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Kine
() of Cow
Kaama
() The hartbeest.
Kabala
() See Cabala.
Kabassou
() See Cabassou.
Kabob
() See Cabob, n. & v. t.
Kabook
() A clay ironstone found in Ceylon.
Kabyle
() A Berber, as in Algiers or Tunis. See Berber.
Kadder
() The jackdaw.
Kadi
() Alt. of Kadiaster
Kadiaster
() A Turkish judge. See Cadi.
Kafal
() The Arabian name of two trees of the genus Balsamodendron, which yield a gum resin and a red aromatic wood.
Kaffir
() Alt. of Kafir
Kafir
() 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; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs.
Kafir
() One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia.
Kaffle
() See Coffle.
Kafilah
() See Cafila.
Kaftan
() See Caftan.
Kage
() A chantry chapel inclosed with lattice or screen work.
Kagu
() A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus), 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.
Kaguan
() The colugo.
Kahani
() A kind of notary public, or attorney, in the Levant.
Kahau
() A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), 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 proboscis monkey.
Kail
() A kind of headless cabbage. Same as Kale, 1.
Kail
() Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables.
Kail
() A broth made with kail or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner.
Kaimacam
() Same as Caimacam.
Kain
() Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to his landlord.
Kainit
() Salts of potassium used in the manufacture of fertilizers.
Kainite
() A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in Prussian Saxony.
Kainozoic
() See Cenozoic.
Kaique
() See Caique.
Kairine
() A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine.
Kairoline
() An organic base obtained from quinoline. It is used as a febrifuge, and resembles kairine.
Kaiser
() The ancient title of emperors of Germany assumed by King William of Prussia when crowned sovereign of the new German empire in 1871.
Kaka
() A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, especially the brown parrot (Nestor meridionalis).
Kakapo
() A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops habroptilus), 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 owl parrot, night parrot, and night kaka.
Kakaralli
() A kind of wood common in Demerara, durable in salt water, because not subject to the depredations of the sea worm and barnacle.
Kakistocracy
() Government by the worst men.
Kakoxene
() See Cacoxene.
Kalan
() The sea otter.
Kalasie
() A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus rubicundus). It has a tuft of long hair on the head.
Kale
() A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species.
Kale
() See Kail, 2.
Kaleege
() One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic pheasants, belonging to the genus Euplocamus, and allied to the firebacks.
Kaleidophon
() Alt. of Kaleidophone
Kaleidophone
() An instrument invented by Professor Wheatstone, 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.
Kaleidoscope
() An instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, 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.
Kaleidoscopic
() Alt. of Kaleidoscopical
Kaleidoscopical
() Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a kaleidoscope; variegated.
Kalendar
() See Calendar.