<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who, or that which, is crossgrained.</def>
<h1>Knurl</h1> <Xpage=819>
<hw>Knurl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge of a flat knob, or coin; to mill.</def>
<h1>Knurled</h1> <Xpage=819>
<hw>Knurled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of knots; gnarled.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Milled, as the head of a screw, or the edge of a coin.</def>
<h1>Knurly</h1> <Xpage=819>
<hw>Knurl"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Knurlier</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Knurliest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Knur</er>, and cf. <er>Gnarly</er>.]</ety> <def>Full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or resisting much.</def>
<h1>Knurry</h1> <Xpage=819>
<hw>Knur"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of knots.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Drayton.</i>
<h1>Koaita</h1> <Xpage=819>
<hw>Ko*ai"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Coaita</er>.</def>
<h1>Koala</h1> <Xpage=819>
<hw>Ko*a"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A tailless marsupial (<spn>Phascolarctos cinereus</spn>), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also <altname>Australian bear</altname>, <altname>native bear</altname>, and <altname>native sloth</altname>.</def> <-- and koala bear. -->
<h1>Kob, Koba</h1> <Xpage=819>
<hw><hw>Kob</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ko"ba</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of African antelopes of the genus <spn>Kobus</spn>, esp. the species <spn>Kobus sing-sing</spn>.</def>
<h1>Kobalt</h1> <Xpage=819>
<hw>Ko"balt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Cobalt</er>.</def>
<h1>Kobellite</h1> <Xpage=819>
<hw>Ko"bel*lite</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Franz von <ets>Kobell</ets>, of Munich.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A blackish gray mineral, a sulphide of antimony, bismuth, and lead.</def>
<h1>Kobold</h1> <Xpage=819>
<hw>Ko"bold</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G., perh. orig., house god, hose protector. See <er>Cobalt</er>]</ety> <def>A kind of domestic spirit in German mythology, corresponding to the Scottish brownie and the English Robin Goodfellow.</def>
<h1>Kodak</h1> <Xpage=819>
<hw>Ko"dak</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of portable camera.</def>
<h1>Koel</h1> <Xpage=819>
<hw>Ko"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name in India.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of cuckoos of the genus <spn>Eudynamys</spn>, found in India, the East Indies, and Australia. They deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds.</def>
<h1>Koff</h1> <Xpage=819>
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