Webster's Dictionary 1913

865

Koumiss

Kou″miss (?), n. [Russ. kumys; of Mongolian origin.] An intoxicating fermented or distilled liquor originally made by the Tartars from mare's or camel's milk. It can be obtained...

866

Kousso

Kous″so (?), n.(Bot.) An Abyssinian rosaceous tree (Brayera anthelmintica), the flowers of which are used as a vermifuge. [Written also cusso and kosso.]

867

Kowtow

Kow‐tow″ (?), n. & v. i. The same as Kotow.I have salaamed and kowtowed to him. H. James.

868

Kra

Kra (?), n.(Zoöl.) A long-tailed ape (Macacus cynomolgus) of India and Sumatra. It is reddish olive, spotted with black, and has a black tail.

869

Kraal

Kraal (kräl or kra̤l; 277), n. [D., a village, inclosure, park, prob. fr. Pg. curral a cattle pen; the same word as Sp. corral. See Corral.] 1. A collection of huts within a sto...

870

Krait

‖Krait (?), n.(Zoöl.) A very venomous snake of India (Bungarus cœruleus), allied to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or brownish black, often with narrow white streaks; the...

871

Kraken

Kra″ken (?), n. [Prob. from OSw. krake, or ODan. krage the trunk of a tree, the branches of which are not entirely cut off, to which it was likened by the Norwegian mariners.] A...

872

Krakowiak

Kra‐ko″wi‐ak (?), n.(Mus.) A lively Polish dance. See Cracovienne.

873

Krameria

‖Kra‐me″ri‐a (?), n. [NL. So called after the German botanists, J. G. H. & W. H. Kramer.] (Bot.) A genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from one species of which (K. trian...

874

Krameric

Kra‐mer″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, Krameria (rhatany); as, krameric acid, usually called ratanhia-tannic acid.

875

Krang

Krang (?), n. [Cf. D. kreng a carcass.] The carcass of a whale after the blubber has been removed. [Written also crang and kreng.]

876

Kranging hook

Krang″ing hook′ (?). (Whaling) A hook for holding the blubber while cutting it away. [Written also cranging hook.]

877

Kreatic

Kre‐at″ic (?), a. See Creatic.

878

Kreatin

Kre″a‐tin (?), n.(Chem.) See Creatin.

879

Kreatinin

Kre‐at″i‐nin (?), n.(Chem.) See Creatinin.

880

Kreel

Kreel (?), n. See Creel.

881

Kremlin

Krem″lin (?), n. [Russ. kremle.] The citadel of a town or city; especially, the citadel of Moscow, a large inclosure which contains imperial palaces, cathedrals, churches, an ar...

882

Krems

Krems (?), n. A variety of white lead. See Krems lead, under Lead, n.

883

Kreng

Kreng (?), n. See Krang.

884

Kreosote

Kre″o‐sote (?), n. See Creosote.

885

Kreutzer

Kreut″zer (kroit″sẽr), n. [G. kreuzer.] A small copper coin formerly used in South Germany; also, a small Austrian copper coin. [Written also kreuzer.]

886

Kriegsspiel

‖Kriegs″spiel′ (�), n. [G., fr. krieg war + spiel play.] A game of war, played for practice, on maps. Farrow.

887

Kris

Kris (?), n. A Malay dagger. See Creese.

888

Krishna

‖Krish″na (�), n.(Hindoo Myth.) The most popular of the Hindoo divinities, usually held to be the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu.

889

Kritarchy

Kri″tarch‐y (krī″tärk‐y̆), n. [Gr. κριτήσ judge + αρχἤ beginning, government.] The rule of the judges over Israel.Samson, Jephthah, Gideon, and other heroes of the kritarchy. So...

890

Krokidolite

Kro‐kid″o‐lite (krō̍‐kĭd″ō̍‐līt), n.(Min.) See Crocidolite.

891

Krone

‖Kro″ne (krō″nā̍), n. A coin of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, of the value of about twenty-eight cents. See Crown, n., 9.