Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Kilkenny cats

Kil‐ken″ny cats (?). Two cats fabled, in an Irish story, to have fought till nothing was left but their tails. It is probably a parable of a local contest between Kilkenny and I...

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Kill

Kill (?), n. A kiln. Fuller.

408

Kill (2)

Kill, n. [D. kil.] A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; — used also in compo...

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Kill (3)

Kill, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Killed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Killing.] [OE. killen, kellen, cullen, to kill, strike; perh. the same word as cwellen, quellen, to kill (cf. Quell), or perh...

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Kill (4)

Kill (?), n. 1. The act of killing.“There is none like to me!” says the cub in the pride of his earliest kill. Kipling.2. An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey.If ...

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Kill-joy

Kill″–joy′ (?), n. One who causes gloom or grief; a dispiriting person. W. Black.

412

Killdee

{ Kill″dee′ (?), Kill″deer′ (?), } n.(Zoöl.) A small American plover (Ægialitis vocifera).☞ It is dark grayish brown above; the rump and upper tail coverts are yellowish rufous;...

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Killer

Kill″er (?), n. 1. One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills.2. (Zoöl.) A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which several species are known.☞ The kill...

414

Killesse

Kil‐lesse″ (?), n. [Cf. Coulisse.] (Arch.) (a) A gutter, groove, or channel. (b) A hipped roof. Parker.

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Killifish

Kil″li‐fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or ...

416

Killigrew

Kil″li‐grew (?), n.(Zoöl.) The Cornish chough. See under Chough.

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Killikinick

Kil′li‐ki‐nick″ (?), n. See Kinnikinic.

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Killing

Kill″ing (?), a. Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible. — Kill″ing‐ly, adv.Those eyes are made so kill...

419

Killock

Kil″lock (?), n. [Cf. Scot. killick “the flue of an anchor.” Jamieson.] A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stone inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together. [W...

420

Killow

Kil″low (?), n. [Prov. E. kollow the smut or grime on the backs of chimneys.] An earth of a blackish or deep blue color. Woodward.

421

Kiln

Kiln (kĭl), n. [OE. kilne, kulne, AS. cyln, cylen; akin to Icel. kylna; prob. from the same source as coal. See Coal.] 1. A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or ...

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Kiln-dry

Kiln″–dry′ (?), v. t. To dry in a kiln; as, to kiln-dry meal or grain. Mortimer.

423

Kilnhole

Kiln″hole′ (?), n. The mouth or opening of an oven or kiln. Shak.

424

Kilo

Ki″lo (?), n.; pl.Kilos (#). An abbreviation of Kilogram.

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Kilo-

Kil″o– (?). [F. kilo-. See Kilogram.] A combining form used to signify thousand in forming the names of units of measurement; as, kilogram, kilometer, kilowatt, etc.

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Kilogram

{ Kil″o‐gram (?), Kil″o‐gramme }, n. [F. kilogramme; pref. kilo- (fr. Gr. χίλιοι a thousand) + gramme. See 3d Gram.] A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046...

427

Kilogrammeter

{ Kil″o‐gram‐me′ter (?), Kil″o‐gram‐me′tre }, n.(Mech.) A measure of energy or work done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram through the height of one meter, in t...

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Kiloliter

{ Kil″o‐li′ter (?), Kil″o‐li′tre }, n. [F. kilolitre. See Kilogram, and Liter.] A measure of capacity equal to a cubic meter, or a thousand liters. It is equivalent to 35.315 cu...

429

Kilometer

{ Kil″o‐me′ter (?), Kil″o‐me′tre }, n. [F. kilometre. See Kilogram, and Meter.] A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.8 feet, or.62137 of a mile.

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Kilostere

Kil″o‐stere′ (?), n. [F. kilostere. See Kilogram, and Stere.] A cubic measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent to 35,315 cubic feet.

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Kilovolt

Kil″o‐volt′ (?), n. [Kilo- + volt.] (Elec.) A unit of electromotive force equal to one thousand volts.

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Kilowatt

Kil″o‐watt (?), n. [See Kilogram and Watt.] (Elec.) One thousand watts.