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<hw>Kid"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Kid</ets> +<ets>-ling</ets>: cf. Sw. <ets>kidling</ets>.]</ety> <def>A young kid.</def>

<h1>Kidnap</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kid"nap`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Kidnaped</er> <tt>(?)</tt> or <er>Kidnapped</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Kidnaping</er> or <er>Kidnapping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[<ets>Kid</ets> a child + Prov. E. <ets>nap</ets> to seize, to grasp. Cf. <er>Knab</er>, <er>Knap</er>, <er>Nab</er>.]</ety> <def>To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place.</def>

<i>Abbott.</i>

<blockquote>You may reason or expostulate with the parents, but never attempt to <b>kidnap</b> their children, and to make proselytes of them. <i>Whately.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; Originally used only of stealing children, but now extended in application to any human being, involuntarily abducted.</note>

<h1>Kidnaper, &or; Kidnapper</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw><hw>Kid"nap`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, &or; <hw>Kid"nap`per</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who steals or forcibly carries away a human being; a manstealer.</def>

<h1>Kidney</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kid"ney</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Kidneys</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>kidnei</ets>, <ets>kidnere</ets>, from Icel. <ets>koi<?/r</ets> belly, womb (akin to Goth. <ets>gipus</ets>, AS. <ets>cwip</ets> womb) + OE. <ets>nere</ets> kidney; akin to D. <ets>nier</ets>, G. <ets>niere</ets>, OHG. <ets>nioro</ets>, Icel. <ets>n<?/ra</ets>, Dan. <ets>nyre</ets>, Sw. <ets>njure</ets>, and probably to Gr. (<?/) Cf. <er>Kite</er> belly.]</ety>

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<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.</def>

<note>&hand; In man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one each side of vertebral column in the back part of the abdomen, each kidney being connected with the bladder by a long tube, the ureter, through which the urine is constantly excreted into the bladder to be periodically discharged.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Habit; disposition; sort; kind.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>There are in later other decrees, made by popes of another <b>kidney</b>. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Millions in the world of this man's <b>kidney</b>. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that <b>kidney</b>, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on prudence. <i>Burns.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; This use of the word perhaps arose from the fact that the <i>kidneys</i> and the fat about them are an easy test of the condition of an animal as to fatness. "Think of that, -- a man of my <i>kidney</i>; -- . . . as subject to heat as butter."</note>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A waiter</def>. <mark>[Old Cant]</mark>

<i>Tatler.</i>

<cs><col>Floating kidney</col>. <cd>See <cref>Wandering kidney</cref>, under <er>Wandering</er>.</cd> -- <col>Kidney bean</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a sort of bean; -- so named from its shape. It is of the genus <spn>Phaseolus</spn> (<spn>P. vulgaris</spn>). See under <er>Bean</er>.</cd> -- <col>Kidney ore</col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>a variety of hematite or iron sesquioxide, occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses.</cd> -- <col>Kidney stone</col>. <fld>(Min.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Nephrite</er>, and <er>Jade</er>.</cd> -- <col>Kidney vetch</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a leguminous herb of Europe and Asia (<spn>Anthyllis vulneraria</spn>), with cloverlike heads of red or yellow flowers, once used as a remedy for renal disorders, and also to stop the flow of blood from wounds; lady's-fingers.</cd></cs>

<h1>Kidney-form, Kidney-shaped</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw><hw>Kid"ney-form`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Kid"ney-shaped`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the form or shape of a kidney; reniform; <as>as, a <ex>kidney-shaped</ex> leaf</as>.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Kidneywort</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kid"ney*wort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A kind of saxifrage <fld>(Saxifrage stellaris)</fld>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The navelwort.</def>