Ky, n. pl. Kine. [Scot.] See Kee, Kie, and Kine.

Kyaboca wood
Ky•a•bo"ca wood (Bot.) (a) Amboyna wood. (b) Sandalwood ( Santalum album).

Kyack
Ky´ack, n. A pack sack to be swung on either side of a packsaddle. [Western U. S.] L.

Kyanite
Ky´a•nite, n. See Cyanite.

Kyanize
Ky´an•ize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Kyanized p. pr. & vb. n. Kyanizing ] [From Mr. Kyan, the inventor of the process.] To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure.

Kyanol
Ky´a•nol, n. [See Cyanite.] (Chem.) (a) Aniline. [Obs.] (b) A base obtained from coal tar. Ure.

Kyanophyll
Ky•an´o•phyll, n. (Bot.) Same as Cyanophyll.

Kyar, n. Cocoanut fiber, or the cordage made from it. See Coir.

Kyaw, n. (Zoöl.) A daw. [Scot.]

Kyd, p. p. of Kythe.

Kydde
Kyd´de, imp. of Kythe, to show. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser erroneously uses kydst to mean "knowest."

Kyke, v. i. [See 1st Kike.] To look steadfastly; to gaze. [Obs.] [Written also kike, keke.]
"This Nicholas sat ever gaping upright, As he had kyked on the newe moon." Chaucer.

Kyley
Ky´ley, n. A variety of the boomerang.

Kyloes
Ky´loes, n. pl. The cattle of the Hebrides, or of the Highlands. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Kymnel
Kym´nel, n. See Kimnel. [Obs.] Chapman.

Kymograph
Ky´mo•graph, n. [Gr. wave + -graph.] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring, and recording graphically, the pressure of the blood in any of the blood vessels of a living animal; — called also kymographion.

Kymographic
Ky•mo•graph´ic, a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to a kymograph; as a kymographic tracing.

Kymric
Kym´ric, a. & n. See Cymric, a. & n.

Kymry
Kym´ry, n. See Cymry.

Kynrede
Kyn´rede, n. Kindred. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Kynurenic
Ky•nu•ren´ic, a. [Gr.,, dog + urine.] (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from the urine of dogs. By decomposition the acid yields a nitrogenous base (called kynurin) and carbonic acid. [Written also cynurenic.]

Kyrie
Kyr´i•e, n. See Kyrie eleison.

Kyrie eleison
Kyr"i•e e•lei"son [Gr. ky•rie ’elei^son .]
1. (R. C. Ch.) Greek words, meaning "Lord, have mercy upon us," used in the Mass, the breviary offices, the litany of the saints, etc. Addis & Arnold.
2. The name given to the response to the Commandments, in the service of the Church of England and of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

Kyrielle
Kyr•i•elle, n. [Cf. F. kyrielle.] A litany beginning with the words, "Kyrie eleison." Shipley. { Kyr´i•o•lex•y, Kyr•i•ol´o•gy } n. [Gr., . See Curiologic.] The use of literal or simple expressions, as distinguished from the use of figurative or obscure ones. Krauth-Fleming.

Kyriological
Kyr•i•o•log´ic•al, a. [See Curiologic.] Serving to denote objects by conventional signs or alphabetical characters; as the original Greek alphabet of sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it represented the pure elementary sounds. See Curiologic. [Written also curiologic and kuriologic.] The term is also applied, as by Warburton, to those Egyptian hieroglyphics, in which a part is put conventionally for the whole, as in depicting a battle by two hands, one holding a shield and the other a bow. { Kythe, Kithe (kith) }, v. t. [ imp. Kydde, Kidde (kid"d e); p. p. Kythed, Kid; p. pr. & vb. n. Kything.] [OE. kythen, kithen, cuðen, to make known, AS. cyðan, fr. cuð known. rad.45. See Uncouth, Can to be able, and cf. Kith.] To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. [Obs. or Scot.]
"For gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse." Chaucer.

Kythe, v. t. To come into view; to appear. [Scot.]
"It kythes bright … because all is dark around it." Sir W. Scott.

Kytomiton
Ky•tom´i•ton (ki•tom"i•ton), n. [NL., from Gr. ky•tos a hollow vessel + mi•tos a thread.] (Biol.) See Karyomiton.

Kytoplasma
Ky•to•plas´ma (ki•to•plaz"ma), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ky•tos a hollow vessel + pla•sma thing molded.] (Biol.) See Karyoplasma. L.