Part 6250

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A fancy dish; a titbit; a delicacy.</def>

<blockquote>Some pigeons, . . . a joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny <b>kickshaws</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Cressy was lost by <b>kickshaws</b> and soup-maigre. <i>Fenton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Kickshoe</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kick"shoe`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kickshaws.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Kicksy-wicksy, Kicky-wisky</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw><hw>Kick"sy-wick`sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Kick"y-wisk`y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which is restless and uneasy.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Kicky-wicky</i>, or, in some editions, <i>Kicksy-wicksy</i>, is applied contemptuously to a wife by Shakespeare, in "All's Well that Ends Well," ii. 3, 297.</note>

<h1>Kicksy-wicksy</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kick"sy-wick`sy</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fantastic; restless; <as>as, <ex>kicksy-wicksy</ex> flames</as>.</def>

<i>Nares.</i>

<h1>Kickup</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kick"up</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The water thrush or accentor.</def> <mark>[Local, West Indies]</mark>

<h1>Kid</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. <ets>ki<?/</ets>, Dan. & Sw. <ets>kid</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>kizzi</ets>, G. <ets>kitz</ets>, <ets>kitz</ets>chen, <ets>kitz</ets>lein.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A young goat.</def>

<blockquote>The . . . leopard shall lie down with the <b>kid</b>. <i>Is. xi. 6</i></blockquote>.

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily imposed on.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<i>Charles Reade.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the skin of rats, etc.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Gloves made of kid.</def> <mark>[Colloq. & Low]</mark>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food.</def>

<i>Cooper.</i>

<h1>Kid</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kid</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Kidded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Kidding</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To bring forth a young goat.</def>

<h1>Kid</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kid</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. W. <ets>cidysen</ets>.]</ety> <def>A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>