Ki*osk" (?) , n. [Turk. kiushk , ki\'94shk , Per. k<?/shk .] A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars.

<-- 2. A small structure, typically located on a street and sometimes in a parking lot, with one or more open sides, used to vend merchandise, such as newspapers, or services, such as key duplication or film developing.(MW10 s. 2) -->

Kioways <Xpage=815>

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 <Xpage=815>

Kip (?) , n. The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.

Kip leather. See Kipskin .

Kipe <Xpage=815>

Kipe (?) , n. [Cf. OE. kipen to catch, Icel. kippa to pull, snatch. Cf. Kipper .] An osier basket used for catching fish. [Prov. Eng.]

Kipper <Xpage=815>

Kip"per (?) , n. [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. Kipe .] 1. (Zo\'94l.) A salmon after spawning.

2. A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh. [Scot.]

Kipper time , the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden. [Eng. & Scot.]

Kipper <Xpage=815>

Kip"per , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Kippered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Kippering .] To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. " Kippered salmon."

Dickens.

Kipper <Xpage=815>

Kip"per , a. Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [Prov. Eng.] <-- = chipper? -->

Halliwell.

Kippernut <Xpage=815>

Kip"per*nut` (?) , n. (Bot.) A name given to earthnuts of several kinds.

Kipskin <Xpage=815>

Kip"skin` (?) , n. [ Kip + skin .] Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide.

Kirk <Xpage=815>

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 <Xpage=815>

Kirked (?) , a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Turned upward; bent. [Obs.]

Rom. of R.

Kirkman <Xpage=815>

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 <Xpage=815>

Kirk"yard` (?) , n. A churchyard. [Scot.]

Kirmess <Xpage=815>

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 <Xpage=815>

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 <Xpage=815>

Kir"some , a. [Corrupted from chrisom .] Christian; christened. [Obs.]

I am a true kirsome woman. Beau. & Fl.

Kirtle <Xpage=815>

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.

&hand; The term is still retained in the provinces, in the sense of " an outer petticoat."

Halliwell.

Kirtled <Xpage=815>

Kir"tled (?) , a. Wearing a kirtle.

Byron.

Kirumbo <Xpage=815>

Ki*rum"bo (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A bird of Madagascar ( Leptosomus discolor ), the only living type of a family allied to the rollers. It has a pair of loral plumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black.

Kish <Xpage=815>

Kish (?) , n. [Cf. G. kies gravel, pyrites.] (Min.) A workman's name for the graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting.

Kismet <Xpage=815>

Kis"met (?) , n. [Per. qismat .] Destiny; fate. [Written also kismat .] [Oriental]

Kiss <Xpage=815>

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 <Xpage=815>

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 <Xpage=815>

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 <Xpage=815>

Kiss"er (?) , n. One who kisses.

Beau. & Fl.

Kissingcrust <Xpage=815>

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 <Xpage=815>

Kist (?) , n. [See Chest .] A chest; hence, a coffin. [Scot. & Prov. End.]

Jamieson. Halliwell.

Kist <Xpage=815>

Kist , n. [Ar. gist .] A stated payment, especially a payment of rent for land; hence, the time for such payment. [India]

Kistvaen <Xpage=815>

Kist"vaen (?) , n. [W. cist-faen .] (Arch\'91ol.) A Celtic monument, commonly known as a dolmen .

Kit <Xpage=815>

Kit , v. t. [ imp. Kitte .] To cut. [Obs.] Chaucer .

t <Xpage=815>

t , n. [See Kitten .] A kitten.

Kit fox (Zo\'94l.) , a small burrowing fox ( Vulpes velox ), inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains. It is brownish gray, reddish on the breast and flanks, and white below. Called also swift fox .

Kit <Xpage=815>

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 <Xpage=815>

Kit , m. [Cf. D. kit a large bottle, OD. kitte beaker, decanter.] 1. A large bottle.

2. A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel .

Wright.

3. straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

4. A box for working implements; hence, a working outfit, as of a workman, a soldier, and the like.

5. A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used with whole , and generally contemptuously; as, the whole kit of them . <-- now: the whole kit and kaboodle -->

Kitcat <Xpage=815>

Kit"cat` (?) , a. 1. Designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; -- so called from Christopher Cat , a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies.

2. Designating a canvas used for portraits of a peculiar size, viz., twenty-right or twenty-nine inches by thirtysix; -- so called because that size was adopted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for the portraits he painted of the members of the Kitcal Club.

Fairholt.

Kitcat <Xpage=815>

Kit"cat` , n. A game played by striking with a stick small piece of wood, called a cat , shaped like two coned united at their bases; tipcat.

Cotton.

Kitcat roll (Agric.) , a roller somewhat in the form of two cones set base to base. [Prov. Eng.]

Kitchen <Xpage=815>

Kitch"en (?) , n. [OE. kichen , kichene , kuchene , AS. cycene , L. coquina , equiv. to culina a kitchen, fr. coquinus pertaining to cooking, fr. coquere to cook. See Cook to prepare food, and cf. Cuisine .] 1. A cookroom; the room of a house appropriated to cookery.

Cool was his kitchen , though his brains were hot. Dryden.

A fat kitchen makes a lean will. Franklin.

2. A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen .

Kitchen garden . See under Garden . -- Kitchen lee , dirty soapsuds. [Obs.] " A brazen tub of kitchen lee ." Ford . -- Kitchen stuff , fat collected from pots and pans.

Donne.

Kitchen <Xpage=815>

Kitch"en , v. t. To furnish food to; to entertain with the fare of the kitchen. [Obs.]

Shak.

Kitchener <Xpage=815>

Kitch"en*er , n. A kitchen servant; a cook.

Carlyle.

Kitchenmaid <Xpage=815>

Kitch"en*maid` (?) , n. A woman employed in the kitchen.

Shak.

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Kitchen middens <Xpage=816>

Kitch"en mid`dens (?) . [Dan. kj\'94k-kenm\'94ddings kitchen leavings; cf. Scot. midden a dunghill.] Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet long, and two hundred feet wide. The name is applied also to similar mounds found on the American coast from Canada to Florida, made by the North American Indians.

Kitchen-ry <Xpage=816>

Kitch"en-ry (?) , n. The body of servants employed in the kitchen. [Obs.]

Holland.

Kite <Xpage=816>

Kite (?) , n. [OE. kyte , AS. c<?/ta ; cf. W. cud , cut .]

1. (Zo\'94l.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvin\'91 , of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.

&hand; 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\'94l.) The brill. [Prov. Eng. ]

Flying kites . (Naut.) See under Flying . -- Kite falcon (Zo\'94l.) , an African falcon of the genus Avicida , having some resemblance to a kite.

Kite <Xpage=816>

Kite , v. i. To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite , 6 . [Cant]

Kite <Xpage=816>

Kite , n. The belly. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Kiteflying, n. A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting . -- Kiteflier <Xpage=816>

Kite"fly`ing (?) , n. A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting . -- Kite"fli`er , n. See Kite , n. , 6. [Cant]

McElrath. Thackeray.

Kith <Xpage=816>

Kith (?) , n. [OE. kith , cu<?/ , AS. c<?/<?/<?/e, c<?/<?/, native land, fr. c<?/<?/ known. <?/ See Uncouth , Can , and cf. Kythe .] Acquaintance; kindred.

And my near kith for sore me shend. W. Browne.

The sage of his kith and the hamlet. Longfellow.

Kith and kin , kindred more or less remote.

Kithara <Xpage=816>

Kith"a*ra (?) , n. See Cithara .

Kithe <Xpage=816>

Kithe (?) , v. t. [Obs.] See Kythe .

Chaucer.

Kitish <Xpage=816>

Kit"ish (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Like or relating to a kite.

Kitling <Xpage=816>

Kit"ling (?) , n. [ Kit a kitten + ling: cf. Icel. ketlingr .] A young kitten; a whelp. [Obs. or Scot.]

B. Jonson.

Kitte <Xpage=816>

Kit"te (?) , imp. of Kit to cut. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Kittel <Xpage=816>

Kit"tel (?) , v. t. See Kittle , v. t.

Kitten <Xpage=816>

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 <Xpage=816>

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 <Xpage=816>

Kit"ten*ish , a. Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition .

Richardson.

Kittiwake <Xpage=816>

Kit"ti*wake (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A northern gull ( Rissa tridactyla ), inhabiting the coasts of Europe and America. It is white, with black tips to the wings, and has but three toes.

Kittle <Xpage=816>

Kit"tle (?) , v. i. [Cf. Kit a kitten.] (Zo\'94l.) To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Kittle <Xpage=816>

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 <Xpage=816>

Kit"tle , a. Ticklish; not easily managed; troublesome; difficult; variable. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Halliwell. Sir W. Scott.

Kittlish <Xpage=816>

Kit"tlish (?) , a. Ticklish; kittle.

Sir W. Scott.

Kittysol <Xpage=816>

Kit*ty*sol" (?) , n. [Sp. quitasol .] The Chinese paper parasol.

Kive <Xpage=816>

Kive (?) , n. A mash vat. See Keeve . [Obs.]

Kiver <Xpage=816>

Kiv"er (?) , v. t. To cover. -- n. A cover. [Disused except in illiterate speech.]

Kivikivi, Kiwikiwi <Xpage=816>

Ki`vi*ki"vi (?) , Ki`wi*ki"wi (?) , n. ; pl. Kivikivies (<?/), Kiwikiwies (<?/) . (Zo\'94l.) Any species of Apteryx, esp. A. australis ; -- so called in imitation of its notes. Called also kiwi . See Apteryx .

Kjoekken moeddings <Xpage=816>

Kjoek"ken moed`dings (?) . [Dan.] See Kitchen middens .