The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 870
Kup"fer*nick"el (?) , n. [G. See Copper , and Nickel .] (Min.) Copper-nickel; niccolite. See Niccolite .
Kurd <Xpage=820>
Kurd (?) , n. A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western Asia belonging to the Turkish and Persian monarchies. [Written also Koord .] <-- parts of this group live in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq -->
Kurdish <Xpage=820>
Kurd"ish , a. Of or pertaining to the Kurds. [Written also Koordish .]
Kurilian <Xpage=820>
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 <Xpage=820>
Kur"saal` (?) , n. [G.] A public hall or room, for the use of visitors at watering places and health resorts in Germany.
Kusimanse <Xpage=820>
Ku`si*man"se (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A carnivorous animal ( Crossarchus obscurus ) of tropical Africa. It its allied to the civets. Called also kusimansel , and mangue .
Kuskus <Xpage=820>
Kus"kus (?) , [Per. & Hind. khaskhas .] (Bot.) See Vetiver .
Kussier <Xpage=820>
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 <Xpage=820>
Ku*tauss" (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The India civet ( Viverra zibetha ).
Kutch <Xpage=820>
Kutch (?) , n. (Goldbeating) The packet of vellum leaves in which the gold is first beaten into thin sheets.
Kutch <Xpage=820>
Kutch , n. See Catechu .
Ky <Xpage=820>
Ky (?) , n. pl. Kine. [Scot.] See Kee , Kie , and Kine .
Kyaboca wood <Xpage=820>
Ky`a*bo"ca wood` (?) . (Bot.) (a) Amboyna wood. (b) Sandalwood (Santalum album) .
Kyannite <Xpage=820>
Ky"an*nite (?) , n. See Cyanite .
Kyanize <Xpage=820>
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 <Xpage=820>
Ky"a*nol (?) , n. [See Cyanite .] (Chem.) (a) Aniline. [Obs.] (b) A base obtained from coal tar.
Ure.
Kyanophyll <Xpage=820>
Ky*an"o*phyll (?) , n. (Bot.) Same as Cyanophyll .
Kyar <Xpage=820>
Kyar (?) , n. Cocoanut fiber, or the cordage made from it. See Coir .
Kyaw <Xpage=820>
Kyaw (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A daw. [Scot.]
Kyd <Xpage=820>
Kyd (?) , p. p. of Kythe .
Kydde <Xpage=820>
Kyd"de (<?/) , imp. of Kythe , to show. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
&hand; Spenser erroneously uses kydst to mean "knowest."
Kyke <Xpage=820>
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 <Xpage=820>
Ky"ley (?) , n. A variety of the boomerang.
Kyloes <Xpage=820>
Ky"loes (?) , n. pl. The cattle of the Hebrides, or of the Highlands. [Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.
Kymnel <Xpage=820>
Kym"nel (?) , n. See Kimnel . [Obs.]
Chapman.
Kymograph <Xpage=820>
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 <Xpage=820>
Ky`mo*graph"ic (?) , a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to a kymograph; as, a kymographic tracing .
Kymric <Xpage=820>
Kym"ric (?) , a & n. See Cymric , a. & n.
Kymry <Xpage=820>
Kym"ry (?) , n. See Cymry .
Kynrede <Xpage=820>
Kyn"rede (?) , n. Kindred. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Kynurenic <Xpage=820>
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 <Xpage=820>
Kyr"i*e (?) , n. See Kyrie eleison .
Kyrie eleison <Xpage=820>
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 <Xpage=820>
Kyr`i*elle (?) , n. [Cf. F. kyrielle .] A litany beginning with the words. "Kyrie eleison."
Shipley.
Kyriolexy, Kyriology <Xpage=820>
Kyr"i*o*lex`y (?) , 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 <Xpage=820>
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 .]
&hand; The term is also applied, as by Warburton, to those Egyptian hieroglyphics, in which a part is put conventionally for the whole, as in depicting a battle by two hands, one holding a shield and the other a bow.
Kythe, Kithe <Xpage=820>
Kythe , Kithe (?) , v. t. [ imp. Kydde , Kidde (k&icr;d"d e ) ; p. p. Kythed (?) , Kid; p. pr. & vb. n. Kything .] [OE. kythen , kithen , cu<?/en , to make known, AS. c<?/<?/an , fr. c<?/<?/ known. <?/. See Uncouth , Ca<?/ 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 <Xpage=820>
Kythe , v. t. To come into view; to appear. [Scot.]
It kythes bright . . . because all is dark around it. Sir W. Scott.
Kytomiton <Xpage=820>
Ky*tom"i*ton , n. [NL., from Gr. <?/ a hollow vessel + <?/ a thread.] (Biol.) See Karyomiton .
Kytoplasma <Xpage=820>
Ky`to*plas"ma (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a hollow vessel + <?/ thing molded.] (Biol.) See Karyoplasma .
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L.
L <Xpage=821>
L (?) . 1. L is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It is usually called a semivowel or liquid . Its form and value are from the Greek, through the Latin, the form of the Greek letter being from the Ph\'d2nician, and the ultimate origin prob. Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to r and u ; as in pi l grim, pe r egrine, co u ch (fr. co ll ocare), a u bura (fr. LL. a l burnus).
At the end of monosyllables containing a single vowel, it is often doubled, as in fall , full , bell ; but not after digraphs, as in foul , fool , prowl , growl , foal . In English words, the terminating syllable le is unaccented, the e is silent, and l is preceded by a voice glide, as in able , eagle , pronounced \'be \'b6 b'l , <?/ \'b6 g'l . See Guide to Pronunciation , § 241.
2. As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language.
For 50 the Romans used the Chalcidian chi , <?/, which assumed the less difficult lapidary type, <?/, and was then easily assimilated to L. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
L <Xpage=821>
L (?) , n. 1. An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L ; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing. [Written also ell .]
2. (Mech.) A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles . [Written also ell .]
La <Xpage=821>
La (?) , n. (Mus.) (a) A syllable applied to the sixth tone of the scale in music in solmization. (b) The tone A; -- so called among the French and Italians.
La <Xpage=821>
La (?) , interj. [Cf. Lo .] 1. Look; see; behold; -- sometimes followed by you . [Obs.]
Shak.
2. An exclamation of surprise; -- commonly followed by me ; as, La me! [Low]
Laas <Xpage=821>
Laas (?) , n. A lace. See Lace . [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Lab <Xpage=821>
Lab (?) , v. i. [Cf. OD. labben to babble.] To prate; to gossip; to babble; to blab. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Lab <Xpage=821>
Lab , n. A telltale; a prater; a blabber. [Obs.] "I am no lab ."
Chaucer.
Labadist <Xpage=821>
Lab"a*dist , n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Jean de Labadie , a religious teacher of the 17th century, who left the Roman Catholic Church and taught a kind of mysticism, and the obligation of community of property among Christians.
Labarraque's solution <Xpage=821>
La`bar`raque's" so*lu"tion (?) . [From Labarraque , a Parisian apothecary.] (Med.) An aqueous solution of hypochlorite of sodium, extensively used as a disinfectant.
Labarum <Xpage=821>
Lab"a*rum (<?/) , n. ; pl. Labara (#) . [L.] The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two letters ( CHR )<-- appearing as English XP --> of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to various modifications of this standard. <-- Illustration of monogram, an X (Greek CHI) superimposed on a lengthened P (Greek RHO) -->
Labdanum <Xpage=821>
Lab"da*num (?) , n. (Bot.) See Ladanum .
Labefaction <Xpage=821>
Lab`e*fac"tion (?) , n. [See Labefy .] The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin.
There is in it such a labefaction of all principles as may be injurious to morality. Johnson.
Labefy <Xpage=821>
Lab"e*fy (?) , v. t. [L. labefacere ; labare to totter + facere to make.] To weaken or impair. [R.]
Label <Xpage=821>
La"bel (?) , n. [OF. label sort of ribbon or fringe, label in heraldry, F. lambeau shred, strip, rag; of uncertain origin; cf. L. labellum , dim. of labrum lip, edge, margin, G. lappen flap, patch, rag, tatter (cf. Lap of a dress), W. llab , llabed , label, flap, Gael. leab , leob , slice, shred, hanging lip.] 1. A tassel. [Obs.]
Huloet. Fuller.
2. A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc.; as, the label of a bottle or a package .
3. A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.
4. A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.
5. (Her.) A barrulet, or, rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still living.
6. A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.
Knight.
7. (Gothic Arch.) The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in medi\'91val architecture. It always has a <?/quare form, as in the illustration.
Arch. Pub. Soc.
8. In medi\'91val art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
Fairholt.
Label <Xpage=821>
La"bel , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Labeled (?) or Labelled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Labeling or Labelling .] 1. To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package .
2. To affix in or on a label. [R.]
Labeler <Xpage=821>
La"bel*er (?) , n. One who labels. [Written also labeller .]
Labellum <Xpage=821>
La*bel"lum (?) , n. ; pl. L. Labella (#) , E. Labellums (#) . [L., dim. of labrum lip.] 1. (Bot.) The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects.
Labent <Xpage=821>
La"bent (?) , a. [L. labens , p . pr . of labi to slide, glide.] Slipping; sliding; gliding. [R.]
Labia <Xpage=821>
La"bi*a (?) , n. pl. See Labium .
Labial <Xpage=821>
La"bi*al (?) , a. [LL. labialis , fr. L. labium lip: cf. F. labial . See Lip .] 1. Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins .
2. (Mus.) Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe .
3. (Phonetics) (a) Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w . (b) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as &oomac; (f&oomac;d), &omac; (&omac;ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and \'94 , \'81 in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, <sect§ 11, 178.
4. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects . See Labium .
Labial <Xpage=821>
La"bi*al , n. 1. (Phonetics) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b , p , w .
2. (Mus.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe.
3. (Zo\'94l.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.
Labialism <Xpage=821>
La"bi*al*ism (?) , n. (Phonetics) The quality of being labial; as, the labialism of an articulation ; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which is different in another language.
J. Peile.
Labialization <Xpage=821>
La`bi*al*i*za"tion (?) , n. (Phonetics) The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.
Labialize <Xpage=821>
La"bi*al*ize (?) , v. t. (Phonetics) To modify by contraction of the lip opening.
Labially <Xpage=821>
La"bi*al*ly , adv. In a labial manner; with, or by means of, the lips.
Labiate <Xpage=821>
La"bi*ate (?) , v. t. To labialize.
Brewer.
Labiate <Xpage=821>
La"bi*ate (?) , a. [NL. labiatus , fr. L. labium lip.] (Bot.) (a) Having the limb of a tubular corolla or calyx divided into two unequal parts, one projecting over the other like the lips of a mouth, as in the snapdragon, sage, and catnip. (b) Belonging to a natural order of plants ( Labiat\'91 ), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are mostly aromatic herbs.
Labiate <Xpage=821>
La"bi*ate , n. (Bot.) A plant of the order Labiat\'91 .
Labiated <Xpage=821>
La"bi*a`ted (?) , a. (Bot.) Same as Labiate , a. (a) .
Labiatifloral, Labiatifloral <Xpage=821>
La`bi*a`ti*flo"ral (?) , La`bi*a`ti*flo"ral (?) , a. [ Labiate + L. flos , floris , flower.] (Bot.) Having labiate flowers, as the snapdragon.
Labidometer <Xpage=821>
Lab`i*dom"e*ter (?) , n. [Gr.<?/<?/<?/<?/, <?/<?/<?/, a forceps + meter : cf. F. labidometre .] (Med.) A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.
Labile <Xpage=821>
La"bile (?) , a. [L. labilis apt to slip, fr. labi to slip.] Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize. [Obs.]
Cheyne.
Lability <Xpage=821>
La*bil"i*ty (?) , n. Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize. [Archaic]
Coleridge.
Labimeter <Xpage=821>
La*bim"e*ter (?) , n. [Cf. F. labimetre .] (Med.) See Labidometer .
Labiodental <Xpage=821>
La`bi*o*den"tal (?) , a. [ Labium + dental .] (Phonetics) Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth, as f and v . -- n. A labiodental sound or letter.
Labionasal <Xpage=821>
La`bi*o*na"sal (?) , a. [ Labium + nasal .] (Phonetics) Formed by the lips and the nose. -- n. A labionasal sound or letter.
Labiose <Xpage=821>
La"bi*ose` (?) , a. [From Labium .] (Bot.) Having the appearance of being labiate; -- said of certain polypetalous corollas.
Labipalpus <Xpage=821>
La`bi*pal"pus (?) , n. ; pl. Labipalpi (<?/) . [NL. See Labium , and Palpus .] (Zo\'94l.) One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust . under Labium .
Labium <Xpage=821>
La"bi*um (?) , n. ; pl. L. Labia (#) , E. Labiums (#) . [L.] 1. A lip, or liplike organ.
2. The lip of an organ pipe.
3. pl. (Anat.) The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.
4. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxill\'91, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part ( ligula or palpiger ) and a firmer posterior plate ( mentum ). (b) Inner margin of the aperture of a shell.
Lablab <Xpage=821>