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the province of Pe-tche-li: thirty-two miles welt of 
Tfivlig. 
KIAO'-KE', a town of Corea : fevdnty-two miles weft 
of King-ki-tao. 
KIAO'-TA'O, a final! iHand of China, in the Hoang- 
hai, or Yellow river, near the coaft of Corea. Lat. 38.13. N. 
Ion. 124- * 5 - E. 
KIA'RE, a town of Perfia, in the province of Irak : 
thirty miles louth-weft of Calbin. 
KIAU'TEN, a town of Pruftian Lithuania, lituated in 
a mountainous country, with an iron-foundery, and a 
large manufacture of paper. 
KIAWA', a fmall ifland near the coaft of South Caro¬ 
lina. Lat. 32.41. N. Ion. 80. 5. W. 
KIA'YA-BEY, an officer in the Ottoman.empire, who 
is the lieutenant of the vizier, and momentarily difcharges 
his functions when the latter happens to die. All affairs 
pafs through his hands before they arrive at the vizier, 
and all orders emanating from the Porte receive their ex¬ 
ecution through the impulfe of the kiaya-bey. He is ap¬ 
pointed by the grand fignior, on the prefentation of the 
vizier. He is generally involved in the difgrace of his 
principal; and, if he do not lofe his head fo frequently as 
the other, his fortune always, in that cafe, runs the great- 
eft rilk. Although he has no military rank, it may be 
faid that he occupies the fecond adminiftrative pl’ace in 
the empire, coniidering the importance and multiplicity 
of his functions. If the fultan be diflatisned with his 
fervices, he receives, on quitting his office, the dignity of 
Ample vizier, or pacha with three tails. It feldom hap¬ 
pens that he is given only the two tails w’hen he is lent 
to govern a province. 
KIBE, / [from kerb, a cut, Germ. Skinner ; from kibwe, 
Wellh, Minficw .] An ulcerated chilblain ; a chap in the 
heel caufed by the cold.—If ’twere a kibe , ’twould put me 
to my flipper. Shakefpeare. 
KI'BED, adj. Troubled with kibes: as, kibed heels. 
KIBBIED', a town of Africa, in Bornou : 150 miles 
fouth-eaft of Bornou. Lat. 18.23. N. Ion. 24. 16. E. 
KIBIT'KA, /. A travelling carriage in Ruffia, which 
is a fmall cart capable of containing two perfons abreaft, 
while the driver lits on the farther extremity clofe to the 
horfes’ tails. It is about five feet in length, and the hinder 
half is covered with a femi-circular tilt, open in front like 
the top of a cradle, made of laths, interwoven and covered 
with birch or beech-bark. There is not a-piece of iron 
in the whole machine. It has no fprings, and is fattened 
by means of wooden pins, ropes, and fticks, to the body 
of the carriage. The Ruffians, when they travel in thefe 
kibitkas, place a feather-bed in the bottom, admirably 
calculated to break the intolerable jolts and concuffions 
occalioned by the uneven timber roads. With this pre¬ 
caution, a kibitka, though inferior in fplendour, equals in 
comfort the molt commodious vehicle. The traveller 
ftretches himfelf at length upon the feather-bed ; and, if 
inclined, may doze aw>ay the journey in perfeft tranquil¬ 
lity. Goldsmith's Geography. 
KIBIT'TEN, a town of Pruffia, in the province of 
Ermeland : feven miles fouth-eaft of Heilfperg. 
KIB'OLA, a town of Mingrelia: twenty-five miles 
fouth-eaft of Anarghia. 
KI'BROTH-A'VAH, or Kibroth-Hataa'vah, [Heb. 
the graves of luft.] One of the encampments of the If- 
raelites in the Wildernefs, where they delired of God flelh 
for their fuftsnance, declaring they were tired of manna. 
God fent them quails in great abundance; but, while the 
meat was yet in their mouths, (Pf. lxxviii. 30, 31.) God l’mote 
fo great a number of them, that the place from thence 
was called the Graves of Luft. 
KI'BURG, a town of the canton of Zurich in Swiffer- 
land, with a caftle ; feated on the river TheofF, in lat. 
47. 20. N. Ion. 8. 50. E. 
KIB'ZAIM, [Hebrew.] The name of a city. 
KI'CHAR,/. In jewilh antiquity, the chicar; theta- 
lent. Phillips. 
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KICH'ELL,/. A cake. It was an old cuftom for god¬ 
fathers and god-mothers, every time their god-children 
alked their bleffing, to give them a cake ; which was call¬ 
ed a God’s kichell. Cowell. 
To KICK, v. a. [kauchen , Germ, from calco, Lpt.] To 
ftrike with the foot.—Another, whofe fon had employ¬ 
ments at court, valued not now and then a kicking or a 
caning. Swift. 
It anger’d Turenne once upon a day, 
To fee a footman kick'd that took his pay. Pope. 
To KICK, v. n. To beat the foot in anger or contempt. 
—The doctrines of the holy Scriptures are terrible ene¬ 
mies to wicked men ; and this is that which makes them 
kick again ft religion, and fpurn at the doctrines of that, 
holy book. Til/otfon. 
KICK,/ A blow with the foot: 
What, are you dumb? Quick, with your anfwer, quick. 
Before my foot falutes you with a kick. Dry den. 
KICKAPOO', a town of America, in the wefter.n ter¬ 
ritory. Lat. 40. 20. N. Ion. 87. 10. W. 
KICKAPOU'S, an Indian nation in North America, 
whofe different tribes inhabit near the entrance of Lake 
Superior. Part refide at Lake Michigan, and between, 
that and the Miffiffippij near the Outtagomies, &c. and 
another tribe near the Piankefhaws, and on the Wabafh 
and its branches. 
The Kickapous and Kalkafkias, two Indian nations 
lately holtile, ceded lands to the United States at the treaty 
of Grenville, Auguft 3, 1.795. The United States, on the 
other hand, paid them a fura of money in hand, and en¬ 
gaged to pay them in goods, annually, to the value of 500 
dollars for ever. 
KICKEMU'IT R IV'ER, in United America, is a north- 
weftern arm of Mount Hope Bay. It is about two miles 
long, and half a mile broad. The town of Warren, in 
Briltol county, in the ftate of Rhode Ifland, lies north- 
weft of it. 
KICK'ER,/ One who ftrikes with his foot. 
KICKDU'YN, a fort of Holland : two miles fouth of 
Helder. 
KICK'SHAW, / [This word is fuppofed to be only a 
corruption of quelque ckofe, Fr. fomething; yet Milton 
leeins to have underftood it otherwife ; for he writes it 
kickjhoe, as if he thought it ufed in contempt of dancing.] 
Something uncommon ; fantaftical ; fomething ridiculous. 
—Shall we need the monfieurs of Paris to take our youth 
into their flight cullodies, and fend them over back again 
transformed into mimicks, ape & and kitkjhoes? Milton. —■ 
A cliill fo changed by the cookery that it can fcarcely be 
known.—Some pigeons, a joint of mutton, and any pretty 
little tiny kickjhaws. Shakejp. Henry IV. 
In wit, as well as war, they give us vigour; 
Creffy was loft by kickjhaws and foup-meagre. Fenton. 
KICK'SEY-WICK'SEY,/ [from kick and wince.] A 
made word in ridicule and difdain of a wife. Hanmer. 
He wears his honour in a box, unfeen, 
That hugs his kick/ey-wic/fey here at home. 
Spending his manly marrow in her arms. Shakefpeare. 
KICK'TOOL, a town of Eaft Greenland. Lat. 61.15.N. 
Ion. 45. 5. W. 
KICYDA'NI, a town of Lithuania, in the palatinate 
of Wilna : forty-eight miles north-north-weft of Troki. 
KID, a fmall ifland near the weftern coaft of Ireland, a 
little to the north of Broad-Haven : three miles fouth- 
weft of Binwy Head. 
KID,/. [Danifli.] The young of a goat.—There was 
a herd of goats with their young ones, upon w hich fight 
fir Richard Graham tells, he would fnap one of the kids, 
and carry him clofe to their lodging. Wotlon. 
So Aids and whelps their fires and dams exprefs 5 
And fo the great I mealur’d by the lefs. Dry den. 
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