Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter K - Page 8
Kinkajou (n.) (Zool.) A nocturnal carnivorous mammal ({Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) of South America, about as large as a full-grown cat. It has a prehensile tail and lives in trees. It is the only representative of a distinct family ({Cercoleptidae) allied to the raccoons. Called also potto, and honey bear.
Kinkajou (n.) Arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail [syn: kinkajou, honey bear, potto, Potos flavus, Potos caudivolvulus].
Kinkajou (n.) A kind of lemur [syn: potto, kinkajou, Perodicticus potto].
Kinkhaust (n.) Whooping cough. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.]
Kinkle (n.) Same as 3d Kink.
Kinky (a.) Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl; as, kinky hair.
Kinky (a.) Queer; eccentric; unconventional; crotchety. [Colloq. U.S.]
Kinky (a.) (Used of sexual behavior) Showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes; "kinky sex"; "perverted practices" [syn: kinky, perverted].
Kinky (a.) (Of hair) In small tight curls [syn: crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy].
Kinky (a.) Informal terms; strikingly unconventional [syn: far-out, kinky, offbeat, quirky, way-out].
Kinnikinic (n.) Prepared leaves or bark of certain plants; -- used by the Indians of the Northwest for smoking, either mixed with tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a plant so used, as the osier cornel ({Cornus stolonijra), and the bearberry ({Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi). [Spelled also kinnickinnick and killikinick.]
Kino (n.) The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.
Note: The chief supply is from an East Indian leguminous tree, the Pterocarpus Marsupium. Other sources are the African Pterocarpus erinaceus, the tropical American sea grape ({Coccoloba uvifera), and several Australian Eucalypti. See Botany bay kino, under Botany bay, Gum butea, under Gum, and Eucalyptus.
Kino (n.) A gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning [syn: kino, gum kino, kino gum].
Kino (n.) East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning [syn: kino, Pterocarpus marsupium].
Kinology (n.) That branch of physics which treats of the laws of motion, or of moving bodies.
Kinone (n.) (Chem.) See Quinone.
Compare: Quinone
Quinone (n.) (Chem.) A crystalline substance, C6H4O2 (called also benzoketone), first obtained by the oxidation of quinic acid and regarded as a double ketone; also, by extension, any one of the series of which quinone proper is the type. [Written also chinone, kinone.]
Kinoyl (n.) (Chem.) [Obs.] See Quinoyl.
Compare: Quinoyl
Quinoyl (n.) (Chem.) A radical of which quinone is the hydride, analogous to phenyl. [Written also kinoyl.]
Kinrede (n.) Kindred. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Kinsfolk (n.) Relatives; kindred; kin; persons of the same family or closely or closely related families.
They sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. -- Luke ii. 44.
Kinsfolk (n.) People descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry].
Kinship (n.) 血族關系 Family relationship.
Kinship (n.) A close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; "found a natural affinity with the immigrants"; "felt a deep kinship with the other students"; "anthropology's kinship with the humanities" [syn: {affinity}, {kinship}].
Kinship (n.) (Anthropology) Relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption [syn: {kinship}, {family relationship}, {relationship}].
Kinsmen (n. pl. ) of Kinsman.
Kinsman (n.) A man of the same race or family; one related by blood.
Kinsman (n.) A male relative.
Kinsman, () Heb. goel, from root meaning to redeem. The goel among the Hebrews was the nearest male blood relation alive. Certain important obligations devolved upon him toward his next of kin.
Kinsman, () If any one from poverty was unable to redeem his inheritance, it was the duty of the kinsman to redeem it (Lev. 25:25,28; Ruth 3:9, 12). He was also required to redeem his relation who had sold himself into slavery (Lev. 25:48, 49).
God is the Goel of his people because he redeems them (Ex. 6:6; Isa. 43:1; 41:14; 44:6, 22; 48:20; Ps. 103:4; Job 19:25, etc.).
Kinsman, () The goel also was the avenger (q.v.) of blood (Num. 35:21) in the case of the murder of the next of kin.
Kinsman, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 109
Housing Units (2000): 50
Land area (2000): 0.066545 sq. miles (0.172350 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.066545 sq. miles (0.172350 sq. km)
FIPS code: 40143
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.190598 N, 88.569808 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 60437
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Kinsman, IL
Kinsman
Kinsmanship (n.) Kinship. -- Thackeray.
Kinswomen (n. pl. ) of Kinswoman.
Kinswoman (n.) A female relative. -- Shak.
Kinswoman (n.) A female relative.
Kintlidge (n.) (Naut.) See Kentledge.
Kentledge (n.) (Naut.) Pigs of iron used for ballast. [Written also kintlidge.]
Kentledge, merc. law. This term is used by merchants and seafaring men to signify a ship's ballast. Mere. Dict.
Kiosk (n.) A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars.
Kiosk (n.) A light ornamental structure used as a news stand, band stand, etc.
Kiosk (n.) A small roofed structure, typically located on a sidewalk and sometimes in a parking lot, with one or more open sides, used to vend merchandise, such as newspapers or beverages, or services, such as key duplication or film developing. -- (MW10 s. 2)
Kiosk (n.) Small area set off by walls for special use [syn: booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk].
Kiosk, () A stall set up in a public place where one can obtain information, e.g. tourist information. The information may be provided by a human or by a computer. In the latter case, the data may be stored locally (e.g. on CD-ROM) or accessed via a network using some kind of distributed information retrieval system such as Gopher or web. (1998-09-07)
Kioways (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians distantly related to the Shoshones. They formerly inhabited the region about the head waters of the North Platte.
Kip (n.) The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.
Kip leather. See Kipskin.
Kip (n.) A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill. [Scot.]
Kip (n.) (Gymnastics) A method or feat of raising the body when hanging or swinging by the arms, as for the purpose of mounting upon the horizontal bar. The legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.
Kip (n.) Sleep; "roused him from his kip".
Kip (n.) The basic unit of money in Laos.
Kip (n.) A gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright [syn: kip, upstart].
Kip (v.) Be asleep [syn: sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's] [ant: wake].
Kipe (n.) An osier basket used for catching fish. [Prov. Eng.]
Kipper (n.) (Zool.) A salmon after spawning.
Kipper (n.) A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh. [Scot.]
Kipper time, The season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden. [Eng. & Scot.]
Kippered (imp. & p. p.) of Kipper.
Kippering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kipper.
Kipper (v. t.) To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. "Kippered salmon." -- Dickens.
Kipper (a.) Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Kipper (n.) Salted and smoked herring [syn: kipper, kippered herring].
Kippernut (n.) (Bot.) A name given to earthnuts of several kinds.
Kipskin (n.) Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide.
Kirk (n.) A church or the church, in the various senses of the word; esp., the Church of Scotland as distinguished from other reformed churches, or from the Roman Catholic Church. [Scot.] -- Jamieson.
Kirk (n.) A Scottish church.
Kirked (a.) Turned upward; bent. [Obs.] -- Rom. of R.
Kirkmen (n. pl. ) of Kirkman.
Kirkman (n.) A clergyman or officer in a kirk. [Scot.]
Kirkman (n.) A member of the Church of Scotland, as distinguished from a member of another communion. [Scot.]
Kirkman, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 76
Housing Units (2000): 36
Land area (2000): 0.285352 sq. miles (0.739057 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.285352 sq. miles (0.739057 sq. km)
FIPS code: 41520
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.728980 N, 95.266558 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 51447
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Kirkman, IA
Kirkman
Kirkyard (n.) A churchyard. [Scot.]
Kirmess (n.) In Europe, particularly in Belgium and Holland, and outdoor festival and fair; in the United States, generally an indoor entertainment and fair combined.
Kirschwasser (n.) An alcoholic liquor, obtained by distilling the fermented juice of the small black cherry.
Kirsome (a.) Christian; christened. [Obs.]
I am a true kirsome woman. -- Beau. & Fl.
Kirtle (n.) A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn doth by men and women.
Wearing her Norman car, and her kirtle of blue. -- Longfellow.
Note: The term is still retained in the provinces, in the sense of "an outer petticoat." -- Halliwell.
Kirtle (n.) A garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages.
Kirtle (n.) A long dress worn by women.
Kirtled (a.) Wearing a kirtle. -- Byron.
Kirumbo (n.) (Zool.) A bird of Madagascar ({Leptosomus discolor), the only living type of a family allied to the rollers. It has a pair of loral plumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black.
Kish (n.) (Min.) A workman's name for the graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting.
Kish, A bow. (1.) A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr. 23:21; 24:29).
Kish, A bow. A Benjamite of Jerusalem (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36).
Kish, A bow. A Levite in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:12).
Kish, A bow. The great-grandfather of Mordecai (Esther 2:5).
Kish, A bow. A Benjamite, the son of Abiel, and father of king Saul (1 Sam. 9:1, 3; 10:11, 21; 14:51; 2 Sam. 21:14). All that is recorded of him is that he sent his son Saul in search of his asses that had strayed, and that he was buried in Zelah. Called Cis, Acts 13:21 (R.V., Kish).
Kish, Hard; difficult; straw; for age.
Kismet (n.) Destiny; fate. [Written also kismat.] [Oriental]
Kismet (n.) (Islam) The will of Allah [syn: kismet, kismat].
Kismet, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 484
Housing Units (2000): 172
Land area (2000): 0.230809 sq. miles (0.597793 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.230809 sq. miles (0.597793 sq. km)
FIPS code: 37325
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 37.205043 N, 100.701081 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67859
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Kismet, KS
Kismet
Kismet (n.) A power that is believed to control what happens in the future.
Kismet (n.) The will or principle or determining cause by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do : Destiny.
Kismet (n.) An inevitable and often adverse outcome, condition, or end.
Kissed (imp. & p. p.) of Kiss.
Kissing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kiss.
Kiss (v. t.) To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc.
He . . . kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack, That at the parting all the church echoed. -- Shak.
Kiss (v. t.) To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly.
When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees. -- Shak.
Kiss (v. i.) To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect, etc.; as, kiss and make friends.
Kiss (v. i.) To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly.
Like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume. -- Shak.
Rose, rose and clematis, Trail and twine and clasp and kiss. -- Tennyson.
Kissing comfit, A perfumed sugarplum to sweeten the breath. [Obs or Prov. End.] -- Shak.
Kiss (n.) A salutation with the lips, as a token of affection, respect, etc.; as, a parting kiss; a kiss of reconciliation.
Last with a kiss, she took a long farewell. -- Dryden.
Dear as remembered kisses after death. -- Tennyson.
Kiss (n.) A small piece of confectionery.
Kiss (n.) The act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) [syn: kiss, buss, osculation].
Kiss (n.) A cookie made of egg whites and sugar.
Kiss (n.) Any of several bite-sized candies [syn: kiss, candy kiss].
Kiss (n.) A light glancing touch; "there was a brief kiss of their hands in passing".
Kiss (v.) Touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room" [syn: snog, kiss, buss, osculate].
Kiss (v.) Touch lightly or gently; "the blossoms were kissed by the soft rain".
KISS, () Keep It Simple, Stupid (slang, Usenet, IRC).
KISS, () Early system on IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
Kiss, () Of affection (Gen. 27:26, 27; 29:13; Luke 7:38, 45); reconciliation (Gen. 33:4; 2 Sam. 14:33); leave-taking (Gen. 31:28,55; Ruth 1:14; 2 Sam. 19:39); homage (Ps. 2:12; 1 Sam. 10:1); spoken of as between parents and children (Gen. 27:26; 31:28, 55; 48:10; 50:1; Ex. 18:7; Ruth 1:9, 14); between male relatives (Gen. 29:13; 33:4; 45:15). It accompanied social worship as a symbol of brotherly love (Rom. 16:16; 1 Cor. 16:20; 2 Cor. 13:12; 1 Thess. 5:26; 1 Pet. 5:14). The worship of idols was by kissing the image or the hand toward the image (1 Kings 19:18; Hos. 13:2).
Kiss, (n.) A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of rite or ceremony appertaining to a good understanding; but the manner of its performance is unknown to this lexicographer.
Kisser (n.) One who kisses. -- Beau. & Fl.
Kisser (n.) The face or mouth. [slang]
Kisser (n.) Someone who kisses [syn: kisser, osculator].
Kisser (n.) The human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) [syn: countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug].
Kissingcrust (n.) (Cookery) The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touched another loaf in baking. -- Lamb.
A massy fragment from the rich kissingcrust that hangs like a fretted cornice from the upper half of the loaf. -- W. Howitt.
Kist (n.) A chest; hence, a coffin. [Scot. & Prov. End.] -- Jamieson. -- Halliwell.
Kist (n.) A stated payment, especially a payment of rent for land; hence, the time for such payment. [India]
Kistvaen (n.) (Archaeol.) A Celtic monument, commonly known as a dolmen.
Kitte (imp.) of Kit.
Kit (v. t.) To cut. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Kitte (imp. of Kit) To cut. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Kit (n.) A kitten.
Kit fox (Zool.), A small burrowing fox ({Vulpes+velox"> Kit fox (Zool.), a small burrowing fox ({Vulpes velox), inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains. It is brownish gray, reddish on the breast and flanks, and white below. Called also swift fox.
Kit (n.) A small violin. "A dancing master's kit." -- Grew.
Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance. -- Dickens.
Kit (n.) A large bottle.
Kit (n.) A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel. -- Wright.
Kit (n.) A straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Kit (n.) A box for working implements.
Kit (n.) Hence: A collection of tools or other objects to be used for a specific purpose, often contained in a box which may be carried conveniently; a working outfit, as of a workman, a soldier, and the like; as, a plumber's kit; a doctor's kit; a cosmetic kit; a first-aid kit.
Kit (n.) A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole kit of them; the whole kit and kaboodle.
Kit (n.) A case for containing a set of articles.
Kit (n.) Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose [syn: kit, outfit].
Kit (n.) Young of any of various fur-bearing animals; "a fox kit".
Kit (v.) Supply with a set of articles or tools [syn: kit out, kit up, kit].
KIT, () Kernel software for Intelligent Terminals (T-Online, DTAG, BTX)
Kit (n.) A source software distribution that has been packaged in such a way that it can (theoretically) be unpacked and installed according to a series of steps using only standard Unix tools, and entirely documented by some reasonable chain of references from the top-level README file. The more general term distribution may imply that special tools or more stringent conditions on the host environment are required.
Kit, () ({Usenet, possibly from DEC) Slang for a full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade. A source software distribution that has been packaged in such a way that it can (theoretically) be unpacked and installed according to a series of steps using only standard Unix tools, and entirely documented by some reasonable chain of references from the top-level README file. The more general term distribution may imply that special tools or more stringent conditions on the host environment are required. [{Jargon File] (1994-11-18)
Kitcat (a.) Designating 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.
Kitcat (a.) Designating a canvas used for portraits of a peculiar size, viz., twenty-right or twenty-nine inches by thirty-six; -- so called because that size was adopted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for the portraits he painted of the members of the Kitcat Club. -- Fairholt.
Kitcat (n.) A game played by striking with a stick small piece of wood, called a cat, shaped like two cones united at their bases; tipcat. -- Cotton.
Kitcat roll (Agric.), A roller somewhat in the form of two cones set base to base. [Prov. Eng.]
Kitchen (n.) A room equipped for cooking food; the room of a house, restaurant, or other building appropriated to cookery.
Cool was his kitchen, though his brains were hot. -- Dryden.
A fat kitchen makes a lean will. -- Franklin.
Kitchen (n.) A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen.
Kitchen (n.) The staff that works in a kitchen.
Kitchen garden. See under Garden.
Kitchen lee, Dirty soapsuds. [Obs.] "A brazen tub of kitchen lee." -- Ford.
Kitchen
stuff, Fat
collected from pots and pans. -- Donne.
Kitchen (v. t.) To furnish food to; to entertain with the fare of
the kitchen. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Kitchen (n.) A room equipped for preparing meals.
Kitchener (n.) A kitchen servant; a cook. -- Carlyle.
Kitchener (n.) British field marshal (1850-1916) [syn: Kitchener, Herbert Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum].
Kitchenmaid (n.) A woman employed in the kitchen. -- Shak.
Kitchen middens () Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet long, and two hundred feet wide. The name is applied also to similar mounds found on the American coast from Canada to Florida, made by the North American Indians.
Kitchen-ry (n.) The body of servants
employed in the kitchen. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Kite (n.) (Zool.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvin[ae], of which
many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually
a forked tail.
Note: The European species are Milvus ictinus and Milvus migrans; the pariah kite of India is Milvus govinda; the sacred or Brahmany kite of India is Haliastur Indus; the American fork-tailed kite is the Nauclerus furcatus.
Kite (n.) Fig. : One who is rapacious.
Detested kite, thou liest. -- Shak.
Kite (n.) A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
Kite (n.) (Naut.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
Kite (n.) (Geom.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry. -- Henrici.
Kite (n.) Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill. [Cant]
Kite (n.) (Zool.) The brill. [Prov. Eng.]
Kite (n.) (Naut.) A form of drag to be towed under water at any depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface; -- called also sentry.
Flying kites. (Naut.) See under Flying.
Kite falcon (Zool.), An African falcon of the genus Avicida, having some resemblance to a kite.
Kite (v. i.) 像風箏一樣飛，輕快地移動 To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6. [Cant]
Kite (n.) The belly. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Kiteflying
Kite (n.) A bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value.
Kite (n.) A bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float.
Kite (n.) Plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string.
Kite (n.) Any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals.
Kite (v.) Increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently; "He kited many checks."
Kite (v.) Get credit or money by using a bad check; "The businessman kited millions of dollars".
Kite (v.) Soar or fly like a kite; "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains".
Kite (v.) Fly a kite; "Kids were kiting in the park"; "They kited the Red Dragon model".
Kite, () An unclean and keen-sighted bird of prey (Lev. 11:14; Deut. 14:13). The Hebrew word used, _'ayet_, is rendered "vulture" in Job 28:7 in Authorized Version, "falcon" in Revised Version. It is probably the red kite (Milvus regalis), a bird of piercing sight and of soaring habits found all over Palestine.
Kite, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia
Population (2000): 241
Housing Units (2000): 140
Land area (2000): 0.804862 sq. miles (2.084582 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.804862 sq. miles (2.084582 sq. km)
FIPS code: 43892
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 32.691472 N, 82.515378 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 31049
Note:
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Kite, GA
Kite
Kiteflying (n.) A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting.
Kiteflier (n.) See Kite, n., 6. [Cant] -- McElrath. -- Thackeray.
Kith (n.) Acquaintance; kindred.
And my near kith for that will sore me shend. -- W. Browne.
The sage of his kith and the hamlet. -- Longfellow.
Kith and kin, Kindred more or less remote.
Kith (n.) Your friends and acquaintances; "all his kith and kin."
Kithara (n.) See Cithara.
Compare: Cithara
Cithara (n.) (Mus.) An ancient stringed musical instrument resembling the harp.
Kithe (v. t.) [Obs.] See Kythe. --Chaucer.
Kythe, Kithe (v. t.) [imp. Kydde, Kidde (k[i^]d"de); p. p. Kythed, Kid; p. pr. & vb. n. Kything.] To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. [Obs. or Scot.]
For gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse. -- Chaucer.
Kitish (a.) (Zool.) Like or relating to a kite.
Kitling (n.) A young kitten; a whelp. [Obs. or Scot.] -- B. Jonson.
Kitte (imp.) of Kit to cut. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Kittle (v. t.) To tickle. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [Written also kittel.] -- Halliwell. -- Jamieson.
Kittel (v. t.) See Kittle, v. t.
Kitten (n.) A young cat.
Kittened (imp. & p. p.) of Kitten.
Kittening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kitten.
Kitten (v. t. & i.) To bring forth young, as a cat; to bring forth, as kittens. -- Shak. -- H. Spencer.
Kitten (n.) Young domestic cat [syn: kitten, kitty].
Kitten (v.) Have kittens; "our cat kittened again this year".
Kittenish (a.) Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition. -- Richardson. -- kit"ten*ish*ly, adv. -- kit"ten*ish*ness, n.
Kittenish (a.) Playful like a lively kitten [syn: kittenish, frisky].