kinglihood

king'-11-hood, s. [Eng. kingly; hood.] Royalty; kingliness.

king-like, a. [Eng. king, and like.]

1. Like a king; becoming or befitting a king; noble, royal.

"Not to uphold the kinglike rule and royaltie of a consull."-P. Holland: Livius, p. 1,025.

2. Noble, magnificent.

king-li-ness, s. [Eng. kingly; -ness.] The quality or state of being kingly.

king ling, s. [Eng. king (2), s.; dimin. suff. -ling; Ger. königlein.] A little king, a kinglet, a petty king.

"Enough of kinglings, and enough of kings." Churchill: The Candidate.

king-ly, a. & adv. [A. S. cynelic (a.), cynelice (adv.); Ger. königlich.]

A. As adjective:

1. Of or pertaining to a king or kings; royal. "It was absurd to talk of leaving James merely the kingly name and depriving him of all the kingly power." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. x.

2. Carried on by or under a king; royal, monarchical; as, a kingly government. 3. Befitting or becoming a king; noble, magnificent, royal, regal.

"A generous, laudable, and kingly pride.' Dryden: Hind and Panther, iii. 881. B. As adv.: Like a king; as becomes a king; royally.

"My great mind most kingly drinks it up."
Shakesp.: Sonnet 144.
[Eng. king, and post

king-post, king-pieçe, s. or piece.]

Arch.: The middle post of a roof, standing in the tie beam and reaching up to the ridge; it is often formed into an octagonal column with capital and base, and small struts or bases, which are slightly curved, spreading from it above the capital to some other timbers. Also known as crown-post, or jogglepost.

Kingpost.

kingpost-roof, s. Arch.: A roof having but one vertical post in

each truss.

king-ship, s. [Eng. king; -ship.] The quality or state of being a king; the state. office, or dignity of a king; royalty; supreme power.

"If this be kingly, then farewell for me All kingship.' Cowper: Table Talk, 150. king'-ston, king-stone, king's-stone, s. [Eng. king, and stone.] Ichthy.: A name for the Angel-fish (q. v.). King-ston, prop. name. (See the compounds.) Kingston's-metal, s. An alloy of copper, tin, and mercury used for the bearings of very heavy shafts, on account of its great smoothness of surface, and the consequent absence of much friction. Kingston's-valve, s. A conical valve, forming the outlet of the blow-off pipe of a marine engine; it opens through the side of the vessel by turning a

screw.

*king-ta-ble, s. [Eng. king, and table.] Arch.: A course or member, conjectured to be the string-course with ball and flower ornaments in the hollow molding, usual under parapets.

king-wood, s. [Eng. king, and wood.] Comm.: A kind of wood from Brazil, called also Violet-wood. It is obtained from a species of Triptolomæa, or, according to some, from Brya ebenus. It is used for turning and cabinet work, and is beautifully variegated with violet streaks.

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2. Naut.: A sharp bend in a rope or cable which prevents its reeving through a block or a hole, or in a hose, preventing water passing through it. II. Fig.: A crotchet, a whim, a caprice. kink (2), 8. [Cf. chincough.] A fit of coughing; an immoderate fit of laughter.

kink (1), v. i. [KINK (1), 8.] To twist or run into kinks; to wind into a kink.

klik (2), v. i. [KINK (2), s.] (Scotch.)

1. To gasp for breath, as in coughing. (Said especially of a child with the hooping-cough.) 2. To laugh immoderately. kin'-ka, s. [Hind.]

Bot.: An annual herb of the Composite family, common in many parts of India. Its seeds yield by pressure a green oil, possessing valuable properties, which promise to make it of considerable value in the arts.

kin-ka-jôu, s. [Fr. kinkajou, quincajou, from carcajou, the native name.]

Zool.: Cercoleptes, a genus of Carnivorous Mammals, family Procionidae (q. v.). They have preThey have some affinity to the Lemurs, of which hensile tails, with which they hang on to trees. they are the partial representatives in the New World, where they occur in South America and in Mexico. The best known species is Cercoleptes caudivolvulus, which is about a foot long, with a tail of eighteen inches. It feeds upon fruit, insects, and birds. It is seen in menageries, and is occasionally tamed as a pet.

*kink-hâust, kink-host, s. [Eng. kink (2), and haust (q. v.).] The hooping-cough.

kin-kle, s. [Eng, kink (2); frequent. suff. -le.] A severe fit of coughing.

klik -, a. [Eng. kink (1), and adj. terminal -y.] I. Ord. Lang.: Full of kinks or twists. II. Crotchety or cranky mentally. (U. S. Colloq.) kin-less, a. [Eng. kin; -less.] Without kin or relations.

kinless-loons, s. pl. A name given by the Scotch to the judges sent among them by Cromwell, because they distributed justice impartially, without being influenced by family or party ties.

kin-ni-kin-ic', kin-ni-kin-nick', s. [American Indian. A composition consisting of dried leaves and bark of red sumac or red willow, used by the North American Indians for smoking.

ki-no, s. [Fr.]

certain trees, and is dried without artificial heat. 1. Chem. A kind of gum, which exudes from There are four varieties imported into this country -viz., the East Indian or Malabar Kino from PteroButea frondosa; African or Gambia Kino from P. carpus marsupium; Bengal or Butea Kino from erinaceus; and Australian, Botany Bay, or Eucalyptus Kino from Eucalyptus rostrata. It consists of dark-red angular fragments, rarely larger than a pea, and easily splitting into still smaller pieces. In cold water they sink, partly dissolving, and forming a very astringent solution. It is very soluble in spirits of wine, affording a dark-reddish, slightly acid solution. In its general behavior kino closely resembles catechu, and yields by similar treatment the same products. It is administered in medicine as an astringent.

2. Phar.: The inspissated juice of various plants. [1.] It is brought to this country in small angular pieces, constituting broken reddish-black tears, ruby-red at the edges, shining and brittle, in pow der a dark-red. Compound powder of kino and tincture of kino are powerful astringents. It is given in pyrosis and diarrhoea, as an injection in urethral catarrh or gonorrhoea, and as a gargle in relaxed throat; sometimes also it is chewed. (Garrod.)

kin'-ō-in, s. [Eng., &c., kino; -in.]

Chem.: C14H1206. A reddish crystalline body obtained by boiling Malabar kino with dilute hydrochloric acid, and shaking up the filtrate with ether. It is slightly soluble in cold water, but very soluble in hot water and in alcohol. Its solutions may be evaporated without alteration, but they decompose on long exposure to the air.

ki-nŏl-o-gy, s. [Gr. kineo-to move, and logos =a discourse.] A name given to that branch of physics which treats of the laws of motion. ki-none', s. [QUINONE.]

to move, and sternon=the breast.] ki-no-ster-non, s. [Gr. kineō to set in motion,

Zool. A genus of Emydes (River and Marsh Tortoises). Kinosternon pennsylvanicum is the Pennsylvanian Terrapin. [TERRAPIN.] ki-nov-ic, a. [QUINOVIC.] kinovic-acid, s. [QUINOVIC-ACID.] ki-noyl, s. [QUINOYL.]

kirn

*kin -red, *kin-rede, s. [KINDRED.] *kin-ric, s. [Eng. kin (g); suff. -ric-dominoin; as in bishopric, &c.] A kingdom.

king-folk (silent), s. [Eng. kin, and folk.] Relations, kin, persons of the same family.

relationship; family connection. kin'-ship, s. [Eng. kin, and suff. -ship.] Blood

king-man, s. [Eng. kin, and man.] A man of the same race or family; a relation by blood. king-man-ship, s. [KINSHIP.]

king-wom-an, s. [Eng. kin, and woman.] A woman of the same race or family; a female relation.

kin-tal, s. [QUINTAL.]

kint-ledge, 8. [KENTLEDGE.]

kin-tra, s. [COUNTRY.] Country. (Scotch.) wald, where it occurs.] kin-zig-ite, s. [From the Kinzig in Schwarz

Petrol.: A rock consisting of manganese-garnet, magnesian-mica, and oligoclase, often with some iolite and fibrolite. It is found at Wittichen, at the Kinzig. (Rutley.)

ki-Ŏsk', s. [Turk.] A kind of open pavilion or summer-house, constructed of wood, straw, &c., and They are used in gardens, parks, &c., and in Paris supported on pillars, surrounded by a balustrade. and other continental cities as depots for the sale of papers.

ki-o-tôme, s. [Gr. kiōn a column, and temno= to cut.]

Surg.: A knife for cutting membrane; especially certain pseudo-membraneous bands in the rectum and bladder; it was invented by the celebrated French surgeon Desault.

ican Indians, allied to the Shoshones. ki-o-ways, s. [Indian name.] A tribe of Amer

kip (1), s. [Etym. doubtful.]

Tanning: Leather of yearlings or small cattle. A grade between calf and cowhide.

*kip (2), s. [Etym. doubtful.] A house of illfame.

kipe, s. [A. S. cépan to catch, to keep.] An osier basket used for catching fish.

kip'-page (age as Ig), s. [Etym. doubtful.] A violent passion; disorder, confusion.

kip'-per, s. [Dut. kipper to hatch, to spawn.] 1. A salmon directly after the spawning season, when it is unfit to be eaten; more especially a male salmon at this season.

2. A salmon or herring split open, salted, and smoke-dried.

*kipper-time, s.

Eng. Law: The period between the 3d and 12th of May, during which fishing for salmon was forbidden in the Thames between Gravesend and Henley-on-Thames.

kip-per, adj. [Etymology doubtful.] Amorous, sprightly, gay, light-hearted.

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kipper-nut, The pig-nut or earth-nut. serve, as salmon or herrings, by splitting them kip-per, v. t. [KIPPER, 8.] To cure and preopen, salting, and smoke-drying them. kip-skin, s. [Eng. kip, and skin.] Tanning: The same as KIP (1) (q. v.). kirb, 8. [CURB.]

kirb-roof, s. [CURB-ROOF.]
kir-i-a-chu-na, s. [Ceylonese.]

Bot.: The Cowplant of Ceylon, Gymnema lactiferum. [GYMNEMA.]

kirk, kirke, s. [Icel. kirgja; Dan. kirke; Sw. kyrka, all from A. S. cirice, circe=a church (q.v.).] 1. A church.

2. The Established Church of Scotland. kirk-session, s.

and other Presbyterian Churches. It consists of Presbyterianism: A "court" in the Established the minister and elders, and has charge of the spiritual affairs in the parish or congregation.

kirk-yard, s. A church-yard. (Scotch.) kirk, v. t. [KIRK, 8.] To church. *kirked, a. [Etym. doubtful; cf. A. S. cerran= to turn.] Crooked, bent.

kirk-măn, *kirke-man, s. [Eng. kirk, and man.] One belonging to the church; a minister. kirn, v. t. [KIRN, 8.] To churn. (Scotch.) kirn, s. [Icel. kirna.]

1. A churn (q. v.).

2. The feast of harvest-home, so called because a churnful of cream formed an important part of the entertainment.

kitchen-physic

Peninsula (Ethnol. Soc. Trans. (n. s.), ii. 119), and in North (Wyman: American Naturalist, vol. ii., Nos. 8, 9, 11) and South America (Brett: Indian Tribes). (Lubbock: Pre-historic Times, ch. vii.) The following is a list of the remains of vertebrata discovered in the shell-mounds:

Fishes.-Herring, dab, dorse, eel. Birds.-Capercailzie, several species of ducks and geese, the wild swan, and the great auk, now extinct. Mammals. Stag, roedeer, wild boar, these three forming 97 per cent, of the whole; urus, dog, fox, wolf, marten, otter, porpoise, seal, water-rat, beaver, lynx, wild cat, hedgehog, bear, and mouse.

With regard to the time when these kitchen-middens were formed, Sir John Lubbock (loc. cit.) says: "On the whole, the evidence appears to show that the Danish shell-mounds represent a definite period in the history of that country, and are probably referrible to the early part of the Neolithic Stone Age, when the art of polishing flint implements was known, but before it had reached its greatest development."

*kitchen-physic, s. Nourishing diet, for an invalid. (Colloq.)

kitchen-range, s. A kitchen stove with oven, boiler, &c., attached for cooking.

kitchen-stuff, s. Fat, dripping, &c., collected from roasted meat, dripping-pans, &c.

"A thrifty wench scrapes kitchen-stuff."-Donne. kitchen-wench, s. A kitchen-maid (q. v.). "Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to berhyme her."-Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet, ii. 4.

kitchen-work, s. Cookery; the work connected

with a kitchen or cookery.

kitch'-en-er, s. [Eng. kitchen; -er.] *1. A cook.

2. A kitchen-range.

*kitch'-en-ist, s. [Eng. kitchen; -ist.] A cook. kitch'-en-ry, s. [Eng, kitchen, and suff. -ry.] The body of kitchen employes.

kite (1), *kyte, s. [A. S. cyta.]

I. Ordinary Language:

1. In the same sense as II. 1.

"The kite, who, by a light turning of his train, moves his body which way he pleases."-Ray: On the Creation, pt. i.

2. A name of reproach, denoting rapacity.

"Detested kite! thou liest."-Shakesp.: Lear, i. 4. 3. An artificial bird or light frame covered with paper or cloth, and flown at the end of a string. "He will madly burn, or childishly make paper kites of his deeds."-Government of the Tongue.

4. Fictitious commercial paper or accommodation bills; used especially in the phrase, to fly a kite (q. v.).

II. Technically:

1. Ornithology:

(1) The Swallow-tailed Kite is Elanoides furcatus, an American bird, and the European Honeykite Pernis apivorus. [PERNIS.]

(2) Sing.: Milvus, a genus of Aquiline (Eagles); The Common European Kite is Milvus ictinus. It may be known on the wing by its forked tail.

(3) Pl.: Swainson's name for his Cyminding, a sub-family of Falconidae. He places the genus Milvus in Buteonina.

kite-shaped racetrack, 8. An American form of race course in which the run is neither straight away nor circular, but laid out along lines resembling the outlines of a kite.

kite (2), kỹte, s. [A. S. cwidh; Icel. kvidr; Sw. gved; Goth. kwithus the womb.] The belly. *kite, v. i. [KITE (1), 8.] To raise money or to sustain one's credit by the use of accommodation bills. (Slang.) kite -foot, s. [Eng. kite, and foot.] A sort of tobacco, so named from its resemblance in color to a kite's foot.

*kiteg-foot, s. [Eng. kite's, and foot.] An unidentified plant mentioned by Ainsworth.

kith-a-ra, s. [CITHARA.]

*kithe, *kỹthe, v. t. & i. [A. S. cúdh = known, pa. par. of cunnan=to know.] [KID (3), v.] A. Trans. To make known; to show, to discover. B. Intrans.: To become known.

kit-ish, *kyt'-Ish, a. [Eng. kite (3), s.; -ish.] Resembling a kite; pertaining to a kite; like a kite. *kit'-ling, *kit'-tling, s. [English kit (3); suff. ling; Icel. ketlingr; Norw. kjetling a kitten.] A young animal; especially, a young cat, a kitten. (Holland: Pliny, bk. xxix., ch. iv.)

kit-lish, a. [KITTLISH.] kit-mut-gar, s. [KHITMUGAR.] kit-ta-çin'-cla, s. [Gr. kitta, for kissa a chattering, greedy bird, like the jay, and kingklos=a kind of wag-tail or water ousel.]

Ornith. A genus of Sylvida, sub-family Erythacine (Robins). Kittacincla macroura is the Indian Nightingale (q. v.).

*kitte, pret. of v. [CUT, v.]

kit-tel, v. t. [KITTLE.]

kit -ten, *kit-oun, *kyt-on, s. [A dimin. from cat (q. v.).] A young cat; the young of the cat. kitten-moth, s.

Entom.: A small species of Cerura, a genus of moths, family Notodontidae. They are akin to, but smaller than the Puss-moth, Cerura vinula, whence the English names.

kit -ten, v. i. & t. [KITTEN, 8.]

hood.] The

A. Intrans.: To bring forth young, as a cat. B. Trans.: To bring forth kittens. *kit -ten-hood, s. [Eng. kitten; state or time of being a kitten. kit-ten-ish, a. [Eng. kitten; -ish.] Kitten-like, playful.

kit-ti-wāke, 8. [Named from its cry at breedingtime.]

2. Naut.: One of the unusual sails above the royal; sky-sails, moon-rakers, &c.

(1) Electrical kite: [ELECTRIC-KITE.]

(2) To fly a kite:

to

kit-tle (2), v. t. [A. S. citelian; Dut. kittelen; Icel. kitla, Ger. kitzeln.] To tickle; to excite a pleasant sensation in.

ceptive, perilous, ticklish; not to be trusted. kit-tle, a. [KITTLE (2), v.] Hazardous, dekit -tling, s. [KITLING.] kit-tlish, a. [Eng. kittl(e) (2), v.; -ish.] Tick

lish.

kit-tly, a. [Eng. kittle) (2), v.; -y.] Ticklish, susceptible, sensitive. (Scotch.) kit-ty-sol, s. [Sp. quitasol.] The Chinese paper parasol.

kive, s. [KEEVE.] kiv -ěr, s. [COVER, 8.] kiv -ěr, v. t. [COVER, v.] kî -wî, kî -wî kî'-wî, s. birds.] Ornith.: The New Zealand genus Apteryx (q. v.).

To cover. [From the cry of these name for birds of the

knab

Min.: Regarded by Von Kobell as a distinct spe cies, differing from Wagnerite in containing a large amount of fluorine and a small percentage of lime. Later investigations have shown, however, that these differences are due to alteration, and that the mineral is identical with Wagnerite (q. v.).

Kla-măths (h silent), s. [Native name.] The appellation of several tribes of North American Indians formerly living along the Klamath River in Oregon and California, but now settled on a reservation at Klamath Lake.

klǎp-rōth-ine, klǎp'-rōth-ite (h silent), subst. [Named by Beudant after the mineralogist Klaproth; suff. -ine, -ite (Min.).] Mineralogy:

1. The same as LAZULITE (q. v.).

2. The same as KLAPROTHOLITE (q. v.).

klǎp-rōth -o-lite (h silent), s. [An alteration suggested by Bruch, from the Klaprothite of Petersen and Sandberger, this name having been already given to Lazulite by Beudant. Named after Klaproth, the mineralogist.]

Min.: A sulphide of bismuth and copper, related to Wittichenite (q. v.). Distinguished by its distinct cleavage, and larger proportion of bismuth. Found at many places in Baden.

kleen -boc, s. [Dut. little blue goat.]

Zoology: Antilope perpusilla, a pigmy antelope found at the Cape of Good Hope. It is about a foot high at the shoulder, with small erect black horns, somewhat approaching at the tips.

klěp-to-ma-ni-a, s. [Gr. klepto-to steal, and mania-madness, mania.f

Pathol. A species of moral insanity, displaying itself in an irresistible desire or propensity to steal. klěp-to-mā -ni-ǎc, subst. [KLEPTOMANIA.] One who suffers from kleptomania. klick, v. i. [CLICK, v. i.]

klick, klick'-Ing, s. [CLICK, 8.] klick -ět, s. [CLICKET.]

sallying party. Fort.: A gate in a palisade for the passage of a

klink-stōne, s. [CLINKSTONE.]

kli-no-crōç-ite, s. [Named by Sandberger, from Gr. klinō to incline, and krokos=saffron.]

Min.: A mineral occurring in minute crystals of a deep saffron-yellow color. Probably monoclinic in crystallization. Composition: A hydrated sulphate of alumina, sesquioxide of iron, soda, and potash. Formed by the decomposition of pyrites in basalt-tuff, near Bischofsheim.

kli-nom ́-ě-ter, 8. [CLINOMETER.]

kll-no-phæ -ite, s. [Gr. klinō to incline, and phaios dusky.]

Min.: A blackish-green mineral, probably clinic in crystallization; crystals microscopic; specific gravity 2.979; luster vitreous, translucent to opaque, taste astringent. Composition: A hydrated sulphate of iron, alumina, potash, and soda. kli -ō, s. [CLIO.]

klip-dǎs, s. [Dut. cliff-badger.]

Zool.: Hyrax capensis, the Cape Coney. [HYRAX.]

dried for export. klip-fish, 8. [Norwegian.] Norway codfish

klip-spring-er, klipp'-spring-er, s. [Dutch =cliff-springer.]

Zool.: Oreotragus saltator, an olive-colored antelope of heavy build allied to the Steinbok. It is scarcely two feet high, its horns about four inches long, curving a little forward. Once common, but now much rarer at the Cape of Good Hope. Like the chamois of Europe, it inhabits inaccessible, rocky heights.

klip-stein-ite, s. [Named by Kobell after Professor Von Klipstein; suff. -ite (Min.).]

Min.: An amorphous compact mineral with dull luster; color, dark-brown to black, streak, reddishbrown, opaque. Composition: A hydrated silicate of manganese and iron, and is probably only impure rhodonite (q. v.).

kloof, s. [Dut. a gap.] A ravine, a gully. (South Africa.)

*klō-pě-mā -ni-a, s. [Greek klope-theft, and mania madness.] The same as KLEPTOMANIA (q. v.).

*klos-ter, s. [Ger.] A cloister.

K. M. G. An abbreviation for Knight of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.

Initial k is always silent before n. *knǎb, v. t. [Dut. knappen.] [KNAP.] 1. To bite, to gnaw.

kj-er-ülf-ine (j as î), s. [Named by Von Kobell after the Norwegian mineralogist, Kjerulf; suff. -ine (Min.).]

2. To catch, to seize. [NAB.]

pine, pit, sïre, sir,

marîne; gō, pot,

knab-ble, v. i. [A freq. from knab (q. v.).] To Hooker Chamagrostis minima. It flowers in March bite, to nibble. and April, and is found in wet sands, especially near the sea, in Anglesea and Jersey. Formerly abundant in Essex.

"Horses will knabble at walls and rats gnaw iron."Browne.

knǎck, knakke, s. [Of imitative origin; Gael. enac a crack, a crash; cnac to crack, to crash; Ir. cnag a noise, a crack; cnagaim to knock, to strike; Wel. cnec a crash, a snap; cnecian-to crash, to jar; Dnt. knak a crack; knakken=to crack; Dan. knage to creak, to crack; Sw. knaka = to crack.]

1. A trick.

2. A little machine; a pretty contrivance; knickknack.

3. Readiness, dexterity, adroitness; facility of performance.

4. That which requires dexterity, adroitness, or special aptitude.

knǎck, *knacke, v. t. & i. [KNACK, S.]

A. Trans.: To crack.

"To move, knack, or waggle the fingers like a jugler." -Cotgrave.

B. Intransitive:

1. To crack; to make a sharp, cracking noise. "If they can hear their beads knacke upon each other, they are not bid to care for hearing their praiers reflect apon heaven."-Bishop Hall: Quo Vadis?

2. To talk affectedly or mincingly.
*knack-er (1), s. [Eng. knack; -er.]

1. A maker of small work, toys, or knick-knacks. 2. One of two pieces of wood used as playthings by boys, who strike them together by moving the hand; castanets, bones.

knǎck-er (2), s. [Icel. knakkr=a saddle.]

1. A maker of harness, collars, &c., for cart horses. (Eng.)

2. A dealer in old horses; a horse-slaughterer. (Eng.)

*knǎck-ish, a. [Eng. knack, s.; -ish.] Artful, knavish, tricky.

knǎck-ish-ness, s. [Eng. knackish; -ness.] The quality or state of being knackish; artifice, trickery, cunning, knavishness.

knǎck-, a. [Eng. knack, s.; -y.] Having a knack; artful, dexterous, tricky.

knǎg, *knagg, *knagge, s. [Ir. cnag a knob, a peg: cnaig a knot in wood; Gael. cnag (1)=a pin, a peg; cnag (2) to crack, to snap the fingers; Dan. knag a wooden peg, a cog; Sw. knagg=a knag, a knob in wood.]

1. A knot in wood; a protuberance; a wart. 2. A peg on which to hang things.

3. The shoot of a deer's horn.

4. The rough or rugged top of a hill or rock. knǎgged, a. [Eng. knag; ed.] Having knags, knots, or protuberances.

knǎg-gi-ness, s. [Eng. knaggy; ness.] The quality or state of being knaggy.

knǎg-gy, a. [Eng. knag; -y.]

*knǎp'-pish, *knap-pische, a. [Eng. knap, v.; ish.] Snappish, cross, surly.

*knap-ple, v. i. [Eng. knap, v.; freq. suff. -le.] To break off with a sharp, cracking noise. *knap'-py, a. [Eng. knap, s. ;-y.] Full of knaps or knobs; knobby.

knap-sǎck, s. [Dan. knapzak a provision-bag, a knapsack: knap-eating; knappen to eat, and zak a sack, a bag.] A soldier's or tourist's case or wrapper for clothes, &c., to be carried on the back during a march; a tourist's or traveler's satchel. knǎp'-weēd, s. [Eng. knap, and weed.]

Bot.: The genus Centaurea (q. v.). The Brownrayed Knapweed is Centaurea jacea. The Black Discoid Knapweed

is C. nigra, and the Greater Knapweed C. scabiosa.

knar, tknâur, *knare, s. [O. Dut. knorre; Ger. knorren a gnar, a knot in a tree.]

1. Ord. Lang.: A knot in a tree or in wood.

2. Bot. (chiefly of knot or tumor varythe form knaur): A of a pea to that of ing in size from that a cocoanut, on the stem or root of the hawthorn and some other trees. They

Small Knapweed.

may be used for propagation. [EXOSTOSIS.] knark, s., [Etym. doubtful; probably connected with knar (q. v.).] A hard-hearted, surly person. (Slang.)

knarl, s. [A dimin. from knar (q. v.).] A knot in a tree. knarled, a. [Eng. knarl; ed.] Knotted; as, a knarled oak. knarred, a. [Eng. knar; ed.] Knarled, knotty. knar -ry, a. [Eng. knar; -y.] Knarled, knotty. knâuff-ite, s. [Etym. doubtful.] Min.: The same as BOLBORTHITE (q. v.). knâur, s. [KNAR.]

knâu-ti-a (t as sh), s. [Named after Christopher Knaut, a Saxon physician and botanist at Halle, who died in 1694. (Paxton, &c.)]

Bot.: Formerly an independent genus of Com

1. Lit.: Full of knags or knots; rough with knots; posites, but now reduced to a sub-genus of Scabiosa. knotty.

2. Fig.: Rough in temper.

*knǎkke, s. [KNACK, 8.]

The receptacle is hemispheric, covered with hairs, the involucre four-furrowed; the calyx teeth of 8-16 deciduous bristles. Scabiosa (Knautia) arvensis is a hairy plant two to five feet high, with lilac or and North Africa.

knap, *knappe, s. [A variant of knob (q. v.); blue flowers; wild in Northern Europe, Siberia,

Icel. knappr; Dan. knap; Wel. cnap.]

1. A protuberance, a knob, a swelling..
2. A hillock; a rising ground; a summit.
*knap-knob, s. A swelling lump.

*knap, v. t. & i. [Dut. knappen to crack, to crush; cogn. with Dan. kneppe to snap, to crack with the fingers; knep a scrap, a crack.]

A. Transitive:

1. To break with a noise; to snap.

"He knapped the staff of the dart asunder."-North: Plutarch, p. 306.

2. To strike so as to make a sharp, cracking noise. "Take a vessel of water, and knap a pair of tongs some depth within the water, and you shall hear the sound of the tongs well."-Bacon: Nat. Hist., § 133.

B. Intransitive:

1. To make a sharp, cracking noise.

"The people standing by heard it knap in."-Wiseman: Surgery, bk. vii., ch. v.

"And bit his knave knele, that shall his coppe holde, He loketh alle louring." Piers Plowman, p. 83. 3. A false, deceitful, tricky fellow; a dishonest person; a trickster.

"Of these a large proportion were knaves and libertines."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. iii.

II. Cards: One of the court-cards, having on it a picture of a soldier or a servant; a jack. knave-bairn, s. A male child.

"Ye'll no hinder her gieing them a present o' a bonny

knave-bairn."-Scott: Antiquary, ch. xxiv.
*knāve, v. t. [KNAVE.] To make a knave of.
"To ensnare the squire and knave themselves."-Gen-
tlemen Instructed, p. 477.

knav -ĕr-y, s. [Eng. knave; -ry.]

1. Dishonesty, trickery; the actions or practices of a knave; petty villainy.

2. Mischief; mischievous tricks or practices. knāve-ship, s. [Eng. knave; -ship.] Mill-dues paid to the knave or servant at a mill by those who were bound to have their grain ground there only. (Scotch.)

chorus, chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this;

knee

knav -ěss, 8. [Eng. knav(e); -ess.] A female knave; a knavish woman. (Carlyle.)

knav-ish, a. [Eng. knav(e); -ish.]

1. Acting like a knave; dishonest, fraudulent.
2. Characterized by knavery; dishonest.
3. Mischievous, waggish, roguish.

knav -ish-ly, adv. [Eng. knavish; -ly.]
1. In a knavish manner; dishonestly.
2. Mischievously, roguishly.

knav-ish-ness, s. [Eng, knavish; -ness.] The quality or state of being knavish; knavery, dis honesty.

*knâw, v. t. [GNAW.] To gnaw, to bite.

"Frowning and froting and knawing on his lippes."Sir T. More: Works, p. 54.

of thread: Dut. knawel; Dan. knavel; Sw.knafvel; knâw-el, 8. [Ger. knauel, knäuel-clue, a ball Fr. gnavelle.]

Bot.: The genus Scleranthus (q. v.).

cogn. with Dut. kneden; Icel. knodha; Sw. knada; knēad, *knēde, v. t. [A. S. cnedan, gecnedan; Ger. kneten; O. H. Ger. chnetan; Russ. gnetate, gnesti.]

1. To work up with the hands into a mass, as the materials of bread, cake, &c.; to work and press with the hands or feet; to work or incorporate into dough.

*2. To beat, to pound into a jelly.

knead-a-ble, a. [Eng. knead, and suff. -able.] Capable of being worked into a mass, or kneaded. knead-er, 8. [English knead; -er.] One who kneads dough.

knead-ing, *kned-yng, pr. par., adj. & 8. [KNEAD.]

A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.)

C. As subst.: The act of working up or incorporating into a mass, as dough.

kneading-trough, *knedyng-trowh, subst. A trough or tray in which dough is worked up.

knead -ing-ly, adv. [English kneading; -ly.].

Like one who kneads.

kněb -ěl-ite, s. [Named by Döbereiner after Major von Knebel: suff. -ite (Min.).]

Min. A crystalline massive mineral, color grayish-black to black, also gray and spotted with various tints; opaque; fracture subconchoidal. Composition: A silicate of the protoxides of iron and manganese, the formula being (FeO+MnO) SiO2. Found in large masses at Dannemara, Sweden.

kněck, s. [Etym. doubtful; cf. knag; or possibly from kink, by metathesis.]

Naut.: A twist in a rope or cable.

knee, *kne, *cneo, s. [A. S. cneó, cneów a knee; cogu. with Dut. knie; Icel. kné; Dan. kno; Sw. knä; Ger. knie; O. H. Ger. chniu; Goth. kniu; Lat. genu; Gr. gonu; Sansc. jánu. The root is unknown.]

I. Ordinary Language:

1. Lit. In the same sense as II. 1.

"The queen that bore thee, Oftener upon her knees than on her feet, Died every day she lived."

Shakesp.: Macbeth, iv. 3. 2. Figuratively: (1) A genuflection; a bending of the knee in respect. "Your knee, sirrah!"-Shakesp.: Coriolanus, v. 3. (2) A courtesy.

"Came in with cap and knee." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. I., iv. 3. *(3) A crag, a rock, a prominence.

"Did hang upon the ragged rockie knees." Spenser: F. Q., I. ix. 34.