Kian
Kian is the most powerful nation of the Three Seas , extending from the southern frontier of the Nansur Empire to Nilnamesh . The Kianene were originally a desert people from the fringes of the Great Salt . Various Ceneian and Nilnameshi sources refer to them as cunning and audacious raiders, the target of several different campaigns and punitive expeditions. In his monumental The Annals of Cenei , Casidas describes them as "courtly savages, at once disarmingly gracious and murderous in the extreme". Despite their reputation and apparent numbers (Nansur records indicate several attempts to gauge their numbers by concerned provincial governors), the Kianene spent most of their time battle amongst themselves over scarce desert resources. Their conversion to Fanimry (c. 3704-3724) would change this, and with drastic consequences. Following the unification of the Kianene tribes under Fane , Fan'oukarji I , Fane's eldest son and the first of Kian's Padirajahs, led his countrymen in the so-called White Jihad , winning a series of spectacular victories over the Nansur Imperial Army. By the time of his death in 3771, Fan'oukarji I had conquered all of Mongilea and had made serious inroads into Eumarna . He had also founded his capital, Nenciphon , on the banks of the River Sweki . Successive Jihads would see Eumarna (3801), Enathpaneah (3842), Xerash and Amoteu (3845), then finally Shigek and Gedea (3933) all fall to Kian. Though the Nilnameshi would successfully thwart several different Kianene invasions, Fanic missionaries would succeed in converting the Girgashi to Fanimry in the thirty-eighth century. By the end of the fourth millennium Kian was easily the pre-eminent military and commercial power of the Three Seas, and a source of endless consternation not only for the much-diminished Nansur Empire but for Inrithi Princes in every nation .

Cities and Provinces

- Amoteu
- Chianadyni
- Enathpaneah
- Eumarna Kerioth
- Gedea
- Khemema
- Mongilea
- Nenciphon
- Seleukara
- Shigek
- Shimeh
- Xerash

Padirajahs

- Fan'oukarji I
- Pherokar I
- Fan'oukarji III
- Kascamandri ab Tepherokar

Kianene
Kian is the most powerful nation of the Three Seas , extending from the southern frontier of the Nansur Empire to Nilnamesh . The Kianene were originally a desert people from the fringes of the Great Salt . Various Ceneian and Nilnameshi sources refer to them as cunning and audacious raiders, the target of several different campaigns and punitive expeditions. In his monumental The Annals of Cenei , Casidas describes them as "courtly savages, at once disarmingly gracious and murderous in the extreme". Despite their reputation and apparent numbers (Nansur records indicate several attempts to gauge their numbers by concerned provincial governors), the Kianene spent most of their time battle amongst themselves over scarce desert resources. Their conversion to Fanimry (c. 3704-3724) would change this, and with drastic consequences. Following the unification of the Kianene tribes under Fane , Fan'oukarji I , Fane's eldest son and the first of Kian's Padirajahs, led his countrymen in the so-called White Jihad , winning a series of spectacular victories over the Nansur Imperial Army. By the time of his death in 3771, Fan'oukarji I had conquered all of Mongilea and had made serious inroads into Eumarna . He had also founded his capital, Nenciphon , on the banks of the River Sweki . Successive Jihads would see Eumarna (3801), Enathpaneah (3842), Xerash and Amoteu (3845), then finally Shigek and Gedea (3933) all fall to Kian. Though the Nilnameshi would successfully thwart several different Kianene invasions, Fanic missionaries would succeed in converting the Girgashi to Fanimry in the thirty-eighth century. By the end of the fourth millennium Kian was easily the pre-eminent military and commercial power of the Three Seas, and a source of endless consternation not only for the much-diminished Nansur Empire but for Inrithi Princes in every nation .

Cities and Provinces

- Amoteu
- Chianadyni
- Enathpaneah
- Eumarna Kerioth
- Gedea
- Khemema
- Mongilea
- Nenciphon
- Seleukara
- Shigek
- Shimeh
- Xerash

Padirajahs

- Fan'oukarji I
- Pherokar I
- Fan'oukarji III
- Kascamandri ab Tepherokar

Kianni
Kianni is the language of Kian . Derived from Caro-Shemic . One of the Ketyai languages .

Kidruhil
The Kidruhil is the most celebrated cohort of heavy cavalry in the Three Seas , primarily consituted by Nansur caste-nobles from the Houses of the Congregate .

Generals

- Biaxi Sompas
- Thallei Numemarius

Kig’krinaki
Kig’krinaki are a Sranc tribe from the Plains of Gâl .

Kijenicho
Kijenicho is a great fortress located in Kian on the coast of the Meneanor Sea . During the Holy War , Earl Iyengar and the Nangaels under his command take the fortress and throw the garrison off the walls.

Kima
One of the witches of the Swayal Sisterhood in the Great Ordeal.

Kimish
Kimish is the Prime Interrogator to Ikurei Xerius III .

Personality

Kimish cares only about his trade. He has a penchant for drama when talking about his work.

Kimish

Title(s): Prime Interrogator
Lived: 4058 -
Race: Men
Nationality: Nansur
Gender: Male
Occupation: Prime Interrogator
Books: The Darkness That Comes Before

Kimish

Title(s): Prime Interrogator
Lived: 4058 -
Race: Men
Nationality: Nansur
Gender: Male
Occupation: Prime Interrogator
Books: The Darkness That Comes Before

King
"Tempiras King" Tempiras the King is a work widely thought to be the greatest of Hamishaza ’s satiric tragedies.

Excerpts

“What vengeance is this? That he should slumber while I endure? Blood douses no hatred, cleanses no sin. Like seed, it spills of its own volition, and leaves naught but sorrow in its wake.”

Kinsureah
"Mount Kinsureah" Mount Kinsureah, the “Mountain of Summoning,” is the legendary mountain where, according to The Chronicle of the Tusk , the prophet Angeshraël sacrificed Oresh , the youngest of his sons by Esmenet , to demonstrate his conviction to the Five Tribes of Men .

Kipfa'aifan
The kipfa’aifan (“Witness of Fane” in Kianni), is the holiest scripture of Fanimry , chronicling the life and revelations of the Prophet Fane from his blinding and exile into the Great Salt in 3703 to his death in 3742.

Excerpts

16:4:22: “… the ends of the earth shall be wracked by the howls of the wicked, and the idols shall be cast down and shattered, stone against stone. And the demons of the idolaters shall hold open their mouths, like starving lepers, for no man living will answer their outrageous hunger.” 8:9:4: “… for the sin of the idolater is not that he worships stone, but that he worships one stone over others.”

Kipfa’aifan
The kipfa’aifan (“Witness of Fane” in Kianni), is the holiest scripture of Fanimry , chronicling the life and revelations of the Prophet Fane from his blinding and exile into the Great Salt in 3703 to his death in 3742.

Excerpts

16:4:22: “… the ends of the earth shall be wracked by the howls of the wicked, and the idols shall be cast down and shattered, stone against stone. And the demons of the idolaters shall hold open their mouths, like starving lepers, for no man living will answer their outrageous hunger.” 8:9:4: “… for the sin of the idolater is not that he worships stone, but that he worships one stone over others.”

Kishyat
Kishyat is a palatinate of High Ainon , located on the south bank of the River Sayut on the Sansori frontier. The Palatine of Kishyat is Nurbanu Soter .

Kiskei
"House Kiskei" House Kiskei is one of the Houses of the Congregate .

Kisma
Kisma is the adoptive father of Mallahet (the assumed name of Anasûrimbor Moënghus ).

Kisma

Lived: ? -
Race: Men
Nationality: Indara-Kishauri
Gender: Male
Occupation: Cishaurim
Books: mentioned only

Kisma

Lived: ? -
Race: Men
Nationality: Indara-Kishauri
Gender: Male
Occupation: Cishaurim
Books: mentioned only

Kiyuth
"Battle of Kiyuth" The Battle of Kiyuth is an important battle between the Imperial Army of Nansur and the Scylvendi , fought in 4110 on the banks of the River Kiyuth , a tributary of the River Sempis . Ikurei Conphas , the Nansur Exalt-General, uses various tactics to goads the Scylvendi army into attacking immediately with all its strength. The overconfident Scylvendi King-of-Tribes Xunnurit orders the attack, believing that he can wipe out the Nansur army and return home before the droughts to drive his herds to summer pasture. When the Scylvendi attack, it becomes clear that the Nansur army's banners have been rearranged to hide the fact that all of their best troops are in the center. The elite Nansur troops reach and break the Scylvendi's chorae -archers. Once this is accomplished, sorcerers from the Imperial Saik appear and obliterate the now-defenseless Scylvendi host. The Scylvendi defeat is unprecedented, given that it occurs on the Jiünati Steppe . Conphas's success ensures that the Nansur Empire will not be attacked by the Scylvendi while the bulk of its army joins the Holy War .

Kiünnat
Kiünnat is the traditional religious system of the Three Seas , based on The Chronicle of the Tusk . While Kiünnat was reformed by Inri Sejenus into Inrithism , it persists in the form of the various Cults subordinate to the Thousand Temples . Whereas Inrithism regards the Gods as aspects of the God of Gods , traditional Kiünnat regards the Gods as independent spiritual agencies, prone to indirectly intervene in the lives of their worshippers.

kiabooca wood
-see kyaboca wood.

kiang
-the dziggetai.

kibble
-to bruise; to grind coarsely; as, kibbled oats.
-a large iron bucket used in cornwall and wales for raising ore out of mines.

kibblings
-portions of small fish used for bait on the banks of newfoundland.

kibe
-a chap or crack in the flesh occasioned by cold; an ulcerated chilblain.

kibed
-chapped; cracked with cold; affected with chilblains; as kibed heels.

kibitka
-a tent used by the kirghiz tartars.
-a rude kind of russian vehicle, on wheels or on runners, sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often used as a movable habitation.

kibitkas
-of kibitka

kiblah
-see keblah.

kiby
-affected with kibes.

kichil
-see kechil.

kick
-to strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.
-to thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. hence, figuratively: to show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn.
-to recoil;
-- said of a musket, cannon, etc.
-a blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot.
-the projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring. see illust. of pocketknife.
-a projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick.
-the recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged.

kickable
-capable or deserving of being kicked.

kickapoos
-a tribe of indians which formerly occupied the region of northern illinois, allied in language to the sacs and foxes.

kicker
-one who, or that which, kicks.

kicking
-of kick

kickshaw
-see kickshaws, the correct singular.

kickshaws
-something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy.
-a fancy dish; a titbit; a delicacy.

kickshawses
-of kickshaws

kickshoe
-a kickshaws.

kicksy
-wicksy
-alt. of kicky
-wisky
-fantastic; restless; as, kicksy
-wicksy flames.

kickup
-the water thrush or accentor.

kicky
-wisky
-that which is restless and uneasy.

kicred
-of kick

kid
-a young goat.
-a young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily imposed on.
-a kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the skin of rats, etc.
-gloves made of kid.
-a small wooden mess tub;
-- a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food.
-to bring forth a young goat.
-a fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.
-of kythe.
-see kiddy, v. t.

kidde
-of kythe.
-of kithe

kidded
-of kid

kidderminster
-a kind of ingrain carpeting, named from the english town where formerly most of it was manufactured.

kiddier
-a huckster; a cadger.

kidding
-of kid

kiddle
-a kind of basketwork wear in a river, for catching fish.

kiddow
-the guillemot.

kiddy
-to deceive; to outwit; to hoax.
-a young fellow; formerly, a low thief.

kiddyish
-frolicsome; sportive.

kidfox
-a young fox.

kidling
-a young kid.

kidnap
-to take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place.

kidnaped
-of kidnap

kidnaper
-alt. of kidnapper

kidnaping
-of kidnap

kidnapped
-of kidnap

kidnapper
-one who steals or forcibly carries away a human being; a manstealer.

kidnapping
-of kidnap

kidney
-a glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.
-habit; disposition; sort; kind.
-a waiter.

kidney
-form
-alt. of kidney
-shaped

kidney
-shaped
-having the form or shape of a kidney; reniform; as, a kidney
-shaped leaf.

kidneys
-of kidney

kidneywort
-a kind of saxifrage (saxifrage stellaris).
-the navelwort.

kie
-kine; cows.

kiefekil
-a species of clay; meerschaum.

kier
-a large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor;
-- also called keeve.

kieselguhr
-siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of dynamite.

kieserite
-hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt mines of stassfurt, prussian saxony.

kieve
-see keeve, n.

kike
-to gaze; to stare.
-to kick.

kilderkin
-a small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen english beer gallons, or nearly twenty
-two gallons, united states measure.

kill
-a kiln.
-a channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between staten island and bergen neck is the kill van kull, or the kills;
-- used also in composition; as, schuylkill, catskill, etc.
-to deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay.
-to destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book.
-to cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.
-to destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.

kill
-joy
-one who causes gloom or grief; a dispiriting person.

killdee
-alt. of killdeer

killdeer
-a small american plover (aegialitis vocifera).

killed
-of kill

killer
-one who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills.
-a voracious, toothed whale of the genus orca, of which several species are known.

killesse
-a gutter, groove, or channel.
-a hipped roof.

killifish
-any one of several small american cyprinodont fishes of the genus fundulus and allied genera. they live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. they are usually striped or barred with black. called also minnow, and brook fish. see minnow.

killigrew
-the cornish chough. see under chough.

killikinick
-see kinnikinic.

killing
-of kill
-literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible.

killock
-a small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stone inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together.

killow
-an earth of a blackish or deep blue color.

kiln
-a large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone.
-a furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.

kiln
-dry
-to dry in a kiln; as, to kiln
-dry meal or grain.

kilnhole
-the mouth or opening of an oven or kiln.

kilo
-an abbreviation of kilogram.

kilogram
-alt. of kilogramme

kilogramme
-a measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). it is equal to the weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39¡ fahrenheit.

kilogrammeter
-alt. of kilogrammetre

kilogrammetre
-a measure of energy or work done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram through the height of one meter, in the latitude of paris.

kiloliter
-alt. of kilolitre

kilolitre
-a measure of capacity equal to a cubic meter, or a thousand liters. it is equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet, and to 220.04 imperial gallons, or 264.18 american gallons of 321 cubic inches.

kilometer
-alt. of kilometre

kilometre
-a measure of length, being a thousand meters. it is equal to 3,280.8 feet, or 62137 of a mile.

kilos
-of kilo

kilostere
-a cubic measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent to 35,315 cubic feet.

kilowatt
-one thousand watts.

kilt
-p. p. from kill.
-a kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the highlands of scotland by men, and in the lowlands by young boys; a filibeg.
-to tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes.

kilted
-of kilt
-having on a kilt.
-plaited after the manner of kilting.
-tucked or fastened up;
-- said of petticoats, etc.

kilter
-see kelter.

kilting
-of kilt
-a perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one.

kimbo
-crooked; arched; bent.

kimmerian
-see cimmerian.

kimnel
-a tub. see kemelin.

kimry
-see cymry.

kin
-a primitive chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty
-five silken strings.
-relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
-relatives; persons of the same family or race.
-of the same nature or kind; kinder.

kinaesodic
-kinesodic.

kinaesthesis
-the perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles.

kinate
-see quinate.

kincob
-india silk brocaded with flowers in silver or gold.
-of the nature of kincob; brocaded.

kind
-characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.
-having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial; sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart.
-showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining; benevolent; benignant; gracious.
-proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness, gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act.
-gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness.
-nature; natural instinct or disposition.
-race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or humankind.
-nature; style; character; sort; fashion; manner; variety; description; class; as, there are several kinds of eloquence, of style, and of music; many kinds of government; various kinds of soil, etc.
-to beget.

kind
-hearted
-having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition; as, a kind
-hearted landlord.

kind
-heartedness
-the state or quality of being kind
-hearted; benevolence.

kindergarten
-a school for young children, conducted on the theory that education should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the normal aptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation, and construction;
-- a name given by friedrich froebel, a german educator, who introduced this method of training, in rooms opening on a garden.

kindergartner
-one who teaches in a kindergarten.

kinding
-the of causing to burn, or of exciting or inflaming the passions.
-materials, easily lighted, for starting a fire.

kindle
-to bring forth young.
-to set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings.
-fig.: to inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame.
-to take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a flame.
-fig.: to begin to be excited; to grow warm or animated; to be roused or exasperated.

kindled
-of kindle

kindler
-one who, or that which, kindles, stirs up, or sets on fire.

kindless
-destitute of kindness; unnatural.

kindliness
-natural inclination; natural course.
-the quality or state of being kindly; benignity; benevolence; gentleness; tenderness; as, kindliness of disposition, of treatment, or of words.
-softness; mildness; propitiousness; as, kindliness of weather, or of a season.

kindling
-of kindle

kindly
-according to the kind or nature; natural.
-humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to do good to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as, kindly affections, words, acts, etc.
-favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent.
-naturally; fitly.
-in a kind manner; congenially; with good will; with a disposition to make others happy, or to oblige.

kindness
-the state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.
-a kind act; an act of good will; as, to do a great kindness.

kindred
-relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.
-relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other.
-related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.

kine
-of cow
-cows.

kinematic
-alt. of kinematical

kinematical
-of or pertaining to kinematics.

kinematics
-the science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions.

kinepox
-see cowpox.
-see kinetoscope.

kinesiatrics
-a mode of treating disease by appropriate muscular movements;
-- also termed kinesitherapy, kinesipathy, lingism, and the movement cure.

kinesipathy
-see kinesiatrics.
-see kinesiatrics.

kinesitherapy
-see kinesiatrics.

kinesodic
-conveying motion; as; kinesodic substance;
-- applied esp. to the spinal cord, because it is capable of conveying doth voluntary and reflex motor impulses, without itself being affected by motor impulses applied to it directly.

kinetic
-moving or causing motion; motory; active, as opposed to latent.

kinetics
-see dynamics.

kinetogenesis
-an instrument for producing curves by the combination of circular movements;
-- called also kinescope.

king
-a chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer.
-a chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince.
-one who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts.
-a playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds.
-the chief piece in the game of chess.
-a crowned man in the game of draughts.
-the title of two historical books in the old testament.
-to supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty.

king charles spaniel
-a variety of small pet dogs, having, drooping ears, a high, dome
-shaped forehead, pug nose, large, prominent eyes, and long, wavy hair. the color is usually black and tan.

king's bench
-formerly, the highest court of common law in england;
-- so called because the king used to sit there in person. it consisted of a chief justice and four puisne, or junior, justices. during the reign of a queen it was called the queen's bench. its jurisdiction was transferred by the judicature acts of 1873 and 1875 to the high court of justice created by that legislation.

king
-post
-a member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. it is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. if there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king
-post. called also crown
-post.

kingbird
-a small american bird (tyrannus tyrannus, or t. carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. it is a typical tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. it is dark ash above, and blackish on the head and tail. the quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. it is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail. the feathers on the head of the adults show a bright orange basal spot when erected. called also bee bird, and bee martin. several southern and western species of tyrannus are also called king birds.
-the king tody. see under king.

kingbolt
-a vertical iron bolt, by which the forward axle and wheels of a vehicle or the trucks of a railroad car are connected with the other parts.

kingcraft
-the craft of kings; the art of governing as a sovereign; royal policy.

kingcup
-the common buttercup.

kingdom
-the rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.
-the territory or country subject to a king or queen; the dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or has control.
-an extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom.

kingdomed
-having a kingdom or the dignity of a king; like a kingdom.

kinged
-of king

kingfish
-an american marine food fish of the genus menticirrus, especially m. saxatilis, or m. nebulosos, of the atlantic coast;
-- called also whiting, surf whiting, and barb.
-the opah.
-the common cero; also, the spotted cero. see cero.
-the queenfish.

kingfisher
-any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family alcedinidae. most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. about one hundred and fifty species are known. they are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abundant in the east indies.

kinghood
-the state of being a king; the attributes of a king; kingship.

kinging
-of king

kingless
-having no king.

kinglet
-a little king; a weak or insignificant king.
-any one of several species of small singing birds of the genus regulus and family sylviidae.

kinglihood
-king
-liness.

kingliness
-the state or quality of being kingly.

kingling
-same as kinglet, 1.

kingly
-belonging to, suitable to, or becoming, a king; characteristic of, resembling, a king; directed or administered by a king; monarchical; royal; sovereign; regal; august; noble; grand.
-in a kingly or kinglike manner.

kingship
-the state, office, or dignity of a king; royalty.

kingston
-alt. of kingstone

kingston metal
-an alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery.

kingston valve
-a conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a pipe which passes through the side of a vessel below the water line.

kingstone
-the black angel fish. see angel fish, under angel.

kingtruss
-a truss, framed with a king
-post;
-- used in roofs, bridges, etc.

kinic
-see quinic.

kink
-a twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord.
-an unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
-to wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread.
-a fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter.

kinkajou
-a nocturnal carnivorous mammal (cercoleptes caudivolvulus) of south america, about as large as a full
-grown cat. it has a prehensile tail and lives in trees. it is the only representative of a distinct family (cercoleptidae) allied to the raccoons. called also potto, and honey bear.

kinked
-of kink

kinkhaust
-whooping cough.

kinking
-of kink

kinkle
-same as 3d kink.

kinky
-full of kinks; liable to kink or curl; as, kinky hair.
-queer; eccentric; crotchety.

kinnikinic
-prepared leaves or bark of certain plants;
-- used by the indians of the northwest for smoking, either mixed with tobacco or as a substitute for it. also, a plant so used, as the osier cornel (cornus stolonijra), and the bearberry (arctostaphylus uva
-ursi).

kino
-the dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.

kinology
-that branch of physics which treats of the laws of motion, or of moving bodies.

kinone
-see quinone.

kinoyl
-see quinoyl.

kinrede
-kindred.

kinsfolk
-relatives; kindred; kin; persons of the same family or closely or closely related families.

kinship
-family relationship.

kinsman
-a man of the same race or family; one related by blood.

kinsmanship
-kinship.

kinsmen
-of kinsman

kinswoman
-a female relative.

kinswomen
-of kinswoman

kintlidge
-see kentledge.

kiosk
-a turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars.

kioways
-a tribe of indians distantly related to the shoshones. they formerly inhabited the region about the head waters of the north platte.

kip
-the hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.

kipe
-an osier basket used for catching fish.

kipper
-a salmon after spawning.
-a salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked;
-- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh.
-to cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking.
-amorous; also, lively; light
-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.

kippered
-of kipper

kippering
-of kipper

kippernut
-a name given to earthnuts of several kinds.

kipskin
-leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide.

kirk
-a church or the church, in the various senses of the word; esp., the church of scotland as distinguished from other reformed churches, or from the roman catholic church.

kirked
-turned upward; bent.

kirkman
-a clergyman or officer in a kirk.
-a member of the church of scotland, as distinguished from a member of another communion.

kirkmen
-of kirkman

kirkyard
-a churchyard.

kirmess
-in europe, particularly in belgium and holland, and outdoor festival and fair; in the united states, generally an indoor entertainment and fair combined.

kirschwasser
-an alcoholic liquor, obtained by distilling the fermented juice of the small black cherry.

kirsome
-christian; christened.

kirtle
-a garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn doth by men and women.

kirtled
-wearing a kirtle.

kirumbo
-a bird of madagascar (leptosomus discolor), the only living type of a family allied to the rollers. it has a pair of loral plumes. the male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black.

kish
-a workman's name for the graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting.

kismet
-destiny; fate.

kiss
-to salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc.
-to touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly.
-to make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect, etc.; as, kiss and make friends.
-to meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly.
-a salutation with the lips, as a token of affection, respect, etc.; as, a parting kiss; a kiss of reconciliation.
-a small piece of confectionery.

kissed
-of kiss

kisser
-one who kisses.

kissing
-of kiss

kissingcrust
-the portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touched another loaf in baking.

kist
-a chest; hence, a coffin.
-a stated payment, especially a payment of rent for land; hence, the time for such payment.

kistvaen
-a celtic monument, commonly known as a dolmen.

kit
-to cut.
-a kitten.
-a small violin.
-a large bottle.
-a wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel.
-straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket.
-a box for working implements; hence, a working outfit, as of a workman, a soldier, and the like.
-a group of separate parts, things, or individuals;
-- used with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole kit of them.

kitcat
-designating a club in london, to which addison and steele belonged;
-- so called from christopher cat, a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies.
-designating a canvas used for portraits of a peculiar size, viz., twenty
-right or twenty
-nine inches by thirty
-six;
-- so called because that size was adopted by sir godfrey kneller for the portraits he painted of the members of the kitcat club.
-a game played by striking with a stick small piece of wood, called a cat, shaped like two cones united at their bases; tipcat.

kitchen
-a cookroom; the room of a house appropriated to cookery.
-a utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen.
-to furnish food to; to entertain with the fare of the kitchen.

kitchen middens
-relics of neolithic man found on the coast of denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet long, and two hundred feet wide. the name is applied also to similar mounds found on the american coast from canada to florida, made by the north american indians.

kitchen
-ry
-the body of servants employed in the kitchen.

kitchener
-a kitchen servant; a cook.

kitchenmaid
-a woman employed in the kitchen.

kite
-any raptorial bird of the subfamily milvinae, of which many species are known. they have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
-fig. : one who is rapacious.
-a light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
-a lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
-a quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.
-fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill.
-the brill.
-to raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. see kite, 6.
-the belly.

kiteflier
-see kite, n., 6.

kiteflying
-a mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal;
-- called also kiting.

kith
-acquaintance; kindred.

kithara
-see cithara.

kithe
-see kythe.
-to make known; to manifest; to show; to declare.

kitish
-like or relating to a kite.

kitling
-a young kitten; a whelp.

kitte
-of kit
-of kit to cut.

kittel
-see kittle, v. t.

kitten
-a young cat.
-to bring forth young, as a cat; to bring forth, as kittens.

kittened
-of kitten

kittening
-of kitten

kittenish
-resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition.

kittiwake
-a northern gull (rissa tridactyla), inhabiting the coasts of europe and america. it is white, with black tips to the wings, and has but three toes.

kittle
-to bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.
-to tickle.
-ticklish; not easily managed; troublesome; difficult; variable.

kittlish
-ticklish; kittle.

kittysol
-the chinese paper parasol.

kive
-a mash vat. see keeve.

kiver
-to cover.
-a cover.

kivikivi
-alt. of kiwikiwi

kivikivies
-of kiwikiwi

kiwikiwi
-any species of apteryx, esp. a. australis;
-- so called in imitation of its notes. called also kiwi. see apteryx.

kiwikiwies
-of kiwikiwi

kin
-a diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.