Webster's Dictionary 1913

568

Kistvaen

Kist″vaen (kĭst″vān), n. [W. cist-faen.] (Archæol.) A Celtic monument, commonly known as a dolmen.

569

Kit

Kit, (kĭt), v. t. [imp.Kitte.] To cut. Chaucer.

570

Kit (2)

Kit, n. [See Kitten.] A kitten.Kit fox(Zoöl.), a small burrowing fox (Vulpes velox), inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains. It is brownish gray, reddish on the breast and...

571

Kit (3)

Kit, n. [Gf. AS. cytere harp, L. cithara. Cf. Guitar.] A small violin. “A dancing master's kit.” Grew.Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and...

572

Kit (4)

Kit, n. [Cf. D. kit a large bottle, OD. kitte beaker, decanter.] 1. A large bottle.2. A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mac...

573

Kitcat

Kit″cat′ (?), a. 1. Designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; — so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies.2. ...

574

Kitcat (2)

Kit″cat′, n. A game played by striking with a stick small piece of wood, called a cat, shaped like two cones united at their bases; tipcat. Cotton.Kitcat roll(Agric.), a roller ...

575

Kitchen

Kitch″en (kĭch″ĕn), n. [OE. kichen, kichene, kuchene, AS. cycene, L. coquina, equiv. to culina a kitchen, fr. coquinus pertaining to cooking, fr. coquere to cook. See Cook to pr...

576

Kitchen (2)

Kitch″en, v. t. To furnish food to; to entertain with the fare of the kitchen. Shak.

577

Kitchen middens

Kitch″en mid′dens (kĭch″ĕn mĭd′d'nz). [Dan. kjök-kenmöddings kitchen leavings; cf. Scot. midden a dunghill.] Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of...

578

Kitchen-ry

Kitch″en–ry (–ry̆), n. The body of servants employed in the kitchen. Holland.

579

Kitchener

Kitch″en‐er, n. A kitchen servant; a cook. Carlyle.

580

Kitchenette

Kitch′en‐ette″ (?), n. [Kitchen + -ette.] A room combining a very small kitchen and a pantry, with the kitchen conveniences compactly arranged, sometimes so that they fold up ou...

581

Kitchenmaid

Kitch″en‐maid′ (?), n. A woman employed in the kitchen. Shak.

582

Kite

Kite (kīt), n. [OE. kyte, AS. cȳta; cf. W. cud, cut.]1. (Zoöl.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinæ, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for s...

583

Kite (2)

Kite, v. i. To raise money by “kites;” as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6.

584

Kite (3)

Kite, n. The belly.

585

Kite (4)

Kite, n.(Naut.) A form of drag to be towed under water at any depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface; — called also sentry.

586

Kiteflying

Kite″fly′ing (?), n. A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; — called also kiting. — Kite″fli′er, n. See Kite, n., 6. M...

587

Kith

Kith (kĭth), n. [OE. kith, cuð, AS. cȳððe, cȳð, native land, fr. cūð known. √45. See Uncouth, Can, and cf. Kythe.] Acquaintance; kindred.And my near kith for that will sore me s...

588

Kithara

‖Kith″a‐ra (–ȧ‐rȧ), n. See Cithara.

589

Kithe

Kithe (kīt͡h), v. t. See Kythe. Chaucer.

590

Kitish

Kit″ish (?), a.(Zoöl.) Like or relating to a kite.

591

Kitling

Kit″ling (?), n. [Kit a kitten + -ling: cf. Icel. ketlingr.] A young kitten; a whelp. B. Jonson.

592

Kitte

Kit″te (kĭt″te), imp. of Kit to cut. Chaucer.

593

Kittel

Kit″tel (kĭt″t'l), v. t. See Kittle, v. t.

594

Kitten

Kit″ten (–t'n), n. [OE. kiton, a dim. of cat; cf. G. kitze a young cat, also a female cat, and F. chaton, dim. of chat cat, also E. kitling. See Cat.] A young cat.