Whooping cough.

Same as 3d Kink.

Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl; as, kinky hair.

Prepared leaves or bark of certain plants; -- used by the Indians of the Northwest for smoking, either mixed with tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a plant so used, as the osier cornel (Cornus stolonijra), and the bearberry (Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi).

The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.

That branch of physics which treats of the laws of motion, or of moving bodies.

See Quinone.

See Quinoyl.

Kindred.

Relatives; kindred; kin; kinfolk; persons of the same family or closely related families.

the capital city of Zaire, formerly named Leopoldville.

Family relationship.

A man of the same race or family; one related by blood.

Kinship.

A female relative.

See Kentledge.

A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars.

A tribe of Indians distantly related to the Shoshones. They formerly inhabited the region about the head waters of the North Platte.

A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.

An osier basket used for catching fish.

Rudyard Kipling, English author (1865-1936). He was born at Bombay, India in 1865, the son of John Lockwood Kipling, who was formerly head of the Lahore School of Industrial Art. He was educated in England and returned to India in 1880 as editor of the /Lahore Civil and Military Gazette./ He returned to England about 1889, and lived several years in the United States. While in India he published stories, sketches, and poems descriptive of India and Anglo-Indian military and civil life: / Departmental Ditties, etc./, /Plain Tales from the Hills/, /Mine Own People/, /Soldiers Three/, /Barrack-room Ballads, etc./, and others. After leaving India he published /The Light That Failed,/ /Naulahka/ (with Balestier), /Many Inventions,/ /The Jungle Book,/ /The Second Jungle Book,/ /The Seven Seas,/ /Captains Courageous,/ /The White Man's Burden,/ /Kim,/ /The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories,/ and others.

Of, pertaining to, or in the style of Rudyard Kipling.

Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.

A name given to earthnuts of several kinds.

Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide.

A country in Central Asia, formerly an Asian Soviet. It borders on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China, and Tajikistan.

A church or the church, in the various senses of the word; esp., the Church of Scotland as distinguished from other reformed churches, or from the Roman Catholic Church.

Turned upward; bent.

A churchyard.

In Europe, particularly in Belgium and Holland, and outdoor festival and fair; in the United States, generally an indoor entertainment and fair combined.

An alcoholic liquor, obtained by distilling the fermented juice of the small black cherry.

Christian; christened.

A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn both by men and women.

Wearing a kirtle.

A bird of Madagascar (Leptosomus discolor), the only living type of a family allied to the rollers. It has a pair of loral plumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black.

A workman's name for the graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting.

the third month of the Jewish civil year; the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, occupying a part of November and a part of December.

Destiny; fate.

To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect, etc.; as, kiss and make friends.

An annual (Polygonum orientale) with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; it is native to Southeastern Asia and Australia, and naturalized in North America.

One who kisses.

Cap or bonnet strings made long to tie under the chin.

The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touched another loaf in baking.

A stated payment, especially a payment of rent for land; hence, the time for such payment.

A Celtic monument, commonly known as a dolmen.

A kitten.

A large bottle.

A small shrubby spiny tree (Dovyalis hebecarpa) cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasking like gooseberries; it is native to Sri Lanka and India.

a knapsack (usually for a soldier).

A game played by striking with a stick small piece of wood, called a cat, shaped like two cones united at their bases; tipcat.

To furnish food to; to entertain with the fare of the kitchen.

Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet long, and two hundred feet wide. The name is applied also to similar mounds found on the American coast from Canada to Florida, made by the North American Indians.

A kitchen servant; a cook.

A room combining a very small kitchen and a pantry, with the kitchen conveniences compactly arranged, sometimes so that they fold up out of sight and allow the kitchen to be made a part of the adjoining room by opening folding doors.

A woman employed in the kitchen.

The body of servants employed in the kitchen; the staff of a kitchen.

Implements for use in a kitchen, or for cooking, such as pots, pans, ladles, measuring cups, etc.

The belly.

A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting. See Kite, n., 6.

Acquaintance; kindred.

See Kythe.

To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare.

Like or relating to a kite.

A young kitten; a whelp.

imp. of Kit to cut.

See Kittle, v. t.

To bring forth young, as a cat; to bring forth, as kittens.

a plant of the genus Besseya having fluffy spikes of flowers.

Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition.

A northern gull (Rissa tridactyla), inhabiting the coasts of Europe and America. It is white, with black tips to the wings, and has only three toes.

Ticklish; not easily managed; troublesome; difficult; variable.

Ticklish; kittle.

A kitten; also, a pet name or calling name for the cat.

The Chinese paper parasol.

A large chamber built under, or in, the houses of a Pueblo village, used as an assembly room in religious rites or as a men's dormitory. It is commonly lighted and entered from an opening in the roof.

A mash vat. See Keeve.

To cover. A cover.

Any species of Apteryx, esp. Apteryx australis; -- so called in imitation of its notes. More commonly called kiwi. See Apteryx.

See Kitchen middens.

A collective name for the Indians of several tribes formerly living along the Klamath river, in California and Oregon, but now restricted to a reservation at Klamath Lake; -- called also Clamets and Hamati.

a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

An informal group that gathers more or less frequently, especially for conversation; as, a coffee klatsch; a sewing klatsch.

A local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan.

a stringed instrument that has a keyboard, especially a piano, harpsichord, or clavichord; also, the keyboard of such an instrument. Same as clavier.

A kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles.

An officer, especially an attorney, of the Ku Klux Klan.

An antelope (Cerphalopus pygm/us), found in South Africa. It is of very small size, being but one foot high at the shoulder. It is remarkable for its activity, and for its mild and timid disposition. Called also guevi, and pygmy antelope.

A piece of soft absorbent tissue paper (usually two or more thin layers) used as a disposable handkerchief; -- still a current trademark, but often used generically.

A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility.

A person affected with kleptomania.

See Click.

A small postern or gate in a palisade, for the passage of sallying parties.

See Clinkstone.

See Clinometer.

A small mammal (Hyrax Capensis), found in South Africa. It is of about the size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the daman. Called also rock rabbit.

Dried cod, exported from Norway.

A small, graceful South African antelope (Nanotragus oreotragus), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag to another with great agility; -- called also kainsi.

A glen; a ravine closed at its upper end.

See Kleptomania.

To seize with the teeth; to gnaw.

To bite or nibble.

A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.

See Knock-kneed.

a harness maker.

Trickish; artful.

Having a knack; cunning; crafty; trickish.

A knot in wood; a protuberance.

Full of knots; knaggy.

Knotty; rough; figuratively, rough in temper.

A sharp blow or slap.

The bladder campion (Silene inflata).

Snappish; peevish.

To break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to nibble.

Having knaps; full of protuberances or humps; knobby.

A case of canvas, leather, nylon, or other sturdy fabric, fitted with straps, for carrying on the back the food, clothing, or other supplies for a soldier or a traveler; as, to hike up the mountain with lunch in a knapsack.

The black centaury (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the knoblike heads of flowers. Called also bullweed.

See Gnar.

A knot in wood. See Gnarl.

Knotted. See Gnarled.

Knotty; gnarled.