English Dictionary: kissing disease | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Keck \Keck\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kecked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kecking}.] [Cf. dial. G. k[94]cken, k[94]ken.] To heave or to retch, as in an effort to vomit. [R.] --Swift. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Khaya \Kha"ya\, n. (Bot.) A lofty West African tree ({Khaya Senegalensis}), related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is used as a febrifuge. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mahogany \Ma*hog"a*ny\, n. [From the South American name.] 1. (Bot.) A large tree of the genus {Swietenia} ({S. Mahogoni}), found in tropical America. Note: Several other trees, with wood more or less like mahogany, are called by this name; as, African mahogany ({Khaya Senegalensis}), Australian mahogany ({Eucalyptus marginatus}), Bastard mahogany ({Batonia apetala} of the West Indies), Indian mahogany ({Cedrela Toona} of Bengal, and trees of the genera {Soymida} and {Chukrassia}), Madeira mahogany ({Persea Indica}), Mountain mahogany, the black or cherry birch ({Betula lenta}), also the several species of {Cercocarpus} of California and the Rocky Mountains. 2. The wood of the {Swietenia Mahogoni}. It is of a reddish brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the manufacture of furniture. 3. A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.] {To be under the mahogany}, to be so drunk as to have fallen under the table. [Eng.] {To put one's legs under some one's mahogany}, to dine with him. [Slang] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kick \Kick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kicred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kicking}.] [W. cicio, fr. cic foot.] To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog. He [Frederick the Great] kicked the shins of his judges. --Macaulay. {To kick the beam}, to fit up and strike the beam; -- said of the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found wanting in weight. --Milton. {To kick the bucket}, to lose one's life; to die. [Colloq. & Low] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kiss \Kiss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kissed};p. pr. & vb. n. {Kissing}.] [OE. kissen, cussen, AS. cyssan, fr. coss a kiss; of uncertain origin; akin to D. kus, G. kuss, Icel. koss.] 1. To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc. He . . . kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack, That at the parting all the church echoed. --Shak. 2. To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly. When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kissing bug \Kiss"ing bug`\ (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of blood-sucking, venomous Hemiptera that sometimes bite the lip or other parts of the human body, causing painful sores, as the cone-nose ({Conorhinus sanguisuga}). [U. S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cone-nose \Cone"-nose`\, n. A large hemipterous insect of the family {Reduviid[91]}, often found in houses, esp. in the southern and western United States. It bites severely, and is one of the species called {kissing bugs}. It is also called {big bedbug}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kiss \Kiss\, v. i. 1. To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect, etc.; as, kiss and make friends. 2. To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly. Like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume. --Shak. Rose, rose and clematis, Trail and twine and clasp and kiss. --Tennyson. {Kissing comfit}, a perfumed sugarplum to sweeten the breath. [Obs or Prov. End.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kissing strings \Kiss"ing strings`\ Cap or bonnet strings made long to tie under the chin. One of her ladyship's kissing strings, once pink and fluttering and now faded and soiled. --Pall Mall Mag. | |
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Kissingcrust \Kiss"ing*crust`\, n. (Cookery) The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touched another loaf in baking. --Lamb. A massy fragment from the rich kissingcrust that hangs like a fretted cornice from the upper half of the loaf. --W. Howitt. | |
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Kosmos \Kos"mos\, n. See {Cosmos}. --Gladstone. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Kachemak, AK (city, FIPS 36550) Location: 59.67400 N, 151.43104 W Population (1990): 365 (175 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Kicking Horse, MT (CDP, FIPS 40580) Location: 47.46058 N, 114.07417 W Population (1990): 281 (19 housing units) Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 2.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Kokhanok, AK (CDP, FIPS 41270) Location: 59.40751 N, 154.74417 W Population (1990): 152 (41 housing units) Area: 56.3 sq km (land), 20.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99606 |