Part 6303

<h1>Koulan</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Kou"lan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A wild horse (<spn>Equus</spn>, or <spn>Asinus, onager</spn>) inhabiting the plants of Central Asia; -- called also <altname>gour</altname>, <altname>khur</altname>, and <altname>onager</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kulan</asp>.]</altsp>

<note>&hand; It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but fulvous in summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is intermediate between the horse and ass.</note>

<h1>Koumiss</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Kou"miss</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Russ. <ets>kumys</ets>; of Mongolian origin.]</ety> <def>An intoxicating fermented or distilled liquor originally made by the Tartars from mare's or camel's milk. It can be obtained from any kind of milk, and is now largely made in Europe.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>koumyss</asp>, <asp>kumiss</asp>, <asp>kumish</asp>, and <asp>kumys</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote><b>Koumiss</b> has from time immemorial served the Tartar instead of wine or spirits. <i>J. H. Newman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Kousso</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Kous"so</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An Abyssinian rosaceous tree (<spn>Brayera anthelmintica</spn>), the flowers of which are used as a vermifuge.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>cusso</asp> and <asp>kosso</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Kowtow</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Kow*tow"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & v. i.</tt> <def>The same as <er>Kotow</er>.</def>

<blockquote>I have salaamed and <b>kowtowed</b> to him. <i>H. James.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Kra</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Kra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A long-tailed ape (<spn>Macacus cynomolgus</spn>) of India and Sumatra. It is reddish olive, spotted with black, and has a black tail.</def>

<h1>Kraal</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Kraal</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D., a village, inclosure, park, prob. fr. Pg. <ets>curral</ets> a cattle pen; the same word as Sp. <ets>corral</ets>. See <er>Corral</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A collection of huts within a stockade; a village; sometimes, a single hut.</def> <mark>[South Africa]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An inclosure into which are driven wild elephants which are to be tamed and educated.</def> <mark>[Ceylon]</mark>

<h1>Krait</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Krait</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A very venomous snake of India (<spn>Bungarus c\'d2ruleus</spn>), allied to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or brownish black, often with narrow white streaks; the belly is whitish.</def>

<h1>Kraken</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Kra"ken</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. from OSw. <ets>krake</ets>, or ODan. <ets>krage</ets> the trunk of a tree, the branches of which are not entirely cut off, to which it was likened by the Norwegian mariners.]</ety> <def>A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense octopus.</def>

<blockquote>To believe all that has been said of the sea serpent or <b>kraken</b>, would be credulity; to reject the possibility of their existence, would be presumption. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Like a <b>kraken</b> huge and black. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Krakowiak</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Kra*ko"wi*ak</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A lively Polish dance. See <er>Cracovienne</er>.</def>

<h1>Krameria</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Kra*me"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. So called after the German botanists, J. G. H. & W. H. <ets>Kramer</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from one species of which (<spn>K. triandra</spn>), found in Peru, rhatany root, used as a medicine, is obtained.</def>

<h1>Krameric</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Kra*mer"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, <i>Krameria</i> (rhatany); <as>as, <ex>krameric</ex> acid, usually called <ex>ratanhia-tannic</ex> acid</as>.</def>