keyway 
keyway (ke ' \vS), M. A mortise made for the 
reception of a key ; a slot in the round hole of 
a wheel for the reception of the key whereby 
the wheel ia secured to the shaft. E. II. Kiiii/li I. 
keywoodt (ko'wud). . [ME., < /,<//- + MUMP.] 
\\oipil landed nt, and perhaps sold from, a quay. 
That better Konernaunce and rule be hadd, and hrttrr 
ouersipht, vpimM kt-i/icoinl, crates, and colez, and bugles 
to mete hem with. ' KwjlM (JiMs (K. K. T. S.), p. 383. 
key-word (ke'werd), . A word which serves 
as a key, guide, or explanation to the meaning, 
use, or pronunciation of other words, or to other 
matters. 
These (books) are of poets, indicated by key-ward P.: 
prose writers, key-ward P. W. Science, XIII. 188. 
The keii-icord of life is "Thy will be done." 
tf. S. Merriam, 3. Bowles, II. 66. 
K. Q. An abbreviation of Knight of the Garter. 
See i/tn-li'i: 
K. O. F. An abbreviation of Knight of tlic 
(inlili'ii I'leece. See fleece. 
kh. A digraph not occurring in native English 
words, or words of other Teutonic, Romance, 
Latin, or Greek origin-but common in the trans- 
literation of Arabic, Persian, Hindustani, and 
other Oriental words, in which it usually rep- 
resents an aspirated k equivalent to the Scotch 
and German ch (ch). 
kbaftan, . See caftan. 
khair-gum (klr'gum), . A gum yielded by the 
bark of the khair-tree. 
khair-tree (kar ' tre), n. [< E. Ind. khnir + E. 
/>.] An East Indian tree, Acacia Ctitethu. 
From its heart-wood Is extracted the true catechu, and a 
gum resembling gum arable exudes from its bark. Its 
wood is hard and durable. 
khakan (kii-kiln'), . [Pers. (> Turk.) khdqdn, 
an emperor, a king, sovereign. Hence Buss. 
kaganii, ML. chacanus, cacanus, chaganug, ca- 
ganus, MGr. ^aydnof, emperor or khan (of Ta- 
tary). The word khan 1 is different.] An em- 
peror; a king. 
An embassy from Justin to the Khakdn, or Emperor, 
mentions the Tartarian ceremony of purifying the Roman 
Ambassadors by conducting them between two flres. 
Sir W. Jones, Histories and Antiquities of Asia, p. 118. 
khaki (kii'ki), a. and n. [Ind. khaki, dusty, 
earthy, < AAaA", dust, earth, ashes.] I. a. Dust- 
colored or clay-colored: adopted from Hindu 
use. 
It is a fawn-coloured glove, similar to those now being 
sold in London shops as khaki deerskin, but with hand- 
some embroidery and fringe, fi. andQ., 7th ser., VII. 369. 
II. n. A kind of light drab or chocolate-col- 
ored cloth used for the uniforms of some East 
Indian regiments. 
khaleb (kal'eb), . [Turk.] A measure of 
length, the Turkish pik, or pik halebi. Accord- 
ing to the Russian Commission, it is 26.89 English inches ; 
but the khaleb of Moldavia is 26.43 English inches. That 
of Wallachia contains by law 2 feet 2J inches, English 
measure. 
khalif, khaliff. . See calif. 
khamsin. (kam sin), . [Also kamsin; < Turk. 
Ar. khamsin, a simoom (see def.), the fifty days 
preceding the vernal equinox, < Ar. khamsin, fif- 
ty, fiftieth, < khams, khamse, five.] A hot south- 
east wind that blows regularly in Egypt for 
about fifty days, commencing about the mid- 
dle of March. 
khan 1 (kan, kau, or kau), n. [Formerly also 
kawn, kaun, can, < ME. kan, cane, chan, chane, 
chum = F. kan, khan = G. chan, khan = Buss. 
khanii = MGr. x^ft K&VTK = Turk, khan, < Pers. 
khan, a prince; of Tatar origin.] The title of 
sovereign princes in Tatar countries, whose 
dominions are known as khanates, and of no- 
madic chiefs and various state officers in Per- 
sia ; also, one of the titles of the sultan of Tur- 
key. The title has degenerated in dignity. In Persia and 
Afghanistan It has now a vague value, about equivalent to 
esquire, and in India it haa become a common affix to the 
names of respectable Hindus, especially of those who claim 
a Pathan descent. 
But estwarde on the see syde 
A prynce there is that rulyth wyde, 
Callyd the Cane of Catowe (Cathay). 
Interlude of the Four Elements (ed. Halliwell, 1848). 
Both of them seruing the great Can in those warres: 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 437. 
In Xanadu did Kubla Klum 
A stately pleasure-dome decree, 
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran. 
Coleridge, Kubla Khan. 
khan 2 (kan), n. [Formerly also kawn, kaun, kane, 
cane, hane; < Turk, khan = Hind. klidn(i,<. Pers. 
khdna, a house, dwelling.] One of a class of un- 
furnished inns in Turkish and some other Ori- 
ental lands, generally belonging to the govern- 
ment. Some are designed for the gratuitous use of trav- 
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elers and pilgrims ; others, of a better kind, for the accom- 
modation of traders and their trains and wares, the traders 
paying charges. 
The Cane lockt up by the Turks at noons and at nights, 
for feare that the Franks should suffer or otfer any -nit 
rage. Sandys, Travailes, p. 90. 
The khan (In Syria] is usually built around a courtyard, 
with sheds or booths for the animals occupying the ground 
floor, while the travelers may take what chance there is 
for sleep on the more elevated platforms. 
The Century, XXXV. 817. 
khanate(kan'at or kan'at), n. [< khan* + -o<3.] 
The dominion or jurisdiction of a khan. 
The khanate was annexed to Muscovy more than three 
centuries ago. D. M. Wallace, Russia, p. 4. 
khanjee (kan'je), n. [Repr. Hind, khangi, 
khanagi, Beng. khdnki, belonging to the house, 
< Pers. khanagi, belonging to the house, < khdna, 
house: see khan 2 .'] The keeper of a khan or 
Oriental inn. 
Everybody looks pleased [at a departure from a khan) 
except the khanjee. J. Baker, Turkey, p. 220. 
khansamah, khansuma (kan'sa-ma, -su-ma), 
n. [Hind. khdnsdnidn : see OOMMMft.] An 
East Indian servant. See consumah. 
khanum (ka-nSm'), n. [Also tanum; < Turk. 
khanim (Ar. khdnam), a lady, < khan, a lord: 
see khan 1 .] A lady of rank; the feminine of 
the title khan. 
khass (kas), a. [Hind, khass, private, special.] 
Special; reserved; also, royal: as, ichasx rev- 
enues; khass lands. 
khatzum-oil (kat'zum-oil), M. [< E. Ind. khat- 
zum + E. oil.'} An oil obtained in India from 
the composite plant Vtrnonia anthelmintica. 
khawass (ka-was'), n. Same as eavass. 
Khaya (ka'yft), . [NL. (Adrien de Jussieu, 
1830), from the Senegambian name of the tree.] 
A genus of polypetalous plants of the natural 
order Meliacece, tribe Sicieteniea;, distinguished 
from Sicietenia, the true mahogany, in having 
4 instead of 5 petals, an 8-lobed instead of a 
10-toothed stamen-tube, and compressed in- 
stead of winged seeds. They are tall trees with wood 
resembling mahogany, abruptly pinnate leaves of few leaf- 
let*, and crowded panicles of flowers at the ends of the 
branchlets. Two species are now recognized, only one of 
which, however, has acquired any economic importance. 
This is the A'. Seneaalensis, a native of Senegambia, which 
is called Senegal mahogany, and also sometimes cailcctlra. 
Khayese (ka'ye-e), n. pi. [NL. (Reichenbach, 
1837), < Khaya + -eas.~\ A subdivision ("sec- 
tion ") of mefiaceous plants of the tribe Surietc- 
n ii ir, founded on the genus Khaya, not general- 
ly recognized by modern botanists. 
khedival (ke-de'val), a. [< khedive + -a/.] Of 
or pertaining to the khedive of Egypt. Also 
klicdivial. 
khedive (ke-dev'), . [= F. kliedice,< Turk, khi- 
dic, < Pers. khidiic, khaditc, khudiw, a king, lord, 
great prince, sovereign, khidewi, the viceroy of 
Egypt.] The title of the viceroy of Egypt, 
assumed by Ismail Pasha- in 1867, under a con- 
vention with his suzerain the Sultan of Turkey: 
an agreement made between them in 1866 had 
established for the first time hereditary succes- 
sion in his family. 
khedivial (ke-de'vi-al), a. Same as khedival. 
khenna (ken'S), . Another form of henna. 
khilat, n. See killut. 
khirkah (ker'ka), n. A robe used by dervishes, 
fakirs, or ascetics in Moslem countries; a reli- 
gious habit made of shreds and patches. Hughes, 
Diet. Islam. 
khitmutgar (kit'mut-g8r), . [Alsokitmut- 
gar, khidmutgar, and kitmudgar; <. Hind, kliitl- 
matqdr, a servant, butler, < khidmat, service, at- 
tendance^ -gar, denoting an agent.] In India, 
a servant, usually Mohammedan, whose duty it 
is to wait at table ; an under-butler. 
It [an English child) slaps the mouth of a gray-haired 
khansuiuah with Its slipper, and dips its poodle's pawl In 
a Mohammedan khitmutgar'e rice. 
J. W. Palmer, The New and the Old, p. 342. 
kibbler 
Khivan (ke'van), a. [< Khiva (see def.) + -an.] 
Of or pertaining to Khiva, a city and khanate 
on the west bank of the Oxus in central Asia, 
temporarily occupied by the Russians in 1873, 
but now nominally independent. 
The collection of the Indemnity falls upon the Khiran 
authorities. Encyc. Brit., XIV. 83. 
Khlistie, . [Buss., < khlestati, khluintati, lash, 
switch, < khluistu, a whip, switch.] A power- 
ful Russian sect, the members of which called 
themselves People of God. They were follower! of 
one Daniel, who declared himself to be a manifestation of 
the Almighty, and Inculcated twelve commandment*, In- 
cluding celibacy and total abstinence from strong drinks. 
The members are called Lathers and Danielilei. 
kholah (ko'lii), . [E. Ind.] The East Indian 
jackal. Cants aureus. 
khuskhus(kus'kus), n. [Hind.] Sameasctu- 
I-IIX-. 
khutbah (kut'bft), . [Ar. khutba, khotba, an 
address.] A Mohammedan prayer and sermon 
or formal oration in Arabic delivered in the 
mosques on Fridays at the beginning of meridi- 
an prayer. It la regarded by Mussulmans as the most 
sacred part of their service, and the recital of his name In 
this oration is a high prerogative of the sultan or ameer. 
In India the expression ' ' Ruler of the Age " It substituted. 
Also spelled khotbah. 
kl(ke), n. [Hawaiian.] A liliaceous plant, Cor- 
dylinc terminalis, which is distributed through 
the Pacific islands, the Malay archipelago, and 
in China. In the Hawaiian Islands its root is baked and 
eaten. It also affords an intoxicating drink by fermenta- 
tion or distillation. The natives regard the plant as sacred, 
and place it around graves. Elsewhere in Polynesia the 
name IB '/. 
kiabooca-wood (ke-a-bo"ka-wud), n. [< E. Ind. 
kiabocco + E. tcood 1 .] An ornamental wood 
exported from Singapore and produced in many 
of the Malayan islands and New Gninea. it ap- 
pears to be merely the burl-wood of the same tree which 
affords the lingo or lingoa-wood, namely Pterocarput In- 
dicus of the order Lfyuminowe. It is colored in shades of 
yellowish red beautifully mottled with curls or knot* of 
a darker hue. It Is much used in the East and to some ex- 
tent in Europe for inlaying and the manufacture of small 
articles, such as snuff-boxes. Also Amboyna wood, kia- 
bouea, Inabocca, kyaliuca, etc. See Pterocarpus. 
kiack(ki-ak'),- [Burmese.] In Burma, a Bud- 
dhist temple. 
The people [of Pegu) send rice and other things to that 
kiack or church of which they be. 
Uakluyt'i Voyages, II. 261. 
When they enter Into their Kiack, at the dore there Is a 
great iarre of water, with a Cocke or a Ladle in it, and 
there they wash their feete. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 4S9. 
kiak, n. See kayak. 
kiang (kyang), n. [Chinese.] A river: a part 
of many place-names in China and neighboring 
countries : as, Yang-tse-fctan</ (that is, the river 
Yang-tse). Also spelled keang. 
kiaugh (kyach), . [Origin obscure.] Toil; 
trouble; anxiety. [Scotch.] 
The lisping Infant, prattling on his knee, 
Does a' his weary kiaugh an' care beguile. 
Burns, Cottar's Saturday Night. 
Kibara (ki-ba'ra), n. [NL. (Endlicher, 1836), 
from the Javanese name of K. cortacea.] A ge- 
nus of dicotyledonous apetalous plants belong- 
ing to the natural order Monimiuct-tr, having uni- 
sexual, generally monoacipus flowers, the male 
with a perianth of 4 connivent lobes, and from 
5 to 8 stamens in two series, the 4 outer oppo- 
site the lobes. They are tree* or shrubs with opposite 
leaves and small flowers In cymes or short panicles. The 
fruit consists of numerous ovoid drupes resting upon a 
broad disk-shaped receptacle. Some dozen species are 
known, Inhabiting the East Indies, the Malay archipelago, 
and Australia. K. coriacea Is a large tree of Malacca and 
Java, having large, opposite, ovate-oblong leaves. K. ma- 
crophylla of New .South Wales and Queensland Is an ever- 
green tree called the black, Australian, or Qiteriuland ink- 
berry. 
kibbal. . See kibble*. 
kibble* (kib'l), v . ; pret. and pp. kibbled, ppr. 
kibbling. [ Perhaps JIM unassibilated and vari- 
ant freq. of chip 1 , t.] I. trans. 1. To bruise or 
grind coarsely, as malt, beans, etc. Salop. 
2. To clip roughly, as a stone. 
II. in trans. To walk lame. [Prov. Eng.] 
kibble-', kibbal (kib'l, kib'al), n. [Origin un- 
certain.] 1. The bucket or a draw-well, or of 
the shaft of a mine. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A stick 
with a curve or knob at the end, used in playing 
the game of nurspell. 
kibble-chain (kib'1-chan), n. The chain that 
draws up the kibble or bucket from a mine. 
One day at the shaft's month, reaching after the Hbblf- 
chain maybe he was in liquor, maybe not, the Lord 
knows, but I didn't know him again, sir, when we picked 
him up. Kingsley, Yeast, vil. 
kibbler (kib'ler), H. One who or that which 
kibbles or cuts ; especially, a machine for grind- 
