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<hw>Ku*ril"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the Kurile Islands, a chain of islands in the Pacific ocean, extending from the southern extremity of Kamschatka to Yesso.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or an inhabitant of the Kurile Islands.</def></def2> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Koorilian</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Kursaal</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Kur"saal`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[G.]</ety> <def>A public hall or room, for the use of visitors at watering places and health resorts in Germany.</def>

<h1>Kusimanse</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Ku`si*man"se</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A carnivorous animal (<spn>Crossarchus obscurus</spn>) of tropical Africa. It its allied to the civets. Called also <altname>kusimansel</altname>, and <altname>mangue</altname>.</def>

<h1>Kuskus</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Kus"kus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <ety>[Per. & Hind. <ets>khaskhas</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Vetiver</er>.</def>

<h1>Kussier</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Kus"si*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>(Mus.) A Turkish instrument of music, with a hollow body covered with skin, over which five strings are stretched.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kussir</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Kutauss</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Ku*tauss"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The India civet (<spn>Viverra zibetha</spn>).</def>

<h1>Kutch</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Kutch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Goldbeating)</fld> <def>The packet of vellum leaves in which the gold is first beaten into thin sheets.</def>

<h1>Kutch</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Kutch</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Catechu</er>.</def>

<h1>Ky</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Ky</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>Kine. <mark>[Scot.]</mark> See <er>Kee</er>, <er>Kie</er>, and <er>Kine</er>.</def>

<h1>Kyaboca wood</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Ky`a*bo"ca wood`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Amboyna wood.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Sandalwood <fld>(Santalum album)</fld>.</def>

<h1>Kyannite</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Ky"an*nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Cyanite</er>.</def>

<h1>Kyanize</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Ky"an*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Kyanized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Kyanizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From Mr. <ets>Kyan</ets>, the inventor of the process.]</ety> <def>To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure.</def>

<h1>Kyanol</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Ky"a*nol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Cyanite</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Aniline.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A base obtained from coal tar.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<h1>Kyanophyll</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Ky*an"o*phyll</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Cyanophyll</er>.</def>

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