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Ker"nel*ly (?), a. Full of kernels; resembling kernels; of the nature of kernels. Holland.

Kern"ish (?), a. [From Kern a boor.] Clownish; boorish. [Obs.] "A petty kernish prince." Milton.

Ker"o*lite (?), n. (Min.) Same as Cerolite.

Ker"o*sene` (?), n. [Gr. &?; wax.] An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence called also coal oil. It is now produced in immense quantities, chiefly by the distillation and purification of petroleum. It consists chiefly of several hydrocarbons of the methane series.

{ Kers, Kerse (?) }, n. A cress. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Not worth a kers. See under Cress.

Ker"sey (?), n.; pl. Kerseys (#). [Prob. from the town of Kersey in Suffolk, Eng.] A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven from wool of long staple.

Ker"sey*mere (?), n. [For cassimere, confounded with kersey.] See Cassimere.

Ker`sey*nette" (?), n. See Cassinette.

Kerve (?), v. t. To carve. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Kerv"er (?), n. A carver. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ke"sar (?), n. See Kaiser. [Obs.] Spenser.

Kes"lop (ks"lp), n. [AS. cselib, or cslyb, milk curdled; cf. G. käselab, käselippe. See Cheese, and cf.Cheeselep.] The stomach of a calf, prepared for rennet. Halliwell.

Kess (?), v. t. To kiss. [Obs.] Chaucer

Kest (?), imp. of Cast. [Obs.]

Kes"trel (ks"trl), n. [See Castrel.] (Zoöl.) A small, slender European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called windhover and stannel. The name is also applied to other allied species.

This word is often used in contempt, as of a mean kind of hawk. "Kites and kestrels have a resemblance with hawks." Bacon.

Ket (kt), n. [Icel. kjöt flesh; akin to Sw. kött, Dan. kjöd.] Carrion; any filth. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Ketch (kch), n. [Prob. corrupted fr. Turk. qq : cf. F. caiche. Cf. Caïque.] (Naut.) An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.

Bomb ketch. See under Bomb.

Ketch, n. A hangman. See Jack Ketch.

Ketch, v. t. [See Catch.] To catch. [Now obs. in spelling, and colloq. in pronunciation.]

To ketch him at a vantage in his snares.

Spenser.

Ketch"up (-p), n. A sauce. See Catchup.

Ke"tine (?), n. [See Ketone.] (Chem.) One of a series of organic bases obtained by the reduction of certain isonitroso compounds of the ketones. In general they are unstable oily substances having a pungent aromatic odor.

||Ket`mie" (?), n. (Bot.) The name of certain African species of ||Hibiscus, cultivated for the acid of their mucilage. [Written also ||ketmia.] || Ke"tol (k"tl), n. [Ketone + indol.] (Chem.) One of a series of series of complex nitrogenous substances, represented by methyl ketol and related to indol.

Methyl ketol, a weak organic base, obtained as a white crystalline substance having the odor of fæces.