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Kry"o*lite (?), n. (Min.) See Cryolite.

Ksar (zär), n. See Czar.

{ Ksha"tri*ya (?), Ksha"tru*ya (?), } n. [Skr. kshatriya one belonging to the military caste.] The military caste, the second of the four great Hindoo castes; also, a member of that caste. See Caste. [India]

||Ku"da (?), n. (Zoöl.) The East Indian tapir. See Tapir. || ||Ku"dos (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ky^dos glory.] Glory; fame; renown; ||praise. W. H. Russel. || Ku"dos, v. t. To praise; to extol; to glorify. "Kudos'd egregiously." [R.] Southey.

||Ku"du (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Koodoo. || Ku"fic (?), a. See Cufic.

||Ku*kang" (?), n. (Zoöl.) [Native name.] The slow lemur. See Lemur. || Ku`klux" (?), n. The name adopted in the southern part of the United States by a secret political organization, active for several years after the close of the Civil War, and having for its aim the repression of the political power of the freedmen; -- called also Kuklux Klan.

Ku"lan (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Koulan.

{ Ku"mish (?), Ku"miss (?), } n. See Koumiss.

Kum"mel (?), n. [G. kümmel cumin, caraway seed, L. cuminum. Cf. Cumin.] A Russian and German liqueur, consisting of a sweetened spirit flavored with caraway seeds.

Kum"quat (?), n. [Chin. kin keu.] (Bot.) A small tree of the genus Citrus (C. Japonica) growing in China and Japan; also, its small acid, orange-colored fruit used for preserves.

||Kup"fer*nick"el (?), n. [G. See Copper, and Nickel.] (Min.) ||Copper-nickel; niccolite. See Niccolite. || Kurd (?), n. A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western Asia belonging to the Turkish and Persian monarchies. [Written also Koord.]

Kurd"ish, a. Of or pertaining to the Kurds. [Written also Koordish.]

Ku*ril"i*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Kurile Islands, a chain of islands in the Pacific ocean, extending from the southern extremity of Kamschatka to Yesso. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of the Kurile Islands. [Written also Koorilian.]

||Kur"saal` (?), n. [G.] A public hall or room, for the use of visitors ||at watering places and health resorts in Germany. || Ku`si*man"se (?), n. (Zoöl.) A carnivorous animal (Crossarchus obscurus) of tropical Africa. It its allied to the civets. Called also kusimansel, and mangue.

Kus"kus (?), [Per. & Hind. khaskhas.] (Bot.) See Vetiver.

Kus"si*er (?), n. (Mus.) A Turkish instrument of music, with a hollow body covered with skin, over which five strings are stretched. [Written also kussir.]

Ku*tauss" (?), n. (Zoöl.) The India civet (Viverra zibetha).

Kutch (?), n. (Goldbeating) The packet of vellum leaves in which the gold is first beaten into thin sheets.

Kutch, n. See Catechu.

Ky (?), n. pl. Kine. [Scot.] See Kee, Kie, and Kine.

Ky`a*bo"ca wood` (?). (Bot.) (a) Amboyna wood. (b) Sandalwood (Santalum album).

Ky"a*nite (?), n. See Cyanite.

Ky"an*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kyanized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kyanizing (?).] [From Mr. Kyan, the inventor of the process.] To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure.

Ky"a*nol (?), n. [See Cyanite.] (Chem.) (a) Aniline. [Obs.] (b) A base obtained from coal tar. Ure.

Ky*an"o*phyll (?), n. (Bot.) Same as Cyanophyll.

Kyar (?), n. Cocoanut fiber, or the cordage made from it. See Coir.

Kyaw (?), n. (Zoöl.) A daw. [Scot.]

Kyd (?), p. p. of Kythe.