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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Kĭ-ŏsk', n. p. 740A Turkish open summer-house, supported by pillars.Kī'o-tōme, n. p. 740(Surg.) An instrument for dividing certain pseudo-membranous bands in the rectum and bladder. Dunglison.Kĭp, n. p. 740The skin of a young beast. Kip leather. See KIP-SKIN.Kipe, n. p. 740An osier basket used for catching fish.Kĭp'per, v. t. p. 740To cure, as fish, by means of salt and pepper, and by hanging up.Kip'per, a. p. 740Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Kip'per, n. p. 740A salmon in the state of spawning. 2. A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; — a favorite dish in Scotland. ☞ The word kipper originally denoted a salmon directly after the spawning…Kip'pered-sāl'mon, n. p. 740The same as KIPPER, q. v.Kip'per-nūt, n. p. 740(Bot.) A kind of earth-nut; Bunium bulbo-castanum. Dunglison.Kip’per-tīme, n. p. 740The interval between May 3d and May 12th, when fishing for salmon in the Thames is forbidden. [Eng.].Kĭp'-skĭn, n. p. 740Leather prepared from the skin of young cattle, intermediate between calf-skin and cow-hide.Kirk, n. p. 740A place of worship; a church. [Scot.] 2. The regular or established church in Scotland. [Scot.] Kirk session (Scots Law), a petty ecclesiastical session in Scotland. Wharton.Kirked, a. p. 740Turned upward. [Obs.] Chaucer.Kirk'man, n. p. 740One of the church of Scotland.Kirk'yard, n. p. 740A churchyard. [Scot.]Kirsch'was-ser, n. p. 740A distilled liquor, obtained by fermenting the small black cherry.Kĭr'some, a. p. 740Christian. [Obs.] I am a true kirsome woman. Beau. & Fl.Kir'tle, n. p. 740An upper garment; a gown; a short jacket; a mantle. The form of the kirtle underwent various alterations at different times. It was worn by both sexes. The term is still retained in the provinces in…Kĭr'tled, a. p. 740Wearing a kirtle.Kĭr'wan-īte, n. p. 740(Min.) A native silicate of iron, lime, and alumina, found in basalt on the north-east coast of Ireland.Kĭsh, n. p. 740A substance resembling plumbago produced in iron-smelting furnaces. Brande.Kĭss, v. t. p. 740To salute with the lips; to smack; to buss. He took The bride about the neck, and kissed her lips With such a clamorous smack, that at the parting All the church echoed. Shak. 2. To treat with…Kĭss, v. i. p. 740To salute with the lips; as, kiss and make friends. Shak.Kĭss, n. p. 740A salute made by touching with the lips pressed closely together and suddenly parting them; a smack; a buss. Dear as remembered kisses after death. Tennyson. 2. A small piece of confectionery.Kiss'er, n. p. 740One that kisses.Kiss'ing-com'fit, n. p. 740A perfumed sugar-plum to sweeten the breath.Kiss'ing-crüst, n. p. 740(Cookery.) A protruding or overhanging portion of the upper crust of a loaf, taking this shape by touching another loaf in the oven. He cuts a massy fragment from the rich kissing-crust that hangs…Kĭst, n. p. 740A chest. [Scot., and Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 2. A stated payment, or installment of rent; a portion of a tax paid by the ryot or peasant. [India.] Simmonds. Wharton.Kit, n. p. 740A vessel of various kinds and uses; as, (a.) A wooden tub or pail; a kid; as a kit for milk; a kit of mackerel. (b.) A straw or rush basket, used to carry fish, or for other purposes. [Prov. Eng.]…Kit'-căt, a. p. 740Applied to a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; — so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies. 2. Designating a canvas used for portraits of…Kit'-căt, n. p. 740A game played by boys with sticks and a small piece of wood called cat. See CAT. Then in his hand he takes a thick bat With which he used to play at kit-kat. Cotton.Kit'-căt-rōll, n. p. 740A roller somewhat in the form of two cones set base to base. Halliwell.Kit'chen, n. p. 740A cook-room; the room of a house appropriated to cookery. A fat kitchen makes a lean will. Franklin. 2. A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin-kitchen.Kitch'en, v. t. p. 740To furnish food to; to provide refreshment for; to entertain with the fare of the kitchen. [Obs.] Shak.Kitch'en-gär'den, n. p. 740A garden or piece of ground appropriated to the raising of vegetables for the table.Kitch'en-lee, n. p. 740Dirty soap-suds. [Obs.] “A brazen tub of kitchen-lee.” Ford.Kĭtch'en-māid, n. p. 740A woman employed in the kitchen. Shak.Kitch'en-ry, n. p. 740The utensils made use of in the kitchen. [Obs.] Holland.Kitch'en-stuff, n. p. 740Fat collected from pots and dripping-pans. Donne.Kitch'en-wēnch, n. p. 740The woman who cleans the kitchen and utensils of cookery.Kitch'en-work, n. p. 740Work done in the kitchen, as cookery, washing, &c.Kite, n. p. 740(Ornith.) A rapacious bird of the hawk kind, distinguished from hawks and falcons by having a forked tail and by the length of its wings. The common kite of Europe is Milvus ictinus; that of America…Kīte, n. p. 740The belly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Kite, v. i. p. 740To raise money, or sustain one's credit, by the use of mercantile paper which is fictitious; as, kiting transactions.Kite'-flī'er, n. p. 740One who practises the operation of kite-flying, or raising money by means of fictitious paper.Kīte'-flȳ'ing, n. p. 740A fictitious mode of raising money or sustaining one's credit, as by the use of paper which is merely nominal, and the like; — called also kiting. Thackeray. Bartlett.Kīte'fo͝ot, n. p. 740A variety of the tobacco plant; — so called from its form.Kīte's'-fo͝ot, n. p. 740A plant. [See supra.] Ainsworth.Kĭth, n. p. 740Acquaintance. [Obs.] And my near kith for that will sore me shend. W. Browne. Kith and kin, intimate acquaintance and relationship.Kīth'a-rā, n. p. 740Same as CITHARA. See CITHARA.Kit'ish, a. p. 740Resembling the bird called a kite; of, or pertaining to, the kite. Turberville.Kit'ling, n. p. 740A whelp; the young of a beast. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Kit'tel, v. t. p. 740See KITTLE.Kĭt'ten, n. p. 740A young cat, or the young of the cat.Kĭt'ten, v. i. p. 741To bring forth young, as a cat.Kĭt'ti-wāke, n. p. 741(Ornith.) A bird of the genus Larus (L. tridactylus); a species of gull.Kĭt'tle, v. t. p. 741To tickle. [Obs.] [Written also kittel.] Sherwood.Kĭt'tle, a. p. 741Easily tickled; not easily managed; troublesome. “Kittle cattle to shoe behind.” [Scot.] W. Scott.Kĭt'tlish, a. p. 741Ticklish; difficult to manage. W. Scott.Kīve, n. p. 741A mashing vat; a keeve. [Obs.]