Part 6249

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Kick</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kick</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Kicred</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Kicking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[W. <ets>cicio</ets>, fr. <ets>cic</ets> foot.]</ety> <def>To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; <as>as, a horse <ex>kicks</ex> a groom; a man <ex>kicks</ex> a dog.</as></def>

<blockquote>He [Frederick the Great] <b>kicked</b> the shins of his judges. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To kick the beam</col>, <cd>to fit up and strike the beam; -- said of the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found wanting in weight. <i>Milton</i>.</cd> -- <col>To kick the bucket</col>, <cd>to lose one's life; to die. <mark>[Colloq. & Low]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Kick</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kick</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn.</def>

<blockquote>I should <b>kick</b>, being kicked. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc.</def><-- also kicj back -->

<h1>Kick</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kick</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>kick</b>, that scarce would more a horse, May kill a sound divine. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Pocketknife</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Brickmaking)</fld> <def>A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged.</def>

<h1>Kickable</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kick"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable or deserving of being kicked.</def> "A <i>kickable</i> boy."

<i>G. Eliot. </i>

<h1>Kickapoos</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kick`a*poos"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt>; <sing>sing. <singw>Kickapoo</singw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></sing>. <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A tribe of Indians which formerly occupied the region of Northern Illinois, allied in language to the Sacs and Foxes.</def>

<-- kickback. n. recoil, of a gun or machine, as in older automobile engines when started by turning a crank. 2. a secret, and usually illegal, payment, by a recipient of money paid for goods or services, to a facilitator of the transaction, of a portion of that money. -->

<h1>Kicker</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kick"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, kicks.</def>

<h1>Kickshaw</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kick"shaw`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Kickshaws</er>, the correct singular.</def>

<h1>Kickshaws</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kick"shaws`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl</plu>. <plw>Kickshawses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt> <ety>[Corrupt. fr. F. <ets>guelgue chose</ets> something, fr. L. <ets>gualis</ets> of what kind (akin to E. <ets>which</ets>) + <ets>suffix</ets> <ets>-guam</ets> + <ets>causa</ets> cause, in LL., a thing. See <er>Which</er>, and <er>Cause</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy.</def>

<blockquote>Art thou good at these <b>kickshawses</b>! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>