Webster's Dictionary 1913

811

Knur

Knur (nûr), n. [See Knurl.] A knurl. Woodward.

812

Knurl

Knurl (nûrl), n. [See Knar, Gnar.] A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.2. One who, or that which, is crossgrained.

813

Knurl (2)

Knurl (nûrl), v. t. To provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge of a flat knob, or coin; to mill.

814

Knurled

Knurled (nûrld), a. 1. Full of knots; gnarled.2. Milled, as the head of a screw, or the edge of a coin.

815

Knurly

Knurl″y (nûrl″y̆), [Compar.Knurlier (–ĭ‐ẽr); superl.Knurliest.] [See Knur, and cf. Gnarly.] Full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or resisting much.

816

Knurry

Knur″ry (?), a. Full of knots. Drayton.

817

Koaita

Ko‐ai″ta (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Coaita.

818

Koala

Ko‐a″la (?), n. A tailless marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also Australian bear, native bear...

819

Kob

{ Kob (?), Ko″ba (?) }, n.(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of African antelopes of the genus Kobus, esp. the species Kobus sing-sing.

820

Kobalt

Ko″balt (?), n. See Cobalt.

821

Kobellite

Ko″bel‐lite, n. [From Franz von Kobell, of Munich.] (Min.) A blackish gray mineral, a sulphide of antimony, bismuth, and lead.

822

Kobold

Ko″bold (?), n. [G., perh. orig., house god, hose protector. See Cobalt] A kind of domestic spirit in German mythology, corresponding to the Scottish brownie and the English Rob...

823

Kodak

Ko″dak (?), n. A kind of portable camera.

824

Kodak (2)

Ko″dak (?), n. 1. A kind of portable photographic camera, esp. adapted for snapshot work, in which a succession of negatives is made upon a continuous roll of sensitized film; —...

825

Kodak (3)

Ko″dak, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Kodaked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Kodaking.] To photograph with a kodak; hence, to describe or characterize briefly and vividly.

826

Koel

‖Ko″el (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys, found in India, the East Indies, and Australia. They deposit their eggs in the nests of other...

827

Koff

Koff (?), n. [D. kof.] A two-masted Dutch vessel.

828

Koftgari

‖Koft′ga‐ri″ (?), a. [Hind. koft garï goldbeating. fr. Per. koft beating + garï trade.] Ornamental work produced by inlaying steel with gold, — a variety of damascening much use...

829

Kohinoor

{ Koh′i‐noor″, Koh′‐nur } (?), n. [Per. koh-i-n�r, lit., mountain of light.] A famous diamond, surrendered to the British crown on the annexation of the Punjab. According to Hin...

830

Kohl

Kohl (?), n. [See Alcohol.] A mixture of soot and other ingredients, used by Egyptian and other Eastern women to darken the edges of the eyelids.

831

Kohl-rabi

Kohl″–ra′bi (?), n.; pl.Kohl-rabies (#). [G. Cf. Cole, Rape the plant.] (Bot.) A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, abo...

832

Kokama

‖Ko‐ka″ma (?), n.(Zoöl.) The gemsbok.

833

Koklass

Ko″klass (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any pheasant of the genus Pucrasia. The birds of this genus inhabit India and China, and are distinguished by having a long central and two lateral crest...

834

Kokoon

Ko‐koon″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The gnu.

835

Kola

{ Ko″la (?), Kola nut }. Same as Cola, Cola nut.

836

Kolarian

Ko‐la″ri‐an (?), n.(Ethnol.) An individual of one of the races of aboriginal inhabitants which survive in Hindostan. — a. Of or pertaining to the Kolarians.

837

Kolinsky

Ko‐lin″sky (?), n. [Russ. kolinski of Kola, a district in northeasten Russia where the finest minks abound.] Among furriers, any of several Asiatic minks; esp., Putorius sibiric...