Part 6255

<blockquote>Those eyes are made so <b>killing</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Nothing could be more <b>killingly</b> spoken. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Kill"-joy`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who causes gloom or grief; a dispiriting person.</def>

<i>W. Black.</i>

<h1>Killock</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kil"lock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Scot.<ets>killick</ets> "the flue [fluke] of an anchor." <i>Jamieson</i>.]</ety> <def>A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stone inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>killick</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Killow</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kil"low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prov. E. <ets>kollow</ets> the smut or grime on the backs of chimneys.]</ety> <def>An earth of a blackish or deep blue color.</def>

<i>Woodward.</i>

<h1>Kiln</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kiln</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE.<ets>kilne</ets>, <ets>kulne</ets>, AS. <ets>cyln</ets>, <ets>cylen</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>kylna</ets>; <ets>prob</ets>. from the same source as <ets>coal</ets>. See <er>Coal</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; <as>as, a <ex>kiln</ex> for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a <ex>kiln</ex> for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a <ex>kiln</ex> for calcining limestone.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.</def>

<h1>Kiln-dry</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kiln"-dry`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To dry in a kiln; <as>as, to <ex>kiln-dry</ex> meal or grain</as>.</def>

<i>Mortimer.</i>

<h1>Kilnhole</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kiln"hole`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The mouth or opening of an oven or kiln.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Kilo</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Ki"lo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Kilos</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>An abbreviation of <er>Kilogram</er>.</def>

<h1>Kilogram, Kilogramme</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw><hw>Kil"o*gram</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Kil"o*gramme</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>kilogramme</ets>; pref. <ets>kilo-</ets> (fr. Gr. <grk>chi`lioi</grk> a thousand ) + <ets>gramme.</ets> See 3d <er>Gram</er>.]</ety> <def>A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is equal to the weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39&deg; Fahrenheit.</def>

<h1>Kilogrammeter, Kilogrammetre</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw><hw>Kil"o*gram*me`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Kil"o*gram*me`tre</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A measure of energy or work done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram through the height of one meter, in the latitude of Paris.</def>

<h1>Kiloliter, Kilolitre</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw><hw>Kil"o*li`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Kil"o*li`tre</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>kilolitre</ets>. See <er>Kilogram</er>, and <er>Liter</er>.]</ety> <def>A measure of capacity equal to a cubic meter, or a thousand liters. It is equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet, and to 220.04 imperial gallons, or 264.18 American gallons of 321 cubic inches.</def>

<h1>Kilometer, Kilometre</h1> <Xpage=813>