Part 544

Ye konnen thereon as much as any man.

Chaucer.

Ko"nite (?), n. (Min.) See Conite.

Konze (?), n. (Zoöl.) A large African antelope (Alcelaphus Lichtensteini), allied to the hartbeest, but having shorter and flatter horns, and lacking a black patch on the face.

Koo"doo (?), n. (Zoöl.) A large South African antelope (Strepsiceros kudu). The males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long. The general color is reddish or grayish brown, with eight or nine white bands on each side, and a pale dorsal stripe. The old males become dark bluish gray, due to the skin showing through the hair. The females are hornless. Called also nellut. [Written also kudu.]

Koo"koom (?), n. (Zoöl.) The oryx or gemsbok. [Written also kookaam.]

Koo`lo*kam"ba (?), n. (Zoöl.) A west African anthropoid ape (Troglodytes koolokamba, or T. Aubryi), allied to the chimpanzee and gorilla, and, in some respects, intermediate between them.

Kool"slaa` (?), n. See Coleslaw.

Koord (?), n. See Kurd.

Koord"ish, n. See Kurdish.

Koo*ril"i*an (?), a & n. Same as Kurilian.

Ko"peck (?), n. [Russ. kopeika.] A small Russian coin. One hundred kopecks make a rouble, worth about sixty cents. [Written also kopek, copec, and copeck.]

Ko"ran (k"ran or k*rän"; 277), n. [Ar. qorn. See Alcoran.] The Scriptures of the Mohammedans, containing the professed revelations to Mohammed; -- called also Alcoran. [Written also Kuran or Quran.] [1913 Webster]

Ko"rin (?), n. (Zoöl.) The gazelle.

||Kor"ri*gum (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A West African antelope ||(Damalis Senegalensis), allied to the sassaby. It is reddish gray, ||with a black face, and a black stripe on the outside of the legs ||above the knees. || Kos"mos (?), n. See Cosmos. Gladstone.

Ko*tow" (?), n. [Chinese, knock head.] The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground. There are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings. [China] S. W. Williams.

Ko*tow", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kotowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kotowing.] To perform the kotow.

||Kou"lan (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A wild horse (Equus, or ||Asinus, onager) inhabiting the plains of Central Asia; -- called also ||gour, khur, and onager. [Written also kulan.] || It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but fulvous in summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is intermediate between the horse and ass.

Kou"miss (?), n. [Russ. kumys; of Mongolian origin.] An intoxicating fermented or distilled liquor originally made by the Tartars from mare's or camel's milk. It can be obtained from any kind of milk, and is now largely made in Europe. [Written also koumyss, kumiss, kumish, and kumys.]

Koumiss has from time immemorial served the Tartar instead of wine or spirits.

J. H. Newman.

Kous"so (?), n. (Bot.) An Abyssinian rosaceous tree (Brayera anthelmintica), the flowers of which are used as a vermifuge. [Written also cusso and kosso.]

Kow*tow" (?), n. & v. i. The same as Kotow.

I have salaamed and kowtowed to him.

H. James.

Kra (?), n. (Zoöl.) A long-tailed ape (Macacus cynomolgus) of India and Sumatra. It is reddish olive, spotted with black, and has a black tail.

Kraal (kräl or krl; 277), n. [D., a village, inclosure, park, prob. fr. Pg. curral a cattle pen; the same word as Sp. corral. See Corral.] 1. A collection of huts within a stockade; a village; sometimes, a single hut. [South Africa]

2. An inclosure into which are driven wild elephants which are to be tamed and educated. [Ceylon]