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skin, presenting a cicatrix-like 

 appearance : keloid, n., kel'-ofyd 

 (Gr. eidos, resemblance), a dis- 

 ease, consisting of an indurated 

 mass putting forth processes at 

 its edges resembling crab's claws. 



keratin, n., ker'dt-m (Gr. keras, 

 a horn), the substance of the 

 horny tissues : keratode, n. , 

 kZr r -at'Q(L (Gr. eidos, resemblance), 

 the horny substance making up 

 the skeletons of many sponges : 

 keratosa, n., ffirl&t-oz'-d, the 

 division of sponges having the 

 skeleton composed of keratode : 

 kerato-cricoid, k^dt-o-krik^dyd 

 (see 'cricoid'), a short slender 

 bundle of muscle arising from 

 the cricoid-cartilage. 



kidneys, n., Ud'-mz (Old Eng. 

 kidnere, the kidneys from Old 

 Eng. quid, Icel. koidr, Scot, kyte, 

 the belly ; Old Eng. nere, Ger. 

 niere, the testicles, kidneys), 

 literally the testicles of the belly; 

 two oblong flattened bodies lying 

 behind the intestines of an animal, 

 which secrete the urine. 



Kigelia, n., kig'81-i'a (kigelikeia, 

 the negro name), a genus of 

 African trees, Ord. Bignoniacese : 

 Kigelia pinnata, pin-nat'd (L. 

 pinnatus, feathered, winged from 

 pinna, a wing), a tree yielding 

 excellent timber in Africa, its 

 long pendent fruit when roasted 

 is there used as an external applic- 

 ation for rheumatic complaints : 

 K. Africana, df f -rik-an f 'd (of or 

 from Africa), a species whose 

 bark is used on the Gold Coast 

 for dysentery. 



kind, n., kind, another name for 

 4 genus, ' which see. 



kingdom, n., kmg'dttm, one of 

 the three great divisions of nature, 

 animal, vegetable, and mineral. 



kinic acid, kln'ik (from kina-kina, 

 a name for cinchona), an organic 

 acid found in the bark of various 

 species of cinchona, principally 

 yellow and pale Peruvian bark. 



kino, n., kin'-d (an Indian name), 



the concrete exudation from 

 Pterocarpus marsupium, a tree of 

 the Indian forests, Ord. Legum- 

 inosse, which forms a very power- 

 ful astringent ; ' P. erinaceus ' 

 furnishes African kino. 



kirschwasser, n., kersh'vas'ser 

 (Ger. cherry water from kirsche, 

 cherry ; wasser, water), cherry- 

 brandy, an alcoholic liquor dis- 

 tilled from a variety of Cerasus 

 aviuni, Ord. Rosacese, the sweet 

 black cherry. 



kleistogamous, a., klist'dg'dm-tis 

 (Gr. kleistos, closed ; gamos, 

 marriage), in lot., having the 

 fertilisation effected in closed 

 flowers, as certain grasses. 



kleptomania, n., klep'*to*man f 'i'a 

 (Gr. klepto, I steal ; mania, mad- 

 ness), a morbid impulse or desire 

 to steal or appropriate. 



knaurs, n. plu. , naswrs, or gnaurs, 

 n. plu., ndwrs (Dut, knarren, to 

 growl ; Swed. knorla, to twist, to 

 curl), a hard woody lump pro- 

 jecting from the trunk of a tree, 

 as in the oak, thornbeam, etc. 



kombe, n., kdm'-be (native name), 

 the famous arrow poison of 8. 

 Africa, furnished by the Stroph- 

 anthus kombe, Ord. Apocyn- 

 aceae. 



koochla, n., kdtsli'-la (native 

 name), the poison-nut tree of the 

 Malabar and Coromandel coasts ; 

 the 'Strychnos nux - vomica,' 

 Ord. Loganiacese. 



koumiss or kumiss, n., kdm'is 

 (Russ. kumys), a sparkling drink 

 obtained by the Kalmucks, by 

 fermenting the whey of mare's 

 milk ; may also be made from 

 cow milk. 



kousso, n., kows'-so, also kusso, 

 n., kus'-sd (native name), the 

 flowers of an Abyssinian tree, 

 used in that country as a remedy 

 for tapeworm ; the produce of 

 Brayera anthelmintica, Ord. 

 Rosacese. 



Krameria, n., kram^er^i-d (after 

 Kramer, a German botanist), 



