Part 487

{ Kaf"fir (kf"fr), Ka"fir (kä"fr), } n. [Ar. kfir infidel, pagan, fr. kafara to be skeptical in religious matters; -- a name given to certain infidel races by the Mohammedans. Cf. Giaour.] (Ethnol.) (a) One of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen, inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony, the name being now specifically applied to the tribes living between Cape Colony and Natal; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs. (b) One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia. [Spelt also Caffre.]

Kaffir corn (Bot.), a Cape Colony name for Indian millet.

Kaf"fle (?), n. See Coffle.

||Ka"fi*lah (?), n. See Cafila. || Kaf"tan (?), n & v. See Caftan.

Kage (?), n. A chantry chapel inclosed with lattice or screen work.

||Ka"gu (?), n. (Zoöl.) A singular, crested, grallatorial bird ||(Rhinochetos jubatus), native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, ||paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely ||barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern. || Ka`gu*an" (?), n. (Zoöl.) The colugo.

||Ka"ha"ni (?), n. A kind of notary public, or attorney, in the Levant. || Ka*hau" (?), n. [Native name, from its cry.] (Zoöl.) A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), native of Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut, with the under parts, shoulders, and sides of the head, golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the back brown. Called also proboscis monkey. [Written also kaha.]

Kail (?), n. 1. (Bot.) A kind of headless cabbage. Same as Kale, 1.

2. Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables. [OE. or Scot.]

3. A broth made with kail or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner. [Scot.]

Kail yard, a kitchen garden. [Scot.]

||Kai`ma*cam" (?), n. Same as Caimacam. || Kain (?), n. (Scots Law) Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to his landlord. Wharton (Law Dict.).

Kai"nit (?), n. [Trade name, fr. kainite.] Salts of potassium used in the manufacture of fertilizers.

Kai"nite (?), n. [Gr. &?; recent.] (Min.) A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in Prussian Saxony.

Kai`no*zo"ic (?), a. See Cenozoic.

Ka*ique" (?), n. (Naut.) See Caique.

Kai"rine (?), n. (Chem.) A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine.

Kai`ro*line (?), n. (Chem.) An organic base obtained from quinoline. It is used as a febrifuge, and resembles kairine.

Kai"ser (?), n. [Gr., fr. L. Caesar. Cf. Kesar, and Czar.] The ancient title of emperors of Germany assumed by King William of Prussia when crowned sovereign of the new German empire in 1871.

Ka"ka (?), n. [Maori kaka a parrot; -- so named from its note.] (Zoöl.) A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, especially the brown parrot (Nestor meridionalis).

The mountain kaka, or kea (N. notabilis), is remarkable for having recently acquired carnivorous habits. It attacks and kills lambs and pigs, sometimes doing great damage.

Night kaka. (Zoöl.) The kakapo.

Ka`ka*po" (?), n. (Zoöl.) A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops habroptilus), native of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is active at night. It resembles an owl in its colors and general appearance. It has large wings, but can fly only a short distance. Called also owl parrot, night parrot, and night kaka.

Kak`a*ral"li (?), n. A kind of wood common in Demerara, durable in salt water, because not subject to the depredations of the sea worm and barnacle.

Kak`is*toc"ra*cy (kk`s*tk"r*s), n. [Gr. ka`kistos worst + kratei^n to rule.] Government by the worst men.

Ka*kox"ene (?), n. See Cacoxene.

Ka*lan" (?), n. (Zoöl.) The sea otter.

Ka`la*sie" (?), n. (Zoöl.) A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus rubicundus). It has a tuft of long hair on the head.