KEX
KEX, noun Hemlock; the stem of the teasel; a dry stalk. [See Kecksy.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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KEY
KEY, noun ke. In a general sense, a fastener; that which fastens; as a piece of wood in the frame of a building, or in a chain, etc.1. An instrument for shutting or opening a lo...
KEY-COLD
KE'Y-COLD, adjective Lifeless. [Not in use.]
KEYAGE
KE'YAGE, noun Money paid for the use of a key or quay.
KEYED
KE'YED, adjective Furnished with keys; as a keyed instrument.1. Set to a key, as a tune.
KEYHOLE
KE'YHOLE, noun A hole or aperture in a door or lock, for receiving a key.
KEYSTONE
KE'YSTONE, noun The stone on the top or middle of an arch or vault, which being wider at the top than at the bottom, enters like a wedge and binds the work; properly, the fasten...
KHAN
KHAN, noun In Persia, an officer answering to a governor in Europe or America. Among the Tartars, a chief or prince. [See khan]
KHANATE
KHANATE, noun kaun'ate. The dominion or jurisdiction of a khan.
KIBE
KIBE, noun [This word has the elements of chap, gap, gape.]A chap or crack in the flesh occasioned by cold; an ulcerated chilblain; as in the heels.
KIBED
KI'BED, adjective Chapped; cracked with cold; affected with chilblains; as kibed heels.
KIBY
KI'BY, adjective Affected with kibes.
KICK
KICK, verb transitive To strike with the foot; as, a horse kicks a servant; a man kicks a dog.KICK, verb intransitive To practice striking with the foot or feet; as a horse accu...
KICKED
KICK'ED, participle passive Struck with the foot or feet.
KICKER
KICK'ER, noun One that kicks.
KICKING
KICK'ING, participle present tense Striking with the foot; thrusting out the foot with violence.KICK'ING, noun The act of striking with the foot, or of yerking the foot with vio...
KICKSHAW
KICK'SHAW, noun1. Something fantastical or uncommon, or something that has no particular name.2. A dish so changed by cooking, that it can scarcely be known.
KICKSHOE
KICK'SHOE, noun A dancer, in contempt; a caperer; a buffoon. [A word used only by Milton.]
KID
KID, noun [Latin hoedus; vulgar.]1. A young goat.2. A faggot; a bundle of heath and furze.KID, verb transitive or i. To bring forth a young goat.1. To make into a bundle, as fag...
KIDDER
KID'DER, noun An engrosser of corn, or one who carries corn, provisions and merchandize about the country for sale.
KIDDLE
KID'DLE, noun A kind of wear in a river for catching fish; corruptly pronounced kittle.
KIDDOW
KID'DOW, noun A web-footed fowl, called also guillemot, sea-hen, or skout.
KIDLING
KID'LING, noun A young kid.
KIDNAP
KID'NAP, verb transitive To steal a human being, man, woman or child; or to seize and forcibly carry away any person whatever from his own country or state into another.
KIDNAPPED
KID'NAPPED, participle passive Stolen or forcibly carried away; as a human being.
KIDNAPPER
KID'NAPPER, noun One who steals or forcibly carries away a human being; a manstealer.
KIDNAPPING
KID'NAPPING, participle present tense Stealing or forcibly carrying away human beings.KID'NAPPING, noun The act of stealing, or forcible abduction of a human being from his own ...