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   Kimberley
         n 1: city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and
               diamond marketing

English Dictionary: know apart by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kimberlite
n
  1. a rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds; found in South Africa and Siberia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knavery
n
  1. lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
    Synonym(s): dishonesty, knavery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knee brace
n
  1. a brace worn to strengthen the knee
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knee breeches
n
  1. trousers ending above the knee [syn: breeches, {knee breeches}, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
know apart
v
  1. recognize or perceive the difference [syn: discriminate, know apart]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wanhorn \Wan"horn`\, n. [Corruption fr. Siamese wanhom.] (Bot.)
      An East Indian plant ({K[91]mpferia Galanga}) of the Ginger
      family. See {Galanga}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Galanga \Ga*lan"ga\, Galangal \Ga*lan"gal\, n.[OE. galingale,
      OF. galingal, garingal, F. galanga (cf. Sp. galanga), prob.
      fr. Ar. khalanj[?]n. ]
      The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian
      or Chinese species of {Alpinia} ({A. Galanga} and {A.
      officinarum}) and of the {K[91]mpferia Galanga}), -- all of
      the Ginger family.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knavery \Knav"er*y\, n.; pl. {Knaveries}.
      1. The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery;
            a knavish action.
  
                     This is flat knavery, to take upon you another man's
                     name.                                                --Shak.
  
      2. pl. Roguish or mischievous tricks. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knavery \Knav"er*y\, n.; pl. {Knaveries}.
      1. The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery;
            a knavish action.
  
                     This is flat knavery, to take upon you another man's
                     name.                                                --Shak.
  
      2. pl. Roguish or mischievous tricks. --Shak.

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]:
   Breeches \Breech"es\, n. pl. [OE. brech, brek, AS. br[c7]k, pl.
      of br[d3]c breech, breeches; akin to Icel. br[d3]k breeches,
      ODan. brog, D. broek, G. bruch; cf. L. bracae, braccae, which
      is of Celtic origin. Cf. {Brail}.]
      1. A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs;
            smallclothes.
  
                     His jacket was red, and his breeches were blue.
                                                                              --Coleridge.
  
      2. Trousers; pantaloons. [Colloq.]
  
      {Breeches buoy}, in the life-saving service, a pair of canvas
            breeches depending from an annular or beltlike life buoy
            which is usually of cork. This contrivance, inclosing the
            person to be rescued, is hung by short ropes from a block
            which runs upon the hawser stretched from the ship to the
            shore, and is drawn to land by hauling lines.
  
      {Breeches pipe}, a forked pipe forming two branches united at
            one end.
  
      {Knee breeches}, breeches coming to the knee, and buckled or
            fastened there; smallclothes.
  
      {To wear the breeches}, to usurp the authority of the
            husband; -- said of a wife. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kneebrush \Knee"brush`\ (n[emac]"br[ucr]sh`), n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some
            species of antelopes and other animals; -- chiefly used in
            the plural.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A thick mass or collection of hairs on the legs
            of bees, by aid of which they carry the collected pollen
            to the hive or nest; -- usually in the plural.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knobber \Knob"ber\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Knobbler}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knobbler \Knob"bler\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The hart in its second year; a young deer. [Written also
      {knobber}.] --Halliwell.
  
               He has hallooed the hounds upon a velvet-headed
               knobbler.                                                --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knobber \Knob"ber\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Knobbler}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knobbler \Knob"bler\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The hart in its second year; a young deer. [Written also
      {knobber}.] --Halliwell.
  
               He has hallooed the hounds upon a velvet-headed
               knobbler.                                                --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knoppern \Knop"pern\, n. [Cf. G. knopper. See {Knop}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn,
      -- used in tanning and dyeing.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kemper County, MS (county, FIPS 69)
      Location: 32.75610 N, 88.64541 W
      Population (1990): 10356 (4151 housing units)
      Area: 1984.4 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kenbridge, VA (town, FIPS 41832)
      Location: 36.96410 N, 78.13062 W
      Population (1990): 1264 (562 housing units)
      Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 23944

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kenvir, KY
      Zip code(s): 40847

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kimberlin Height, TN
      Zip code(s): 37920

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kimberling City, MO (city, FIPS 38612)
      Location: 36.64188 N, 93.42391 W
      Population (1990): 1590 (863 housing units)
      Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 65686

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kimberly, AL (town, FIPS 39856)
      Location: 33.76821 N, 86.80480 W
      Population (1990): 1096 (424 housing units)
      Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 35091
   Kimberly, ID (city, FIPS 43570)
      Location: 42.53422 N, 114.36455 W
      Population (1990): 2367 (897 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 83341
   Kimberly, OR
      Zip code(s): 97848
   Kimberly, WI (village, FIPS 39650)
      Location: 44.27003 N, 88.34068 W
      Population (1990): 5406 (2069 housing units)
      Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 54136
   Kimberly, WV
      Zip code(s): 25118

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kimper, KY
      Zip code(s): 41539

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kinbrae, MN (city, FIPS 33236)
      Location: 43.82633 N, 95.48017 W
      Population (1990): 18 (15 housing units)
      Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
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