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Keever
() See Keeve, n.
Keffe-kil
() See Kiefekil.
Keg
() A small cask or barrel.
Keilhau-ite
() A mineral of a brownish black color, related to titanite in form. It consists chiefly of silica, titanium dioxide, lime, and yttria.
Keir
() See Kier.
Keitloa
() A black, two-horned, African rhinoceros (Atelodus keitloa). It has the posterior horn about as long as the anterior one, or even longer.
Keld
() Having a kell or covering; webbed.
Kele
() To cool.
Kell
() A kiln.
Kell
() A sort of pottage; kale. See Kale, 2.
Kell
() The caul; that which covers or envelops as a caul; a net; a fold; a film.
Kell
() The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect.
Keloid
() Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin.
Keloid
() A keloid tumor.
Kelotomy
() See Celotomy.
Kelp
() The calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine.
Kelp
() Any large blackish seaweed.
Kelpfish
() A small California food fish (Heterostichus rostratus), living among kelp. The name is also applied to species of the genus Platyglossus.
Kelpies
() of Kelpy
Kelpie
() Alt. of Kelpy
Kelpy
() An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be drowned.
Kelpware
() Same as Kelp, 2.
Kelson
() See Keelson.
Kelt
() See Kilt, n.
Kelt
() Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool.
Kelt
() A salmon after spawning.
Kelt
() Same as Celt, one of Celtic race.
Kelter
() Regular order or proper condition.
Keltic
() Same as Celtic, a. & n.
Kembed
() of Kemb
Kempt
() of Kemb
Kembing
() of Kemb
Kemb
() To comb.
Kemelin
() A tub; a brewer's vessel.
Kemp
() Alt. of Kempty
Kempty
() Coarse, rough hair wool or fur, injuring its quality.
Kempe
() Rough; shaggy.
Kemps
() The long flower stems of the ribwort plantain (Plantago Lanceolata).
Kempt
() p. p. of Kemb.
Ken
() A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves.
Kenned
() of Ken
Kenning
() of Ken
Ken
() To know; to understand; to take cognizance of.
Ken
() To recognize; to descry; to discern.
Ken
() To look around.
Ken
() Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge.
Kendal green
() Alt. of Kendal
Kendal
() A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland, England.
Kennel
() The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle.
Kennel
() A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds.