KOS 



KYA 



supposing- her to keep going at an equal 

 rate. 



KNOTS o/ ro/>e, among seamen, are 

 distinguished i .to three kinds, viz. whole- 

 knot, that made so with the lays of a rope 

 that it cannot slip, serving- for sheets, 

 tacks, and stoppers : bow-link knot, that 

 so firmly made and fastened to the crin- 

 gles of the sails, that they must break or 

 the sail split before it slips ; and sheep- 

 shank-knot, that made by shortening a 

 rope without cutting it, which may be 

 presently loosened, and the rope not the 

 wors,: for it. 



KNOWLEDGE, is defined, by Mr. 

 Locke, to be the perception of the con- 

 nection and agreement, or disagreement 

 and repugnancy of our ideas. 



KNOXIA, in botany, so called from 

 Robert Knox, a genus of the Tetrandria 

 Monogynia class and order. Natural or- 

 der of Stellatae. Itubiaceae, Jussieu. Es- 

 sential character : corolla one-petalled, 

 funnel-form ; seeds two, grooved ; calyx 

 one, leaflet larger. There is only one 

 species, viz. K. zeylanica, a native of 

 Cevlon. 



KOELREUTERIA, in botany, so nam- 

 ed in honour of Joseph Gottlieb Koel ren- 

 ter, a genus of the Polygamia Monoecia 

 class artd- order. Natural order of Tri- 

 hilatx. Sapindi, Jussieu. Essential cha- 

 racter: calyx five-leaved; petals four; 

 nectary double, four scalelets, and three 

 glands ; stamens eight, fixed to a column ; 

 germ three-sided, fixed to the same co- 

 lumn ; capsule three-celled, with two cells 

 in each cell. There is but one species, 

 viz. K. paullinoides ; this is a tree, with 

 an arboreous, upright, trunk, about six 

 feet in height ; branches scattered, spread- 

 ing, when young having dotted glands 

 scattered over them ; buds from the axils 

 of the leaves, resinous, cone-shaped with 

 imbricate scales ; peduncles, terminating, 

 scattered, spreading, branched into many 

 pedicles ; flowers panicled, three or more 

 on each pedicle- According to LMIeritier 

 it is a polygamous tree, and a native of 

 China. 



KOENIGIA, in botany, BO named in 

 honour of John Gerard Koenig, M. D. of 

 Courland, who first found this plant in 

 Iceland. It is a genus of the Triandria 

 Trigynia class and order. Natural order 

 of Holoraceae. Polygoneae, Jussieu. Es- 

 sential character : calyx three-leaved ; 

 corolla none ; seed one, ovate, naked. 

 There is but one species, viz. K. islan- 

 dica 



KOS, in Jewish antiquity, a measure of 



capacity, containing about four cubic 

 inches : this was the cup of blessing, out 

 of which they drank when they gave thanks 

 after solemn meals, like that of the pass- 

 over. 



KRAMERIA, in botany, so named in 

 memory of John George, Henry, and Wil- 

 liam Henry Kramer, botanists, a genus of 

 the Tetrandria Monogynia class and or- 

 der. Essential character : calyx none ; 

 corolla four-petal led ; nectary upper three- 

 parted, lower two-leaved ; berry dry, 

 echinated, one-seeded. There is bat one 

 species, viz. K. ixina, this is a shrub with 

 lanceolate leaves : flowers alternate, in 

 terminating racemes. It was found in 

 South America by Loefling. 



KUHNIA, in botany, so called from 

 Adam Kuhnius, a genus of the Syngenesia 

 Polygamia ./Equalis class and order. Na- 

 tural order of Composite Discoideae. Co- 

 rymbiferse, Jussieu. Essential character : 

 flowers floscular ; calyx imbricate, ob- 

 long, cylindrical ; down plumose ; recep- 

 tacle naked ; style deeply bifid ; stigmas 

 club-shaped ; anthers distinct. There is 

 but one species, viz. K. eupatorioides, a 

 native of Pennsylvania. 



KURTUS, in natural history, a genus of 

 fishes of the order Jugularies. Generic 

 character : body carinated above and be- 

 low, and broad ; back highly elevated ; 

 gill membrane, with two rays. This con- 

 sists, as far as it is known, of only a sin- 

 gle species. It inhabits the seas of India, 

 and is supposed to live on insects, shell 

 fish, and particularly young crabs. Its 

 length is about ten inches, and its breadth 

 four. Its colour, on the whole bod}-, is 

 that of silver foil, and its back is tinged 

 with gold, and marked on its ridge with 

 several black spots. For a representa- 

 tion of the kurtus, see Pisces, Plate V. 

 fig 1. 



KYANITE, or CYANITE, in mineralo- 

 gy, a species of the talc genus : its princi- 

 pal colour blue, though it occurs also 

 white and grey ; some specimens are en- 

 tirely blue, others are only spotted, strip- 

 ed, or flamed with it, Externally 

 and internally its lustre is shining and 

 splendent, and completely pearly. It oc- 

 curs in wedge-shaped concretions, which 

 are often very promiscuous, and then 

 pass into large and coarse grained dis- 

 tinct concretions. It fee Is greasy -, 

 ly frangible, and the specific gravity is 

 from 3.5 to 3.6. It is infusible before 

 the blow-pipe, and is found to consist 

 of 



