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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Kou'pho-lite, n.p. 744(Min.) A variety of prehnite, containing dust or vegetable matter, and which blackens on being heated before a blow-pipe. Dana.
  2. Kow-tow', n.p. 744A prostration by way of salutation. [China.]
  3. Kōw-tow', v. i.p. 744To bow to the earth; to perform the Chinese ceremony of prostration. [China.] [Written also kotou.]
  4. Krāal or Kraal, n.p. 744A village; a collection of huts; sometimes a single hut. [South Africa.] Pronounced krä'al by Smart, Clarke, and Worcester, but kräl or krȯwl is the pronunciation of the English residents of Cape…
  5. Krā'ken, n.p. 744A fabled sea animal of enormous size. To believe all that has been said of the sea-serpent or kraken, would be credulity; to reject the possibility of their existence would be presumption. Goldsmith.
  6. Krā'mā, n.p. 744A wooden sandal; — so called in India.
  7. Kra-mē'rī-ā, n.p. 744(Bot.) A genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from one species of which (K. triandria), found in Peru, rhatany root is obtained.
  8. Kra-mér'ic, a.p. 744(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the root of the plant Krameria triandria;— said of a certain acid.
  9. Krāng, n.p. 744The fleshy part of the whale after the blubber has been removed; — so called by whalefishers. [Written also kreng.] Simmonds.
  10. Kraur'ite, n.p. 744A dull green mineral consisting chiefly of the hydrous phosphate of iron; dufrenite.
  11. Krē'a-tīne, n.p. 744(Chem.) The same as CREATINE.
  12. Kre-ăt'i-nīne, n.p. 744(Chem.) The same as CREATININE.
  13. Krē'o-sōte, n.p. 744See CREOSOTE.
  14. Krĕm'lin, n.p. 744The citadel of a town or city. [Russia.] ☞ The term is particularly applied to the ancient citadel of Moscow, which now contains an imperial palace, several churches and convents, an arsenal, &c.…
  15. Krĕms, n.p. 744A white pigment, consisting of very pure white-lead;—called also Kremnitz white and Vienna white. [Written also crems.]
  16. Krĕng, n.p. 744See KRANG.
  17. Kreut'zer, n.p. 744A small German coin of variable value, but in all cases worth less than a cent.
  18. Krīs, n.p. 744A Malay dagger; the same as CREASE.
  19. Krĭsh'nā, n.p. 744(Hindoo Myth.) One of the incarnations of the god Vishnu, occupying the second place in the Hindoo trinity.
  20. Kro-kid’o-līte, n.p. 744(Min.) The same as CROCİDOLITE. See CROCİDOLITE.
  21. Krōo'man, n.p. 744A negro of a race inhabiting a small section of Western Africa, who serve much on shipboard.
  22. Kru'kā, n.p. 744(Ornith.) A bird of Russia and Sweden, resembling a hedge-sparrow. — Pennant.
  23. Krŭl'ler, n.p. 744A curled or crisped cake boiled in fat.
  24. Krumm'horn or Krum'horn, n.p. 744(Mus.) An instrument of music of the cornet kind, formerly in use.
  25. Kry'o-lite, n.p. 744(Min.) The same as CRYOLITE. See CRYOLITE.
  26. Ksär, n.p. 744The same as CZAR, q. v.
  27. Kŭf'ic, a.p. 744Of, pertaining to, or used in, ancient Arabic;—said of the characters employed in writing it, which were so called from Kufa, on the Euphrates.
  28. Kūhn'i-ā, n.p. 744(Bot.) A genus of perennial herbaceous plants, having lanceolate leaves, mostly alternate, and heads of cream-colored flowers, disposed in corymbose panicles. Gray.
  29. Kū'miss or Kū'mish, n.p. 744See KOUMISS.
  30. Kup′fer-nĭck′el, n.p. 744(Min.) Copper-nickel. See COPPER-NICKEL.
  31. Kurd, n.p. 744(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of the Assyrian mountains, between Persia and Turke. [Written also Koord.]
  32. Kurd'ish, a.p. 744(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, the Kurds. [Written also Koordish.]
  33. Kū'ril, n.p. 744(Ornith.) A bird; the black petrel. Pennant.
  34. Kŭ-rĭl'ĭ-an, a.p. 744(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, the Kurile Islands, a chain of islands in the Pacific, extending from the southern extremity of Kamschatka to Jesso. [Written also Koorilian.]
  35. Kŭ-rĭl'i-an, n.p. 744(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of the Kurile Islands. [Written also Koorilian.]
  36. Kus'si-er, n.p. 744(Mus.) A Turkish instrument of music, consisting of five strings, stretched over a skin covering a kind of basin. Encyc. Brit.
  37. Kus'sir, n.p. 744The same as KUSSIER.
  38. Kŷ, n. pl.p. 744Kine. [Obs.]
  39. Kŷ-ān', n.p. 744The same as CAYENNE, q. v.
  40. Kŷ'a-nite, n.p. 744(Min.) A mineral, occurring usually in long, thin, blade-like crystals, of a clear blue or bluish-white color. It is very hard and infusible, and consists of silica and alumina. Dana.
  41. Kȳ'an-ize, v. t.p. 744To render wood proof against decay by subjecting it for a time to a solution of corrosive sublimate, or other appropriate agents.
  42. Kŷ'a-nōl, n.p. 744(Chem.) (a.) Aniline. [Obs.] (b.) A base obtained from coal tar. Ure.
  43. Ky̆d, v. i.p. 744To know; to have understanding. [Obs.]
  44. Kȳke, v. t.p. 744To look at; to behold; to see. [Obs.]
  45. Kȳke, v. i.p. 744To look steadfastly; to gaze. [Obs.] This Nicholas sat ever gaping upright, As he had kyked on the new moon. Chaucer.
  46. Kȳ'ley, n.p. 744A boomerang;—so called by the natives of Australia. See BOOMERANG.
  47. Kŷ'lēes, n. pl.p. 744The cattle of the Hebrides.
  48. Kým'nel, n.p. 744A brewer's vessel; a tub. See KIM-NEL. [Obs.] Their purest cheat Thrice bolted, kneaded and subdued in paste In clean round kymnels, can not be so fast From my approaches kept but in I eat. Chapman.
  49. Kȳr'i-ē, interj.p. 744O Lord!—an invocation used at the beginning of all masses.
  50. Kyr'i-ē, n.p. 744(Mus.) A certain part or movement of a mass;—so called from its beginning with this word.
  51. Kyr'i-o-lōg'ie or Kyr'i-o-lōg'ie-al, a.p. 744Serving perfectly to denote objects by conventional signs or alphabetical characters; as, the original Greek alphabet of sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it represented the pure…
  52. Kȳthe, v. t.p. 744To discover; to bring into view. [Scot.] 2. To cause to appear; to show; to declare.
  53. Kȳthe, v. i.p. 744To show one’s self; to come into view; to appear. [Scot.] It kythes bright, . . . because all is dark around it. W. Scott.
  54. Kȳx, n.p. 744The bung of a cask; also, a kex. [Obs.] Halliwell.
  55. Lp. 745L, the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, is usually denominated a semi-vowel, or a liquid. Its shape is evidently borrowed from that of the Oriental lamed, or lomad, nearly coinciding with the…
  56. Lāp. 745A syllable applied to the sixth tone of the scale in music for the purpose of solmization. (b.) The tone A; — so called among the French and Italians.
  57. La, interj.p. 745Look; see; behold.
  58. Lāb, n.p. 745A great talker; a blabber. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  59. Lăb, v. i.p. 745To talk excessively or thoughtlessly; to babble; to blab. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  60. Lāb'a-dist, n.p. 745(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Jean de Labadie, a reformer of the seventeenth century. He held that the church should be a community of sanctified persons striving after perfection in holiness, but…