katipo 
katipo (kat'i-po), , . [Maori.] A venomous 
spider of the family Thrridiidtr, the Latnxln-- 
tus katipo, of a black color with a marked red 
spot, found in New 
Zealand usually 
among the rushes 
and sedges near 
the sea-shore. Tlio 
bite of this spider 
is dangerous and 
sometimes fatal, 
katsup (kat'sup), 
n. Same Htiriitrliiip. 
kattimundoo (kat- 
i-mun'do), . See 
cattimandoo. 
katydid (ka'ti- 
did), . [So called 
in imitation of its 
peculiar note.] An 
orthopterousinsect 
of the family Locux- 
tidw, of large size, 
gi'een color, and ar- 
boreal habits. Its 
note (which is imitated 
by its name) is pro- 
duced by stridulation. 
The common katydid 
is Cyrtophyllum or Pla- 
typhyllum coticavum. 
It is abundant in the B road.wingl Katydid <> 
central and eastern ctmcavum). 
Unitetl States, where 
Its shrilling call is one of the most familiar sounds of a 
summer night. The wing-covers are long, entirely cover- 
ing the hind wings, and of a pretty pale-green color, fiy 
means of the long simitar-shaped ovipositor, the eggs are 
pushed into crevices In the soft bark and stems of plants. 
The round-winged katydids are several species of Am- 
blycorypha, as A. ntundtfolia, abundant in the northern 
I'nited States and Canada. Microcentrum retinervig is 
the augnlar-winged katydid. Another katydid, of slender 
form, is Phaneroplera curvicauda. 
I love to hear thine earnest voice, 
Wherever thou art hid, 
Thou testy little dogmatist, 
Thou pretty Katydid! 
0. W. Uolmes, To an Insect. 
kaucet, A Middle English form of causey. 
See c/inxfway. 
kauila, kauwila (kou'i-la), n. [Hawaiian.] 
One of two trees of the buckthorn family, Al- 
phitonia ponderosa and Colubrina oppositifolia. 
The former is a tall tree useful to the inhabitants on ac- 
count of its close-grained, hard, and heavy wood, which 
turns black in drying, and was formerly used for clubs, 
spears, the rafters of their sacred buildings, etc. The 
latter is a small branching tree of comparatively little im- 
portance. 
kaunt, w. An obsolete form of kharfi. 
kauri (kou'ri), n. [Maori.] Same as kauri- 
pine. 
kauri-gum (kou'ri-gum), n. The resin which 
exudes from the thick bark of the kauri-pine. 
Masses weighing even 100 pounds are found in the soil 
where the trees have formerly grown. It is used in mak- 
ing varnish. Also kauri-rerin, c&iedie-rrum. 
kauri-pine ( kou'ri-pln), n. The coniferous tree 
Agathts (l)ammara) auntralis, the finest forest- 
tree of New Zealand. It sometimes attains the height 
of 180 feet, and affords a remarkably durable, straight- 
grained timber, easily worked, and susceptible of a high 
polish. It is used for masts, decking, and other ship- 
building purposes, for houses, bridges, and railway-ties, 
for furniture, and for numerous other objects. The name 
kauri is sometimes extended to the other species of the 
genus. It appears variously spelled as cmrdi, cowdie, cote- 
rie, kaicrie, kaurry, kowrie, etc. See kauri-gum, and also 
Daminara. 
kauri-resin (kou'ri-rez'in), n. Same as kauri- 
k'ausia, . See causia. 
kauwila, . See kauila. 
kava(kii'vii), . [Hawaiian.] 1. APolynesian 
shrub, Macropiper latifolium (Piper mcthi/nti- 
cuin), of the pepper family. It Is an erect, knotted, 
soft-stemmed plant with dark-green heart-shaped leaves. 
Its root has aromatic and pungent qualities, and affords 
by fermentation au intoxicating drink. 
2. A beverage derived from this plant. The 
native method of preparation was by chewing the root, 
adding water to the result, and straining, the last process 
being accompanied by ceremonial chanting. Also cam, 
atra, kawa, and ava. 
kavass, . See cocas*. 
kave. i'. and n. See crr-. 
kavel, n. See can /' . 
kaver, . See rm- 2 . 
kawt, v. and . See our 1 . 
kawa, M. See kani. 
kawa-kawa (ka' wii-ka'wH,), n. An ornamental 
shrub of New Zealand, Mai-nipipcr (I'ipcr) <'.r- 
i-i'/-.-iim, sometimes cultivated. 
kawass (ka-was'), n. See cnrnxx. 
ka-wattie (ka'wat'i), . Same as fai. 
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Kawi (kii'wij, . [Javanese.] The ancient 
and sacred language of Java. Also written 
h'dri. 
Javanese as now spoken Is far from being the same as 
tin- language of the old Inscriptions and manuscripU. 
The latter (which is usually called A'ain', though some 
scholars Insult on the name Old Javanese) was probably 
based on the Javanese of Madjakerto, while the Krama of 
the present day finds its type in that of .Surakarta. 
Kncyc. Brit., XIII. 608. 
kawn (kan), n. See tcl/mi. 
kawrie, . See kauri-pine. 
kaxes, . A form of h-jr. 
kay 1 (ka), . An obsolete or dialectal variant 
of Ay// 1 . 
kay 2 f (ka), H. Same as ki if-. 
kay 3 (ka), H. Same as key%. 
kay 4 (ka), . [< ME. ka, < AS. 'ka = D. G. 
Dan. 8w., etc., ka, < L. ka, the name of the let- 
ter K, k, called in Gr. nairna.] The name of the 
letter K, k. It is rarely so written, the symbol 
A , k, being used instead. 
kaya (ka'yS), n. [Chin.] A coniferous tree 
of China, forreya grandis. It has a height of 
sixty feet, bears an umbrella-shaped crown, 
and affords a good timber. 
kayaget. . Same as keyage. 
kayak (ka'yak), n. [Also kajak, kayack, kyack, 
l:i'i/: ; a native Greenland (Eskimo) name.] In 
Greenland, a light fishing-boat, made of seal- 
skins stretched over a wooden frame, having 
in the middle of the upper side an opening to 
receive the fisherman, who wraps himself in a 
flap of sealskin, which is laced close around the 
hole to prevent the penetration of water. 
kayaker (ka'yak-er), n. One who fishes in a 
kayak. 
Almost In an instant the animal charged upon the ka- 
yacker. Kane, Sec. Orinnell Exp., I. 416. 
Kayea (ka'e-ft), w. [NL. (Wallich, 1832), named 
in honor of Ur. R. Kaye Greville of Edinburgh.] 
A genus of dicotyledonous polypetalous trees, 
belonging to the natural order Guttiferce, tribe 
Calopnyllece, characterized by the small sub- 
globose anthers, the 4-ovuled ovary, and the 
4-parted apex of the style. The leaves are oblong 
and finely pinnately veined ; the flowers are usually small 
and numerous, in terminal panicles ; and the fruit is a 
rounded fleshy drupe. There are six species, all natives 
of tropical Asia. A". Jforibunda is a large and handsome 
evergreen tree with narrow, opposite, laurel-like leaves, 
and terminal panicles of tetramerous white flowers tinged 
with pink. It grows in Sylhet. K. stylosa of Ceylon is said 
to yield a useful timber and to have fragrant flowers. 
kaylet, An obsolete form of kaift. 
kaynardt, . [ME., < OF. caignard, cagnard, 
idle, slothful.] See caynard. 
A kayiiard and a olde folte. 
That thryfte hath loste and boghte a bolte. 
MS. Barl. 1701, f. 55. (HaUimU.) 
Sire, olde kayiuzrd, is this thy n array ? 
Why is my nelghebores wyf so gay? 
She is honoured over al tner she goth ; 
I sitte at hoom, I have no thrifty cloth. 
Chaucer, ProL to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 2S7. 
kayret. See cair. 
kaza (ka-za'), . [Turk, qaza, a judging, de- 
cree, also a judicial district ; cf . qdzi, a judge : 
see kadi, cadi 1 ."] A small administrative dis- 
trict in Turkey, being a subdivision of a san- 
jak. 
kazardly, kazzardly (kaa'ftrd-li), a. [Also 
kasardly; < *kasard,kazard,<.<yF.casard, tame, 
home-keeping, < case,<. L. casa, a house.cottage : 
see casa.'] Liable to disease or accident ; lean ; 
not thriving: used in the north of England, es- 
pecially of cattle. 
kazit, n. Same as kadi. 
kazoo (ka-zo"), M. [Appar. a made word.] A 
so-called musical instrument or toy, consisting 
of a wooden tube of peculiar shape, containing 
a vibrating strip of catgut. A sound is produced by 
singing into the tube, so as to set up a kind of rattling 
sympathetic vibration in the catgut. 
kazzardly, a. See kazardly. 
K. B. An abbreviation (a) of Knight of the Bath, 
and (ft) of King's Bench. 
K. 0. B. An abbreviation of Knight Commander 
of the Bath. 
kea (ke'S). 11. [Australian.] The sheep-killing 
parrot of Australia, Nestor notabilis. 
A mob of hoggets were attacked by kcat, and in one night 
no less than 200 sheep were killed. 
Canterbury Times, March 19, 1884. 
keach (kech), r. t. [Perhaps a dial, form and 
use of ketch 1 , catch.'} To dip out (water). [Prov. 
Eng.] 
keakt, r. * [Var. of *cack for cackle.'] To cackle 
like a goose. Xarex. 
The sober goose (not thinking ought amisse) 
Amongst the rest did (harshly) keake and hisse. 
John Taylor, Works (1630X 
keckle 
keamer (k(Vmer),. [Origin obscure.] A kind 
of ferret. I/nlliin-ll. [Prov. Eng.] 
kearnt, . An obsolete form of /.- / / ' . 
keave 1 , . and v. See keere. 
keave 2 , r. Same as cave". 
keb (keb), r. . ; pret. and pp. kcbbed, jipr. keb- 
Innij. [Origin obscure.] To cast a lamb im- 
maturely ; lose a lamb in any way : said of a 
ewe. [Scotch.] 
keb (keb), . [See keli, r.] 1. A ewe that han 
brought forth immaturely, or has lost her lamb. 
[Scotch.] 2. A tick or sheep-louse. [Scotch.] 
kebab (ke-bab'), . Same as cabob. 
kebar, n. Same as caber. 
kebbie (keb'i), H. [Origin obscure.] A cudgel; 
a club; a rough walking-stick with a hooked 
head. [Scotch.] 
Ane o' them was gaun to strike my mother wi' the tide 
o' his broadsword. So I gat up my kMrit at them, and 
said I wad gie them as guld. Scott, Old Mortality, xlv. 
kebbock, kebbuck (keb'uk), n. [< Gael, cabay, 
a cheese.] A cheese. [Scotch.] 
Weel can she milk cow and ewe, 
And niak a kf.bfntck weel, O. 
Laird of Drum (Child's Ballads, IV. 119). 
A huge kebbock (a cheese, that is, made with ewe milk 
mixed with cow's milk) and a jar of salt butter were In 
common to the company. Scott, Old Mortality, viil. 
keb-ewe (keb'u), . Same as keb, 1. 
keblah, . See kiblah. 
keblock (keb'lok), w. Some kind of wild tur- 
nip, probably Brassiea Kapa. [Prov. Eng.] 
kebsh (kebsh), . [Ar.] The wild sheep of 
Barbary : same as aoudad. 
kechilt, See kichel. 
keck 1 (kek), a. [A dial. var. of quick, prob. 
due to Icel. kykr, var. of kvikr = E. quick. Cf . 
Icedge^, kidge.] Quick; lively; pert. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
kecfc2 (kek), r. <. [A var. of kink'*, both (like 
G. ko'ken, vomit) imitative of the sound of 
retching.] 1. To heave the stomach; retch, 
as in an effort to vomit. Also keckle. 
If his conscience were come to that unnatural dyscrasle, 
as to digest poyson and to keck at wholesom food, It was 
not for the Farlement, or any of his Kingdomcs, to feed 
with him any longer. Milton, Eikonoklastes, II. 
Hence 2. To feel or manifest strong disgust. 
The faction is it not notorious ? 
Keck at the memory of glorious. Smjt. 
3. To act as if retching; arch the neck and 
protrude the head, as in the act of vomiting. 
The hawk now and again affords healthy excitement to 
a score of crows, who keck at him as he flaps unconcerned 
on his wide, ragged wings through the air. 
]'. Jiobintm, Under the Sun, p. 31. 
keck 2 (kek), . [< keck"*, .] A retching or 
heaving of the stomach. 
keck 3 (kek), n. [< kci, in the form kecks, taken 
as a plural: see kex.] 1. Same as kex, 1. 
2. A plant having a hollow stem Broad-leafed 
keck, llrractfum Sptiondylium. Trumpet-keck, the hol- 
low stem of Angelica lylocitrit, or some allied plant, which 
boys make into trumpets. 
Ke'ckia (kek'i-a),n. [NL. (E. F. Glocker, 1841), 
named in honor of General Michael Keck von 
Keck, a patron of geology.] A genus of fossil 
algae belonging, according to Scnimper, to the 
group t'aulerpitca, of uncertain affinities, con- 
sisting of a pnyllome from a cylindrical, appa- 
rently solid, many times 'branching stem, the 
branches arising at an acute angle, simple or 
again branched, gradually thickened upward, 
and covered with large thick, scale-like rings 
or annular swellings which leave crescent- 
shaped scars when removed, indicating that 
they were hollow or sack-like. The typical species 
Is A", annulata, described by Glocker from the Quader- 
sandstein (Cenomanlan) of Moravia. Other species have 
been reported from strata of the same age in Saxony. Sile- 
sia, Switzerland, and Russia, while forms referred by Heer 
to Muenfteria, from the Flysch (Lower Eocene) of s\\ it /. i 
land, are now regarded as belonging to Keckia. Some half- 
dozen species of this genus are known to science. 
keckisn (kek'ish), a. [< keek* + -wAi.] Hav- 
ing a tendency to retch or vomit. 
Inordinate passion of vomiting, called cholera, is no- 
thing different from a keckinh stomach and a desire to cut, 
but only according to augmentation. 
UoUand, tr. of Plutarch, p. 640. 
keckle 1 (kek'l).r. t.; pret. and pp. kec kled, ppr. 
keckling. [Perhaps a var. of kinkle for kink' 1 . 
as Awfc 2 for kink*.] \at., to cover or guard 
by winding with something. Thus, hemp cables are 
keckled to protect them from chafing by winding old rope 
around them. 
keckle 2 (kek'l), r. . ; pret. and pp. keckled. ppr. 
kecklinq. [Freq. of keck?.] Same as krck-, 1. 
keckle^ (kek'l), r. i.; pret. and pp. keckled, ppr. 
keckling. [A var. of cackle : see cackle, ijtujyle, 
giggle.] To cackle; chuckle. [Scotch.] 
