Part 6222

<hw>Kant"try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Cantred</er>.</def>

<h1>Kaolin, Kaoline</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw><hw>Ka"o*lin</hw>, <hw>Ka"o*line</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Chin. <ets>kao-ling</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain clay. It is chiefly derived from the decomposition of common feldspar.</def>

<note>&hand; The name is now applied to all porcelain clays which endure the fire without discoloration.</note>

<h1>Kaolinization</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Ka`o*lin`i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The process by which feldspar is changed into kaolin.</def>

<h1>Kaolinize</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Ka"o*lin*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To convert into kaolin.</def>

<h1>Kapelle</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Ka*pel"le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral.</def>

<i>Grove.</i>

<h1>Kapellmeister</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Ka*pell"meis`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>See <er>Capellmeister</er>.</def>

<h1>Kapia</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Ka"pi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>The fossil resin of the kauri tree of New Zealand.</def>

<h1>Kapnomar</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kap"no*mar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. Chem.</tt><def>) See <er>Capnomor</er>.</def>

<h1>Karagane</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kar"a*gane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Russ. <ets>karagan'</ets>]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A species of gray fox found in Russia.</def>

<h1>Karaism</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Ka"ra*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Doctrines of the Karaites.</def>

<h1>Karaite</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Ka"ra*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb.<ets>q\'ber\'be</ets> to read.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A sect of Jews who adhere closely to the letter of the Scriptures, rejecting the oral law, and allowing the Talmud no binding authority; -- opposed to the <contr>Rabbinists</contr>.</def>

<h1>Karatas</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Ka*ra"tas</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A West Indian plant of the Pineapple family (<spn>Nidularium Karatas</spn>).</def>

<h1>Karma</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kar"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Skr.]</ety> <fld>(Buddhism)</fld> <def>One's acts considered as fixing one's lot in the future existence. <fld>(Theos.)</fld> The doctrine of fate as the inflexible result of cause and effect; the theory of inevitable consequence.</def>

<h1>Karmathian</h1> <Xpage=809>