Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Kilowatt hour

Kil″o‐watt′ hour. (Elec.) A unit of work or energy equal to that done by one kilowatt acting for one hour; — approx. = 1.34 horse-power hour.

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Kilt

Kilt (�), p. p. from Kill. Spenser.

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Kilt (2)

Kilt, n. [OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan. kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up.] A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highla...

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Kilt (3)

Kilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Kilted; p. pr. & vb. n.Kilting.] To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. Sir W. Scott.

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Kilted

Kilt″ed, a. 1. Having on a kilt.2. Plaited after the manner of kilting.3. Tucked or fastened up; — said of petticoats, etc.

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Kilter

Kil″ter (?), n. See Kelter.

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Kilting

Kilt″ing (?), n.(Dressmaking) A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one.

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Kimbo

Kim″bo (?), a. [Cf. Akimbo.] Crooked; arched; bent. [Written also kimbow.] Dryden.

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Kimmerian

Kim‐me″ri‐an (?), a. See Cimmerian.

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Kimnel

Kim″nel (?), n. A tub. See Kemelin.She knew not what a kimnel was Beau. & Fl.

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Kimono

Ki‐mo″no (?), n.; pl. -nos (#). 1. A kind of loose robe or gown tied with a sash, worn as an outer garment by Japanese men and women.2. A similar gown worn as a dressing gown by...

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Kimry

Kim″ry (?), n. See Cymry.

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Kin

Kin (kĭn), n.(Mus.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. Riemann.

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Kin (2)

Kin, n. [OE. kin, cun, AS. cynn kin, kind, race, people; akin to cennan to beget, D. kunne sex, OS. & OHG. kunni kin, race, Icel. kyn, Goth. kuni, G. & D. kind a child, L. genus...

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Kin (3)

Kin, a. Of the same nature or kind; kinder. “Kin to the king.” Shak.

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Kin (4)

{ Kin (kĭn), n. Also Kine (kīn) }. [Gr. κινει̑ν to move.] (Physics) The unit velocity in the C.G.S. system — a velocity of one centimeter per second.

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Kinæsodic

Kin′æ‐sod″ic (?), a.(Physiol.) Kinesodic.

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Kinæsthesis

‖Kin′æs‐the″sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. κινει̑ν to move + � perception.] (Physiol.) The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles. Bastian.

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Kinæsthetic

{ Kin′æs‐thet″ic (?), Kin′es‐thet″ic }, a. Of, pertaining to, or involving, kinæsthesis.

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Kinate

Ki″nate (?), n. [Cf. F. kinate.] (Chem.) See Quinate.

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Kincob

Kin″cob (?), n. India silk brocaded with flowers in silver or gold. — a. Of the nature of kincob; brocaded. Thackeray.

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Kind

Kind (?), a. [Compar.Kinder (?); superl.Kindest.] [AS. cynde, gecynde, natural, innate, prop. an old p. p. from the root of E. kin. See Kin kindred.] 1. Characteristic of the sp...

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Kind (2)

Kind, n. [OE. kinde, cunde, AS. cynd. See Kind, a.] 1. Nature; natural instinct or disposition.He knew by kind and by no other lore. Chaucer.Some of you, on pure instinct of nat...

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Kind (3)

Kind, v. t. [See Kin.] To beget. Spenser.

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Kind-hearted

Kind″–heart′ed (?), a. Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord.To thy self at least kind-hearted prove. Shak.

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Kind-heartedness

Kind″–heart′ed‐ness, n. The state or quality of being kind-hearted; benevolence.

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Kindergarten

Kin″der‐gar′ten (?), n. [G., lit., children's garden; kinder (pl. of kind child, akin to E. kin kindred) + garten garden.] A school for young children, conducted on the theory t...