Part 6269

<h1>Kirked</h1> <Xpage=815>

<hw>Kirked</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>Turned upward; bent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Rom. of R.</i>

<h1>Kirkman</h1> <Xpage=815>

<hw>Kirk"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Kirkmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A clergyman or officer in a kirk.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A member of the Church of Scotland, as distinguished from a member of another communion.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Kirkyard</h1> <Xpage=815>

<hw>Kirk"yard`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A churchyard.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Kirmess</h1> <Xpage=815>

<hw>Kir"mess</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>kermis</ets>; cf. G. <ets>kirmes</ets>; prop., church mass. See <er>Church</er>, and <er>Mass</er> a religious service.]</ety> <def>In Europe, particularly in Belgium and Holland, and outdoor festival and fair; in the United States, generally an indoor entertainment and fair combined.</def>

<h1>Kirschwasser</h1> <Xpage=815>

<hw>Kirsch"was`ser</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G., fr. <ets>kirsche cherry + wasser</ets> water.]</ety> <def>An alcoholic liquor, obtained by distilling the fermented juice of the small black cherry.</def>

<h1>Kirsome</h1> <Xpage=815>

<hw>Kir"some</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted from <ets>chrisom</ets>.]</ety> <def>Christian; christened.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I am a true <b>kirsome</b> woman. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Kirtle</h1> <Xpage=815>

<hw>Kir"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>kirtel</ets>, <ets>curtel</ets>, AS. <ets>cyrtel</ets>; skin to Icel. <ets>kyrtill</ets>, Sw. <ets>kjortel</ets>, Dan. <ets>kiortel</ets>, <ets>kiole</ets>.]</ety> <def>A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn doth by men and women.</def>

<blockquote>Wearing her Norman car, and her <b>kirtle</b> of blue. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The term is still retained in the provinces, in the sense of " an outer petticoat."</note>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Kirtled</h1> <Xpage=815>

<hw>Kir"tled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wearing a kirtle.</def>

<i>Byron.</i>

<h1>Kirumbo</h1> <Xpage=815>

<hw>Ki*rum"bo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A bird of Madagascar (<spn>Leptosomus discolor</spn>), the only living type of a family allied to the rollers. It has a pair of loral plumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black.</def>

<h1>Kish</h1> <Xpage=815>

<hw>Kish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>kies</ets> gravel, pyrites.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A workman's name for the graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting.</def>