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<hw><hw>Kil"o*me`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Kil"o*me`tre</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>kilometre</ets>. See <er>Kilogram</er>, and <er>Meter</er>.]</ety> <def>A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.8 feet, or 62137 of a mile.</def>

<h1>Kilostere</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kil"o*stere`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.<ets>kilostere</ets>. See <er>Kilogram</er>, and <er>Stere</er>.]</ety> <def>A cubic measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent to 35,315 cubic feet.</def>

<h1>Kilowatt</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kil"o*watt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Kilogram</er> and <er>Watt</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>One thousand watts.</def>

<h1>Kilt</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kilt</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <def><tt>p. p.</tt> from <er>Kill</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Kilt</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kilt</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OGael. <ets>cealt</ets> clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan. <ets>kilte op</ets> to truss, tie up, tuck up.]</ety> <def>A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kelt</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Kilt</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kilt</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Kilted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Kilting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Kilted</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kilt"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having on a kilt.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Plaited after the manner of kilting</def>.

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Tucked or fastened up; -- said of petticoats, etc.</def>

<h1>Kilter</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kil"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Kelter</er>.</def>

<h1>Kilting</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kilt"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Dressmaking)</fld> <def>A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one.</def>

<h1>Kimbo</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kim"bo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Akimbo</er>.]</ety> <def>Crooked; arched; bent.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kimbow</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Kimmerian</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kim*me"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Cimmerian</er>.</def>

<h1>Kimnel</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kim"nel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A tub. See <er>Kemelin</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>