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1. (Anat.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.
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☞ In man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one on each side of vertebral column in the back part of the abdomen, each kidney being connected with the bladder by a long tube, the ureter, through which the urine is constantly excreted into the bladder to be periodically discharged.
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2. Habit; disposition; sort; kind; as, a man of a different kidney. Shak.
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There are in later times other decrees, made by popes of another kidney. Barrow.
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Millions in the world of this man's kidney. L'Estrange.
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Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on prudence. Burns.
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☞ This use of the word perhaps arose from the fact that the kidneys and the fat about them are an easy test of the condition of an animal as to fatness. “Think of that, -- a man of my kidney; -- . . . as subject to heat as butter.” Shak.
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3. A waiter. [Old Cant] Tatler.
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Coloq. Floating kidney . See Wandering kidney, under . -- Coloq. Kidney bean (Bot.), a sort of bean; -- so named from its shape. It is of the genus Phaseolus (Phaseolus vulgaris). See under . -- Coloq. Kidney ore (Min.), a variety of hematite or iron sesquioxide, occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses. -- Coloq. Kidney stone . (Min.) See , and . -- Coloq. Kidney vetch (Bot.), a leguminous herb of Europe and Asia (Anthyllis vulneraria), with cloverlike heads of red or yellow flowers, once used as a remedy for renal disorders, and also to stop the flow of blood from wounds; lady's-fingers.

{ Kidney-form (?), Kidney-shaped (?), } a. Having the form or shape of a kidney; reniform; as, a kidney-shaped leaf; a kidney-shaped swimming pool. Gray.
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Kidneywort (?), n. (Bot.) (a) A kind of saxifrage (Saxifrage stellaris). (b) The navelwort.
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kidskin n. A soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; kid{3}.
Syn. -- kid.
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Kie (?), n. pl. [Cf. .] Kine; cows. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Kiefekil (?), n. [Per. keff foam, scum + gil clay, mud.] (Min.) A species of clay; meerschaum. [Also written keffekil.]
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Kier (?), n. [Icel. ker a tub.] (Bleaching) A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve.
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Kieselguhr (?), n. [G., fr. kiesel flint + guhr an earthy deposit or sediment in water.] Siliceous earth; diatomaceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of dynamite.
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Kieserite (?), n. [Named after Prof. Kieser, of Jena.] (Min.) Hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt mines of Stassfurt, Prussian Saxony.
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Kieve (?), n. See , n.
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Kiggelaria n. A small genus of South African shrubs or small trees.
Syn. -- genus Kiggelaria.
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Kike (kīk), v. i. [Cf. D. kijken, Sw. kika.] To gaze; to stare. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Kike (kĭk), v. t. & i. To kick. [Obs.] Chaucer.

kike (kīk), n. A derogatory name for a jew, usually intended and taken as disparaging and offensive.
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kildeer n. Same as .
Syn. -- killdeer, killdeer plover, Charadrius vociferus.
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Kilderkin (?), n. [OD. kindeken, kinneken, a small barrel, orig., a little child, fr. kind child; akin to G. kind, and to E. kin.] A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure. [Written also kinderkin.]
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Kilerg (?), n. [Kilo- + erg.] (Physics) A unit of work equal to one thousand ergs.
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kiley n. An Australian boomerang, having one side flat and the other convex.
Syn. -- kylie.
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Kilkenny cats (?) n. Two cats fabled, in an Irish story, to have fought till nothing was left but their tails. It is probably a parable of a local contest between Kilkenny and Irishtown, which impoverished both towns.
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Kill (kĭl), n. A kiln. [Obs.] Fuller.
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Kill, n. [D. kil.] A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.
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Kill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Killed (kĭld); p. pr. & vb. n. Killing.] [OE. killen, kellen, cullen, to kill, strike; perh. the same word as cwellen, quellen, to kill (cf. ), or perh. rather akin to Icel. kolla to hit in the head, harm, kollr top, summit, head, Sw. kulle, D. kollen to kill with the ax.] 1. To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay.
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Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words ! Shak.
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2. To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book. “To kill thine honor.” Shak.
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Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares. Shak.
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3. To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind; new sound insultation killed the loud noises from outside.
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Be comforted, good madam; the great rage,
You see, is killed in him. Shak.
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4. To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.
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5. To waste or spend unprofitably; -- usually used of time; as, he killed an hour waiting for the doctor to see him.
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6. To cancel or forbid publication of (a report, article, etc.), after it has been written; as, they killed the article after getting threats of a lawsuit.
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Coloq. To kill time , to busy one's self with something which occupies the attention, or makes the time pass without tediousness.

Syn. -- To murder; assassinate; slay; butcher; destroy. -- To , , . To kill does not necessarily mean any more than to deprive of life. A man may kill another by accident or in self-defense, without the imputation of guilt. To murder is to kill with malicious forethought and intention. To assassinate is to murder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and murders.

Kill (?), n. 1. The act of killing.

“There is none like to me!” says the cub in the pride of his earliest kill. Kipling.
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2. An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey.

If ye plunder his kill from a weaker, devour not all in thy pride. Kipling.
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killable adj. fit to kill, especially for food.
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{ Killdee (?), Killdeer (?), } n. [So named from its notes.] (Zoöl.) A small American plover (Charadrius vociferus, formerly Ægialitis vocifera) of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry. The adult has two black bands around the neck and upper breast, but the young chick has only the breast band. It ranges from Canada to Mexico and the West Indies.
Syn. -- kildeer, killdeer plover, Charadrius vociferus.
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☞ It is dark grayish brown above; the rump and upper tail coverts are yellowish rufous; the belly, throat, and a line over the eyes, white; a ring round the neck and band across the breast, black.
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Killer (?), n. 1. One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills.
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2. (Zoöl.) A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which several species are known; called also killer whale.
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☞ The killers have a high dorsal fin, and powerful jaws armed with large, sharp teeth. They capture, and swallow entire, large numbers of seals, porpoises, and dolphins, and are celebrated for their savage, combined attacks upon the right whales, which they are said to mutilate and kill. The common Atlantic species (Orca gladiator), is found both on the European and the American coast. Two species (Orca ater and Orca rectipinna) occur on the Pacific coast.
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Killer whale (?), n. see .
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Killesse (?), n. [Cf. .] (Arch.) (a) A gutter, groove, or channel. (b) A hipped roof. [Prov. Eng.] Parker.
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Killifish (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with black. Called also minnow, and brook fish. See .
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Killigrew (?), n. (Zoöl.) The Cornish chough. See under . [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Killikinick (?), n. See .
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Killing (?), a. Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible. -- Killingly, adv.
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Those eyes are made so killing. Pope.
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Nothing could be more killingly spoken. Milton.
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killing (?), n. 1. The act or process of causing a living organism to die.
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2. An unusually large gain in a financial or business transaction or enterprise; as, she made a killing trading cattle futures.
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Kill-joy (?), n. One who causes gloom or grief; a dispiriting person; a spoilsport. W. Black.
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Killock (?), n. [Cf. Scot. killick “the flue [fluke] of an anchor.” Jamieson.] A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stone inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together. [Written also killick.]
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Killow (?), n. [Prov. E. kollow the smut or grime on the backs of chimneys.] An earth of a blackish or deep blue color. Woodward.
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Kiln (kĭln or kĭl), n. [OE. kilne, kulne, AS. cyln, cylen; akin to Icel. kylna; prob. from the same source as coal. See .] 1. A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone.
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2. A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.
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Kiln-dry (?), v. t. To dry in a kiln; as, to kiln-dry meal or grain. Mortimer.
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Kilnhole (?), n. The mouth or opening of an oven or kiln. Shak.
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Kilo (?), n.; pl. Kilos (#). [F.] An abbreviation of .
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Kilo- (?) pref. [F. kilo-. See .] A combining form used to signify thousand in forming the names of units of measurement; as, kilogram, kilometer, kilowatt, etc.
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{ Kilogram (?), Kilogramme }, n. [F. kilogramme; pref. kilo- (fr. Gr. chilioi a thousand ) + gramme. See 3d .] A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046226 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is equal to the weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39° Fahrenheit.

{ Kilogrammeter (?), Kilogrammetre }, n. (Mech.) A measure of energy or work done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram through the height of one meter, in the latitude of Paris.

{ Kiloliter (?), Kilolitre }, n. [F. kilolitre. See , and .] A measure of capacity equal to a cubic meter, or a thousand liters. It is equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet, and to 220.04 imperial gallons, or 264.18 American gallons of 321 cubic inches.

{ Kilometer (?), Kilometre }, n. [F. kilometre. See , and .] A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.84 feet, or 0.62137119 of a mile.
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Kilostere (?), n. [F. kilostere. See , and .] A cubic measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent to 35,315 cubic feet.
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Kilovolt (?), n. [Kilo- + volt.] (Elec.) A unit of electromotive force equal to one thousand volts.
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Kilowatt (?), n. [See and .] (Elec.) One thousand watts.
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Kilowatt hour. (Elec.) A unit of work or energy equal to that done by one kilowatt acting for one hour; -- approximately equal to 1.34 horse-power hour.
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Kilt (�), p. p. from . [Obs.] Spenser.
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Kilt, n. [OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan. kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up.] A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg. [Written also kelt.]
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Kilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Kilting.] To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
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Kilted, a. 1. Having on a kilt.
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2. Plaited after the manner of kilting.
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3. Tucked or fastened up; -- said of petticoats, etc.
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kilter (kĭltẽr), n. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. cealt clothes, Gael. cealltair spear, castle, cause, Prov. E. kilter tool, instrument. Cf. .] Regular order or proper condition. Same as , but is the more common spelling in the U. S. Used chiefly in the phrase out of kilter, meaning out of order or irregular in some manner. [Also spelled kelter.]
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Kilting (?), n. (Dressmaking) A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one.
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Kimbo (?), a. [Cf. .] Crooked; arched; bent. [Written also kimbow.] Dryden.
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Kimmerian (?), a. See .
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Kimnel (?), n. A tub. See . [Obs.]
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She knew not what a kimnel was Beau. & Fl.
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kimono (kĭmōnō; Jap. kĭmōnō), n.; pl. -nos (kĭmōnōz). [Jap., article of clothing, fr. ki to wear + mono thing.] 1. A kind of loose robe or gown tied with a sash, worn as a traditional outer garment by Japanese women and men. Women may wear it with a broad sash called an , having a large bow in the back. At present (1998), most Japanese wear it only at home or on ceremonial occasions, western-style clothing being more common in the workplace.
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2. A similar gown worn as a dressing gown by women of Western nations.
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Kimry (?), n. See .
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-kin (-kĭn) suff. [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen, LG. -- ken.] A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
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Kin (kĭn), n. (Mus.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. Riemann.
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Kin, n. [OE. kin, cun, AS. cynn kin, kind, race, people; akin to cennan to beget, D. kunne sex, OS. & OHG. kunni kin, race, Icel. kyn, Goth. kuni, G. & D. kind a child, L. genus kind, race, L. gignere to beget, Gr. gignesqai to be born, Skr. jan to beget. √44. Cf. , , kind, .] 1. Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
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2. Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
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The father, mother, and the kin beside. Dryden.
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You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons. Bacon.
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{ Kin (kĭn), n. Also Kine (kīn) }. [Gr. kinei^n to move.] (Physics) The unit velocity in the C. G. S. system -- a velocity of one centimeter per second.
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Kin, a. Of the same nature or kind; kinder. “Kin to the king.” Shak.
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Kinæsodic (?), a. (Physiol.) Kinesodic.
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kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kinei^n to move + � perception.] (Physiol.) The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles; the sensation accompanying movement of the muscles. [Also spelled kinesthesia and kinesthesis.] Bastian.
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{ Kinæsthetic (?), Kinesthetic }, a. Of, pertaining to, or involving, kinaesthesia.
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kinase (kīnās), n. (Biochemistry) One of a class of enzymes that catalyze transfer of a phosphate group from ATP to another molecule; it is a type of phosphorylase.
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Kinate (?), n. [Cf. F. kinate. ] (Chem.) See . [Obsolescent]
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Kinchinjunga prop. n. same as .
Syn. -- Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanga.
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Kincob (?), n. India silk brocaded with flowers in silver or gold. -- a. Of the nature of kincob; brocaded. Thackeray.
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Kind (kīnd), a. [Compar. Kinder (kīndẽr); superl. Kindest.] [AS. cynde, gecynde, natural, innate, prop. an old p. p. from the root of E. kin. See kindred.] 1. Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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It becometh sweeter than it should be, and loseth the kind taste. Holland.
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2. Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial; sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart.
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Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught,
The love he bore to learning was his fault. Goldsmith.
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3. Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining; benevolent; benignant; gracious.
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He is kind unto the unthankful and to evil. Luke vi 35.
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O cruel Death, to those you take more kind
Than to the wretched mortals left behind. Waller.
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A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind. Garrick.
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4. Proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness, gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act. “Manners so kind, yet stately.” Tennyson.
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5. Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness.

Syn. -- Benevolent; benign; beneficent; bounteous; gracious; propitious; generous; forbearing; indulgent; tender; humane; compassionate; good; lenient; clement; mild; gentle; bland; obliging; friendly; amicable. See .
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Kind, n. [OE. kinde, cunde, AS. cynd. See , a.] 1. Nature; natural instinct or disposition. [Obs.]
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He knew by kind and by no other lore. Chaucer.
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Some of you, on pure instinct of nature,
Are led by kind t'admire your fellow-creature. Dryden.
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2. Race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or humankind. “Come of so low a kind.” Chaucer.
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Every kind of beasts, and of birds. James iii.7.
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She follows the law of her kind. Wordsworth.
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Here to sow the seed of bread,
That man and all the kinds be fed. Emerson.
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3. Sort; type; class; nature; style; character; fashion; manner; variety; description; as, there are several kinds of eloquence, of style, and of music; many kinds of government; various kinds of soil, etc.
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How diversely Love doth his pageants play,
And snows his power in variable kinds ! Spenser.
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There is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. I Cor. xv. 39.
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Diogenes was asked in a kind of scorn: What was the matter that philosophers haunted rich men, and not rich men philosophers? Bacon.
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Coloq. A kind of , something belonging to the class of; something like to; -- said loosely or slightingly. Coloq. In kind , in the produce or designated commodity itself, as distinguished from its value in money.
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Tax on tillage was often levied in kind upon corn. Arbuthnot.

Syn. -- Sort; species; type; class; genus; nature; style; character; breed; set.
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Kind, v. t. [See .] To beget. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Kindergarten (?), n. [G., lit., children's garden; kinder (pl. of kind child, akin to E. kin kindred) + garten garden.] 1. A class within a primary school or a separate school for young children, usually between the ages of four and six years, designed to adapt children to the classroom environment before beginning academic training, on the theory that education should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the normal aptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation, and construction; -- a name given by Friedrich Froebel, a German educator, who introduced this method of training, in rooms opening on a garden.
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Kindergartner (?), n. One who teaches in a kindergarten.
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Kind-hearted (?), a. Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord.
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To thy self at least kind-hearted prove. Shak.
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Kind-heartedness, n. The state or quality of being kind-hearted; benevolence.
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Kindle (?), v. t. & i. [OE. kindlen, cundlen. See .] To bring forth young. [Obs.] Shak.
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The poor beast had but lately kindled. Holland.
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Kindle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kindled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kindling (?).] [Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr. L. candela; cf. also Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf. .] 1. To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings.
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His breath kindleth coals. Job xii. 21.
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2. Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame.
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So is a contentious man to kindle strife. Prov. xxvi. 21.
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Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy thither. Shak.
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Kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam. Milton.
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Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. Dryden.

Syn. -- Enkindle; light; ignite; inflame; provoke; excite; arouse; stir up.
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