Part 6216

<h1>Kabook</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Ka*book"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(min.)</fld> <def>A clay ironstone found in Ceylon.</def>

<h1>Kabyle</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Ka*byle"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar. <ets>qab\'c6la</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A Berber, as in Algiers or Tunis. See <er>Berber</er>.</def>

<h1>Kadder</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Kad"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Caddow</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The jackdaw.</def>

<h1>Kadi, Kadiaster</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw><hw>Ka"di</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ka`di*as"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>A Turkish judge. See <er>Cadi</er>.</def>

<h1>Kafal</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Ka*fal"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The Arabian name of two trees of the genus <spn>Balsamodendron</spn>, which yield a gum resin and a red aromatic wood.</def>

<h1>Kaffir, Kafir</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw><hw>Kaf"fir</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ka"fir</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar. <ets>k<?/fir</ets> infidel, pagan, fr. <ets>kafara</ets> to be skeptical in religious matters; -- a name given to certain infidel races by the Mohammedans. Cf. <er>Giaour</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia.</def> <altsp>[Spelt also <asp>Caffre</asp>.]</altsp>

<cs><col>Kaffir corn</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a Cape Colony name for Indian millet.</cd></cs>

<h1>Kaffle</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Kaf"fle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Coffle</er>.</def>

<h1>Kafilah</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Ka"fi*lah</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Cafila</er>.</def>

<h1>Kaftan</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Kaf"tan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n & v.</tt> <def>See <er>Caftan</er>.</def>

<h1>Kage</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Kage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A chantry chapel inclosed with lattice or screen work.</def>

<h1>Kagu</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Ka"gu</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A singular, crested, grallatorial bird <fld>(Rhinochetos jubatus)</fld>, 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.</def>

<h1>Kaguan</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Ka`gu*an"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The colugo.</def>

<h1>Kahani</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Ka"ha"ni</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of notary public, or attorney, in the Levant.</def>

<h1>Kahau</h1> <Xpage=808>