Part 6302

<h1>Kookoom</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Koo"koom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The oryx or gemsbok.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kookaam</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Koolokamba</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Koo`lo*kam"ba</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A west African anthropoid ape (<spn>Troglodytes koolokamba</spn>, or <spn>T. Aubryi</spn>), allied to the chimpanzee and gorilla, and, in some respects, intermediate between them.</def>

<h1>Koolslaa</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Kool"slaa`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Coleslaw</er>.</def>

<h1>Koord</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Koord</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Kurd</er>.</def>

<h1>Koordish</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Koord"ish</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Kurdish</er>.</def>

<h1>Koorilian</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Koo*ril"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a & n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Kurilian</er>.</def>

<h1>Kopeck</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Ko"peck</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Russ. <ets>kopeika</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small Russian coin. One hundred kopecks make a rouble, worth about sixty cents<-- in 1910, but three hundredths of a cent at the end of 1994. By 1992, obsolete and no longer minted. -->.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kopek</asp>, <asp>copec</asp>, and <asp>copeck</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Koran</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Ko"ran</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar. <ets>gor\'ben</ets>. See <er>Alcoran</er>.]</ety> <def>The Scriptures of the Mohammedans, containing the professed revelations to Mohammed; -- called also <altname>Alcoran</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Kuran</asp> or <asp>Quran</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Korin</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Ko"rin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The gazelle.</def>

<h1>Korrigum</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Kor"ri*gum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A West African antelope (<spn>Damalis Senegalensis</spn>), allied to the sassaby. It is reddish gray, with a black face, and a black stripe on the outside of the legs above the knees.</def>

<h1>Kosmos</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Kos"mos</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Cosmos</er>.</def>

<i>Gladstone.</i>

<h1>Kotow</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Ko*tow"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Chinese, knock head.]</ety> <def>The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground. There are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings.</def> <mark>[China]</mark><-- now now <asp>kowtow<asp> -->

<i>S. W. Williams. </i>

<h1>Kotow</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Ko*tow"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Kotowed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Kotowing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To perform the kotow.</def><-- now <asp>kowtow<asp> -->