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<hw>Kent"ledge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>cant</ets> edge, corner, D.<ets>kant</ets>. See <er>Cant</er> edge, angle.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Pigs of iron used for ballast.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kintlidge</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Kentucky</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ken*tuck"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the United States.</def>

<cs><col>Kentucky blue grass</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a valuable pasture and meadow grass (<spn>Poa pratensis</spn>), found in both Europe and America. See under <er>Blue grass</er>.</cd> -- <col>Kentucky coffee tree</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a tall North American tree (<spn>Gymnocladus Canadensis</spn>) with bipinnate leaves. It produces large woody pods containing a few seeds which have been used as a substitute for coffee. The timber is a very valuable.</cd></cs>

<h1>Kephalin</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Keph"a*lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ the head.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>One of a group of nitrogenous phosphorized principles, supposed by Thudichum to exist in brain tissue.</def>

<h1>Kept</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kept</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <def>of <er>Keep</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Kept mistress</col>, <cd>a concubine; a woman supported by a man as his paramour.</cd></cs>

<h1>Keramic</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ke*ram"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Ceramic</er>.</def>

<h1>Keramics</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ke*ram"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Ceramics</er>.</def>

<h1>Keramographic</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ker`a*mo*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ tile + <ets>graph + ic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Suitable to be written upon; capable of being written upon, as a slate; -- said especially of a certain kind of globe.</def>

<i>Scudamore.</i>

<h1>Kerana</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ke*ra"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A kind of long trumpet, used among the Persians.</def> <i>Moore (Encyc. of Music)</i>.

<h1>Kerargyrite</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ke*rar"gy*rite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Cerargyrite</er>.</def>

<h1>Kerasin</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ker"a*sin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A nitrogenous substance free from phosphorus, supposed to be present in the brain; a body closely related to cerebrin.</def>

<h1>Kerasine</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ker"a*sine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ horn.]</ety> <def>Resembling horn; horny; corneous.</def>

<h1>Keratin</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ker"a*tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, horn.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis of epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair, feathers, and the like. It is an insoluble substance, and, unlike elastin, is not dissolved even by gastric or pancreatic juice. By decomposition with sulphuric acid it yields leucin and tyrosin, as does albumin. Called also <altname>epidermose</altname>.</def><-- a sulfur-containing fibrous proein. -->

<h1>Keratitis</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ker`a*ti"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, horn + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the cornea.</def>