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<p><centered><point26>K.</point26></centered><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>K</hw>, <pr>(k&amacr;)</pr>, <def>the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter <hwf>K</hwf> 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&oelig;nician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian.  Etymologically <hwf>K</hwf> is most nearly related to <it>c</it>, <it>g</it>, <it>h</it> (which see).</def></p>

<p>   <note>In many words of one syllable <xex>k</xex> is used after <xex>c</xex>, as in <xex>crack</xex>, <xex>check</xex>, <xex>deck</xex>, being necessary to exhibit a correct pronunciation in the derivatives, <xex>cracked</xex>, <xex>checked</xex>, <xex>decked</xex>, <xex>cracking</xex>; since without it, <it>c</it>, before the vowels <it>e</it> and <it>i</it>, would be sounded like <it>s</it>. Formerly, <xex>k</xex> was added to <xex>c</xex> in certain words of Latin origin, as in <xex>musick</xex>, <xex>publick</xex>, <xex>republick</xex>; but now it is omitted.</note><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>See <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex> , &sect;&sect; 240, 178, 179, 185.</note><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>K2</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mountain in Northern Kashmir; it is one of the highest in the world, 28,250 feet high.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Godwin Austen, Dapsang.</syn><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <fld>(Hinduism)</fld> <def>An unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma.</def><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>ka</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Ancient Egyptian Religion)</fld> <def>A spiritual aspect of the individual, living within the body during life, and surviving the body after death.  It was believed to be one of two spirits inhabiting the body, the other being the <contr>ba</contr>, which deserts teh body at death.</def><br/>
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka*a"ba</hw> <pr>(k&adot_;*&amacr;"b&adot_;)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>ka'bah</ets>, lit., a square building, fr. <ets>ka'b</ets> cube.]</ety> <def>The small and nearly cubical stone building, in the court of the Great Mosque at Mecca, toward which all Mohammedans must pray.  It contains a sacred black stone, believed by Mohammedans to be one of the precious stones of paradise, and to have been brought to Abraham when he was contructing the Kaaba, by the Angel Gabriel.  The Kaaba itself predates Mohammed, having been a pantheon which contained Arab idols, which were destroyed by Mohammed.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>caaba</asp>, <asp>kaabeh</asp> and <asp>kaabah</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kaa"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The hartbeest.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kab"a*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Cabala</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka*bas"sou</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Cabassou</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka*bob"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. &amp; v. t.</pos> <def>See <er>Cabob</er>, <pos>n. &amp; v. t.</pos></def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka*book"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(min.)</fld> <def>A clay ironstone found in Ceylon.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka*byle"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>qab&imacr;la</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A Berber, as in Algiers or Tunis. See <er>Berber</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kad"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Caddow</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The jackdaw.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ka"di</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ka`di*as"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A Turkish judge. See <er>Cadi</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka*fal"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The Arabian name of two trees of the genus <gen>Balsamodendron</gen>, which yield a gum resin and a red aromatic wood.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Kaf"fir</hw> <pr>(k&abreve;f"f&etilde_;r)</pr>, <hw>Ka"fir</hw> <pr>(k&auml;"f&etilde_;r)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>k&amacr;fir</ets> infidel, pagan, fr. <ets>kafara</ets> to be skeptical in religious matters; -- a name given to certain infidel races by the Mohammedans.  Cf. <er>Giaour</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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, including the Ponda, Xosa, and Tembu; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia.</def> <altsp>[Spelt also <asp>Caffre</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any Black African; -- a disparaging and offensive term used by white South Africans.</def> <mark>[South Africa]</mark> <br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> kaffir, caffer, caffre.</syn><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kaffir corn</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a Cape Colony name for Indian millet.</cd></cs><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kaf"fle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Coffle</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>&Verbar;Ka"fi*lah</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Cafila</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>kafir</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Kaffir</er>.</def> <mark>[South Africa]</mark> <br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> kaffir, caffer, caffre.</syn><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kafka</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def><person>Franz Kafka</person>, a writer, b. 1883, d. 1924.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Franz Kafka.</syn><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kafkaesque</hw> <pos>prop. a.</pos> <ety>[fr. <person>Franz <etsep>Kafka</etsep></person>, novelist; especially from his novels such as "The Trial".]</ety> <def>Frightening, threating, and bewildering in a vague and unexplicable way; -- of situations or regulations.  Often used to describe illogical bureaucratic entanglements with no reasonable solution.</def><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kaf"tan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. &amp; v.</pos> <def>See <er>Caftan</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kage</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A chantry chapel inclosed with lattice or screen work.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>&Verbar;Ka"gu</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A singular, crested, grallatorial bird <spn>(Rhinochetos jubatus)</spn>, 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.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka`gu*an"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The colugo.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>&Verbar;Ka"ha"ni</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of notary public, or attorney, in the Levant.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka*hau"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name, from its cry.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A long-nosed monkey (<spn>Nasalis larvatus</spn>, formerly <spn>Semnopithecus nasalis</spn>), 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 <altname>proboscis monkey</altname>.  It is now an endangered species.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kaha</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kail</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of headless cabbage. Same as <er>Kale</er>, 1.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables.</def> <mark>[OE. or Scot.]</mark><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A broth made with kail or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Kail yard</b></col>, <cd>a kitchen garden.</cd> <mark>[Scot.]</mark></cs><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>&Verbar;Kai`ma*cam"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Caimacam</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kain</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to his landlord.</def>  <rj><au>Wharton (Law Dict.).</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kai"nit</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Trade name, fr. <ets>kainite</ets>.]</ety> <def>Salts of potassium used in the manufacture of fertilizers.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kai"nite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; recent.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in Prussian Saxony.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kai`no*zo"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Cenozoic</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka*ique"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Caique</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kai"rine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kai`ro*line</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An organic base obtained from quinoline. It is used as a febrifuge, and resembles kairine.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kai"ser</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr., fr. L. <ets>Caesar</ets>.  Cf. <er>Kesar</er>, and <er>Czar</er>.]</ety> <def>The ancient title of emperors of Germany assumed by <person>King William of Prussia</person> when crowned sovereign of the new German empire in 1871.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka"ka</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Maori <ets>kaka</ets> a parrot; -- so named from its note.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A New Zealand parrot of the genus <gen>Nestor</gen>, especially the <stype>brown parrot</stype> (<spn>Nestor meridionalis</spn>).</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>&hand_; The <stype>mountain kaka</stype>, or <stype>kea</stype> (<spn>Nestor notabilis</spn>), is remarkable for having recently acquired carnivorous habits.  It attacks and kills lambs and pigs, sometimes doing great damage.</note><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Night kaka</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>The kakapo.</cd></cs><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka`ka*po"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A singular nocturnal parrot (<spn>Strigops habroptilus</spn>), 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 <altname>owl parrot</altname>, <altname>night parrot</altname>, and <altname>night kaka</altname>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kak`a*ral"li</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of wood common in Demerara, durable in salt water, because not subject to the depredations of the sea worm and barnacle.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kak`is*toc"ra*cy</hw> <pr>(k&abreve;k`&ibreve_;s*t&obreve_;k"r&adot_;*s&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ka`kistos</grk> worst + <grk>kratei^n</grk> to rule.]</ety> <def>Government by the worst men.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka*kox"ene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Cacoxene</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kalahari</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A desert in Southwestern Africa, most of which is located in the country of <partof>Botswana</partof>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Kalahari Desert.</syn><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka*lan"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The sea otter.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>kalantas</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A Philippine timber tree (<spn>Toona calantas</spn> or <spn>Cedrela calantas</spn>) having hard red fragrant wood.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Philippine mahogany, Philippine cedar, <spn>Toona calantas</spn>, <spn>Cedrela calantas</spn>.</syn><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka`la*sie"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (<spn>Semnopithecus rubicundus</spn>). It has a tuft of long hair on the head.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kale</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Scot. <ets>kale</ets>, <ets>kail</ets>, <ets>cale</ets>, colewort, Gael. <ets>cael</ets>; akin to Ir. <ets>cal</ets>, W. <ets>cawl</ets>, Armor. <ets>kaol</ets>. See <er>Cole</er>.]</ety><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kail</asp>, and <asp>cale</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>See <er>Kail</er>, 2.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Sea kale</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a European cruciferous herb (<spn>Crambe maritima</spn>), often used as a pot herb; sea cabbage.</cd></cs><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka*leege"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic pheasants, belonging to the genus <gen>Euplocamus</gen>, and allied to the firebacks.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ka*lei"do*phon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ka*lei"do*phone</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; beautiful + &unr_; appearance, form + &unr_; sound.]</ety> <fld>(Physics.)</fld> <def>An instrument invented by <person>Professor Wheatstone</person>, 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.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka*lei"do*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; beautiful + <grk>e'i^dos</grk> form + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument invented by <person>Sir David Brewster</person>, 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.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Shifting like the fragments of colored glass in the <qex>kaleidoscope</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>G. W. Cable.</qau></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ka*lei`do*scop"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ka*lei`do*scop"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a kaleidoscope; variegated.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kal"en*dar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Calendar</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kal`en*da"ri*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Calendarial</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kal"en*der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See 3d <er>Calender</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Kal"ends</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Calends</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>&Verbar;Ka"li</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>kali</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Hind. Cosmog.)</fld> <def>The last and worst of the four ages of the world; -- considered to have begun <sc>B. C.</sc> 3102, and to last 432,000 years.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>&Verbar;Ka"li</hw>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>k&amacr;l&imacr;</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Hind. Myth.)</fld> <def>The black, destroying goddess; -- called also <altname>Doorga</altname>, <altname>Anna Purna</altname>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka"li</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>qali</ets>. See <er>Alkali</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The glasswort (<spn>Salsola Kali</spn>).</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>kalian</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.  See also <er>hookah</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> hookah, hubble-bubble, narghile, water pipe.</syn><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka"lif</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Caliph</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka"li*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Kali</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Formed like kali, or glasswort.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka*lig"e*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Kali</ets> + <ets>-genous</ets>. See <er>Alkali</er>.]</ety> <def>Forming alkalies with oxygen, as some metals.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ka"li*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Kali</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Potassium; -- so called by the German chemists.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>&Verbar;Kal"ki</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr.]</ety> <def>The name of Vishnu in his tenth and last avatar.</def>  <rj><au>Whitworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Kal"mi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. Named in honor of <person>Peter <etsep>Kalm</etsep></person>, a Swedish botanist.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also <altname>mountain laurel</altname>, <altname>ivy bush</altname>, <altname>lamb kill</altname>, <altname>calico bush</altname>, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kal"muck</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>See <er>Calmucks</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A kind of shaggy cloth, resembling bearskin.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A coarse, dyed, cotton cloth, made in Prussia.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka*long"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (<spn>Pteropus edulis</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka*loy"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Caloyer</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Kal"pa</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr.]</ety> <fld>(Hind. Myth.)</fld> <def>One of the Brahmanic eons, a period of 4,320,000,000 years. At the end of each Kalpa the world is annihilated.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kal"so*mine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. &amp; v. t.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Calcimine</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kam</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From Celtic; cf. Gael., Ir., &amp; W. <ets>cam</ets>.  Cf. <er>Jamb</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>Crooked; awry.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;This is clean <xex>kam</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ka"ma</hw> <pr>(k&auml;"m&auml;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>k&amacr;ma</ets> love, the god of love.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The Hindu Cupid. He is represented as a beautiful youth, with a bow of sugar cane or flowers.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Desire; animal passion;</def> -- <note>supposed to create the <col><b>ka"ma ru"pa</b></col> <pr>(r&oomacr_;p&adot_;)</pr> <ety>[Skr. <ets>r&umacr;pa</ets> shape, image]</ety>, a kind of simulacrum or astral likeness of a man which exists after his death in an invisible plane of being, called <col><b>ka"ma lo"ca</b></col> <pr>(l&omacr;"k&adot_;)</pr> <ety>[Skr. <ets>l&omacr;ka</ets> space, world]</ety>, until the impulses which created it are exhausted and it finally fades away.</note><!-- not the same as karma --><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka*ma"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree (<spn>Mallotus Philippinensis</spn>) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kameela</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Kame</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A low ridge.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark> <see>See <er>Eschar</er>.</see><br/>
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<p><hw>Kamet</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A mountain in India and Tibet, 25,447 feet high.</def> <mark>[proper name]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ka"mi</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Japanese, <tr>god</tr>.]</ety> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka"mi*chi</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A curious South American bird (<spn>Anhima </spn> <it>or</it> <spn>Palamedea cornuta</spn>), 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 (<ord>Anseres</ord>). Called also <altname>horned screamer</altname>. The name is sometimes applied also to the <altname>chaja</altname>. See <er>Chaja</er>, and <er>Screamer</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kamp*tu"li*con</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; to bend + &unr_; material, fr. &unr_; wood, matter.]</ety> <def>A kind of elastic floor cloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kam"py*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; bent, curved, fr. &unr_; to bend.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of mimetite or arseniate of lead in hexagonal prisms of a fine orange yellow.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>campylite</asp>.]</altsp></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Kam*sin"</hw>, <hw>Kham*sin"</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>khams&imacr;n</ets>, fr. <ets>khams&umacr;n</ets>, oblique case <ets>khams&imacr;n</ets>, fifty; -- so called because it blows for about fifty days, from April till June.]</ety> <def>A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Khamseen</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Kam"tscha*dales</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[from the older spelling <ets>Kamtschatka</ets> for Kamchatka.]</ety>  <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>An aboriginal tribe inhabiting the southern part of the Kamchatka peninsula; called also <altname>Kamchadals</altname> and <altname>Itelmen</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To know; to ken.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <see>See <er>Ken</er>.</see><br/>
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<p><hw>Kan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Khan</er>.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ka*nack"a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ka*na"ka</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name, prop., a man.]</ety> <def>A native of the Sandwich Islands.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kanawha</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The Kanawha River, a tributary of the Ohio River.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Kanawha River.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>kan"chil</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Malay <ets>canch&imacr;l</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small chevrotain of the genus <gen>Tragulus</gen>, esp. <spn>Tragulus pygm&aelig;us</spn>, or <spn>Tragulus kanchil</spn>, inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet.  It is noted for its agility and cunning.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kanchanjanga</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>same as <er>Kanchenjunga</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Kanchenjunga, Kinchinjunga.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Kanchenjunga</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A mountain in <country>India</country> and <country>Nepal</country>, 28,146 feet high.</def> <mark>[proper name]</mark><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Kanchanjanga, Kinchinjunga.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>kand</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>Fluor spar; -- so called by Cornish miners.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>kan"ga*roo"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Said to be the native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family <fam>Macropodid&aelig;</fam>.  They inhabit <country>Australia</country>, 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 (<spn>Macropus major</spn>) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length.  The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus <gen>Dendrolagus</gen>, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus <gen>Petrogale</gen>, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the genus <gen>Halmaturus</gen>, inhabit wooded districts. See <er>Wallaby</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Kangaroo apple</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the edible fruit of the Tasmanian plant <spn>Solanum aviculare</spn>.</cd> -- <col><b>Kangaroo grass</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a perennial Australian forage grass (<spn>Anthistiria australis</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Kangaroo hare</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the jerboa kangaroo. See under <er>Jerboa</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Kangaroo mouse</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Jumping mouse</cref>, under <er>Jumping</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>kangaroo rat</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A jumping rodent of the genus <gen>Dipodomys</gen> of the family <fam>Heteromyidae</fam>, which lives in arid regions of Mexico and the western U. S.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An Australian mammal of the genus <gen>Notomys</gen>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>a small ratlike Australian kangaroo of the genus <gen>Potorous</gen>, also called the <altname>potoroo</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>kangaroo's-foot</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A sedgelike spring-flowering herb (<spn>Anigozanthus manglesii</spn>) of Australia, having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> kangaroo paw, kangaroo-foot plant, Australian sword lily, <spn>Anigozanthus manglesii</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Kansan</hw> <pos>prop. a.</pos> <def>of or pertaining to Kansas.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kansan</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>a resident of Kansas.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kan"sas</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A state of the central United States, bordering the Mississippi River to the west.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kan"sas</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kant</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def><person>Immanuel <etsep>Kant</etsep></person>, a German philosopher (1724-1804).</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Immanuel Kant.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Kant"i*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to <person>Immanuel <etsep>Kant</etsep></person>, the German philosopher; conformed or relating to any or all of the philosophical doctrines of <person>Immanuel Kant</person>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kant"i*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A follower of Kant; a Kantist.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Kant"i*an*ism</hw>, <hw>Kant"ism</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The doctrine or theory of Kant; the Kantian philosophy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kant"ist</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A disciple or follower of Kant.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kant"try</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Cantred</er>.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ka"o*lin</hw>, <hw>Ka"o*line</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chin. <ets>kao-ling</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The name is now applied to all porcelain clays which endure the fire without discoloration.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka`o*lin`i*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The process by which feldspar is changed into kaolin.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka"o*lin*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To convert into kaolin.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ka*pel"le</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral.</def>  <rj><au>Grove.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ka*pell"meis`ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>See <er>Capellmeister</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka"pi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>The fossil resin of the kauri tree of New Zealand.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kap"no*mar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Capnomor</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka*pok"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prob. fr. the native name.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A silky wool derived from the seeds of <spn>Ceiba pentandra</spn> (syn. <spn>Eriodendron anfractuosum</spn>), a bombaceous tree of the East and West Indies.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kar"a*gane</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Russ. <ets>karagan'</ets>]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A species of gray fox found in Russia.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka"ra*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Doctrines of the Karaites.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka"ra*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb. <ets>q&amacr;r&amacr;</ets> to read.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>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 <contr>Rabbinists</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ka`ra*kul"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[Russ. <ets>karakul'</ets> curly fleece of Bokhara and Khiva sheep.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A type of Astrakhan, esp. in fine grades, obtained from the Karakul sheep.  See sense 2 and cf. <er>Caracul</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia, bearing a soft curly fleece that is black in the young lambs, but which grows brown or gray when adult; the lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> broadtail, caracul.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A large lake in the Pamirs of Central Asia, lying 13,200 feet above sea level.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Karat</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75 2.122e-314old; 24-karat gold is pure gold.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> carat.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka*ra"tas</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A West Indian plant of the Pineapple family (<spn>Nidularium Karatas</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ka*ra"te</hw> <pr>(k&auml;*r&auml;"t&auptack_;)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Japanese, <tr>empty hand</tr>.]</ety> <def>a traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat; sharp blows and kicks are given to pressure-sensitive points on the body of the opponent.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>Karen</hw>, <hw>Karenic</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A language spoken in the Thai-Burmese borderlands.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kar"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Buddhism, Hinduism)</fld> <def>One's acts considered as fixing one's lot in the future existence.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Theos.)</fld> <def>The doctrine of fate as the inflexible result of cause and effect, especially the principle by which a person is rewarded or punished in a subsequent incarnation for deeds in the previous incarnation; the theory of inevitable consequence.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>One's destiny; fate.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mysticism)</fld> <def>The supposed non-physical emanations that a person gives off, which may affect other people; vibrations.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kar*ma"thi*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of a Mohammedan sect founded in the ninth century by Karmat.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Karn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cornish.  Cf. <er>Cairn</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A pile of rocks; sometimes, the solid rock. See <er>Cairn</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka"rob</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Carat</er>.]</ety> <def>The twenty-fourth part of a grain; -- a weight used by goldsmiths.</def>  <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka*ross"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <def>A native garment or rug of skin sewed together in the form of a square.</def> <mark>[South Africa]</mark></p>

<p><q>The wants of a native . . . are confined to a <qex>kaross</qex> (skin cloak) or some pieces of cotton cloth.</q>  <rj><qau>James Bryce.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kar"pho*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; rice straw + <ets>-lite</ets>: cf. F. <ets>carpholithe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A fibrous mineral occurring in tufts of a straw-yellow color. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and manganese.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kar*roo"</hw> <pr>(k&adot_;r*r&oomacr_;")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Karroos</plw> <pr>(k&adot_;r*r&oomacr_;z")</pr>.</plu> <def>One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations.</def> <altsp>[Also <asp>karoo</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>The Great Karroo</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>The Karroo</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a vast plateau, in Cape Colony, stretching through five degrees of longitude, at an elevation of about 3,000 feet.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Kar"sten*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Anhydrite</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kar"vel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Carvel</er>, and <er>Caravel</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Kar"y*o*ki*ne`sis</hw> <pr>(k&abreve;r`&ibreve_;*&ouptack_;*k&iuptack_;*n&emacr;"s&ibreve_;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ka`ryon</grk> a nut, kernel + <grk>kinei^n</grk> to move.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>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 <contr>karyostenosis</contr>. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute the <xex>daughter nuclei</xex>. Called also <altname>mitosis</altname>. See <cref>Cell development</cref>, under <er>Cell</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The changes that occur in the nucleus of a cell, especially movements of the chromosomes, in the process of cell division.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kar`y*o*ki*net"ic</hw> <pr>(k&abreve;r`&ibreve_;*&ouptack_;*k&iuptack_;*n&ebreve_;t"&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to karyokinesis; <as>as, <ex>karyokinetic</ex> changes of cell division</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Kar`y*om"i*ton</hw> <pr>(k&abreve;r`&ibreve_;*&obreve_;m"&ibreve_;*t&obreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., Gr. <grk>ka`ryon</grk> a nut + <grk>mi`tos</grk> a thread.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The reticular network of fine fibers, of which the <xex>nucleus</xex> of a cell is in part composed; -- in opposition to <contr>kytomiton</contr>, or the network in the <xex>body</xex> of the cell.</def>  <rj><au>W. Flemming.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>kar`y*o*plas"m</hw> <pr>(k&abreve;r`&ibreve_;*&ouptack_;*pl&abreve;z"'m)</pr>, <hw>kar`y*o*plas"ma</hw></mhw> <pr>(k&abreve;r`&ibreve_;*&ouptack_;*pl&abreve;z"m&adot_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ka`ryon</grk> a nut + <grk>pla`sma</grk> a thing molded.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The protoplasmic substance of the nucleus of a cell; nucleoplasm; -- in opposition to <contr>cytoplasm</contr>, the protoplasm of the cell.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Kar`y*o*ste*no"sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ka`ryon</grk> a nut, kernel + &unr_; a being straitened.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>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 cell); -- in opposition to <contr>karyokinesis</contr>.</def> <br/>
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<p><hw>Kar`y*o*ste*not"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or connected with, karyostenosis; <as>as, the <ex>karyostenotic</ex> mode of nuclear division</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka*sack"</hw> <pr>(k&abreve;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Cossack</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kat</hw> <pr>(k&auml;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An Arabian shrub (<spn>Catha edulis</spn>) the leaves of which are used as tea by the Arabs.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>kat`a*bol"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to catabolism; same as <er>catabolic</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka*tab"o*lism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; down + &unr_; to throw.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Destructive or downward metabolism; regressive metamorphism; same as <er>catabolism</er> (now the more common spelling); -- opposed to <contr>anabolism</contr>. See <er>Disassimilation</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kat"a*state</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. (&unr_;) down + (&unr_;) to cause to stand.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld>  <def>A substance formed by a catabolic process; -- opposed to <contr>anastate</contr>. See <er>catabolic</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The brambling finch.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>katharsis</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>purging of emotional tensions; -- usually spelled <asp>catharsis</asp>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> catharsis, abreaction.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Kath"e*tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; a perpendicular line. See <er>Cathetus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Making a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two sides of a triangle, which include a right angle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kath`e*tom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Cathetometer</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Katsuwonidae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A natural family of fish which in some classifications is considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Kasuwonidae</fam>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Katsuwonus</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of oceanic bonitos; in some classifications it is placed in its own family <fam>Katsuwonidae</fam>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Katsuwonus</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Kat`ti*mun"doo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A caoutchouc-like substance obtained from the milky juice of the East Indian <spn>Euphorbia Kattimundoo</spn>. It is used as a cement.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka"ty*did`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (<spn>Cyrtophyllus concavus</spn>) of the family <fam>Locustid&aelig;</fam>, 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 <xex>Katy-did</xex>, whence the name.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ka"u*ri</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tall coniferous tree of New Zealand <spn>Agathis australis</spn>, <it>or</it> <spn>Dammara australis</spn>), having white straight-grained wood furnishing valuable timber and also yielding one kind of <prod>dammar resin</prod>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kaudi</asp>, <asp>kaury</asp>, <asp>cowdie</asp>, and <asp>cowrie</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Kau"ri</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Kauri resin.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <specif>By extension,</specif> <def>any of various species of <gen>Dammara</gen>; <as>as, the red <ex>kauri</ex> (<spn>Dammara lanceolata</spn>)</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Kauri resin</hw>, <hw>Kauri gum</hw>, <it>or</it>  <hw>Kauri copal</hw> }</mhw>. <def>A resinous product of the <prodby>kauri</prodby>, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>kaury</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>kauri</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> kauri, <spn>Agathis australis</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka"va</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Polynesian.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of <gen>Macropiper</gen> (<spn>Macropiper methysticum</spn>), 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.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kawa</asp>, <asp>kava</asp>, and <asp>ava</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka*vass"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it></plu> <plw>Kavasses</plw> <pr>(#)</pr> <ety>[Turk. <ets>k&amacr;vv&amacr;s</ets>]</ety> <def>An armed constable; also, a government servant or courier.</def> <mark>[Turkey]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Kaw</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i. &amp; n.</pos> <def>See <er>Caw</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ka*wa"ka</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>a New Zealand tree, the Cypress cedar (<spn>Libocedrus Doniana</spn>), having a valuable, fine-grained, reddish wood.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kawn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An inn.</def> <mark>[Turkey]</mark> <see>See <er>Khan</er>.</see><br/>
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<p><hw>Kay"ak</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kay"ak*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who uses a kayak.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kay"ko</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The dog salmon.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kayles</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Akin to Dan. <ets>kegle</ets>, Sw. <ets>kegla</ets>, D. &amp; G. <ets>kegel</ets>, OHG. <ets>kegil</ets>, whence F. <ets>quille</ets>.]</ety> <def>A game; ninepins.</def> <mark>[Prov Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Carew.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kay"nard</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>cagnard</ets>.]</ety> <def>A lazy or cowardly person; a rascal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>ka*zoo"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>A kind of toy or rude musical instrument, as a tube inside of which is a stretched string or membrane made to vibrate by singing or humming into the tube.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ke"a</hw> <pr>(k&amacr;"&adot_;; <it>colloq.</it> k&emacr;"&adot_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Maori.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A large New Zealand parrot (<spn>Nestor notabilis</spn>), notorious for having acquired the habit of killing sheep; -- called also <altname>mountain parrot</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>kebab</hw>, <hw>kebob</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>kabab</er> and <er>kabob</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Keck</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Kecked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Kecking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. dial. G. <ets>k&ouml;cken</ets>, <ets>k&ouml;ken</ets>.]</ety> <def>To heave or to retch, as in an effort to vomit.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Keck</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An effort to vomit; queasiness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Kec"kle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i. &amp; n.</pos> <def>See <er>Keck</er>, <pos>v. i. &amp; n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kec"kle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Keckled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Keckling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>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.</def>  <rj><au>Totten.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kec"kling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See <er>Keckle</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kec"klish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>keck</ets>, <ets>keckle</ets>.]</ety> <def>Inclined to vomit; squeamish.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Keck"sy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Kecksies</plw> <pr>(-s&ibreve_;z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Properly pl. of <ets>kex</ets>. See <er>Kex</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow parsnip or the hemlock.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kex</asp>, and in <pluf>pl.</pluf>, <asp>kecks</asp>, <asp>kaxes</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><q>Nothing teems<br/>
But hateful docks, rough thistles, <qex>kecksies</qex>, burs.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Keck"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling a kecksy.</def>  <rj><au>Grew.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ked"dah</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Malay <ets>kedah</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>qadah</ets> hole.]</ety> <def>An inclosure constructed to entrap wild elephants; an elephant trap.</def> <mark>[India]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Kedge</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;j)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Kedged</conjf> <pr>(k&ebreve_;jd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Kedging</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. dial. Sw. <ets>keka</ets> to tug, to drag one's self slowly forward; or perh. fr. <ets>ked</ets>, and <ets>kedge</ets>, <pos>n.</pos>, for <ets>keg anchor</ets>, named from the <ets>keg</ets> or cask fastened to the anchor to show where it lies.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kedge</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Kedge</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed with. See <er>Kedge</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, and <er>Anchor</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kedg"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A small anchor; a kedge.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ked"lock</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;d"l&obreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. dial. G. <ets>k&ouml;ddik</ets>, <ets>k&uuml;dik</ets>, <ets>kettich</ets>, <ets>keek</ets>, Dan. <ets>kidike</ets>, E. <ets>charlock</ets>, and AS. <ets>cedelc</ets> the herb mercury.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Charlock</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kee</hw> <pr>(k&emacr;)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> of Cow. <ety>[AS. <ets>c&ymacr_;</ets>, pl. of <ets>c&umacr;</ets> cow. See <er>Kine</er>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Kie</er>, <er>Ky</er>, and <er>Kine</er>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Gay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Keech</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Prov. E. <ets>keech</ets> a cake.]</ety> <def>A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Keel</hw> <pr>(k&emacr;l)</pr>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>c&emacr;lan</ets> to cool, fr. <ets>c&omacr;l</ets> cool. See <er>Cool</er>.]</ety> <def>To cool; to skim or stir.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>While greasy Joan doth <qex>keel</qex> the pot.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Keel</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Keel</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>ce&oacute;l</ets> ship; akin to D. &amp; G. <ets>kiel</ets> keel, OHG. <ets>chiol</ets> ship, Icel. <ets>kj&omacr;ll</ets>, and perh. to Gr. <grk>gay^los</grk> a round-built Ph&oelig;nician merchant vessel, <grk>gaylo`s</grk> bucket; cf. Skr. <ets>g&omacr;la</ets> ball, round water vessel. But the meaning of the English word seems to come from Icel. <ets>kj&ouml;lr</ets> keel, akin to Sw. <ets>k&ouml;l</ets>, Dan. <ets>kj&ouml;l</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>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 <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Keelson</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: The whole ship.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A barge or lighter, used on the Tyne for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See <er>Carina</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Nat. Hist.)</fld> <def>A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Aeronautics)</fld> <def>In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an a&euml;roplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Bilge keel</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a keel peculiar to ironclad vessels, extending only a portion of the length of the vessel under the bilges.</cd> <au>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</au> -- <col><b>False keel</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>False</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Keel boat</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A covered freight boat, with a keel, but no sails, used on Western rivers.</cd> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A low, flat-bottomed freight boat. See <er>Keel</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 3.</cd> -- <col><b>Keel piece</b></col>, <cd>one of the timbers or sections of which a keel is composed.</cd> -- <col><b>On even keel</b></col>, <cd>in a level or horizontal position, so that the draught of water at the stern and the bow is the same.</cd> <au>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</au> -- <col><b>On an even keel</b></col> <pos>a. &amp; adv.</pos>, <cd>steady; balanced; steadily.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Keel</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Keeled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Keeling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To traverse with a keel; to navigate.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To keel over</b></col>, <cd>to upset; to capsize.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Keel"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>guillage</ets>, fr. <ets>guille</ets> keel; of German or Scand origin. See 3d <er>Keel</er>.]</ety> <def>The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll.</def>  <rj><au>Bouvier. Wharton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Keeled</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; <as>as, a <ex>keeled</ex> leaf</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having a median ridge; carinate; <as>as, a <ex>keeled</ex> scale</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Keel"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See 3d <er>Keel</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; -- called also <altname>keelman</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Keel"fat`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Keel</ets> to cool + <ets>fat</ets> a large tub, a vat.]</ety> <fld>(Brewing)</fld> <def>A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>keelvat</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Keel"haul`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Keelhauled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Keelhauling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[<ets>3d keel</ets> + <ets>haul</ets>: cf. LG. &amp; D. <ets>kielhalen</ets>, G. <ets>kielholen</ets>. ]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>keelhale</asp>.]</altsp> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>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.</def>  <rj><au>Totten.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kee"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>keila</ets>, Sw. <ets>kolja</ets>, Dan. <ets>kulle</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A cod.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kee"li*vine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Gael. <ets>cil</ets> ruddle.]</ety> <def>A pencil of black or red lead; -- called also <altname>keelyvine pen</altname>.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Keel"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> -<plw>men</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>See <er>Keeler</er>, 1.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>keel` o"ver</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To drop down in a faint, or as if dead; to die.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>Keel"rake`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Keelhaul</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Keels</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Ninepins. See <er>Kayles</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Keel"son</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Akin to Sw. <ets>k&ouml;lsvin</ets>, Dan. <ets>kj&ouml;lsviin</ets>, G. <ets>kielschwein</ets>; apparently compounded of the words <ets>keel</ets> and <ets>swine</ets>; but cf. Norweg. <ets>kj&ouml;lsvill</ets>, where <ets>svill</ets> is akin to E. <ets>sill</ets>, <pos>n.</pos> ]</ety> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Cross keelson</b></col>, <cd>a similar structure lying athwart the main keelson, to support the engines and boilers.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Keel"vat`</hw> <pr>(k&emacr;l"v&abreve;t`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Keelfat</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Keen</hw> <pr>(k&emacr;n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Keener</adjf> <pr>(k&emacr;n"&etilde_;r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Keenest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>kene</ets> sharp, bold, AS. <ets>c&emacr;ne</ets> bold; akin to D. <ets>koen</ets>, OHG. <ets>kuoni</ets>, G. <ets>k&uuml;hn</ets>, OSw. <ets>kyn</ets>, <ets>k&ouml;n</ets>, Icel. <ets>k&aelig;nn</ets>, for <ets>k&oelig;nn</ets> wise; perh. akin to E. <ets>ken</ets>, <ets>can</ets> to be able. &radic;45.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Sharp; having a fine edge or point; <as>as, a <ex>keen</ex> razor, or a razor with a <ex>keen</ex> edge</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A bow he bare and arwes [arrows] bright and <qex>kene</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>That my <qex>keen</qex> knife see not the wound it makes.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; <as>as, a man of <ex>keen</ex> understanding; a <ex>keen</ex> look; <ex>keen</ex> features.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>To make our wits more <qex>keen</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Before the <qex>keen</qex> inquiry of her thought.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; <as>as, <ex>keen</ex> satire or sarcasm</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Good father cardinal, cry thou amen<br/>
To my <qex>keen</qex> curses.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>keen</ex> wind; the cold is very <ex>keen</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Breasts the <qex>keen</qex> air, and carols as he goes.</q> <rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Eager; vehement; fierce; <as>as, a <ex>keen</ex> appetite</as>.</def> &ldquo;Of full <xex>kene</xex> will.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Piers Plowman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>So <qex>keen</qex> and greedy to confound a man.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Wonderful; delightful; marvelous; <as>as, that would be <ex>keen</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Keen</xex> is often used in the composition of words, most of which are of obvious signification; as, <xex>keen</xex>-edged, <xex>keen</xex>-eyed, <xex>keen</xex>-sighted, <xex>keen</xex>-witted, etc.</note></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Prompt; eager; ardent; sharp; acute; cutting; penetrating; biting; severe; sarcastic; satirical; piercing; shrewd.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Keen</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To sharpen; to make cold.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Cold winter <qex>keens</qex> the brightening flood.</q> <rj><qau>Thomson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Keen</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ir. <ets>caoine</ets>.]</ety> <def>A prolonged wail for a deceased person.  Cf. <er>Coranach</er>.</def> <mark>[Ireland]</mark>  <rj><au>Froude.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Keen</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To wail as a keener does.</def> <mark>[Ireland]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Keen"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A professional mourner who wails at a funeral.</def> <mark>[Ireland]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Keen"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a keen manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Keen"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being keen.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Keep</hw> <pr>(k&emacr;p)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Kept</conjf> <pr>(k&ebreve_;pt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Keeping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>k&emacr;pen</ets>, AS. <ets>c&emacr;pan</ets> to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. <ets>copenere</ets> lover, OE. <ets>copnien</ets> to desire.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To care; to desire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>I <qex>kepe</qex> not of armes for to yelp [boast].</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If we lose the field,<br/>
We can not <qex>keep</qex> the town.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>That I may know what <qex>keeps</qex> me here with you.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>If we would weigh and <qex>keep</qex> in our minds what we are considering, that would instruct us.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His loyalty he <qex>kept</qex>, his love, his zeal.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Keep</qex> a stiff rein, and move but gently on.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In this sense it is often used with prepositions and adverbs, as to <xex>keep away</xex>, to <xex>keep down</xex>, to <xex>keep from</xex>, to <xex>keep in</xex>, <xex>out</xex>, or <xex>off</xex>, etc. &ldquo;To <xex>keep off</xex> impertinence and solicitation from his superior.&rdquo;</note>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The crown of <persfn>Stephanus</persfn>, first king of Hungary, was always <qex>kept</qex> in the castle of Vicegrade.</q> <rj><qau>Knolles.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Behold, I am with thee, and will <qex>keep</qex> thee.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xxviii. 15.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Great are thy virtues . . . though <qex>kept</qex> from man.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it and to <qex>keep</qex> it.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. ii. 15.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In her girlish age, she <qex>kept</qex> sheep on the moor.</q> <rj><qau>Carew.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>To record transactions, accounts, or events in; <as>as, to <ex>keep</ex> books, a journal, etc.</as>; also, to enter (as accounts, records, etc. ) in a book.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the like; to conduct; to manage; <as>as, to <ex>keep</ex> store</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Like a pedant that <qex>keeps</qex> a school.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Every one of them <qex>kept</qex> house by himself.</q> <rj><qau>Hayward.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; <as>as, to <ex>keep</ex> boarders</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I <qex>keep</qex> but three men and a boy.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <def>To have habitually in stock for sale.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>13.</sn> <def>To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; <as>as, to <ex>keep</ex> silence; to <ex>keep</ex> one's word; to <ex>keep</ex> possession.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Both day and night did we <qex>keep</qex> company.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Within this portal as I <qex>kept</qex> my watch.</q> <rj><qau>Smollett.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>14.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I have <qex>kept</qex> the faith.</q> <rj><qau>2 Tim. iv. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Him whom to love is to obey, and <qex>keep</qex><br/>
His great command.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>15.</sn> <def>To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; <as>as, to <ex>keep</ex> one's house, room, bed, etc.</as>; hence, to haunt; to frequent.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>'Tis hallowed ground;<br/>
Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it <qex>keep</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>J. Fletcher.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>16.</sn> <def>To observe duly, as a festival, etc.; to celebrate; to solemnize; <as>as, to <ex>keep</ex> a feast</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I went with them to the house of God . . . with a multitude that <qex>kept</qex> holyday.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. xlii. 4.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To keep at arm's length</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Arm</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>To keep back</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To reserve; to withhold.</cd> &ldquo;I will <xex>keep</xex> nothing <xex>back</xex> from you.&rdquo; <au>Jer. xlii. 4.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To restrain; to hold back.</cd> &ldquo;<xex>Keep back</xex> thy servant also from presumptuous sins.&rdquo;  <au>Ps. xix. 13.</au> -- <col><b>To keep company with</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To frequent the society of; to associate with; <as>as, let youth <ex>keep company with</ex> the wise and good</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To accompany; to go with; <as>as, to <ex>keep company with</ex> one on a voyage</as>; also, to pay court to, or accept attentions from, with a view to marriage.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>To keep counsel</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Counsel</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>To keep down</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To hold in subjection; to restrain; to hinder.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <cd>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.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To keep good hours</b></col>  <it>or</it> <col><b>To keep bad hours</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to be customarily early (or late) in returning home or in retiring to rest.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep house</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To occupy a separate house or establishment, as with one's family, as distinguished from <contr>boarding</contr>; to manage domestic affairs.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Eng. Bankrupt Law)</fld> <cd>To seclude one's self in one's house in order to evade the demands of creditors.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep one's hand in</b></col>, <cd>to keep in practice.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep open house</b></col>, <cd>to be hospitable.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep the peace</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>to avoid or to prevent a breach of the peace.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep school</b></col>, <cd>to govern, manage and instruct or teach a school, as a preceptor.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep a stiff upper lip</b></col>, <cd>to keep up one's courage.</cd> <mark>[Slang]</mark> -- <col><b>To keep term</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Eng. Universities)</fld> <cd>To reside during a term.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Inns of Court)</fld> <cd>To eat a sufficient number of dinners in hall to make the term count for the purpose of being called to the bar.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <au>Mozley &amp; W.</au> -- <col><b>To keep touch</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Touch</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>To keep under</b></col>, <cd>to hold in subjection; hence, to oppress.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep up</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To maintain; to prevent from falling or diminution; <as>as, to <ex>keep up</ex> the price of goods; to <ex>keep up</ex> one's credit</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To maintain; to continue; to prevent from ceasing.</cd> &ldquo;In joy, that which <xex>keeps up</xex> the action is the desire to continue it.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To retain; detain; reserve; preserve; hold; restrain; maintain; sustain; support; withhold.</syn> -- To <er>Keep</er>. <usage> <er>Retain</er>, <er>Preserve</er>. <xex>Keep</xex> is the generic term, and is often used where <xex>retain</xex> or <xex>preserve</xex> would too much restrict the meaning; as, to <xex>keep</xex> silence, etc. <xex>Retain</xex> denotes that we <xex>keep</xex> or <xex>hold</xex> things, as against influences which might deprive us of them, or reasons which might lead us to give them up; as, to <xex>retain</xex> vivacity in old age; to <xex>retain</xex> counsel in a lawsuit; to <xex>retain</xex> one's servant after a reverse of fortune. <xex>Preserve</xex> denotes that we keep a thing against agencies which might lead to its being destroyed or broken in upon; as, to <xex>preserve</xex> one's health; to <xex>preserve</xex> appearances.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Keep</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; <as>as, to <ex>keep</ex> at a distance; to <ex>keep</ex> aloft; to <ex>keep</ex> near; to <ex>keep</ex> in the house; to <ex>keep</ex> before or behind; to <ex>keep</ex> in favor; to <ex>keep</ex> out of company, or out reach.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it makes will not <qex>keep</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Mortimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.</def> <mark>[Now disused except locally or colloquially.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Knock at his study, where, they say, he <qex>keeps</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Keep</qex> that the lusts choke not the word of God that is in us.</q> <rj><qau>Tyndale.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To be in session; <as>as, school <ex>keeps</ex> to-day</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To keep from</b></col>, <cd>to abstain or refrain from.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep in with</b></col>, <cd>to keep on good terms with; <as>as, <ex>to keep in with</ex> an opponent</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep on</b></col>, <cd>to go forward; to proceed; to continue to advance.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep to</b></col>, <cd>to adhere strictly to; not to neglect or deviate from; <as>as, <ex>to keep to</ex> old customs; <ex>to keep to</ex> a rule; <ex>to keep to</ex> one's word or promise</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To keep up</b></col>, <cd>to remain unsubdued; also, not to be confined to one's bed.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Keep</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Pan, thou god of shepherds all,<br/>
Which of our tender lambkins takest <qex>keep</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; <as>as, to be in good <ex>keep</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; <as>as, the <ex>keep</ex> of a horse</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Grass equal to the <qex>keep</qex> of seven cows.</q> <rj><qau>Carlyle.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I performed some services to the college in return for my <qex>keep</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>T. Hughes.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>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 dungeon. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Castle</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The prison strong,<br/>
Within whose <qex>keep</qex> the captive knights were laid.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The lower chambers of those gloomy <qex>keeps</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Hallam.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I think . . . the <qex>keep</qex>, or principal part of a castle, was so called because the lord and his domestic circle <qex>kept</qex>, abode, or lived there.</q> <rj><qau>M. A. Lower.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>That which is kept in charge; a charge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Often he used of his <qex>keep</qex><br/>
A sacrifice to bring.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To take keep</b></col>, <cd>to take care; to heed.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Chaucer.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Keep"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; <as>as, the <ex>keeper</ex> of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc.; the <ex>keeper</ex> of attached property;</as></def> <specif>hence,</specif> <def>one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The Lord is thy <qex>keeper</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. cxxi. 6.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>One who remains or keeps in a place or position.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Discreet; chaste; <qex>keepers</qex> at home.</q> <rj><qau>Titus ii. 5.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place;</def> <specif>as:</specif> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A fruit that keeps well; <as>as, the Roxbury Russet is a good <ex>keeper</ex></as>.</def> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Anything perishable that remains in good condition longer than usual.</def> <rj><au> Downing.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>An iron bar that is placed on the poles of a horseshoe magnet, and held in place there by the magnetic force, to preserve the strength of the magnet when not in use.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Keeper of the forest</b></col> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>an officer who had the principal government of all things relating to the forest.</cd> -- <col><b>Keeper of the great seal</b></col>, <cd>a high officer of state, who has custody of the great seal. The office is now united with that of lord chancellor.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Keeper of the King's conscience</b></col>, <cd>the lord chancellor; -- a name given when the chancellor was an ecclesiastic.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Keeper of the privy seal</b></col> (styled also <altname>lord privy seal</altname>), <cd>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 <altname>clerk of the privy seal</altname>.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Keeper of a magnet</b></col>, <cd>a piece of iron which connects the two poles, for the purpose of keeping the magnetic power undiminished; an armature; called also <altname>keeper</altname>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Keep"er*ship</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office or position of a keeper.</def>  <rj><au>Carew.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Keep"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His happiness is in his own <qex>keeping</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Maintenance; support; provision; feed; <as>as, the cattle have good <ex>keeping</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The work of many hands, which earns my <qex>keeping</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; <as>as, these subjects are in <ex>keeping</ex> with each other; his levity is not in <ex>keeping</ex> with the seriousness of the occasion</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; <as>as, the foreground of this painting is not in <ex>keeping</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Keeping room</b></col>, <cd>a family sitting room.</cd> <mark>[New Eng. &amp; Prov. Eng.]</mark></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Care; guardianship; custody; possession.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Keep"sake`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Keesh</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Kish</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Keeve</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>c&unr_;f</ets>, fr. L. <ets>cupa</ets> a tub, cask; also, F. <ets>cuve</ets>.  Cf. <er>Kive</er>, <er>Coop</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Brewing)</fld> <def>A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub.</def>  <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bleaching)</fld> <def>A bleaching vat; a kier.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A large vat used in dressing ores.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Keeve</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Keeved</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Keeving</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To heave; to tilt, as a cart.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Keev"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Keeve</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kef"fe-kil</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See <er>Kiefekil</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kef"ir</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;f"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An effervescent liquor like kumiss, made from fermented milk, used as a food and as a medicine in the northern Caucasus.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ke*fir"ic</wf> <pr>(k&ebreve_;*f&ibreve_;r"&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A sour fermented milk drink, used in various regions of Asia, made by addition of <gen>Streptococcus</gen> or <gen>Lactobacillus</gen> cultures to cow's or goat's milk; it is considered by some as a form of yoghurt.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kefir grains</hw>. <def>Small hard yellowish aggregations found in the Caucasus region, and containing various yeasts and bacteria. They are used as a ferment in preparing kefir.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Keg</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Earlier <ets>cag</ets>, Icel. <ets>kaggi</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>kagge</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small cask or barrel.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Keil"hau*ite</hw> <pr>(k&imacr;l"hou*&imacr;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a brownish black color, related to titanite in form. It consists chiefly of silica, titanium dioxide, lime, and yttria.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Keir</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Kier</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Keit*lo"a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A black, two-horned, African rhinoceros (<spn>Atelodus keitloa</spn>). It has the posterior horn about as long as the anterior one, or even longer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Keld</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Cavl</er>.]</ety> <def>Having a kell or covering; webbed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Drayton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kele</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Keel</er> to cool.]</ety> <def>To cool.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kell</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kiln.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Kell</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[A modification of <ets>kale</ets>.]</ety> <def>A sort of pottage; kale. See <er>Kale</er>, 2.</def>  <rj><au>Ainsworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kell</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Caul</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The caul; that which covers or envelops as a caul; a net; a fold; a film.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>I'll have him cut to the <qex>kell</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect.</def>  <rj><au> B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ke"loid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <altsp>[Also spelled <asp>cheloid</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[F. <ets>k&eacute;lo&iuml;de</ets>, from Gr. <grk>chhlh`</grk> crab's claw + <ets>-oid</ets>: cf. F. <ets>k&eacute;lo&iuml;de</ets>, <ets>ch&eacute;lo&iuml;de</ets>.]</ety>  <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin, or to keloid scar tissue.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ke"loid</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Also spelled <asp>cheloid</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A keloid tumor.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An abnormally large scar tissue growing at the site of a cut or surgical incision.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ke*lot"o*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Celotomy</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kelp</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;lp)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Formerly <ets>kilpe</ets>; of unknown origin.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any large blackish seaweed.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <gen>Laminaria</gen> is the common kelp of Great Britain; <spn>Macrocystis pyrifera</spn> and <spn>Nereocystis Lutkeana</spn> are the great kelps of the Pacific Ocean.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Kelp crab</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a California spider crab (<spn>Epialtus productus</spn>), found among seaweeds, which it resembles in color.</cd> -- <col><b>Kelp salmon</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a serranoid food fish (<spn>Serranus clathratus</spn>) of California. See <er>Cabrilla</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Kelp"fish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small California food fish (<spn>Heterostichus rostratus</spn>), living among kelp. The name is also applied to species of the genus <gen>Platyglossus</gen>.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Kel"pie</hw>, <hw>Kel"py</hw>  }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Kelpies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. Gael. <ets>cailpeach</ets>, <ets>calpach</ets>, <ets>colpach</ets>, a heifer, steer, colt, <ets>colpa</ets> a cow or horse.]</ety> <fld>(Scotch Myth.)</fld> <def>An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be drowned.</def>  <rj><au>Jamieson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kelp"ware`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Kelp</er>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kel"son</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Keelson</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir W. Raleigh.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kelt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Kilt</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def>  <rj><au>Jamieson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kelt</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>kult</ets> quilt.]</ety> <def>Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jamieson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kelt</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A salmon after spawning.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Kelt</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Celt</er>, one of Celtic race.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kel"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Gael. &amp; Ir. <ets>cealt</ets> clothes, Gael. <ets>cealltair</ets> spear, castle, cause, Prov. E. <ets>kilter</ets> tool, instrument.  Cf. <er>Kilt</er>.]</ety> <def>Regular order or proper condition.</def> <altsp>[Usually written <asp>kilter</asp> in th U. S.]</altsp> <mark>[Colloq., chiefly British spelling]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>If the organs of prayer be out of <qex>kelter</qex> or out of tune, how can we pray?</q> <rj><qau>Barrow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kelt"ic</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;lt"&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Celtic</er>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kel"vin</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;l"v&ibreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[from Lord <ets>Kelvin</ets>, English physicist.]</ety> <def>The SI unit of temperature, defined as being 1/273.16 of the triple point of water; abbreviated <abbr>K</abbr>.  The melting point of water at 760 mm pressure is 273.15 Kelvins, and the boiling point 373.15 Kelvins.  One degree Kelvin is equal to one degree Centigrade, and <frac>9/5</frac> degrees Fahrenheit.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kemb</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;m)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Kembed</conjf> <pr>(k&ebreve_;md)</pr> or <conjf>Kempt</conjf> (k&ebreve_;mt; 215); <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Kembing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>kemben</ets>, AS. <ets>cemban</ets>, fr. <ets>camb</ets> comb.]</ety> <def>To comb.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>His longe hair was <qex>kembed</qex> behind his back.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kem"e*lin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Prov. E. <ets>kemlin</ets>, <ets>kimlin</ets>, <ets>kimmel</ets>, a salting tub, any tub, <ets>kembing</ets> a brewing tub, G. <ets>kumme</ets> bowl, basin, W. <ets>cwmman</ets> a tub, brewing tub.]</ety> <def>A tub; a brewer's vessel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Kemp</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;mp)</pr>, <hw>Kemp"ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Coarse, rough hair in wool or fur, injuring its quality.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kem"pe</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;m"p&eitalic_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Rough; shaggy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Kempe</xex> hairs.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kemps</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;mps)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The long flower stems of the ribwort plantain (<spn>Plantago Lanceolata</spn>).</def>  <rj><au>Dr. Prior.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kempt</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;mt; 215)</pr>, <sn>1.</sn> <def><pos>p. p.</pos> of <er>Kemb</er>; combed.</def>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Neatly kept; tidy.  Opposite of <ant>unkempt</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ken</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Perh. from <ets>kennel</ets>.]</ety> <def>A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves.</def> <mark>[Slang, Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ken</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Kenned</conjf> <pr>(k&ebreve_;nd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Kenning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>kennen</ets> to teach, make known, know, AS. <ets>cennan</ets> to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related Icel. <ets>kenna</ets> to know; akin to D. &amp; G. <ets>kennen</ets> to know, Goth. <ets>kannjan</ets> to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to AS. <ets>cunnan</ets> to know, Goth. <ets>kunnan</ets>. &radic;45. See <er>Can</er> to be able, <er>Know</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To know; to understand; to take cognizance of.</def> <mark>[Archaic or Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To recognize; to descry; to discern.</def> <mark>[Archaic or Scot.]</mark> &ldquo;We <xex>ken</xex> them from afar.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Addison</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>'T is he. I <qex>ken</qex> the manner of his gait.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ken</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To look around.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Burton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ken</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge.</def> &ldquo;Beyond his <xex>ken</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Longfellow.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Above the reach and <qex>ken</qex> of a mortal apprehension.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>It was relief to quit the <qex>ken</qex><br/>
And the inquiring looks of men.</q> <rj><qau>Trench.</qau></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ken"dal green`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <it>or</it> <hw>Ken"dal</hw>. }</mhw> <def>A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at <etsep>Kendal</etsep>, in Westmoreland, England.</def>  <rj><au>J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>How couldst thou know these men in <qex>Kendal green</qex> ?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>Kennedia</hw>, <hw>Kennedya</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Kennedia, genus <gen>Kennedia</gen>, genus <gen>Kennedya</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ken"nel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Channel</er>, <er>Canal</er>.]</ety> <def>The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ken"nel</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>kenel</ets>, (assumed) OF. <ets>kenil</ets>, F. <ets>chenil</ets>, LL. <ets>canile</ets>, fr. L. <ets>canis</ets> a dog.  Cf. <er>Canine</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A dog sure, if he could speak, had wit enough to describe his <qex>kennel</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ken"nel</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos>   <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Kenneled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr> or <conjf>Kennelled</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Kennelling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The dog <qex>kenneled</qex> in a hollow tree.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ken"nel</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To put or keep in a kennel.</def>  <rj><au>Thomson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ken"nel coal`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Cannel coal</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ken"ning</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ken</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Range of sight.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ke"no</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>quine</ets> five winning numbers, fr. L. <ets>quini</ets> five each, <ets>quinque</ets> five. See <er>Five</er>.]</ety> <def>A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ken`o*gen"e*sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; new + E. <ets>genesis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>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 <contr>palingenesis</contr>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>cenogenesis</asp> and <asp>c&aelig;nogenesis</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Ken`o*ge*net"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to kenogenesis; <as>as, <ex>kenogenetic</ex> processes</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ken`o*ge*net"ic*al*ly</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ken"spec`kle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having so marked an appearance as easily to be recognized.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Kent" bu"gle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[Probably named after a <person>Duke of <etsep>Kent</etsep></person>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>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 <altname>keyed bugle</altname>, and <altname>key bugle</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Moore.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ken"tle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Quintal</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>A hundred weight; a quintal.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kent"ledge</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>cant</ets> edge, corner, D. <ets>kant</ets>. See <er>Cant</er> edge, angle.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Pigs of iron used for ballast.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kintlidge</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Ken*tuck"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>One of the United States.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Kentucky blue grass</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a valuable pasture and meadow grass (<spn>Poa pratensis</spn>), found in both Europe and America. See under <er>Blue grass</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Kentucky coffee tree</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a tall North American tree (<spn>Gymnocladus Canadensis</spn>) 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.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Kenya</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A country in East Africa, formerly a British colony.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kenyan</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Kenya.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kenyan</hw> <pos>prop. a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Kenya; <as>as, <ex>Kenyan</ex> mountains; <ex>Kenyan</ex> coffee</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Kenya; <as>as, <ex>Kenyan</ex> soldiers</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kenyapithecus</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of extinct primates having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; its fossils were found in Maboko in <country>Kenya</country>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Kenyapithecus</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>keph"a*lin</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;f"&adot_;*l&ibreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>kefalh`</grk> the head; it was supposed by <person>Thudichum</person> to exist in brain tissue.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>One of a group of phospholipids (nitrogenous phosphorized fatty substances), present in all living cells and particularly noticeable in nervous tissue.  Same as <er>cephalin</er>, which see.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>kep"i</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>k&eacute;pi</ets>, of G. origin.]</ety> <def>A military cap having a close-fitting band, a round flat top sloping toward the front, and a visor.  As originally worn by the French in Algeria about 1830 it was tall and stiff with a straight visor. It is now lower, has a curved visor, and is frequently soft.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>kept</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;pt)</pr>, <def><pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> of <er>Keep</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Kept woman</b></col>, <col><b>Kept mistress</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a concubine; a woman supported by a man as his paramour.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;K&eacute;p"vi*se*l&ouml;*h&aacute;z`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hung., fr. <ets>k&eacute;pvisel&ouml;</ets> representative + <ets>h&aacute;z</ets> house.]</ety> <mark>(Hungary)</mark> <def>See <er>Legislature</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ke*ram"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as <er>ceramic</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ke*ram"ics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Ceramics</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker`a*mo*graph"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ke`ramos</grk> tile + <ets>graph</ets> + <ets>ic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Suitable to be written upon; capable of being written upon, as a slate; -- said especially of a certain kind of globe.</def>  <rj><au>Scudamore.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ke*ra"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A kind of long trumpet, used among the Persians.</def> <au>Moore (Encyc. of Music).</au><br/>
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<p><hw>Ke*rar"gy*rite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Cerargyrite</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"a*sin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A nitrogenous substance free from phosphorus, supposed to be present in the brain; a body closely related to cerebrin.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"a*sine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ke`ras</grk> horn.]</ety> <def>Resembling horn; horny; corneous.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ker"a*tin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, horn.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A sulfur-containing fibrous protein constituting the main structural protein of hard epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair, feathers, nails, claws, hoofs, 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 leucine and tyrosine plus various other acid-stable amino acids.  The amino acid composition varies, but it usually has a high percentage of cystine, which stabilizes and insolubilizes the protein by forming intrachain linkages.  A softer form of keratin is present in the epidermis and whalebone.  Called also <altname>epidermose</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ker`a*ti"tis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, horn + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the cornea.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"a*tode</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Keratose</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker`a*tog"e*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, horn + <ets>-genous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing horn; <as>as, the <ex>keratogenous</ex> membrane within the horny hoof of the horse</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ker`a*toi"de*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, horn + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Keratosa</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"a*tome</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ke`ras</grk>, horn + &unr_; to cut.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An instrument for dividing the cornea in operations for cataract.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ker`a*to*nyx"is</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, horn + &unr_; puncture.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"a*to*phyte</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, a horn + &unr_; a plant.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A gorgonian coral having a horny axis.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ker`a*to"sa</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, a horn.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An order of sponges having a skeleton composed of hornlike fibers. It includes the commercial sponges.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"a*tose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, horn.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; -- called also <altname>keratode</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"a*tose`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Containing hornlike fibers or fibers of keratose; belonging to the Keratosa.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ke*rau"no*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; thunderbolt + <ets>graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ker`au*nog"ra*phy</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Kerb</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Curb</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kerb"stone`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Curbstone</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"cher</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kerchief.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>He became . . . white as a <qex>kercher</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. North.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"chered</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Covered, or bound round, with a kercher.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>G. Fletcher.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"chief</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Kerchiefs</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>coverchef</ets>, OF. <ets>cuevrechief</ets>, <ets>couvrechef</ets>, F. <ets>couvrechef</ets>, a head covering, fr. <ets>couvrir</ets> to cover + OF. <ets>chief</ets> head, F. <ets>chef</ets>. See <er>Cover</er>, <er>Chief</er>, and cf. <er>Curfew</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, nec<ex>kerchief</ex>; breast<ex>kerchief</ex>; and later, hand<ex>kerchief</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>He might put on a hat, a muffler, and a <qex>kerchief</qex>, and so escape.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Her black hair strained away<br/>
To a scarlet <qex>kerchief</qex> caught beneath her chin.</q> <rj><qau>Mrs. Browning.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A lady who wears a kerchief.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ker"chiefed</hw>, <hw>Ker"chieft</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Dressed; hooded; covered; wearing a kerchief.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kerf</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>cyrf</ets> a cutting off, fr. <ets>ceorfan</ets> to cut, carve. See <er>Carve</er>.]</ety> <def>A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ke"rite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ke`ras</grk>,  horn.]</ety> <def>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.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kerl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Carl</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"mes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. &amp; Per. <ets>girmiz</ets>. See <er>Crimson</er>, and cf. <er>Alkermes</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect (<spn>Kermes ilices</spn> formerly <spn>Coccus ilicis</spn>), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several species of oak near the Mediterranean; also, the dye obtained from them.  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.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>chermes</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small European evergreen oak (<spn>Quercus coccifera</spn>) on which the kermes insect (<spn>Kermes ilices</spn>, formerly <spn>Coccus ilicis</spn>) feeds.</def>  <rj><au>J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>A genus of scale insects including many species that feed on oaks. The adult female resembles a small gall.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Kermes mineral</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld> <cd>An artificial amorphous trisulphide of antimony; -- so called on account of its red color.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Med. Chem.)</fld> <cd>A compound of the trioxide and trisulphide of antimony, used in medicine. This substance occurs in nature as the mineral <altname>kermesite</altname>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"messe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>See <er>Kirmess</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kern</hw> <pr>(k&etilde_;rn)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ir. <ets>ceatharnach</ets>.Cf. <er>Cateran</er>. ]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from <contr>gallowglass</contr>, and often used as a term of contempt.</def>  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Now for our Irish wars;<br/>
We must supplant those rough, rug-headed <qex>kerns</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any kind of boor or low-lived person.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Blount.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>An idler; a vagabond.</def>  <rj><au>Wharton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kern</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Type Founding)</fld> <def>A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank, such as in certain italic letters.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kern</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Kerned</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Kerning</conjf>. ]</vmorph> <fld>(Type Founding)</fld> <def>To form with a kern. See 2d <er>Kern</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kern</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Churn</er>. ]</ety> <def>A churn.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Kern</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>cweorn</ets>, <ets>cwyrn</ets>. See <er>Quern</er>. ]</ety> <def>A hand mill. See <er>Quern</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kern</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>kern</ets> kernel, grain; akin to E. <ets>corn</ets>. See <er>Corn</er>, <er>Kernel</er>. ]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To harden, as corn in ripening.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Carew.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To take the form of kernels; to granulate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>It is observed that rain makes the salt <qex>kern</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dampier.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kern</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kirn</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Cf. D. &amp; G. <ets>kern</ets> kernal, E. <ets>kern</ets> to harden, <ets>kernel</ets>.]</ety> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng. &amp; Scot.]</mark> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Kernel; corn; grain.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>The last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>The harvest-home.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kern baby</hw>. <def>A doll or image decorated with corn (grain) flowers, etc., carried in the festivals of a kern, or harvest-home. Called also <altname>harvest queen</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kerned</hw> <pr>(k&etilde_;rnd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>Having part of the face projecting beyond the body or shank; -- said of type.</def> &ldquo;In Roman, <xex>f</xex> and <xex>j</xex> are the only <xex>kerned</xex> letters.&rdquo;  <rj><au>MacKellar.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"nel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>kernel</ets>, <ets>kirnel</ets>, <ets>curnel</ets>, AS. <ets>cyrnel</ets>, fr. <ets>corn</ets> grain. See <er>Corn</er>, and cf. <er>Kern</er> to harden.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, the <ex>kernel</ex> of a nut</as>. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Endocarp</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>'A were as good crack a fusty nut with no <qex>kernel</qex></q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A single seed or grain; <as>as, a <ex>kernel</ex> of corn</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist; the core; <as>as, the <ex>kernel</ex> of an argument</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"nel</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Kerneled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr> <it>or</it> <conjf>Kernelled</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Kerneling</conjf> <it>or</it> <conjf>Kernelling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ker"neled</hw>, <hw>Ker"nelled</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a kernel.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"nel*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of kernels; resembling kernels; of the nature of kernels.</def>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kern"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Kern</er> a boor.]</ety> <def>Clownish; boorish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;A petty <xex>kernish</xex> prince.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"o*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Cerolite</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"o*sene`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; wax.]</ety> <def>An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence called also <altname>coal oil</altname>. 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, having from 10 to 16 carbon atoms in each molecule, and having a higher boiling point (175 - 325&deg; C) than gasoline or the petroleum ethers, and a lower boling point than the oils.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Kers</hw>, <hw>Kerse</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cress.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Not worth a kers</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Cress</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"sey</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Kerseys</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Prob. from the town of <ets>Kersey</ets> in Suffolk, Eng.]</ety> <def>A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven from wool of long staple.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"sey*mere</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[For <ets>cassimere</ets>, confounded with <ets>kersey</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Cassimere</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker`sey*nette"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Cassinette</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ker"seys</hw>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Varieties of kersey; also, trousers made of kersey.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Kerve</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To carve.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kerv"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A carver.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ke"sar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Kaiser</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kes"lop</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;s"l&obreve_;p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>c&emacr;selib</ets>, or <ets>c&ymacr_;slyb</ets>, milk curdled; cf. G. <ets>k&auml;selab</ets>, <ets>k&auml;selippe</ets>. See <er>Cheese</er>, and cf.<er>Cheeselep</er>.]</ety> <def>The stomach of a calf, prepared for rennet.</def>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kess</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To kiss.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Kest</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>imp.</pos> <def>of <er>Cast</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Kes"trel</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;s"tr&ebreve_;l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Castrel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small, slender European hawk (<spn>Falco alaudarius</spn>), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called <altname>windhover</altname> and <altname>stannel</altname>. The name is also applied to other allied species.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; This word is often used in contempt, as of a mean kind of hawk. &ldquo;Kites and <xex>kestrels</xex> have a resemblance with hawks.&rdquo;</note>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ket</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>kj&ouml;t</ets> flesh; akin to Sw. <ets>k&ouml;tt</ets>, Dan. <ets>kj&ouml;d</ets>.]</ety> <def>Carrion; any filth.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ke"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Perh. of Amer. Indian origin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small salmon (<spn>Oncorhynchus keta</spn>) of inferior value, which in the autumn runs up all the larger rivers between San Francisco and Kamchatka.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ketch</hw> <pr>(k&ebreve_;ch)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prob. corrupted fr. Turk. <ets>q&amacr;&imacr;q</ets> : cf. F. <ets>caiche</ets>.  Cf. <er>Ca&iuml;que</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An almost obsolete form of sailing vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>In modern usage, a sailing vessel having two masts, with the main mast taller than the aftermost, or mizzen, mast.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Bomb ketch</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Bomb</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ketch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A hangman. See <er>Jack Ketch</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ketch</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Catch</er>.]</ety> <def>To catch.</def> <mark>[Now obs. in spelling, and colloq. in pronunciation.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>To <qex>ketch</qex> him at a vantage in his snares.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>ketch"up</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[