English Dictionary: kaffir | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kaffir \Kaf"fir\, Kafir \Ka"fir\, n. [Ar. k[?]fir infidel, pagan, fr. kafara to be skeptical in religious matters; -- a name given to certain infidel races by the Mohammedans. Cf. {Giaour}.] (Ethnol.) (a) 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. (b) One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia. [Spelt also {Caffre}.] {Kaffir corn} (Bot.), a Cape Colony name for Indian millet. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kaffir \Kaf"fir\, Kafir \Ka"fir\, n. [Ar. k[?]fir infidel, pagan, fr. kafara to be skeptical in religious matters; -- a name given to certain infidel races by the Mohammedans. Cf. {Giaour}.] (Ethnol.) (a) 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. (b) One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia. [Spelt also {Caffre}.] {Kaffir corn} (Bot.), a Cape Colony name for Indian millet. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Keeper \Keep"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything. 2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners. 3. One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc.; the keeper of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver. The Lord is thy keeper. --Ps. cxxi. 6. 4. One who remains or keeps in a place or position. Discreet; chaste; keepers at home. --Titus ii. 5. 5. A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap. 6. A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper. -- Downing. {Keeper of the forest} (O. Eng. Law), an officer who had the principal government of all things relating to the forest. {Keeper of the great seal}, a high officer of state, who has custody of the great seal. The office is now united with that of lord chancellor. [Eng.] {Keeper of the King's conscience}, the lord chancellor; -- a name given when the chancellor was an ecclesiastic. [Eng.] {Keeper of the privy seal} (styled also lord privy seal), a high officer of state, through whose hands pass all charters, pardons, etc., before they come to the great seal. He is a privy councillor, and was formerly called {clerk of the privy seal}. [Eng.] {Keeper of a magnet}, a piece of iron which connects the two poles, for the purpose of keeping the magnetic power undiminished; an armature. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Keever \Keev"er\, n. See {Keeve}, n. | |
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Kefir \Kef"ir\, n. An effervescent liquor like kumiss, made from fermented milk, used as a food and as a medicine in the northern Caucasus. -- {Ke*fir"ic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kever \Kev"er\, v. t. & i. To cover. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Kipper \Kip"per\, n. [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. {Kipe}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A salmon after spawning. 2. 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.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kipper \Kip"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kippered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kippering}.] To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. [bd]Kippered salmon.[b8] --Dickens. | |
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Kipper \Kip"per\, a. Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Kiver \Kiv"er\, v. t. To cover. -- n. A cover. [Disused except in illiterate speech.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Kiefer, OK (town, FIPS 39750) Location: 35.94412 N, 96.05262 W Population (1990): 962 (355 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Kieffer, WV Zip code(s): 24950 |