English Dictionary: Kstengewssern | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ketonic \Ke*ton"ic\ (k[esl]*t[ocr]n"[icr]k), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a ketone; as, a ketonic acid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kid \Kid\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kidded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kidding}.] To bring forth a young goat. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
1. (Anat.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland. Note: In man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one each side of vertebral column in the back part of the abdomen, each kidney being connected with the bladder by a long tube, the ureter, through which the urine is constantly excreted into the bladder to be periodically discharged. 2. Habit; disposition; sort; kind. --Shak. There are in later other decrees, made by popes of another kidney. --Barrow. Millions in the world of this man's kidney. --L'Estrange. Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on prudence. --Burns. Note: This use of the word perhaps arose from the fact that the kidneys and the fat about them are an easy test of the condition of an animal as to fatness. [bd]Think of that, -- a man of my kidney; -- . . . as subject to heat as butter.[b8] --Shak. 3. A waiter. [Old Cant] --Tatler. {Floating kidney}. See {Wandering kidney}, under {Wandering}. {Kidney bean} (Bot.), a sort of bean; -- so named from its shape. It is of the genus {Phaseolus} ({P. vulgaris}). See under {Bean}. {Kidney ore} (Min.), a variety of hematite or iron sesquioxide, occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses. {Kidney stone}. (Min.) See {Nephrite}, and {Jade}. {Kidney vetch} (Bot.), a leguminous herb of Europe and Asia ({Anthyllis vulneraria}), with cloverlike heads of red or yellow flowers, once used as a remedy for renal disorders, and also to stop the flow of blood from wounds; lady's-fingers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kidney \Kid"ney\, n.; pl. {Kidneys}. [OE. kidnei, kidnere, from Icel. koi[?]r belly, womb (akin to Goth. gipus, AS. cwip womb) + OE. nere kidney; akin to D. nier, G. niere, OHG. nioro, Icel. n[?]ra, Dan. nyre, Sw. njure, and probably to Gr. ([?]) Cf. {Kite} belly.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kidney-form \Kid"ney-form`\, Kidney-shaped \Kid"ney-shaped`\, a. Having the form or shape of a kidney; reniform; as, a kidney-shaped leaf. --Gray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kiteflying \Kite"fly`ing\, n. A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also {kiting}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kittenish \Kit"ten*ish\, a. Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition. --Richardson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kotow \Ko*tow"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kotowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kotowing}.] To perform the kotow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kythe \Kythe\, Kithe \Kithe\ (k[imac][th]), v. t. [imp. {Kydde}, {Kidde} (k[icr]d"de); p. p. {Kythed}, Kid; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kything}.] [OE. kythen, kithen, cu[edh]en, to make known, AS. c[ymac][edh]an, fr. c[umac][edh] known. [root]45. See {Uncouth}, {Can} to be able, and cf. {Kith}.] To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. [Obs: or Scot.] For gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse. --Chaucer. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Kootenai County, ID (county, FIPS 55) Location: 47.67714 N, 116.69680 W Population (1990): 69795 (31964 housing units) Area: 3225.1 sq km (land), 182.8 sq km (water) |