KID 



also, the J. Sahina (savine), /. Virgin- 

 iana (red cedar). 



K. 



KALE. A name for some varie- 

 ties of cabbage or borecole. 

 KALE, SEA. See Sea-kale. 

 KALL A contraction for alkali, 

 potash ; also the ashes of salsola kali, 

 or barilla. 



KALIUM. Potassium. 

 KALMIA. A genus of handsome 

 flowering shrubs, called American 

 laurels. The leaves and flowers are 

 poisonous, especially to lambs : those 

 poisoned should be drenched with 

 milk and castor oil. 



KAOLIN. Porcelain clay, the fine, 

 \vhitc, disintegrated feldspar of some 

 primitive countries. 



KATYDID. A kind of grasshop- 

 per inhabiting trees, the Plalyphyllum 

 concavum of Harris. 



KEEL. Carina. The two lower 

 petals of papilionaceous flowers are 

 termed the keel. 



KELP. A term used both for sea- 

 weeds and their ashes. See Sea- 

 weeds. The ashes used to be sold 

 for the manufacture of soap and glass, 

 but is now superseded, in a great 

 measure, by manufactured carbonate 

 of soda. 



KENNEL. A hole inhabited by a 

 fox or other animal. A shelter for 

 dogs. It should be kept clean, and 

 the straw changed often. A kennel 

 is also used to designate a collection 

 or pack of hounds. 



KERMES GRAINS. Insects of 

 the genus Coccus, or bark lice, collect- 

 ed from numerous plants, as the oak, 

 &c., and formerly much used for dye- 

 ing a red colour, but to a great ex- 

 tent superseded by cochineal. 



KERMES MINERAL. The hy- 

 drosulphuret of antimony. 

 KETCHUP. Catsup. 

 KEUPER. The upper portion of 

 the new red sandstone formation. 



KEY. In building, a piece of wood 

 let into another in the contrary di- 

 rection of the grain. 



KEYSTONE. The central stone 

 of an arch. 

 KID. A young goat. The flesh is 

 446 



KIR 



tender, and much esteemed by some 



persons. 



KIDNEYS. The reins. The or- 

 gans in which urine is secreted, from 

 whence it flows along tubes (ureters) 

 into the bladder. They are situated 

 in the loins and attached to the spine. 

 KIDNEY BEAN. See Bean. 

 KIDNEY - SHAPED. Reniform, 

 of an oval figure, with one side in- 

 dented, so as to resemble a sheep's 

 kidney. 



KIDNEY VETCH. Anthyllis. An 

 ornamental flowering plant. 



KILLING ANIMALS. It is cus- 

 tomary to keep oxen two days, and 

 smaller animals one day without food. 

 The ox is felled by a blow on the 

 forehead, and his throat immediately 

 cut. The Jews, who eat no meat 

 with blood in it, do not fell the ani- 

 mal, but, having tied it, divide the 

 throat down to the bone. Animals 

 killed by accidents are eaten with 

 propriety, but such as die from dis- 

 ease are unwholesome, and some- 

 times poisonous. A method of kill- 

 ing animals by pithing, or dividing the 

 spinal marrow high in the neck by a 

 sharp knife, is practised in Southern 

 Europe ; the animal falls at once, but 

 the flesh is said not to be free from 

 blood. 



KILLINITE. A greenish lamellar 

 mineral, consisting of silica, alumina, 

 and iron, with six per cent, potash. 



KILN. A furnace. The figure 

 depends on the object in view. 



KILN ASHES. The ashes of the 

 wood, straw, &c., used in burning. 



KILN- DRYING. Drying hops, 

 malt, grain, &c., in a chamber, or 

 over a uire-work heated to 120" 

 Fahrenheit and upward by a kiln or 

 stove below. 



KILOGRAMME. A French 

 weight, equal to 2 lbs., 3 oz., 5 dwts., 

 avoirdupois. 



KING-POST. The central post of 

 a trussed framing for supporting the 

 tie beam. 



KINIC ACID. The acid with 

 which quina is associated. 



KINO. A dark-brown astringent 

 extract containing much tannin. 

 KIRSCHWASSER. A liquor ob. 



