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   Kamba
         n 1: a Bantu language spoken by the Kamba in Kenya

English Dictionary: kin(p) by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kanaf
n
  1. valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
    Synonym(s): kenaf, kanaf, deccan hemp, bimli, bimli hemp, Indian hemp, Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kenaf
n
  1. fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus [syn: kenaf, deccan hemp]
  2. valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
    Synonym(s): kenaf, kanaf, deccan hemp, bimli, bimli hemp, Indian hemp, Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knap
v
  1. strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles" [syn: rap, knap]
  2. break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
    Synonym(s): chip, knap, cut off, break off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knave
n
  1. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: rogue, knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, varlet]
  2. one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
    Synonym(s): jack, knave
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knife
n
  1. edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
  2. a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
  3. any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
    Synonym(s): tongue, knife
v
  1. use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death" [syn: knife, stab]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knob
n
  1. a circular rounded projection or protuberance [syn: knob, boss]
  2. a round handle
  3. any thickened enlargement
    Synonym(s): node, knob, thickening
  4. an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger
    Synonym(s): knob, pommel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knobby
adj
  1. having knobs; "had knobbly knees" [syn: knobby, knobbly]
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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kemp \Kemp\, Kempty \Kemp"ty\, n.
      Coarse, rough hair wool or fur, injuring its quality.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kempe \Kem"pe\, a.
      Rough; shaggy. [Obs.] [bd]Kempe hairs.[b8] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kimbo \Kim"bo\, a. [Cf. {Akimbo}.]
      Crooked; arched; bent. [Written also {kimbow}.] --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knap \Knap\, v. i.
      To make a sound of snapping. --Wiseman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knap \Knap\, n.
      A sharp blow or slap. --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knappy \Knap"py\, a.
      Having knaps; full of protuberances or humps; knobby. [Obs.]
      --Huloet.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
     
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