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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Kĕtch'up, n. p. 737A sauce. See CATCHUP.Kēt'tle, n. p. 737A vessel of iron, or other metal, with a wide mouth, usually without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liquor.Kĕt'tle-drūm, n. p. 737A drum made of a copper vessel, usually hemispherical, or shaped like a kettle, covered with parchment. ☞ Kettle-drums were formerly used, in pairs, in martial music for cavalry, but are now chiefly…Kēt'tle-drūm'mer, n. p. 737One who plays on a kettle-drum.Kĕt'tle-hăt, n. p. 737A cap of iron worn by knights in the middle ages. [Obs.] Fairholt.Kĕt'tle-pins, n. p. 737Ninepins; skittles. [Obs.] Shelton.Keu'per, n. p. 737(Geol.) The upper division of the Triassic formation; new red sandstone.Kēv'el, n. p. 737(Naut.) A piece of timber serving to belay great ropes to. Totten. 2. (Zool.) A species of antelope, found in Africa, resembling the gazelle.Kēv'el-head, n. p. 737(Naut.) A piece of timber used as a kevel.Kēx, n. p. 737The dry stalk of the hemlock, or of other plants; a dry husk or covering. “Though the rough kex break The starred mosaic.” Tennyson. When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair flying…Kēy, n. p. 737A fastener; that which fastens; as a piece of wood in the frame of a building, or in a chain. 2. An instrument which serves to shut or open a lock by being inserted into it, and made, by turning, to…Kēy, n. p. 737A ledge of rocks near the surface of the water; an island rising little above the surface, as in the West Indies. 2. A bank or wharf built on the side of a river or harbor, for the convenience of…Kēy, v. t. p. 737To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten with keys or wedge-shaped pieces of wood or iron. Francis.Key'age, n. p. 737Money paid for the use of a key or quay.Kēy'-bĕd, n. p. 737A groove or excavation made to receive a key for the purpose of binding the parts, as of a machine, tightly and firmly together; a key-seat. [See Illust. of Key-seat.]Kēy'-bōard, n. p. 737(Mus.) The whole range of the keys of an organ or forte-piano.Kēy'-bū'gle, n. p. 737See KENT-BUGLE.Kēy'-cōld, a. p. 737Cold as a metallic key; lifeless. [Obs.] Shak.Kēyed, a. p. 737Furnished with keys; as, a keyed instrument. 2. Set to a key, as a tune. Keyed bugle. See KENT-BUGLE.Kēy'-hōle, n. p. 737A hole or aperture in a door or lock, for receiving a key. 2. (Carp.) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key which fastens them.Key-hole limpet or Key-hole saw p. 737a gastropodous mollusk of the genus Fissurella, so called from having in the summit of the shell an oval fissure constricted in the middle so as to resemble a key-hole. Baird. — Key-hole saw, a…Kēy'-nōte, n. p. 737(Mus.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; — called also key-tone.Kēy'-sēat, n. p. 737(Mach.) A rectangular groove, especially in a wheel and shaft, to receive a key, so as to prevent one part from turning on the other; — called also key-bed and key-way.Kēy'-stōne, n. p. 737(Arch.) The stone on the top or middle of an arch or vault, which, being wider at the top than at the bottom, enters like a wedge, and binds the work.Kēy'-tōne, n. p. 737(Mus.) See KEY-NOTE.Kēy'-wāy, n. p. 737See KEY-SEAT.Khā'liff, n. p. 737See CALIPH.Khām'sin, n. p. 737See KAMSIN.Khān, n. p. 737A prince; a king; a chief; — so called among the Tartars, and in countries now or formerly governed by them.Khān, n. p. 737An Eastern inn or caravan-sary.Khān'ate, n. p. 737The dominion or jurisdiction of a khan. Tooke.Khā'ya, n. p. 737(Bot.) A genus of plants containing but a single species (K. Senegalensis), found in Western Africa. It is a large, handsome tree, the wood being of a fine quality, and of a color resembling that of…Khĕn'nā, n. p. 737A Persian dye for hair, used in the baths of Constantinople. Simmonds.Kī'a-boō'ēá Wōod p. 737An ornamental wood (called also Amboyna wood), from Singapore. It seems to be an excrescence or burr of some tree, is in color from an orange to a deep brown, and is full of small curls or knots.Kīb'ble, n. p. 737A large bucket for raising ore out of mines. [Written also kibbal.]Kĭb′blings, n. pl. p. 737Portions of small fish used for bait on the banks of Newfoundland.Kībe, n. p. 737A chap or crack in the flesh occasioned by cold; an ulcerated chilblain, as in the heels. I'm almost out at heels. Why then let kibes ensue. Shak.Kībed, a. p. 737Chapped; cracked with cold; affected with chilblains; as, kibed heels.Kĭ-bĭt'kā, n. p. 737A rude kind of wagon, without springs, sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often used by the Tartars as a movable habitation.Kīb'lah, n. p. 737See KEBLAH.Kīb'y, a. p. 737Affected with kibes. He halteth often that hath a kiby heel. Skelton.Kĭck, v. t. p. 737To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a servant; a man kicks a dog. To kick the beam, to fly up and strike the beam; — said of the lighter arm of a loaded balance…Kīck, v. i. p. 737To practice striking with the foot or feet; as, a horse accustomed to kick. 2. To thrust out the foot or feet with violence, either in wantonness, resistance, anger, or contempt; to manifest…Kĭck, n. p. 737A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust of the foot. A kick that scarce would move a horse, May kill a sound divine. Cooper. 2. The projection on the tang of a pocket-knife blade, which…Kīck'er, n. p. 737One who kicks.Kĭck'shaw, n. p. 738Something fantastical or uncommon, or something that has no particular name. Some pigeons, a joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny kickshaws. Shak. 2. A fantastical dish. Cressy was lost by…Kick'shoe, n. p. 738A dancer; a caperer; a buffoon; — used in contempt.Kick'sy-wick'sy, n. p. 738A word of no definite meaning, except perhaps to imply restlessness, or that which is restless and uneasy; — applied contemptuously to a wife by Shakespeare. Nares. He wears his honor in a box…Kick'sy-wick'sy, a. p. 738Restless; uncertain; as, kicksy-wicksy flames. Nares.Kid, n. p. 738A young goat. The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid. Isa. xi. 6. 2. Hence, a child or infant. [Cant.] 3. A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze. 4. A…Kid, v. t. or i. p. 738To bring forth a young goat. 2. To make into a bundle, as fagots. Halliwell.Kid, v. t. p. 738To show, discover, or make known. [Obs.] Gower. 2. To hoax; to gull; to deceive; to kiddy. [Cant.]Kid'der, n. p. 738An engrosser of corn, or one who carries corn, provisions, or other merchandise, about the country for sale; a huckster. Halliwell.Kid'dle, n. p. 738A kind of wear in a river for catching fish;—corruptly pronounced kittle.Kid'dōw, n. p. 738A web-footed fowl; — called also guillemot, sea-hen, and skout.Kid'dy, v. t. p. 738To deceive; to hoax; to take advantage of. [Slang.] Some of the swell mob . . . so far kiddied us as to hire a horse and shay, start away from London by Whitechapel, and . . . come into Epsom from…Kĭd'dy, n. p. 738A young man or boy; formerly, a low thief. [Slang.]Kĭd'dy-ĭsh, a. p. 738Frolicsome; sportive. [Slang.]Kĭd'-fŏx, a. p. 738A young fox. [Obs.] Shak. ☞ Sometimes interpreted as meaning a discovered or detected fox.Kĭd'ling, n. p. 738A young kid.