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of, his deed, he forfeits his title with his evidence. Govern¬ 
ment of the Tongue. 
KI'TES-FOOT, f. A plant. See Ranukculus. 
ICIT'JAP, Ketch'up, or Cat'sup. .See Dolichos 
foja, vol. vi. p. 12. 
KIT'KEY, f. The fruit or feed of the afh. Bailey. 
KITTING,/. A kitten ; a young cat. 
KIT'LOLL, a town of Bengal : fifteen miles fouth- 
fouth-weft of Goragot. 
KITNAI'SE, a town of Egypt, on the left branch of 
the Nile : twenty miles fouth of Faoua, and three north- 
eaft of Shabur. 
KI'TOI, a river of Rufiia, which runs into Angara 
near Zueva. 
KITOI'SKA, a town of Rufiia, in the government of 
Irkutlk, on the Kitoi: fixty-eight miles north-north-weft 
of Irkutlk. 
KITO'RAH, a town of Hindooftan, in Boggilcund : 
twenty-five miles north-north-eaft of Rewah. 
KITRIA'NT, a town on the fouth coalt of the ifland 
of Siphanto. Lat. 36. 55. N. Ion. 24. 49. E. 
KI'TROS. SeeKADROS. 
KITTAN'ING, a lettlement of the American States, 
in Pennfylvania, on the eaft fide of Alleghany river, thirty- 
fix miles northward of Pittfburg. 
KITTATIN'NY MOUNTAINS, a ridge of the Al¬ 
leghany Mountains, which runs through the northern 
parts of New Jerfey and Pennfylvania. 
KITTEN, f. [ katteken , Dut. It is probable that the 
true fingular is kit, the diminutive of cat, of which the old 
plural was kitten, or young cats, which was in time taken 
■ for the lingular, like chicken.'] A young cat.—That a mare 
will fooner drown than a horfe, is not experienced; nor 
is the fame obferved in the drowning of whelps and kit¬ 
tens. Brown's Vulgar Errours. 
Helen was juIt dipt into bed ; 
Her eyebrows on the toilet lay : 
Away the kitten with them lied, 
As fees belonging to her prey. Prior. 
To KIT'TEN, v. n. To bring forth young as a cat.— 
The eagle timbered upon the top of high oak, and the 
cat kittened in the hollow trunk of it. I.'If range. 
So it would have done 
At the dime fealon, if your mother’s cat 
Had kitten'd, though yourfelf had ne’er been born. Shakefp: 
KIT'TEN I'SLAND, a fmall ifland in the Mergui 
Archipelago, near the fouth-eaft coalt of Cat Ifland. 
KIT'TENED, adj. Brought forth as a kitten. 
KIT'TENING, f. The act of bringing forth in the 
manner of cats. 
KIT'TER, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar; thirty - 
feven miles north of Hajypour. 
KIT'TERY, a town of America, in the province of 
■Main, on the Pifcataqua : four miles fouth of York, and 
lixty-feven north of Bolton. In this town is Sturgeon 
Creek, called fo from the plenty of that fifli in the mouth 
of the creek at the firft lettlement of the country; but 
there have been none found for thefe many years palt. 
This creek is famous in the hiltory of the firft fettlers. 
KIT'TILA, a town of Swedilh Lapland : 103 miles 
north of Ketni. 
KIT'TIM. [Heb. gold.] The fon of Javan, and grand- 
fon to Noah. Calmet has ftated, in his comment upon 
Genefis x. 4, that Kittim peopled Macedonia. Jofephus 
by Kittim underftands the I He of Cyprus; others the Hie 
of Chios ; others Cilicia ; others again Acliaia. But the 
author of the Firft Book of Maccabees underftands it as 
Calmet does, of the Macedonians ; for he calls Alexander 
king of the Kittims, and fays, that Perfeus king of the 
Kittims was overcome by the Romans. 1 Macc. i. 1. viii. 
5. Daniel fpeaks of the Jhips of Kittim, ch. xi. ver. 30. 
which Bochart takes to be meant of the Roman fleet; for 
he will have it that Kittim lignifies Italy. And no doubt 
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Daniel does fpeak in this place of the Roman fleet; but 
he calls it the flips of Kittim, becaufe it lay in the harbours 
of Macedonia, whence it departed to attack Antiochus, 
under the command of Caias Popilius ; and of this event 
Daniel was fpeaking in the paflage cited by Bochart. Cal - 
net's Did. if the Bible, Taylor's edit. 
KITTS, St. See Saint Christopher’s. 
KIT'TY, a diminutive of Catharine. 
KITWA'DA, a town of Japan, in the ifland of Ni- 
phon : forty-live miles north-weft of Meaco. 
KITZ'BUHL, or Kitz'bichl, a town of the county 
of Tyrol, on the river Acha: thirty-fix miles eaft of Ir.f- 
pruck, and twelve fouth-eaft of Kuffftein. Lat.47.25. N. 
Ion. 12. 27. E. 
KITZ'HICK, a river of Nepaul, which runs into the 
Cole twenty-fix miles fouth of Nogarcot. 
KITZIN'GEN, a town of the duchy of Wurzburg, on 
the Maine. It is large and handfome ; and owes its rife, 
to a noble convent of Benedidlines, founded in the year 
745 by duke Pepin. The inhabitants are almoft all’Lu- 
therans: ten miles eaft-fouth-eaft of Wurzburg, and thir¬ 
ty-four north-north-weft of Anfpach. Lat. 49.42. N. 
Ion. 10. 12. E. 
KI'CJ, a city of China, of the firft rank, in Tche-ki- 
ang; built near a fine river, and between two others that 
are fmaller, that run into it. It borders on Kiang-fi and 
Fo-kien ; but the road which leads to this lalt province, 
which is but three days’ journey, is very difficult to .'ra¬ 
vel in, becaufe of the mountains which there is a necef- 
fity of palling: 687 miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Peking. 
Lat. 29. 2. N. Ion. 118. 39. E. 
KI'U-OU', a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Chan-fi : twenty-two miles fouth of Pin-yang. 
KI'VA. See Khieva. 
KIV'AK, a town of Perfia, in the province of Chora- 
fan .- 3000 miles north of Herat. 
KIVALO'RE, a town of Hindooftan, in the Carnatic: 
eight miles weft of Negapatam. 
KIVIJAR'VI, a town of Sweden, in the government 
of Wafa : feventy miles fouth-eaft of Jacobftadt. 
KIU'KA, a town of Sweden, in North Finland: twenty- 
five miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Biorneborg. 
KIU'LO, a town of Sweden, in the government of 
Abo : thirty miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Biorneborg. 
KIU'MEN, a river of Rufiia, which runs into the gulf 
of Finland in lat. Go. 50. N. Ion. 26. 18. E. 
KI'UN, a town of China, of the third rank, in Honan : 
twelve miles weft-north-weft of Oue-kiun. 
KI'UN, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in Hou- 
quang : 515 miles fouth-fouth-weft of Peking. Lat. 32. 
42. N. Ion. 110. 46. E. 
KI'UN, a city and feaport of China, of the firft rank, 
in Quang-tong, and capital of the ifland of Hai-nan, fitu- 
ated on a promontory on the north coaft. Ships often 
anchor under its walls. It is governed by mandarins ; 
and the jurifdidion extends over three towns of the fe¬ 
cond dais, and ten of the third. Lat. 20. N. Ion. 109. 
38. E. 
KI'UN-TCHIN', a town of China, of the third rank, 
in Chang-tong : thirty miles eaft of Po. 
KIUREWE'SI, a town of Sweden, in the government 
of Kuopio : fifty-five miles north-north-weft of Kuopio. 
KIUS'DEREN, a town of European Turkey, in Ro¬ 
mania : thirty-four miles weft of Filippopoli. 
KIUSJU'. See Ximo. 
KIUTA'JA, or Cuta'ja, a town of Afiatic Turkey, 
capital of a fangiacate, and refidence of the beglerbeg of 
Natolia; fituated at the foot of a mountain, near the river 
Purfak, which runs into the Sakaria. It contains feveral 
inofques, and three Armenian churches. The foil is fer¬ 
tile, and the air healthy. Near it are fome warm baths, 
much efteemed in feveral diforders. Kiutaja was taken 
by Timur Bee after the battle of Angura : 136 miles 
fouth-fouth-eaft of Conftantinople. Lat. 39. 14. N. Ion. 
30.30. E. 
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