kalpa 
kalpa (kal'pa), . [Skt., lit. formation, arrange- 
ment.] In Hindu citron., a day of Brahma, a 
period of 4,320,000,000 years, equivalent to a 
thousand great ages (mahayugu); an eon. At 
the end of the eon, the cosmos is resolved again into chaos, 
and has to be created anew at the end of another like pe- 
riod, constituting a night ol the Supreme Being. Also 
spelled calpa. 
kalpak, . See calitae. 
kalpis (kal'pis), .; pi. kalpeis (-pis). [< Gr. 
KuAmf (see def.).] In Gr. archaiol., a water- 
"vase, usually of large 
size, resembling the 
hydria, and like it 
having three handles, 
but differing from the 
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kangaroo 
final n, making 48 in all. Kana is so called because it is 
the kames gravel-mounds, knolls of boulder clay,' etc.', made up of Chinese characters whose form (somewhat 
still retain in most cases their original form. modified) and name (but not theirmeamng) have been 
J. CruU, Climate and Time, p. 342. 
3. A camp or fortress. [Scotch.] 
His route. . . conducted him past the small ruined tow- yaiut and katakana. 
er, or rather vestige of a tower, called by the country peo- Kanaka (ka-liaK ii), 
pie the Kaim of Derncleugh. Scott, Guy Mannering, xlvi. 1 . ' 
kame (kam), r. t. An obsolete or dialectal 
(Scotch) form of comb 1 . 
Thy hands see thou wash, 
Thy head likewise keame, 
And in thine apparell 
See torne be no seame. 
Schoole of Vertue. (HaUiwell.) 
O who will kame my yellow hair 
With a new made silver kame? 
Border Minstrelsy, II. 58. 
kamechi, . See kamichi. 
kameela, kamela, . See kamila. 
kamees, . See kamis. 
kamera (kam'e-ra), n. [= L. camera, a room : 
see camera, chamber.] A room; apartment; 
chamber. 
borrowed, and is of two kinds : hiragana or cursive hand, 
in common use, and katakana or ' side-borrowed letters,' 
used chiefly for proper names and foreign words. See him- 
n. [Hawaiian, a man.] 
A Hawaiian or Sandwich Islander. Also 
Kanacha, Kanaker, Kaiuik. [Pacific coast and 
islands.] 
In the rough winter of Forty-nine and Fifty the poor 
Kanakas of San Francisco, quite childlike in their help- 
lessness . . . died under filthy sheds of hide, and in the 
bush. J. W. Palmer, The New and the Old, p. 89. 
2. One of the brown laborers brought from the 
Pacific islands, on a three years' agreement, and 
largely employed in northern Queensland, espe- 
cially on the sugar-plantations. [Australia.] 
Whereupon she moved loftily away, and began to in- 
terrogate a Kanaka boy, who was digging a few paces oif . 
Mrs. Campbell Praed, The Head Station. 
kanarl (ka-na'ri), H. [Javanese.] The oil-pro- 
ducing Java almond, Canarium commune. See 
Kalpis. Examples of Greek red-figured pottery. 
hydria in that the posterior handle does not ex- 
tend above the rim. 
kalsomine (kal'so-min or -mm), n. and v. A 
common but incorrect form of calcimine. 
kalumb, kalumba, kalumba-root, . See >- 
Jumbo. 
kaluszite (kal'us-it), . [< Kalusz, a town in 
Galicia, + -ite 2 .] A mineral: sa.mea.asyngenite. 
kalyptra (ka-lip'tra), .; pi. kalyptrw (-tre). 
[< Gr. Kahim-Tpa, a veil : see calyptra.] In anc. 
Gr. costume, a veil of thin stuff very commonly 
worn to cover the hair. It is to be distinguished from 
the himatiou or mantle, which was often made to fill its 
place by being drawn up over the head. Compare calyp- 
kamif. An obsolete form of came 1 , preterit of 
come. 
kam 2 t, . See cam 2 . 
kamachi (kam'a-chi), n. See kamichi. 
kamacite (kam'a-sit), n. [< Gr. /cd/mf 
a vine-pole, any pole or shaft, + -jte 2 .] One of 
the names given by Reicheubach (in German 
Balkeneisen) to various peculiar forms observed 
in meteoric iron. See Widmaunstattian figures, 
under figure. 
Kamakura lacquer. See lacquer. 
kamala, n. See kamila. 
kamarband, n. See cummerbund. 
kamas, . See camass. 
kamassi(ka-mas'i), n. [S.African.] A South 
African tree, Gonioma Kamassi, of the dogbane 
family, with fragrant flowers, and a hard, tough, 
and close-grained yellow wood, which is used in 
cabinet-work, for the handles of tools, etc. 
kambala (kam-ba'la), n. [E. Ind.] An East 
Indian tree, Sonneratia apetala, of the natural 
order Lythrariece. Its hard red wood is used for 
making packing-boxes and for house-building. 
kambodja (kam-bo'ja), n. [Malay.] The Plu- 
meria acutifolia, an apocynaceous tree, with nu- 
merous large white flowers, very common in the 
villages of Burma. 
kambou (kam'bo), n. [Kurile Islands.] A sea- 
weed, Laminaria saccharina. It is a favorite dish 
among all classes in Japan, and is called by the Russians 
sea-cabbage. In England it is known zssea-beet andsuieet 
tangle. 
Kamchadale (kam'cha-dal), n. [= F. Kam- 
tchadale = G. Eamtscliadale, < Russ. Kamclia- 
dalu, an inhabitant of Kamchatka,< JSTamc/mtt-o, 
Kamchatka.] A member of a native tribe of 
Kamchatka, a peninsula in Eastern Siberia. 
The tribe is sometimes classed among Mongolians. It 
numbers only from 2,000 to 3,000. Also Kamtchadal, Kam- 
chatkan. 
Kamchatka!! (kam-chat'kan), a. and n. [< 
Kamchatka + -an.'] I. a. Of or pertaining to 
Kamchatka. 
An Eskimo offshoot, though mixed with Tnskl or Kam- 
chatkan blood. Athenaeum, No. 3149, p. 270. 
II. n. 1. An inhabitant of Kamchatka. 2. 
The language of Kamchatka. 
kame, kaim (kam), n. 1. Dialectal (Scotch) 
forms of comb 1 . 
And lang, lang may the maidens sit, 
Wi 1 their goud bairns in their hair, 
A 1 waiting for their ain dear loves. 
Sir Patrick Spen (Child's Ballads, HI. 156). 
2. A peculiar elongated ridge, made up of de- 
trital material. See eskar, and horseback, 2. 
[Scotch, but frequently used by geologists writ- 
ing in English.] 
xdusive m onhe^p[t a alorSe a t! kan"ari-oU(ka.na'ri-oil),. An oil derived by ex- 
and in each of them there are three windows, a large table, pression from Canarium commune, which yields 
a brick oven, and sleeping-platform accommodations for ft JQ l ar g e proportion. It is preferred to cocoa- 
about twenty-five men. 
0. Kennan, The Century, XXXIII. 535. 
nut-oil, both for culinary purposes and for burn- 
ing. 
canchil, kantjil (kan'chil), n. [E. Ind.] A 
small deer of the genus Tragulus, found in 
Java; a pygmy deer, deerlet, or chevrotain, as 
Tragulus pt/f/maus or T. kanchil. See Tragulus. 
(kand), n. A variant spelling of cand. 
kami (kii'mi). . [Jap., upper, superior, a 
lord.] 1. A lord; a title applied by the Japan- 
ese to daimios and governors. 2. A term used 
by the Japanese to designate (a) all the gods 
or celestial beings who formed and peopled Ja- 
pan; (6) the descendants of these gods, the mi- fcanfle ^Dan"pronrka~ne"), 7~[Dan.~ = Norw. 
kados and the imperial family, as terrestrial A,- arma = E. caw, a vessel: see caw 2 .] A measure 
kami ; and (c) such heroes and worthies as ha ve of capac ity used in Denmark and Norway, equal 
been deified by the mikados. to 4.1 United States pints or 3.4 imperial pints. 
In Japan it is interesting to observe that a national Kami Jjandel (kan'del), n. [The native name on the 
-Ten-zio-dai-zin-is worshipped as a sort of Jahveh by M a i a b ar coast.] A tree, Kaudelia Rheedii, re- 
the nation m genera^ mneiewth Century , XIX . 494 . lated to the mangrove See Kandelia. 
-i -, m-L kandele, w. oee kantelet. 
3. [cap.] [= Chin, shin, god, spirit.] The name Kandelia (kan-de'li-a), n. [NL. (Wright and 
used by the Protestant missionaries and the Arnott i 834 ) < ^and'el, q. v.] A genus of trop- 
native Protestant Christians of Japan for the ical East Ind i an trees belonging to the order 
Supreme Being; God: the term used by Roman B i lizop horacea:, or mangrove family, differing 
Catholics is Tensh.il, or Lord of Heaven, whence botanically f rom Rhizophora, the mangrove, in 
its 5- to 6-parted calyx, lacerated petals, and 
1-celled, 6-ovuled ovary. The genus consists of a 
single species, which is a small tree with opposite, cori- 
aceous, oblong, entire leaves, and large white flowers on 
axillary peduncles. The fruit is leathery, ovoid, 1-celled 
and 1-seeded, the seed, as in the mangrove, germinating 
within the fruit. The bark of K. Rheedii, the only species, 
is used in dyeing red, probably as a mordant. It is also 
used for tanning. Mixed with ginger or pepper and rose- 
water, it is said to be a remedy for diabetes. Like most 
Roman Catholics are known as the Tenshu-kio, 
or ' Lord-of-Heaven sect.' Way of the Kami, the 
way of the gods ; Shinto, the so-called native religion of 
Japan. See Shinto. 
kamichi (kam'i-chi), )(. [F. kamichi; from a 
native name.] The horned screamer, Palame- 
dea cornuta. Also written kamachi, kamechi. 
kamila, kamela (ka-me'la), i. [Hind, kamila, 
kamela.] 1. An East Indian dyestuff consisting 
of a powdery substance which invests the pods plants of the family, this tree is found only on the coast. 
ottheeupboTbi&eeouatieeMallotusPhilippineii- kandy, n. See candy' 2 . 
sis (Rottlera tinctoria). It yields a rich orange color, kane 1 , n. See cane 2 . 
which is imparted almost exclusively to silk. It is also kan6 2 t. See klian 1 . 
an effective vermifuge^ kaneh, n. See caneh. 
2. The tree which yields this dyestuff. Also k ane i te (kan'it), n. TNamed after R. J. Kane 
kameela, kaimaile, kamula, and kanbil. Some- of Dublin, who first observed it.] A doubtful 
times called spoomcood. 
kamis, kamees (ka-mes'), . [Ar. qamis: see 
camix, chemise.] The loose shirt, having sleeves 
reaching to the wrist, worn by men of Moslem 
nations. It is made of linen or cotton, or some- 
times of a fabric of cotton and silk, etc. 
The body dress is simply a Kamis or cotton shirt ; tight 
sleeved, opening in front, and adorned round the waist and 
, , 
collar and down the breast with embroidery like network, 
it extends from neck to foot. 
S. F. Burton, El-Medinah, p. 150. 
kampt, n. and v. An obsolete spelling of camp 1 . 
kampong (kam'pong), n. [Malay, also kam 
manganese arsenide, supposed to have been 
found in Saxony. 
ang 1 , kong (kang, kpng), . [Chin.] A large 
glazed earthenware jar, containing from 60 to 
100 gallons, used in China for storing water. 
kang 2 (kaug), n. [Chin.] A kind of oven- 
like erection built of bricks, used in the north- 
ern provinces of China and in Manchuria as a 
bed, fire being placed underneath it in winter. 
Kangs are about three feet high, and vary in size ; some of 
those provided in inns and hostelries afford sleeping-ac- 
commodation for many persons. 
kangan, See canguu. 
l>ung. See compound 2 .] An inclosure or com- kangaroo (kaug-ga-ro'), n. [prig, kangaroo, > 
pound. 
It is impossible to doubt that, among the English in our 
Malay settlements, compound is used in this sense in speak- 
ing English, and Kampung in speaking Malay. 
Yule and BurneU, Anglo-Ind. Gloss., p. 186. 
kamptulicon (kamp-tu'li-kon), n. [= F. kamp- 
tulicon; a trade-name, < Gr. KauitTot;, flexible, 
f ow/lof, thick.] A kind of floor-cloth composed 
of india-rubber, gutta-percha, and ground cork. 
It is warm, soft, and elastic. The material was introduced 
about 1855. It is usually of a uniform dark-gray color, but 
is sometimes varied with colored patterns. Also culled 
cork carpet. 
kampylite, . See campylite. 
Kampylorhynchus, . See Campylorhynchus. 
kamsin, n. See khamsin. 
kanH, v. An obsolete spelling of canl. 
kan 2 t, '* and r. An obsolete form of can 2 . 
kan s t, it. An obsolete form of khan 1 . 
kana (ka'na), n. [Jap., short for kari-na, bor- 
rowed names.] Japanese writing as distinguish- 
ed from Chinese, which is also used in Japan. 
It is syllabic and consists of 47 letters, each representing 
a syllable ending with a vowel-sound, to which is added a 
F.kanguroo: a native Australian name.] 1. A 
large marsupial mammal of Australia, Macro- 
pus giganteus; by extension, any herbivorous 
and saltatorial marsupial of the family Ma- 
cropodidre (which see for technical characters). 
The great kangaroo, the first Australian species of this 
large family to become known to Europeans, was dis- 
covered by Cook in 1770. The male stands 6 or 7 feet 
high; the female is a third smaller. The hinder parts 
of the animal enormously preponderate over the fore 
parts; the thighs and tail are very muscular, the lower 
leg and the tail very long. The second and third digits 
are much reduced, the weight of the body falling chiefly 
on the fourth and fifth. The fore limbs are very small, 
used chiefly for prehension, and not in locomotion ; dur- 
ing the flying leaps the animal makes, said to be from 10 
to 20 and even 30 feet in extent, they are closely clasped 
to the breast. The head and neck are slender, the ears 
high. The general color isyellowish brown, darker above 
and paler below. The front teeth are fitted for nipping 
herbage ; the stomach is long and sacculated ; and there is 
a large csecuni. In their whole structure and economy the 
kangaroos represent ruminants in the Australian, Austro- 
Mahiyan, and Papuan regions. They are gregarious, inof- 
fensive, and timid, but when brought to bay prove formi- 
dable antagonists, using the claws of the hind feet with 
great effect. They are killed by being closed in upon and 
