KIND
KIND, noun1. Race; genus; generic class; as in mankind or humankind. In technical language, kind answers to genus.2. Sort, in a sense more loose than genus; as, there are severa...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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KINDED
KIND'ED, adjective Begotten.
KINDLE
KIN'DLE, verb transitive [Latin accendo; from the root of candeo, caneo, to be light or white, to shine.]1. To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to light; as, to kindle ...
KINDLED
KIN'DLED, participle passive Set on fire; inflamed; excited into action.
KINDLER
KIN'DLER, noun He or that which kindles or sets on fire.
KINDLESS
KINDLESS, adjective Destitute of kindness; unnatural.
KINDLINESS
KINDLINESS, noun Affection; affectionate disposition; benignity.1. Natural disposition.
KINDLING
KIN'DLING, participle present tense Setting on fire; causing to burn with flame; exciting into action.
KINDLY
KINDLY, adjective [See Kind, the noun.] Homogeneal; congenial; kindred; of the same nature. This Johnson supposes to be the original sense; but it is also used as a derivative o...
KINDNESS
KINDNESS, noun [from kind, the adjective.]1. Good will; benevolence; that temper or disposition which delights in contributing to the happiness of others, which is exercised che...
KINDRED
KIN'DRED, noun [from kin, kind.]1. Relation by birth; consanguinity.Like her, of equal kindred to the throne.2. Relation by marriage; affinity.3. Relatives by blood or marriage,...
KINE
KINE, plural of cow. But cows, the regular plural, is now in general use.
KING
KING, noun1. The chief or sovereign of a nation; a man invested with supreme authority over a nation, tribe or country; a monarch. Kings are absolute monarchs, when they possess...
KINGAPPLE
KING'APPLE, noun A kind of apple, so called.KING'S BENCH, noun A high court or tribunal in England; so called because the king used to sit there in person. It is the supreme cou...
KINGBIRD
KING'BIRD, noun A fowl of the genus Paradisea; also, a species of the genus Muscicapa, so called from its courage in attacking larger fowls.
KINGCRAFT
KING'CR'AFT, noun The craft of kings; the act of governing; usually in a bad sense.
KINGCUP
KING'CUP, noun A flower, crowfoot.
KINGDOM
KING'DOM, noun [king and dom, jurisdiction.]1. The territory or country subject to a king; an undivided territory under the dominion of a king or monarch. The foreign possession...
KINGDOMED
KING'DOMED, adjective Proud of royalty.
KINGFISHER
KING'FISHER, noun A fowl of the genus Alcedo.
KINGHOOD
KING'HOOD, noun State of being a king.
KINGLESS
KING'LESS, adjective Having no king.
KINGLIKE
KING'LIKE, adjective Like a king.
KINGLING
KING'LING, noun A little king.
KINGLY
KING'LY, adjective Belonging to a king; suitable to a king; as a kingly couch.1. Royal; sovereign; monarchical; as a kingly government.2. Noble; august; splendid; becoming a kin...
KINGS-EVIL
KING'S-EVIL, noun A disease of the scrofulous kind.
KINGS-SPEAR
KING'S-SPEAR, noun A plant of the genus Asphodelus.