Turned upward; bent.
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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 Cithara.
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.
Knotty; gnarled.
A boy; especially, a boy servant.
The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.
A small due, in meal, established by usage, which is paid to the under miller.
A knavish woman.
Like or characteristic of a knave{3}; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick.
In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently.
The quality or state of being knavish; knavery; dishonesty.
See Gnaw.
A low, spreading weed (Scleranthus annuus), common in sandy soil.
To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake, etc.; as, to knead dough.
To perform movements like kneading, with the paws; -- said of cats, which may knead{3} a master's body when stroked, presumably a sign of contentment; as, a cat kneading and purring in his master's lap.
That may be kneaded; capable of being worked into a mass.
One who kneads.
In the manner of one kneading.
A mineral of a gray, red, brown, or green color, and glistening luster. It is a silicate of iron and manganese.
The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out.
To supplicate by kneeling.
emotional and predictable; -- of certain people and their reactions to events.
Obsequious; fawning; cringing.
Rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow knee-deep.
Rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is knee-high.
A tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some species of antelopes and other animals; -- chiefly used in the plural.
to break the knees of, especially by shooting in the kneecap; -- often done by criminal or terrorist groups as a warning or punishment.
Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed; out-kneed; weak-kneed.
The joint of the knee.
Geniculate; kneed. See Kneed, a., 2.
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