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<hw>Kell</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A modification of <ets>kale</ets>.]</ety> <def>A sort of pottage; kale. See <er>Kale</er>, 2.</def>

<i>Ainsworth.</i>

<h1>Kell</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kell</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Caul</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The caul; that which covers or envelops as a caul; a net; a fold; a film.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I'll have him cut to the <b>kell</b>. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect.</def>

<i> B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Keloid</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ke"loid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ tumor + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A keloid tumor.</def></def2>

<h1>Kelotomy</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ke*lot"o*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Celotomy</er>.</def>

<h1>Kelp</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kelp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Formerly <ets>kilpe</ets>; of unknown origin.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any large blackish seaweed.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Laminaria</i> is the common kelp of Great Britain; <i>Macrocystis pyrifera</i> and <i>Nereocystis Lutkeana</i> are the great kelps of the Pacific Ocean.</note>

<cs><col>Kelp crab</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a California spider crab (<spn>Epialtus productus</spn>), found among seaweeds, which it resembles in color.</cd> -- <col>Kelp salmon</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a serranoid food fish (<spn>Serranus clathratus</spn>) of California. See <er>Cabrilla</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Kelpfish</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kelp"fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small California food fish (<spn>Heterostichus rostratus</spn>), living among kelp. The name is also applied to species of the genus <spn>Platyglossus</spn>.</def>

<h1>Kelpie, Kelpy</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw><hw>Kel"pie</hw>, <hw>Kel"py</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Kelpies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. Gael. <ets>cailpeach</ets>, <ets>calpach</ets>, <ets>colpach</ets>, a heifer, steer, colt, <ets>colpa</ets> a cow or horse.]</ety> <fld>(Scotch Myth.)</fld> <def>An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be drowned.</def>

<i>Jamieson.</i>

<h1>Kelpware</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kelp"ware`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Kelp</er>, 2.</def>

<h1>Kelson</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kel"son</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Keelson</er>.</def>

<i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i>

<h1>Kelt</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kelt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Kilt</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>