kinswoman 
kinswoman (kin/.'wum'an), n.; pi. l;iitxu-<itnrH kippage 1 (kip'iij), n . 
(-wim'eu). [< MK. /.//'. tiroumn; < kin'a, poss. f- -a^e.] 1. Disorder 
of ton 1 , + woman.] A female relative. 
Wherefore fyrst forsake thou thy vnlawfull wcdlocke 
that thou haste made with Judith, thy nere kynneswoman. 
Fakyan, t'bron., I. cUL 
kintal (kin'tiil), n. See quintal. 
kintar (kin'tar), n. [Seecawtar, kintal.] Ahun- 
dredweight in Morocco, equal to 112 pounds 
avoirdupois. 
kintledge (kint'loj), w. See kentledge. 
kintra, kintray (kin'tra, -tra), . Scotch forms 
of country. 
Kionocrania, kionocranial. See Cionocrania, 
fioiiocranial. 
kiosk (ki-osk'), . [Also kiosque; < F. kiosque 
= G. Pol. /iv'osA-, < Turk. fotsAfc (kyushk), a sum- 
mer-house, pavilion, < Pers. kushk, a palace, 
villa, pavilion, portico.] 1. A kind of open pa- 
vilion or suminer-houso, generally constructed 
of wood, straw, or other lignt materials, and often 
supported by pillars round the foot of which is 
a balustrade. Such pavilions, which are common In 
Turkey and Persia, have neen introduced Into the gardens 
and parka of western Europe. 
In the mean time we went to a kiosk: that is, a place like k*j nn p r l (Vi T) 'ir) t 
a large bird-cage, with enough roof to make a shade, and "^ * ft * as F sal m On ' 
no walls to impede the free passage of the air. 
B. Curzon, Monast. In the Levant, p. 376. 
The sea-wall is lined with kiosks, from whose cushioned 
windows there are the loveliest views. 
B. Taylor, Lands of the Saracen, p. 346. 
2. InFrance.a street news-stand or booth some- 
what resembling in form a small kiosk as in 
sense 1. 
kirtle 
[Perhaps <kip 1 ,v., snatch, kirkmant (kf-rk'inan), n. ; 
r; confusion. Jamieson. A churchman ; especially, 
[Scotch in 
pi. kirkmen (-men). 
one who has tin 80- 
clesiastical function or an office in the church. 
Let neither your gouernor, nor your kirkeman, nor those 
who so often bath falsifyed their i:i>th and proinUe, . . 
feede you forth with fayre wordes. and bring you into the 
snare from whence they cannot deliuer you. 
lirii/iini, Edw.VI., an. ::. 
2. A fit of rage ; a violent passion 
both uses.] 
Only dlnna pit yoursel into a kippage, and expose your- 
sel before the weans. Scott, Bride of Lamiuermoor, xxvi. 
kippage-t, [By apheresis < F. equipage, 
equipage: see equipaye 1 .] Tne company sail- tirkmasst (kerk'mas), n. [< kirk + mass 1 ; the 
ing on a ship, whether sailors or passengers. 
[Scotch.] 
kippel (kip'el), . Same as kipper*. 
He [Scott], and Skene of Rubislaw, and I were out one 
night about midnight, leistering kippels in Tweed. 
Uogg, quoted iu Personal TraiU of Brit. Authors, p. 63. 
kipper 1 (kip'er), a. and n. [Prob. < kip 1 , n., + 
-er.] I. a. Hooked or beaked, as a spent sal- 
mon. See the quotation. 
word, esp. in the form kirkmesn, being adopted 
from Icel. kirkmesna, kirjumessa, a church-day, 
1. A 
Those [salmon! . . . left behind by dt,, 
lean, and unseasonable, and kipper that is to ay, have kirkshott (kerk shot), n 
bony gristles grow out of their lower chaps. 
I. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 122. 
or D. kerkmis, kermis, etc.: see keruti*.] 
church festival. 2. A fair; a kirmess. 
And albeit some of them |fairs| are not much better than 
I.OWBC faire, or the common kirkmesses beyond the sea, yet 
there ore diverse not inferior to the great marts In Europe. 
UoKmbed, Descrlp. of England, U. 18. 
kirkmaster (kerk'mas'ter), n. A churchwar- 
den. [North. Eng.] 
A churchyard. 
They got the bonnle lad's corpse 
In the kirk-shot o 1 bonnie CargtD. 
The Weary Coble o' CargiU (Child's Ballads, III. 82). 
II. n. 1. The male salmon when spent after 
the spawning season. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A fcirkton, kirktown (kcrk'ton, -toun), n. [8c. 
salmon detained in fresh water. 3. A kip- forms of c/mrc/ttoifw, q. v.] The village or ham- 
let in which the parish church is erected. 
The mountain village, which was, as we say In Scotland, 
iliv JllUUDLUlll VUlOK^i VTU1VU TT no, **> vrw 
the Wrtton of that thinly peopled district 
K. L. Stevenson, Olalla. 
pered herring; a herring for kippering. 
i Dner l (kip'er), V. t. KStopW 1 , .] Toprepare 
"*'*"" v as salmon herrine etc bv cleansing 
or cure, as salmon, n( ing, etc., uy o 
them well, giving them several dry rubbings 
of pepper and salt, and then drying them, either fcirfcyard (kerk'yard), n. [< ME. kirkegerd, etc. : 
in the open air or artificially, by means of the gee c i tur chyar(I.] A churchyard; a graveyard, 
smoke of peat or juniper-berries. Day. 
There was kippered salmon, and Finnan haddocks, and 
a lamb's head, and a haggis. Dickens, Pickwick, xlii. 
kipper 2 (kip'er), a. [A dial, var.of clapper* (T).] 
The trees between the endless lines of houses spread Sprightly; gay; light-footed. [Prov. Eng.] 
kipperniitt (kip'er-nut), n. [< kipper (?) + nut.] 
1. Bunium flexuosum, the earthnut or pignut, their foreheads. 
2. Lathyrus niacrorhizus, the tuberous pea. kirlewet 
[Western kipper-tiniet (kip'er-tim), n. In old Eng. Jaw, 
[Now Scotch.] 
Some frendes he had, that buried It in kirkegerd. 
Rob. of Brunne, p. 64. 
An obsolete spelling of curl. 
dnsts and 
tail advertising columns crowned by a ring of gas jeU. 
Harper's Mag., LXXVIII. 692. 
den. 
kiote (ki'ot), . Same as coyote, 
U.S.] 
kiotome (ki'o-tom), n. [For *kionotome, < Gr. 
K'IWV, a column (see don*), + TOUOS, cutting, < 
Ttftmv, rafieiv, cut.] A surgical instrument de- 
vised by Desault for dividing pseudo-mern- kipshop (kip'shop), n. Same as kip*. 
branous bands in the rectum and bladder, and west of Scotland.] 
also used by him for the removal of the tonsils, kipskin (kip'skin), n. Leather prepared from 
kioum (kyoum), n. [Burmese.] In Burma, a the skin of young cattle, intermediate between 
monastery or religious house for the accommo- calfskin and cowhide. 
datiou of a community of poonghees or Bud- kirb, . An obsolete or obsolescent spelling 
dhist priests. It is usually connected with a of curb. See kerb. 
Benvcnuto, Passengers' Dialogues (1612). 
n. An obsolete spelling of curleic. 
_,, , . kirmes, kirmess, See kermess. 
the period between the 3d and the 12th of May, Jrjrn 1 , . and v. See kern 1 . 
in which salmon-fishing in the Thames between kirn 2 , . and v. Same as kern 2 for churn. 
Gravesend and Henley-on-Thames was forbid- fcirrik (kir'ik), n. [E. Ind.] The Sikkim ka- 
leege or black pheasant, Euplocamus melanotus. 
[Slang, kirr-mew (ker'mu), n. [< "kirr, prob. a var. of 
car 2 (ME. kerre), + mete 1 . Cf. equiv. car-mcal- 
low.] The common tern or sea-swallow. [Prov. 
A common contraction of 
Eng.] 
cn 
temple or pagoda. 
kip j t (kip), v. [< ME. kippen, keppen, < Icel. 
kirbeh (ker'be), n. [Ar. qirba, a large water- 
skin ; cf^ qirdb, a case, sheath, qarib, a ship's 
A skin for holding 
^iU j ^ ts i | i ' . (/. |_\ j.u^j< n,vrj.fuit>i tv\jfffjv'*i >. 7 * a" r j 
kinpa, pull, snatch, = Sw. dial, kinpa = Norw. boat (NGr. itapafii, a ship).] A 
kippa, snatch, = D. kippen, catch, seize. Cf. water, usually a goatskin: the ordinary means 
kep and keep 1 .] I. trans. To snatch ; take up of carrying water in Egypt and elsewhere in the 
hastily. Moslem East. 
" Thus I Hppe ant cacche cares ful colde. kfrbstone, n. An obsolete or obsolescent spell- 
Political Songs (ed. Wright), p. 155. ing of curbstone. 
The swerd he hauede thider Drouth Kirby hook. See hook. 
He kipte hit up. Haveiok, L 2637. Kirchhoff's laws. See law 1 . 
II. intrans. 1. To hold or keep : with together, kiriaghuna (kir'i-a-g8'na), n. [E. Ind.] The 
Togeder, I rede, we kip. cow-plant, Oymnema lactifera. 
Lanytofl, Chron. (ed. Hearne), p. 182. kirimon (ke ri-mon), n. [Jap., < Kr, the tree 
Paulownia Japonica, + mon, 
crest.] One of the two im- 
perial crests of Japan (see 
kikumon), consisting of three 
leaves of the paulownia sur- 
mounted by three flowers and 
three stems of the same plant 
bearing buds. The central stem 
has seven buds, and the outer stems 
have five each. 
kirk (kerk), n. [< ME. kirke (with orig. t-sound 
retained, after Icel. kirkia), < AS. cyric, eyre, 
whence, with reg. assibilation, E. church ; see 
church.] The Scotch and Northern English 
form of the word church, surviving from Mid- 
dle English: now often used specifically for 
the Established Church of Scotland. 
And, at ye general day, yat like a brother be redy wit 
othlr to go to ye kirke wit Is brethere wit a garlond of 
hoke Lewes. English (Kids (E. E. T. S.), p. 117. 
The Scotch kirk was the result of a democratic move- 
ment, and for some time, almost alone in Europe, it was 
the untUnchinc champion of political liberty. 
Lecky, Rationalism, I. 150. 
Kirk session, the lowest church court in the Established 
<1mrch of Scotland : usually called session in other Pres- 
byterian churches. 
kirk (kerk), v. t. K kirk, n. Cf. church, v.] To 
church. [North. Eng. and Scotch.] 
kirkedt, a. A Middle English transposed form 
of crooked. 
His nose frounced ful kirked stood. 
2. An osier basket, broader at top than at hot- Rom - <* the Roie - ' 3137 - 
torn, and left open at each end, used chiefly for kirkgarth (kerk' garth), . A churchyard, 
catching pike. Hallitcell. [Oxfordshire, Eug.] [North. Eug.] 
2. To conduct one's self; act. 
When he wakyns he kyppys that Joy it to see. 
Towneley Mysteries, p. 113. 
kip 1 (kip), n. [Early mod. E. kyppe, prob. ' that 
which is pulled or snatched off'; < kip 1 , v.] The 
hide of a young or small beast, as a lamb or calf. 
The term is also applied to the skins of full-grown cattle 
when they are of a small breed, or, In general, undersized. 
kip" (kip), . [Prob. a var. of cop 1 , as tip of top. 
In def. 2 (and 3) perhaps lit. 'a catch,' < hip 1 , 
v.] 1. A sharp-pointed hill; a jutting point. 
[Scotch.] 
I saw the bit crooklt moon come stealing o'er the kipps 
of Bower-hope-Law. Hogg, Brownie o' Bodsbeck, II. 35. 
2. A hook. [Scotch.] 3. The enlarged tip of 
the lower jaw of a spent salmon. See kipper 1 , n. 
kip 3 (kip), H. [Cf. kip 2 .] In coal-mining, a level 
or gently sloping outgoing roadway, at the 
extremity of an engine-plane, upon which the 
full tubs stand ready to be sent up the shaft. 
dnvley. [North. Eng.] 
kip 1 (kip), w. [Origin obscure; cf. kipshop.] 
A house of ill fame. Goldsmith. [Slang.] 
kipe (kip), n. [< ME. "kipe, cupe, < AS. cypa = 
MD. cupe, D. ki<'i><(-k<irf) = LG. kiipe, kipe, > 
G. kiepe, a basket. Possibly connected with 
coop, q. v.] 1. A basket. [Prov. Eng.] 
And Floriz hath iherd al this, 
Ut of the cupe he lep anon 
And to blauncheflur he gan gon. 
King Horn (E. E. T. S.\ p. 65. 
kirsch (kirsh), n. 
Icirsch-wasser. 
kirsch-wasser (kirsh'vos'er), ii. [G., < kirschc, 
= E. cherry, + wasner= E. water.] A spirituous 
liquor obtained by distilling the fruit of Prunus 
n ri mil. a European wild cherry. The best quality 
is a powerful spirit, with a delicate perfume and flavor 
like bitter almond. It is manufactured in the Vosgea and 
the Black Forest, chiefly and best in the latter locality. It 
is almost free from sweetness, and is as colorless as water, 
but somewhat thick and syrupy, and hag singular power 
of refracting light, which makes it brilliant in the glass. 
kirsomt, n. A corruption of clirisom, for chrism. 
Also used blunderingly for "kirsen, for Chris- 
tian. 
As I am a true Tnntoine woman. It is one of the crystal 
glasses my cousin sent me. Beau, and Fl., Coxcomb, iv. 7. 
kirsten, kirsen (kers'tn. ker'sn), v. t. [Like 
kersen, a corruption of christen.'] To christen; 
baptize. [Obsolete or Scotch.] 
Why, 'tis thirty year e'en as this day now, 
Zln Valentine's day, of all days Inirrin'd. 
B. Jonsan, Tale of a Tub, L 2. 
kirtle 1 (ker'tl), . [Formerly also curtel; < 
ME. kirtel, kertel, kyrtel, < AS. cyrtel = Icel. kyr- 
till = Dan. Sw. kjortel, a kirtle ; with dim. suffix 
-el, prob. < Icel. skyrta = Dan. skjorte = Sw. 
skjorta, a skirt, shirt; the orig. initial s being 
lost, perhaps bv association with L. curtus () 
E. curt, kirt = t). kort = G. kurz, etc.), short: 
see curt, short, shirt, skirt.] 1. In former use, a 
garment of which the form and purpose varied 
at different times, (o) A tunic or undergarment; a 
shirt. (6) A close-fitting gown for women, which some- 
times was called a loiuj kirtle and had a train. (< ) A gar- 
ment like doublet for men. (<f) A cloak. (<) A monk's 
gown. Coat and kirtle are mentioned together in the 
middle of the seventeenth century as forming a woman's 
costume : as, a tawny camlet coat and kirtle cost 10 17f. 
In this case kirtle is evidently the petticoat, or the gar- 
ment worn under the coat See halj-kirtle, and full Hr- 
Oe, below. 
A knights wife may bane her kirtle borne In her owne 
bowse, or In any other place, so it be not in her betters 
presence. Booke of Precedent* (E. E.T. S., extra ser.),L 19. 
In skerlet kyrtells over one, 
The cokwoldes stodyn euerychon, 
Redy vnto the dansyng. 
The Horn of Kiny Arthur (Child's Ballads, L 2S> 
Ben It came the Mayor's dauchters, 
Wl' kirtle coat alone ; 
Their eyes did sparkle like the gold. 
Li 
The Clerk's Two Sons 
they tripped on the stone. 
i Sons o Owtenford (Child's 
Ballads, IL 67> 
