Part 6217

<hw>Ka*hau"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name, from its cry.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A long-nosed monkey (<spn>Semnopithecus nasalis</spn>), native of Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut, with the under parts, shoulders, and sides of the head, golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the back brown. Called also <altname>proboscis monkey</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kaha</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Kail</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Kail</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of headless cabbage. Same as <er>Kale</er>, 1.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables.</def> <mark>[OE. or Scot.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A broth made with kail or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<cs><col>Kail yard</col>, <cd>a kitchen garden. <mark>[Scot.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Kaimacam</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Kai`ma*cam"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Caimacam</er>.</def>

<h1>Kain</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Kain</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to his landlord.</def>

<i>Wharton (Law Dict.).</i>

<h1>Kainit</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Kai"nit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Trade name, fr. <ets>kainite</ets>.]</ety> <def>Salts of potassium used in the manufacture of fertilizers.</def>

<h1>Kainite</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Kai"nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ recent.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in Prussian Saxony.</def>

<h1>Kainozoic</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Kai`no*zo"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Cenozoic</er>.</def>

<h1>Kaique</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Ka*ique"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Caique</er>.</def>

<h1>Kairine</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Kai"rine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine.</def>

<h1>Kairoline</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Kai`ro*line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An organic base obtained from quinoline. It is used as a febrifuge, and resembles kairine.</def>

<h1>Kaiser</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Kai"ser</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr., fr. L. <ets>Caesar</ets>. Cf. <er>Kesar</er>, and <er>Czar</er>.]</ety> <def>The ancient title of emperors of Germany assumed by King William of Prussia when crowned sovereign of the new German empire in 1871.</def>

<h1>Kaka</h1> <Xpage=808>

<hw>Ka"ka</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Maori <ets>kaka</ets> a parrot; -- so named from its note.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A New Zealand parrot of the genus <spn>Nestor</spn>, especially the <i>brown parrot</i> (<spn>Nestor meridionalis</spn>).</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>mountain kaka</i>, or <i>kea</i> (<spn>N. notabilis</spn>), is remarkable for having recently acquired carnivorous habits. It attacks and kills lambs and pigs, sometimes doing great damage.</note>