English Dictionary: knell | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kamala \Ka*ma"la\, n. (Bot.) The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree ({Mallotus Philippinensis}) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm. [Written also {kameela}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kamala \Ka*ma"la\, n. (Bot.) The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree ({Mallotus Philippinensis}) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm. [Written also {kameela}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Keenly \Keen"ly\, adv. In a keen manner. | |
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Kennel \Ken"nel\, n. [See {Channel}, {Canal}.] The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Kennel \Ken"nel\, n. [OE. kenel, (assumed) OF. kenil, F. chenil, LL. canile, fr. L. canis a dog. Cf. {Canine}.] 1. A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds. A dog sure, if he could speak, had wit enough to describe his kennel. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs. --Shak. 3. The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kennel \Ken"nel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kenneled}or {Kennelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kennelling}.] To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox. The dog kenneled in a hollow tree. --L'Estrange. | |
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Kennel \Ken"nel\, v. t. To put or keep in a kennel. --Thomson. | |
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Kimnel \Kim"nel\, n. A tub. See {Kemelin}. [Obs.] She knew not what a kimnel was --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Kinoyl \Ki"noyl\, n. (Chem.) [Obs.] See {Quinoyl}. | |
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Quinoyl \Qui"noyl\, n. [Quinone + -yl.] (Chem.) A radical of which quinone is the hydride, analogous to phenyl. [Written also {kinoyl}.] | |
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Kinoyl \Ki"noyl\, n. (Chem.) [Obs.] See {Quinoyl}. | |
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Quinoyl \Qui"noyl\, n. [Quinone + -yl.] (Chem.) A radical of which quinone is the hydride, analogous to phenyl. [Written also {kinoyl}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Knawel \Knaw"el\, n. [Akin to G. knauelk, kn[84]uel,prop., a ball of thread, coil. Cf. {Clew}.] (Bot.) A low, spreading weed ({Scleranthus annuus}), common in sandy soil. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Knee \Knee\, n. [OE. kne, cneo, As. cne[a2], cne[a2]w; akin to OS. knio, kneo, OFries. kn[c6], G. & D. knie, OHG. chniu, chneo, Icel. kn[?], Sw. kn[84],Dan. kn[91], Goth. kniu, L. genu, Gr. [?], Skr. j[be]nu, [?] Cf. {Genuflection}.] 1. In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg. 2. (Anat.) (a) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg. (b) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man. 3. (Mech. & Shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent. 4. A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy. Give them title, knee, and approbation. --Shak. {Knee breeches}. See under {Breeches}. {Knee holly}, {Knee holm} (Bot.), butcher's broom. {Knee jerk} (Physiol.) a jerk or kick produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle; one of the so-called tendon reflexes. {Knee joint}. See in the Vocabulary. {Knee timber}, timber with knees or angles in it. {Knee tribute}, or {Knee worship}, tribute paid by kneeling; worship by genuflection. [Obs.] [bd]Knee tribute yet unpaid.[b8] --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Broom \Broom\, n. [OE. brom, brome, AS. br[d3]m; akin to LG. bram, D. brem, OHG. br[be]mo broom, thorn[?]bush, G. brombeere blackberry. Cf. {Bramble}, n.] 1. (Bot.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the {Cytisus scoparius} of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers. No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom. --Wordsworth. 2. An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom. {Butcher's broom}, a plant ({Ruscus aculeatus}) of the Smilax family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks; -- called also {knee holly}. See {Cladophyll}. {Dyer's broom}, a species of mignonette ({Reseda luteola}), used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket. {Spanish broom}. See under {Spanish}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Knee \Knee\, n. [OE. kne, cneo, As. cne[a2], cne[a2]w; akin to OS. knio, kneo, OFries. kn[c6], G. & D. knie, OHG. chniu, chneo, Icel. kn[?], Sw. kn[84],Dan. kn[91], Goth. kniu, L. genu, Gr. [?], Skr. j[be]nu, [?] Cf. {Genuflection}.] 1. In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg. 2. (Anat.) (a) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg. (b) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man. 3. (Mech. & Shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent. 4. A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy. Give them title, knee, and approbation. --Shak. {Knee breeches}. See under {Breeches}. {Knee holly}, {Knee holm} (Bot.), butcher's broom. {Knee jerk} (Physiol.) a jerk or kick produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle; one of the so-called tendon reflexes. {Knee joint}. See in the Vocabulary. {Knee timber}, timber with knees or angles in it. {Knee tribute}, or {Knee worship}, tribute paid by kneeling; worship by genuflection. [Obs.] [bd]Knee tribute yet unpaid.[b8] --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Broom \Broom\, n. [OE. brom, brome, AS. br[d3]m; akin to LG. bram, D. brem, OHG. br[be]mo broom, thorn[?]bush, G. brombeere blackberry. Cf. {Bramble}, n.] 1. (Bot.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the {Cytisus scoparius} of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers. No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom. --Wordsworth. 2. An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom. {Butcher's broom}, a plant ({Ruscus aculeatus}) of the Smilax family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks; -- called also {knee holly}. See {Cladophyll}. {Dyer's broom}, a species of mignonette ({Reseda luteola}), used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket. {Spanish broom}. See under {Spanish}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kneel \Kneel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knelt}or {Kneeled} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Kneeling}.] [OE. knelen, cneolien; akin to D. knielen, Dan. kn[91]le. See {Knee}.] To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. --Acts vii. 60. As soon as you are dressed, kneel and say the Lord's Prayer. --Jer. Taylor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Knell \Knell\, v. t. To summon, as by a knell. Each matin bell, the baron saith, Knells us back to a world of death. --Coleridge. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Knell \Knell\, n. [OE. knel, cnul, AS. cnyll, fr. cnyllan to sound a bell; cf. D. & G. knallen to clap, crack, G. & Sw. knall a clap, crack, loud sound, Dan. knalde to clap, crack. Cf. {Knoll}, n. & v.] The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything. The dead man's knell Is there scarce asked for who. --Shak. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day. --Gray. | |
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Knell \Knell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Knelling}.] [OE. knellen, knillen, As. cnyllan. See {Knell}, n.] To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen. Not worth a blessing nor a bell to knell for thee. --Beau. & Fl. Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known, Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word, [bd]alone[b8]. --Ld. Lytton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Knoll \Knoll\, n. [AS. cnoll; akin to G. knolle, knollen, clod, lump, knob, bunch, OD. knolle ball, bunch, Sw. kn[94]l, Dan. knold.] A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill. On knoll or hillock rears his crest, Lonely and huge, the giant oak. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Knoll \Knoll\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Knolling}.] [OE. knollen, AS. cnyllan. See {Knell}.] To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing. [bd]Knolled to church.[b8] --Shak. Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours. --Tennyson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Knoll \Knoll\, v. i. To sound, as a bell; to knell. --Shak. For a departed being's soul The death hymn peals, and the hollow bells knoll. --Byron. | |
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Knoll \Knoll\, n. The tolling of a bell; a knell. [R.] --Byron. | |
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Know-all \Know"-all`\, n. One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre; -- usually ironical. [Colloq. or R.] | |
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Kummel \Kum"mel\, n. [G. k[81]mmel cumin, caraway seed, L. cuminum. Cf. {Cumin}.] A Russian and German liqueur, consisting of a sweetened spirit flavored with caraway seeds. | |
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Kyanol \Ky"a*nol\, n. [See {Cyanite}.] (Chem.) (a) Aniline. [Obs.] (b) A base obtained from coal tar. --Ure. | |
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Kymnel \Kym"nel\, n. See {Kimnel}. [Obs.] --Chapman. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Kamuela, HI Zip code(s): 96743 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Kenly, NC (town, FIPS 35540) Location: 35.59342 N, 78.12527 W Population (1990): 1549 (717 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27542 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Kimmell, IN Zip code(s): 46760 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
KQML {Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Kemuel helper of God, or assembly of God. (1.) The third son of Nahor (Gen. 22:21). (2.) Son of Shiphtan, appointed on behalf of the tribe of Ephraim to partition the land of Canaan (Num. 34:24). (3.) A Levite (1 Chr. 27:17). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Kemuel, God hath raised up, or established him |