Part 6224

<h1>Kat</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An Arabian shrub <i>Catha edulis</i>) the leaves of which are used as tea by the Arabs.</def>

<h1>Katabolic</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kat`a*bol"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to katabolism; <as>as, <ex>katabolic</ex> processes, which give rise to substances (katastates) of decreasing complexity and increasing stability</as>.</def>

<h1>Katabolism</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Ka*tab"o*lism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ down + <?/ to throw.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Destructive or downward metabolism; regressive metamorphism; -- opposed to <i>anabolism</i>. See <er>Disassimilation</er>.</def>

<h1>Katastate</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kat"a*state</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. (<?/) down + (<?/) to cause to stand.]</ety> <def>(Physiol.) A substance formed by a katabolic process; -- opposed to <i>anastate</i>. See <er>Katabolic</er>.</def>

<h1>Kate</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The brambling finch.</def>

<h1>Kathetal</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kath"e*tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a perpendicular line. See <er>Cathetus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Making a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two sides of a triangle, which include a right angle.</def>

<h1>Kathetometer</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kath`e*tom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Cathetometer</er>.</def>

<h1>Kattinumdoo</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kat`ti*num"doo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A caoutchouc like substance obtained from the milky juice of the East Indian <i>Euphorbia Kattimundoo</i>. It is used as a cement.</def>

<h1>Katydid</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Ka"ty*did`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (<spn>Cyrtophyllus concavus</spn>) of the family <spn>Locustid\'91</spn>, common in the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination <i>Katy-did</i>, whence the name.</def>

<h1>Kauri</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Ka"u*ri</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand <spn>Agathis, &or; Dammara, australis</spn>), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resin.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kaudi</asp>, <asp>cowdie</asp>, and <asp>cowrie</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Kava</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Ka"va</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Polynesian.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of <spn>Macropiper</spn> (<spn>M. methysticum</spn>), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kawa</asp>, <asp>kava</asp>, and <asp>ava</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Kavass</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Ka*vass"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl</plu>. <plw>Kavasses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt> <ety>[Turk. k\'be<ets>vv</ets>\'be<ets>s</ets>]</ety> <def>An armed constable; also, a government servant or courier.</def> <mark>[Turkey]</mark>

<h1>Kaw</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kaw</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i. & n.</tt> <def>See <er>Caw</er>.</def>

<h1>Kawaka</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Ka*wa"ka</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>a New Zealand tree, the Cypress cedar (<spn>Libocedrus Doniana</spn>), having a valuable, fine-grained, reddish wood.</def>