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<h1>Kie</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Kee</er>.]</ety> <def>Kine; cows.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Kiefekil</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kie"fe*kil</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Per. <ets>keff</ets> foam, scum + <ets>gil</ets> clay, mud.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A species of clay; meerschaum.</def> <altsp>[Also written <asp>keffekil</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Kier</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kier</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>ker</ets> a tub.]</ety> <fld>(Bleaching)</fld> <def>A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called <altname>keeve</altname>.</def>

<h1>Kieselguhr</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kie"sel*guhr`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G., fr. <ets>kiesel</ets> flint + <ets>guhr</ets> an earthy deposit or sediment in water.]</ety> <def>Siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of dynamite.</def>

<h1>Kieserite</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kie"ser*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after Prof. <ets>Kieser</ets>, of Jena.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt mines of Stassfurt, Prussian Saxony.</def>

<h1>Kieve</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kieve</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Keeve</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Kike</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kike</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>kijken</ets>, Sw. <ets>kika</ets>.]</ety> <def>To gaze; to stare.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Kike</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kike</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To kick</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<-- kike n. derogatory name for a jew. -->

<h1>Kilderkin</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kil"der*kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OD. <ets>kindeken</ets>, <ets>kinneken</ets>, a small barrel, orig., a little child, fr. <ets>kind</ets> child; akin to G.<ets>kind</ets>, and to E. <ets>kin</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kinderkin</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Kill</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kill</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kiln.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Kill</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kill</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>kil</ets>.]</ety> <def>A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; <as>as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the <ex>Kill</ex> van Kull, or the <ex>Kills</ex>; -- used also in composition; <as>as, Schuyl<ex>kill</ex>, Cats<ex>kill</ex>, etc.</as></as></def>

<h1>Kill</h1> <Xpage=813>