Webster's Dictionary 1828

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KORET

KO'RET, noun A delicious fish of the East Indies.

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KORIN

KO'RIN, noun An antelope with slender smooth horns.

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KOUPHOLITE

KOUPH'OLITE, noun [Gr. light, and stone.]A mineral, regarded as a variety of prehnite. It occurs in minute rhomboidal plates, of a greenish or yellowish white, translucid, glist...

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KRAAL

KRAAL, noun In the southern part of Africa, among the Hottentots, a village; a collection of huts.

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KRAG

KRAG, noun A species of argillaceous earth.

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KRAKEN

KRA'KEN, noun A supposed enormous sea animal.

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KROUT

CROUT, KROUT noun [G., an herb.] Sour crout is made by laying minced or chopped cabbage in layers in a barrel, with a handful of salt and caraway seeds between the layers; then ...

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KRUKA

KRU'KA, noun A bird of russia and Sweden, resembling a hedge sparrow.

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KUFIC

KU'FIC, adjective The kufic letters were the ancient letters of the Arabic, so called from Kufa, or the Euphrates.

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KUMISS

KU'MISS, noun A liquor or drink made from mare's milk fermented and distilled; milkspirit, used by the Tartars.

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KURIL

KU'RIL, noun A bird, the black petrel.

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KURILIAN

KURIL'IAN, adjective The kurilian isles are a chain in the Pacific, extending from the southern extremity of Kamschatka to Jesso.

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KY

KY, noun Kine. [Not in use.]

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KYANITE

KY'ANITE, noun [Gr. sky colored. It is written also cyanite, but most improperly, if pronounced kyanitekyanite is doubtless the preferable orthography.]A mineral found both mass...

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KYANOGEN

KYAN'OGEN, noun [Gr. blue and to beget.]Carbureted azote; the compound base of prussic acid, called also prussine.