Part 6247

<h1>Keystone</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Key"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with carving. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Arch</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Keystone State</col>, <cd>the State of Pennsylvania; -- so called from its having been the central State of the Union at the formation of the Constitution.</cd></cs>

<h1>Key tone</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Key" tone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>See <er>Keynote</er>.</def>

<h1>Keyway</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Key"way`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <cref>Key way</cref>, under <er>Key</er>.</def>

<h1>Khaliff</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kha"liff</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Caliph</er>.</def>

<h1>Khamsin</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kham*sin`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Kamsin</er>.</def>

<h1>Khan</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Khan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pers. & Tart. <ets>kh</ets>\'be<tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <altsp>[Also <asp>kan</asp>, <asp>kaun</asp>.]</altsp> <def>A king; a prince; a chief; a governor; -- so called among the Tartars, Turks, and Persians, and in countries now or formerly governed by them.</def>

<h1>Khan</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Khan</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Per. <ets>kh</ets>\'be<ets>n</ets>, <ets>kh\'benah</ets>, house, tent, inn.]</ety> <def>An Eastern inn or caravansary.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kawn</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Khanate</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Khan*ate</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Dominion or jurisdiction of a khan</def>.

<h1>Khaya</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kha"ya</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A lofty West African tree (<spn>Khaya Senegalensis</spn>), related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is used as a febrifuge.</def>

<h1>Khedive</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Khe`dive"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>kh\'82dive</ets>, Pers. <ets>khediw</ets> a prince.]</ety> <def>A governor or viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.</def>

<h1>Khenna</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Khen"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Henna</er>.</def>

<h1>Kholah</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kho"lah</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Indian jackal.</def>

<h1>Kholsun</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Khol"sun</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The dhole</def>.

<h1>Khutbah</h1> <Xpage=810>