English Dictionary: kenaf | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ferrocyanide \Fer`ro*cy"a*nide\ (? [or] ?; 104), n. [Ferro- + cyanide.] (Chem.) One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron and some other base. {Potassium ferrocyanide} (Chem.), yellow prussiate of potash; a tough, yellow, crystalline salt, {K4(CN)6Fe}, the starting point in the manufacture of almost all cyanogen compounds, and the basis of the ferric ferrocyanate, prussian blue. It is obtained by strongly heating together potash, scrap iron, and animal matter containing nitrogen, as horn, leather, blood, etc., in iron pots. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ferricyanide \Fer`ri*cy"a*nide\ (?; 104), n. [Ferri- + cyanide.] (Chem.) One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and some other base. {Potassium ferricyanide} (Chem.), red prussiate of potash; a dark, red, crystalline salt, {K6(CN)12Fe2}, consisting of the double cyanide of potassium and ferric iron. From it is derived the ferrous ferricyanate, Turnbull's blue. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kemb \Kemb\ (k[ecr]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kembed} (k[ecr]md) or {Kempt} (k[ecr]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Kembing}.] [OE. kemben, AS. cemban, fr. camb comb.] To comb. [Obs.] His longe hair was kembed behind his back. --Chaucer. | |
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Kemp \Kemp\, Kempty \Kemp"ty\, n. Coarse, rough hair wool or fur, injuring its quality. | |
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Kempe \Kem"pe\, a. Rough; shaggy. [Obs.] [bd]Kempe hairs.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Kimbo \Kim"bo\, a. [Cf. {Akimbo}.] Crooked; arched; bent. [Written also {kimbow}.] --Dryden. | |
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Kimbo \Kim"bo\, a. [Cf. {Akimbo}.] Crooked; arched; bent. [Written also {kimbow}.] --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Knab \Knab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Knabbing}.] [See {Nab}, v. t., and cf. {Knap}, v. t.] 1. To seize with the teeth; to gnaw. [bd]Knabbing crusts.[b8] [Obs.] --L'Estrange. 2. To nab. See {Nab}, v. t. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Knap \Knap\, n. [AS. cn[91]p, cn[91]pp, top, knob, button; cf. Icel. knappr knob, Sw. knapp, Dan. knap button, W., Gael., & Ir. cnap knob, button, and E. knop.] A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See {Knob}, and {Knop}. The highest part and knap of the same island. --Holland. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Knap \Knap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Knapping}.] [D. knappen to chew, bite, crack, take hold of; prob. of imitative origin.] 1. To bite; to bite off; to break short. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] He will knap the spears apieces with his teeth. --Dr. H. More. He breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder. --Ps. xlvi. 9 (Book of Common Prayer.) 2. To strike smartly; to rap; to snap. --Bacon. | |
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Knap \Knap\, v. i. To make a sound of snapping. --Wiseman. | |
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Knap \Knap\, n. A sharp blow or slap. --Halliwell. | |
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Knappy \Knap"py\, a. Having knaps; full of protuberances or humps; knobby. [Obs.] --Huloet. | |
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Knave \Knave\, n. [OE., boy, servant, knave, AS. cnafa boy, youth; cf. AS. cnapa boy, youth, D. kna[?]p, G. knabe boy, knappe esquire, Icel. knapi, Sw. knape esquire, kn[84]fvel knave.] 1. A boy; especially, a boy servant. [Obs.] --Wyclif. Chaucer. O murderous slumber, Lay'st thou thy leaden mace upon my boy That plays thee music ? Gentle knave, good night. --Shak. 2. Any male servant; a menial. [Obs.] --Chaucer. He's but Fortune's knave, A minister of her will. --Shak. 3. A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain. [bd]A pair of crafty knaves.[b8] --Shak. In defiance of demonstration, knaves will continue to proselyte fools. --Ames. Note: [bd]How many serving lads must have been unfaithful and dishonest before knave -which meant at first no more than boy -- acquired the meaning which it has now ![b8] --Trench. 4. A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack. {Knave child}, a male child. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Syn: Villain; cheat; rascal; rogue; scoundrel; miscreant. | |
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Kneippism \Kneipp"ism\, n. Also Kneipp's \Kneipp's\, [or] Kneipp \Kneipp\, cure \cure\ Treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.; -- so called from its originator, Sebastian Kneipp (1821-97), a German priest. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Knife \Knife\, n.; pl. {Knives}. [OE. knif, AS. cn[c6]f; akin to D. knijf, Icel. kn[c6]fr, Sw. knif, Dan. kniv.] 1. An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc.. 2. A sword or dagger. The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. --Shak. {Knife grass} (Bot.) a tropical American sedge ({Scleria latifolia}), having leaves with a very sharp and hard edge, like a knife. {War to the knife}, mortal combat; a conflict carried to the last extremity. | |
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Knife \Knife\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knifed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Knifing}.] 1. (Hort.) To prune with the knife. 2. To cut or stab with a knife. [Low] | |
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Knife \Knife\, v. t. Fig.: To stab in the back; to try to defeat by underhand means, esp. in politics; to vote or work secretly against (a candidate of one's own party). [Slang, U. S.] | |
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Knob \Knob\, n. [A modification of knop. Cf. {Nob}.] 1. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone. 2. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer. --Chaucer. 3. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. [U. S.] --Bartlett. 4. (Arch.) See {Knop}. {Knob latch}, a latch which can be operated by turning a knob, without using a key. | |
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Knob \Knob\, v. i. To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [Obs.] --Drant. | |
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Knop \Knop\, n. [OE. knop, knoppe; cf. D. knop, knoop, G. knopf, Dan. knap, knop, Sw. knapp, knopp, button, bud, Icel. knappr, and E. knap, n. Cf. {Knap}, {Knob}.] 1. A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button. Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. --Ex. xxv. 21. 2. (Arch.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also {knob}, and {knosp}. {Knop sedge} (Bot.), the bur reed ({Sparganium}); -- so called from its globular clusters of seed vessels. --Prior. | |
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Knob \Knob\, n. [A modification of knop. Cf. {Nob}.] 1. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone. 2. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer. --Chaucer. 3. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. [U. S.] --Bartlett. 4. (Arch.) See {Knop}. {Knob latch}, a latch which can be operated by turning a knob, without using a key. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Knob \Knob\, v. i. To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [Obs.] --Drant. | |
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Knop \Knop\, n. [OE. knop, knoppe; cf. D. knop, knoop, G. knopf, Dan. knap, knop, Sw. knapp, knopp, button, bud, Icel. knappr, and E. knap, n. Cf. {Knap}, {Knob}.] 1. A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button. Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. --Ex. xxv. 21. 2. (Arch.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also {knob}, and {knosp}. {Knop sedge} (Bot.), the bur reed ({Sparganium}); -- so called from its globular clusters of seed vessels. --Prior. | |
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Knobby \Knob"by\, a. [From {Knob}.] 1. Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances. --Dr. H. More. 2. Irregular; stubborn in particulars. [Obs.] The informers continued in a knobby kind of obstinacy. --Howell. 3. Abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly. [U.S.] --Bartlett. | |
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Knop \Knop\, n. [OE. knop, knoppe; cf. D. knop, knoop, G. knopf, Dan. knap, knop, Sw. knapp, knopp, button, bud, Icel. knappr, and E. knap, n. Cf. {Knap}, {Knob}.] 1. A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button. Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. --Ex. xxv. 21. 2. (Arch.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also {knob}, and {knosp}. {Knop sedge} (Bot.), the bur reed ({Sparganium}); -- so called from its globular clusters of seed vessels. --Prior. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Knuff \Knuff\, n. [Cf. {Cnof} a churl.] A lout; a clown. [Obs.] The country knuffs, Hob, Dick, and Hick, With clubs and clouted shoon. --Hayward. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Kanab, UT (city, FIPS 39920) Location: 37.02003 N, 112.51700 W Population (1990): 3289 (1258 housing units) Area: 35.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Kemp, OK (town, FIPS 39050) Location: 33.76899 N, 96.35464 W Population (1990): 138 (70 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Kemp, TX (town, FIPS 38788) Location: 32.43665 N, 96.22368 W Population (1990): 1184 (516 housing units) Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Kenova, WV (city, FIPS 43180) Location: 38.40320 N, 82.58015 W Population (1990): 3748 (1772 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 25530 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Keweenaw Bay, MI Zip code(s): 49908 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Knapp, WI (village, FIPS 39975) Location: 44.95410 N, 92.07695 W Population (1990): 419 (182 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54749 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Knippa, TX Zip code(s): 78870 | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Knife (1.) Heb. hereb, "the waster," a sharp instrument for circumcision (Josh. 5:2, 3, lit. "knives of flint;" comp. Ex. 4:25); a razor (Ezek. 5:1); a graving tool (Ex. 20:25); an axe (Ezek. 26:9). (2.) Heb. maakeleth, a large knife for slaughtering and cutting up food (Gen. 22:6, 10; Prov. 30:14). (3.) Heb. sakkin, a knife for any purpose, a table knife (Prov. 23:2). (4.) Heb. mahalaph, a butcher's knife for slaughtering the victims offered in sacrifice (Ezra 1:9). (5.) Smaller knives (Heb. ta'ar, Jer. 36:26) were used for sharpening pens. The pruning-knives mentioned in Isa. 18:5 (Heb. mizmaroth) were probably curved knives. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Knop some architectural ornament. (1.) Heb. kaphtor (Ex. 25:31-36), occurring in the description of the candlestick. It was an ornamental swell beneath the cups of the candlestick, probably an imitation of the fruit of the almond. (2.) Heb. peka'im, found only in 1 Kings 6:18 and 7:24, an ornament resembling a small gourd or an egg, on the cedar wainscot in the temple and on the castings on the brim of the brazen sea. |