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Key"stone` (?), n. (Arch.) The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with carving. See Illust. of Arch.

Keystone State, the State of Pennsylvania; - - so called from its having been the central State of the Union at the formation of the Constitution.

Key" tone` (?). (Mus.) See Keynote.

Key"way` (?), n. See Key way, under Key.

Kha"liff (?), n. See Caliph.

Kham*sin` (?), n. Same as Kamsin.

Khan (?), n. [Pers. & Tart. khn.] [Also kan, kaun.] A king; a prince; a chief; a governor; -- so called among the Tartars, Turks, and Persians, and in countries now or formerly governed by them.

Khan, n. [Per. khn, khnah, house, tent, inn.] An Eastern inn or caravansary. [Written also kawn.]

Khan*ate (&?;), n. Dominion or jurisdiction of a khan.

Kha"ya (?), n. (Bot.) A lofty West African tree (Khaya Senegalensis), related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is used as a febrifuge.

||Khe`dive" (?), n. [F. khédive, Pers. khediw a prince.] A governor or ||viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of Turkey to the ||ruler of Egypt. || Khen"na (?), n. See Henna.

Kho"lah (?), n. (Zoöl.) The Indian jackal.

Khol"sun (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) The dhole.

Khut"bah (?), n. [Ar.] An address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit in Mohammedan mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed and his descendants, and the ruling princes.

Ki`a*boo"ca wood` (?). See Kyaboca wood.

Ki*ang" (?), n. (Zoöl.) The dziggetai.

Kib"ble (?), v. t. To bruise; to grind coarsely; as, kibbled oats. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell.

Kib"ble, n. A large iron bucket used in Cornwall and Wales for raising ore out of mines. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also kibbal.]

Kib"blings (?), n. pl. Portions of small fish used for bait on the banks of Newfoundland.

Kibe (?), n. [W. cib + gwst pain, sickness.] A chap or crack in the flesh occasioned by cold; an ulcerated chilblain. "He galls his kibe." Shak.

Kibed (?), a. Chapped; cracked with cold; affected with chilblains; as, kibed heels. Beau. & Fl.

||Ki*bit"ka (?), n.; pl. Kibitkas (&?;). [Russ.] 1. A tent used by the ||Kirghiz Tartars. || 2. A rude kind of Russian vehicle, on wheels or on runners, sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often used as a movable habitation.

Kib"lah (&?;), n. See Keblah.

Kib"y (?), a. Affected with kibes. Skelton.

Kich"il (?), n. [Obs.] See Kechil. Chaucer.

Kick (kk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kicked (kkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Kicking.] [W. cicio, fr. cic foot.] To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

He [Frederick the Great] kicked the shins of his judges.

Macaulay.