Part 6273

<note>&hand; The European species are <spn>Milvus ictinus</spn> and <spn>M. govinda</spn>; the sacred or Brahmany kite of India is <spn>Haliastur Indus</spn>; the American fork-tailed kite is the <spn>Nauclerus furcatus</spn>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig. : One who is rapacious.</def>

<blockquote>Detested <b>kite</b>, <b>thou liest</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light</def>.

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.</def>

<i>Henrici.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill.</def> <mark></mark>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The brill.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. ]</mark>

<cs><col>Flying kites</col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Flying</er>.</cd> -- <col>Kite falcon</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>an African falcon of the genus <spn>Avicida</spn>, having some resemblance to a kite.</cd></cs>

<h1>Kite</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Kite</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To raise money by "kites;" <as>as, <ex>kiting</ex> transactions. See <er>Kite</er>, 6</as>.</def> <mark></mark>

<h1>Kite</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Kite</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The belly.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Kiteflying, n. <def>A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also <altname>kiting</altname>.</def> -- Kiteflier</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Kite"fly`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also <altname>kiting</altname>.</def> -- <hw>Kite"fli`er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Kite</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 6.</def> <mark></mark>

<i>McElrath. Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Kith</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Kith</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>kith</ets>, <ets>cu<?/</ets>, AS. c<?/<?/<?/e, c<?/<?/, native land, fr. <ets>c<?/<?/</ets> known. <?/ See <er>Uncouth</er>, <er>Can</er>, and cf. <er>Kythe</er>.]</ety> <def>Acquaintance; kindred.</def>

<blockquote>And my near <b>kith</b> for sore me shend. <i> W. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The sage of his <b>kith</b> and the hamlet. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Kith and kin</col>, <cd>kindred more or less remote.</cd></cs>

<h1>Kithara</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Kith"a*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Cithara</er>.</def>

<h1>Kithe</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Kithe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Kythe</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Kitish</h1> <Xpage=816>