<hw>Ku"dos</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ky^dos</grk> glory.]</ety> <def>Glory; fame; renown; praise.</def>
<i>W. H. Russel.</i>
<h1>Kudos</h1> <Xpage=820>
<hw>Ku"dos</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To praise; to extol; to glorify.</def> "<i>Kudos'd</i> egregiously." <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>Southey.</i>
<h1>Kudu</h1> <Xpage=820>
<hw>Ku"du</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Koodoo</er>.</def>
<h1>Kufic</h1> <Xpage=820>
<hw>Ku"fic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Cufic</er>.</def>
<h1>Kukang</h1> <Xpage=820>
<hw>Ku*kang"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <def>The slow lemur. See <er>Lemur</er>.</def>
<h1>Kuklux</h1> <Xpage=820>
<hw>Ku`klux"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The name adopted in the southern part of the United States by a secret political organization, active for several years after the close of the Civil War, and having for its aim the repression of the political power of the freedmen; -- called also <altname>Kuklux Klan</altname>.</def><-- also spelled Ku Klux Klan, also called the Klan. -->
<h1>Kulan</h1> <Xpage=820>
<hw>Ku"lan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Koulan</er>.</def>
<h1>Kumish, Kumiss</h1> <Xpage=820>
<hw><hw>Ku"mish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ku"miss</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Koumiss</er>.</def>
<h1>Kummel</h1> <Xpage=820>
<hw>Kum"mel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G. <ets>k\'81mmel</ets> cumin, caraway seed, L. <ets>cuminum</ets>. Cf. <er>Cumin</er>.]</ety> <def>A Russian and German liqueur, consisting of a sweetened spirit flavored with caraway seeds.</def>
<h1>Kumquat</h1> <Xpage=820>
<hw>Kum"quat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Chin. <ets>kin keu</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small tree of the genus <spn>Citrus</spn> (<spn>C. Japonica</spn>) growing in China and Japan; also, its small acid, orange-colored fruit used for preserves.</def>
<h1>Kupfernickel</h1> <Xpage=820>
<hw>Kup"fer*nick"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G. See <er>Copper</er>, and <er>Nickel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Copper-nickel; niccolite. See <er>Niccolite</er>.</def>
<h1>Kurd</h1> <Xpage=820>
<hw>Kurd</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><def>A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western Asia belonging to the Turkish and Persian monarchies.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Koord</asp>.]</altsp><-- parts of this group live in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq -->
<h1>Kurdish</h1> <Xpage=820>
<hw>Kurd"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the Kurds.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Koordish</asp>.]</altsp>
<h1>Kurilian</h1> <Xpage=820>
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