K
K, the eleventh letter of the English Alphabet, is borrowed from the Greeks, being the same character as the Greek kappa, answering to the oriental kaph. It represents a close a...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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KAALING
KAALING, noun A bird, a species of starling, found in China.
KABBOS
KAB'BOS, noun A fish of a brown color, without scales.
KALE
KALE, noun [Latin caulis.] Sea-cale, an esculent plant of the genus Crambe.
KALENDAR
KAL'ENDAR, noun [See Calendar.]
KALI
KA'LI, noun A plant, a species of Salsola, or glass-wort, the ashes of which are used in making glass. Hence alkali, which see.
KALIF
KA'LIF, noun [See Calif.]
KALIFATE
CALIPHATE or KALIFATE noun The office or dignity of a calif or the government of a calif.
KALMIA
KAL'MIA, noun The name of a genus of evergreen shrubs, natives of noun America, called laurel, ivy-bush, calico-bush, etc.
KAM
KAM, adjective Crooked. [Not used.]
KAN
KANKANGAROO', noun A singular animal found in New Holland, resembling in some respects the opossum. It belongs to the genus Didelphis. It has a small head, neck and shoulders, t...
KAOLIN
KA'OLIN, noun A species of earth or variety of clay, used as one of the two ingredients in the oriental porcelain. The other ingredient is called in China petunse. Its color is ...
KARAGANE
KAR'AGANE, noun A species of gray fox found in the Russian empire.
KARPHOLITE
KARPH'OLITE, noun [Gr. straw, and a stone.]A mineral recently discovered. It has a fibrous structure and a yellow color.
KATA
KA'TA, noun In syria, a fowl of the grous kind.
KAUN
KAUNKAW, verb intransitive [from the sound.] To cry as a raven, crow or rook.KAW, noun The cry of the rave, crow or rook.
KAW
KAW, v.i. [from the sound.] To cry as a raven, crow or rook.KAW, n. The cry of the rave, crow or rook.
KAWN
KAWN, noun In Turkey, a public inn.
KAYLE
KAYLE, noun1. A nine-pin, a kettle-pin; sometimes written keel.2. A kind of play in Scotland, in which nine holes ranged in threes, are made in the ground, and an iron ball roll...
KECK
KECK, verb intransitive To heave the stomach; to reach, as in an effort to vomit. [Little used.]KECK, noun A reaching or heaving of the stomach.
KECKLE
KECK'LE, verb transitive To wind old rope round a cable to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains round a cable to defend it from the friction of a rock...
KECKSY
KECK'SY, noun [Latin cicuta.] Hemlock; a hollow jointed plant. [Not used in America.]
KECKY
KECK'Y, adjective Resembling a kex.1. An Indian scepter.
KEDGE
KEDGE, noun [allied probably to cag and keg.] A small anchor, used to keep a ship steady when riding in a harbor or river, and particularly at the turn of the tide, to keep her ...
KEDLACK
KED'LACK, noun A weed that grows among wheat and rye; charlock. [I believe not used in America.]
KEE
KEE, plural of cow. [Local in England and not used in America.]
KEECH
KEECH, noun A mass or lump. [Not in use.]