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<h1>Kyar</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Kyar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Cocoanut fiber, or the cordage made from it. See <er>Coir</er>.</def>

<h1>Kyaw</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Kyaw</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A daw.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Kyd</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Kyd</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Kythe</er>.</def>

<h1>Kydde</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Kyd"de</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <def><tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Kythe</er>, to show.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<note>&hand; Spenser erroneously uses <i>kydst</i> to mean "knowest."</note>

<h1>Kyke</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Kyke</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See 1st <er>Kike</er>.]</ety> <def>To look steadfastly; to gaze.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kike</asp>, <asp>keke</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>This Nicholas sat ever gaping upright, As he had <b>kyked</b> on the newe moon. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Kyley</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Ky"ley</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><def>A variety of the boomerang.</def>

<h1>Kyloes</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Ky"loes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>The cattle of the Hebrides, or of the Highlands.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Kymnel</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Kym"nel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Kimnel</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Kymograph</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Ky"mo*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ wave + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>An instrument for measuring, and recording graphically, the pressure of the blood in any of the blood vessels of a living animal; -- called also <altname>kymographion</altname>.</def>

<h1>Kymographic</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Ky`mo*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a kymograph; <as>as, a <ex>kymographic</ex> tracing</as>.</def>

<h1>Kymric</h1> <Xpage=820>

<hw>Kym"ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a & n.</tt> <def>See <er>Cymric</er>, <tt>a. & n.</tt></def>

<h1>Kymry</h1> <Xpage=820>

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