Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Key fruit

Key fruit. (Bot.) A samara.

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Key tone

Key″ tone′ (?). (Mus.) See Keynote.

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Key-cold

Key″–cold′ (?), a. Cold as a metallic key; lifeless. Shak.Milton.

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Keyage

Key″age (?), n. [OF. caiage, F. guayage. See 1st Key, Quay.] Wharfage; quayage.

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Keyboard

Key″board′ (?), n. The whole arrangement, or one range, of the keys of an organ, typewriter, etc.

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Keyed

Keyed (kēd), a. Furnished with keys; as, a keyed instrument; also, set to a key, as a tune.Keyed bugle. See Kent bugle.

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Keyhole

Key″hole′ (?), n. 1. A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key.2. (a) (Carp.) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key wh...

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Keynote

Key″note′ (?), n. 1. (Mus.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the p...

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Keyseat

Key″seat′ (?), v. t. To form a key seat, as by cutting. See Key seat, under Key.

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Keystone

Key″stone′ (?), n.(Arch.) The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with carv...

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Keystone State

Key″stone′ State. Pennsylvania; — a nickname alluding to its having been the central one of the 13 original United States.

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Keyway

Key″way′ (?), n. See Key way, under Key.

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Khaki

Kha″ki (kä″kē̍), a. [Hind. khākī, lit., dusty, dust-colored, fr. Per. khāk dust.] Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color; — applied to cloth, originally to a stout brownish co...

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Khaki (2)

Kha″ki, n. Any kind of khaki cloth; hence, a uniform of khaki or, rarely, a soldier clad in khaki. In the United States and British armies khaki or cloth of a very similar color...

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Khaliff

Kha″liff (?), n. See Caliph.

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Khamsin (2)

Kham‐sin′ (?), n. Same as Kamsin.

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Khan

Khan (?), n. [Pers. & Tart. khān.] [Also kan, kaun.] A king; a prince; a chief; a governor; — so called among the Tartars, Turks, and Persians, and in countries now or formerly ...

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Khan (2)

Khan, n. [Per. khān, khānah, house, tent, inn.] An Eastern inn or caravansary. [Written also kawn.]

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Khanate

Khan‐ate (�), n. Dominion or jurisdiction of a khan.

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Khaya

Kha″ya (?), n.(Bot.) A lofty West African tree (Khaya Senegalensis), related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is used as a febrifuge.

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Khedive

‖Khe′dive″ (?), n. [F. khédive, Pers. khediw a prince.] A governor or viceroy; — a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.

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Khenna

Khen″na (?), n. See Henna.

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Kholah

Kho″lah (?), n.(Zoöl.) The Indian jackal.

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Kholsun

Khol″sun (�), n.(Zoöl.) The dhole.

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Khond

Khond (?), n. A Dravidian of a group of tribes of Orissa, India, a section of whom were formerly noted for their cruel human sacrifices to the earth goddess, murder of female in...

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Khutbah

Khut″bah (?), n. An address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit in Mohammedan mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed and his descendants, and the rulin...

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Kiabooca wood

Ki′a‐boo″ca wood′ (?). See Kyaboca wood.