Part 6276

<hw>Kli*nom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Clinometer</er>.</def>

<h1>Klipdas, Klipdachs</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw><hw>Klip"das</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Klip"dachs`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>klip cliff + das</ets> badger, akin to G. <ets>dachs</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small mammal (<spn>Hyrax Capensis</spn>), found in South Africa. It is of about the size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the daman. Called also <altname>rock rabbit</altname>.</def>

<h1>Klipfish</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Klip"fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Dried cod, exported from Norway.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>clipfish</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Klipspringer</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Klip"spring`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D., lit., cliff springer.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small, graceful South African antelope (<spn>Nanotragus oreotragus</spn>), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag to another with great agility; -- called also <altname>kainsi</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>klippspringer</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Kloof</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Kloof</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. See <er>Clove</er> a cleft.]</ety> <def>A glen; a ravine closed at its upper end.</def> <mark>[South Africa]</mark>

<h1>Klopemania</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Klo`pe*ma"ni*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ theft + E. <ets>mania</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Kleptomania</er>.</def>

<h1>Knab</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knab</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Knabbed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Knabbing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Nab</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Knap</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To seize with the teeth; to gnaw.</def> "<i>Knabbing</i> crusts." <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>L'Estrange.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To nab. See <er>Nab</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Knabble</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knab"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Freq. of <ets>knab</ets>.]</ety> <def>To bite or nibble.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Horses will <b>knabble</b> at walls, and rats gnaw iron. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knack</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knack</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Prob. of imitative origin; cf. G. <ets>knacken</ets> to break, Dan. <ets>knage</ets> to crack, and E. <ets>knock</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To speak affectedly.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Knack</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knack</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>knack</b>, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity.</def>

<blockquote>The fellow . . . has not the <b>knack</b> with his shears. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>