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English Dictionary: Kicred by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kick \Kick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kicred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Kicking}.] [W. cicio, fr. cic foot.]
      To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a
      horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.
  
               He [Frederick the Great] kicked the shins of his
               judges.                                                   --Macaulay.
  
      {To kick the beam}, to fit up and strike the beam; -- said of
            the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found
            wanting in weight. --Milton.
  
      {To kick the bucket}, to lose one's life; to die. [Colloq. &
            Low]
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