Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Kalmuck

Kal″muck (?), n. 1. pl.(Ethnol.) See Calmucks.2. A kind of shaggy cloth, resembling bearskin.3. A coarse, dyed, cotton cloth, made in Prussia.

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Kalong

Ka‐long″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis).

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Kaloyer

Ka‐loy″er (?), n. See Caloyer.

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Kalpa

‖Kal″pa (?), n.(Hind. Myth.) One of the Brahmanic eons, a period of 4,320,000,000 years. At the end of each Kalpa the world is annihilated.

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Kalsomine

Kal″so‐mine (?), n. & v. t. Same as Calcimine.

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Kam

Kam (?), a. [From Celtic; cf. Gael., Ir., & W. cam. Cf. Jamb, n.] Crooked; awry. “This is clean kam.” Shak.

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Kama

‖Ka″ma (?), n. [Skr. kāma love, the god of love.] The Hindoo Cupid. He is represented as a beautiful youth, with a bow of sugar cane or flowers.

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Kama (2)

‖Ka″ma (kä″mä), n.(Theosophy) Desire; animal passion; — supposed to create the ka"ma ru"pa (ro͞opȧ) [Skr. rūpa shape, image], a kind of simulacrum or astral likeness of a man wh...

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Kamala

Ka‐ma″la (?), n.(Bot.) The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree (Mallotus Philippinensis) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic, and is used in the trea...

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Kame

Kame (?), n. A low ridge. See Eschar.

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Kami

‖Ka″mi (?), n. pl. A title given to the celestial gods of the first mythical dynasty of Japan and extended to the demigods of the second dynasty, and then to the long line of sp...

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Kamichi

Ka″mi‐chi (?), n.(Zoöl.) A curious South American bird (Anhima, orPalamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of...

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Kamptulicon

Kamp‐tu″li‐con (?), n. A kind of elastic floor cloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.

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Kampylite

Kam″py‐lite (?), n.(Min.) A variety of mimetite or arseniate of lead in hexagonal prisms of a fine orange yellow. [Written also campylite.]

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Kamsin

{ Kam‐sin″, Kham‐sin″ } (?), n. [Ar. khamsīn, fr. khamsūn, oblique case khamsīn, fifty; — so called because it blows for about fifty days, from April till June.] A hot southwest...

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Kamtschadales

Kam″tscha‐dales (?), n. pl.(Ethnol.) An aboriginal tribe inhabiting the southern part of Kamtschatka.

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Kan

Kan (?), v. t. To know; to ken. See Ken.

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Kan (2)

Kan (?), n. See Khan.

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Kanacka

{ Ka‐nack″a (?), Ka‐na″ka (?), } n. A native of the Sandwich Islands.

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Kanchil

Kan″chil (?), n. [Malay canchīl.] (Zoöl.) A small chevrotain of the genus Tragulus, esp. T. pygmæus, or T. kanchil, inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet. It...

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Kand

Kand (?), n.(Mining) Fluor spar; — so called by Cornish miners.

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Kangaroo

Kan″ga‐roo″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidæ. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long ...

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Kansas

Kan″sas (?), n. pl.(Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians allied to the Winnebagoes and Osages. They formerly inhabited the region which is now the State of Kansas, but were removed to th...

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Kantian

Kant″i‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher; conformed or relating to any or all of the philosophical doctrines of Immanuel Kant.

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Kantian (2)

Kant″i‐an, n. A follower of Kant; a Kantist.

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Kantianism

{ Kant″i‐an‐ism, Kant″ism } (?), n. The doctrine or theory of Kant; the Kantian philosophy.

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Kantist

Kant″istn. A disciple or follower of Kant.