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Kritarchy (krītärk�), n. [Gr. kriths judge + 'archh beginning, government.] The rule of the judges over Israel.
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Samson, Jephthah, Gideon, and other heroes of the kritarchy. Southey.
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Krokidolite (kr�kĭd�līt), n. (Min.) See .
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Krone (krōn�), n. [Dan.] A coin of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, of the value of about twenty-eight cents (in ). See , n., 9.
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Krooman (kr�m�n), n.; pl. Kroomen (kr�m�n). One of a negro tribe of Liberia and the adjacent coast, whose members are much employed on shipboard.
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Kruller (krŭllẽr), n. See .

{ Krummhorn, Krumhorn } (kr�mhôrn), n. [G. krummhorn cornet; krumm crooked + horn horn.] (Mus.) (a) A reed instrument of music of the cornet kind, now obsolete (see , 1, a.). (b) A reed stop in the organ; -- sometimes called cremona.
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Krupp gun (kr�pgŭn) n.. A breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia. Guns of over eight-inch bore are made up of several concentric cylinders; those of a smaller size are forged solid. [obsolescent] Knight.
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Kruppize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kruppized (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Kruppizing.] (Metal.) To treat by, or subject to, the Krupp process.
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Krupp process (kr�p) n. (Iron Metal.) (a) A process practiced by Friedrich Krupp, Essen, Germany, for washing pig iron, differing from the Bell process in using manganese as well as iron oxide, and performed in a Pernot furnace. Called also the Bell-Krupp process. (b) A process for the manufacture of steel armor plates, invented or practiced by Krupp, the details of which are secret. It is understood to involve the addition of chromium as well as nickel to the metal, and to include a treatment like that of the Harvey process with unknown variations or additions. The product is mentioned by some authors, as improved Harvey, or Harvey-Krupp armor plate.
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Kryolite (?), n. (Min.) See .
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Krypton (krĭptŏn), n. [NL., fr. Gr. krypton, neut. of kryptos hidden.] (Chem.) An inert gaseous element of the argon (noble gas) group, of atomic number 36, occurring in air to the extent of about one volume in a million. It was discovered by Ramsay and Travers in 1898. Boiling point, -152.3° C.; melting point, -156.6° C.; symbol, Kr; atomic weight, 83.8.
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Ksar (zär), n. See .

{ Kshatriya (kshȧtr�yȧ), Kshatruya (?), } n. [Skr. kshatriya one belonging to the military caste.] The military caste, the second of the four great Hindu castes; also, a member of that caste. See . [India]
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Kuda (k�dȧ), n. (Zoöl.) The East Indian tapir. See .
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Kudos (kūdŏs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ky^dos glory.] Glory; fame; renown; praise. W. H. Russel.
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Kudos, v. t. To praise; to extol; to glorify. “Kudos'd egregiously.” [R.] Southey.
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Kudu (k�d�), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Kufic (?), a. See .
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Kukang (?), n. (Zoöl.) [Native name.] The slow lemur. See .
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Kuklux, Ku Klux, Ku Klux Klan (?), n. The name adopted in the southern part of the United States by a secret political organization, active for several years after the close of the Civil War, and having for its aim the repression of the political power of the freed negroes; -- called also Kuklux Klan and the Klan. It exerienced a revival in the 1920's, in the north as well as the south, and persists as a weak organization into the 1990's. Its goals were primarily anti-negro and anti-Catholic, and its tactics included terrorist attacks on negroes for the purpose of intimidation with the goal of continuing segregation. The signature activity of the Klan was the burning of a cross, either at rallies of Klansmen, or on the property of African-Americans which they hoped to intimidate.
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Kulan (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .

Kulturkampf (?), n. [G., fr. kultur, cultur, culture + kampf fight.] (Ger. Hist.) Lit., culture war; -- a name, originating with Virchow (1821 - 1902), given to a struggle between the Roman Catholic Church and the German government, chiefly over the latter's efforts to control educational and ecclesiastical appointments in the interest of the political policy of centralization. The struggle began with the passage by the Prussian Diet in May, 1873, of the so-called Coloq. May laws , or Coloq. Falk laws , aiming at the regulation of the clergy. Opposition eventually compelled the government to change its policy, and from 1880 to 1887 laws virtually nullifying the May laws were enacted.
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{ Kumish (?), Kumiss (?), } n. See .
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Kummel (?), n. [G. kümmel cumin, caraway seed, L. cuminum. Cf. .] A Russian and German liqueur, consisting of a sweetened spirit flavored with caraway seeds.
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kumquat (?), n. [Chin. kin keu.] (Bot.) any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella (formerly Citrus) of the rue family (Rutaceae) (especially Citrus Japonica) growing in China and Japan bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp; also, any of the small acid, orange-colored citrus fruits of such plants, used mostly for preserves. [Also spelled cumquat.]
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Kupfernickel (?), n. [G. See , and .] (Min.) Copper-nickel; niccolite. See .
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kurakkan n. An East Indian cereal grass (Eleusine coracana) whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
Syn. -- finger millet, ragi, ragee, African millet, coracan, corakan, Eleusine coracana.
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kurchatovium n. [From Igor Kurchatov, a Russian scientist who worked on the atomic bomb.] A transuranic element of atomic number 104, symbol Ku; also called rutherfordium, symbol Rf. It is produced in very small quantities by nuclear reactions. In November 1993 the nomenclature committe of the American Chemical Society approved the name rutherfordium for element 104. Russsian investigators who claim to have first discovered element 104, isotope 260 (half-life 0.3 seconds) in 1964 at Dubna proposed the name kurchatovium. However, investigators at Berkely in 1969 produced several isotopes of element 104 but were unable to produce isotope 260; they reported finding isotope 257, with a half-life of 4-5 seconds, isotope 259 with a half-life of 3-4 seconds, and isotope 258 with a shorter half-life.
Syn. -- rutherfordium, Rf, Ku, unnilquadium, Unq, element 104, atomic number 104.
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kurchee, kurchi n. A tropical Asian tree (Holarrhena antidysenterica syn. Holarrhena pubescens) with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.
Syn. -- ivory tree, conessi, kurchee, Holarrhena pubescens, Holarrhena antidysenterica.
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Kurd (?), prop. n. A member of a people who inhabit a mountainous region of Western Asia, sometimes referred to as Kurdistan, spread over an area including adjoining parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Syria. The people of this region speak Kurdish and are mostly Moslem. [Written also Koord.]
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Kurdish, prop. a. Of or pertaining to the Kurds, the Kurdish language, or Kurdistan. [Written also Koordish.]
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Kurdish, prop. n. The language of the Kurds; it is related to Farsi, the modern Iranian language. [Written also Koordish.]
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Kurilian (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Kurile Islands, a chain of islands in the Pacific ocean, extending from the southern extremity of Kamchatka to Yesso. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of the Kurile Islands. [Written also Koorilian.]
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Kuro-Siwo (?), n. [Jap. kuroshio; kuro black + shio tide.] See , above.
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Kursaal (?), n. [G.] A public hall or room, for the use of visitors at watering places and health resorts in Germany.
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Kusimanse (?), n. (Zoöl.) A carnivorous animal (Crossarchus obscurus) of tropical Africa. It its allied to the civets. Called also kusimansel, and mangue.
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Kuskus (?), [Per. & Hind. khaskhas.] (Bot.) See .
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Kussier (?), n. (Mus.) A Turkish instrument of music, with a hollow body covered with skin, over which five strings are stretched. [Written also kussir.]
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Kutauss (?), n. (Zoöl.) The India civet (Viverra zibetha).
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Kutch (?), n. (Goldbeating) The packet of vellum leaves in which the gold is first beaten into thin sheets.
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Kutch, n. See .
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Kwajalein prop. n. A battle of World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese airbase.
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Kwan yin, Kwan-yin prop. n. (Buddhism) A female Bodhisattva; often called Goddess of Mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon.
Syn. -- Kuan Yin.
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Kwannon prop. n. Japanese counterpart of the Chinese Kuan Yin.
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kweek n. A trailing grass (Cynodon dactylon) native to Europe, now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in the Southern U. S. and India. Called also Bahama grass and Bermuda grass.
Syn. -- Bermuda grass, devil grass, Bahama grass, doob, scutch grass, star grass, Cynodon dactylon.
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kwela n. A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; it includes a whistle among its instruments.
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Ky (?), n. pl. Kine. [Scot.] See , , and .
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Kyaboca wood (?) n. (Bot.) (a) Amboyna wood. (b) Sandalwood (Santalum album).
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Kyack (kīăk), n. 1. A pack sack to be swung on either side of a packsaddle. [Western U. S.]

2. A .
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Kyanite (?), n. See .
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Kyanize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kyanized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kyanizing (?).] [From Mr. Kyan, the inventor of the process.] To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure.
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Kyanol (?), n. [See .] (Chem.) (a) Aniline. [Obs.] (b) A base obtained from coal tar. Ure.
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Kyanophyll (?), n. (Bot.) Same as .
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Kyar (?), n. Cocoanut fiber, or the cordage made from it. See .
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Kyaw (?), n. (Zoöl.) A daw. [Scot.]
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Kyd (?), p. p. of .
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Kydde (�), imp. of , to show. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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☞ Spenser erroneously uses kydst to mean “knowest.”
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Kyke (?), v. i. [See 1st .] To look steadfastly; to gaze. [Obs.] [Written also kike, keke.]
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This Nicholas sat ever gaping upright,
As he had kyked on the newe moon. Chaucer.
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Kyley, kylie (kīl�), n. 1. an Australian boomerang, having one side flat and the other convex.
Syn. -- kiley.
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Kyloes (?), n. pl. The cattle of the Hebrides, or of the Highlands. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
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Kymnel (?), n. See . [Obs.] Chapman.
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Kymograph (?), n. [Gr. � wave + -graph.] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring, and recording graphically, the pressure of the blood in any of the blood vessels of a living animal; -- called also kymographion.
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Kymographic (?), a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to a kymograph; as, a kymographic tracing.
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Kymric (?), a & n. See , a. & n.
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Kymry (?), n. See .
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Kynrede (?), n. Kindred. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Kynurenic (?), a. [Gr. �, �, dog + � urine.] (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from the urine of dogs. By decomposition the acid yields a nitrogenous base (called kynurin) and carbonic acid. [Written also cynurenic.]
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Kyrie (?), n. See .
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Kyrie eleison (?) n. & interj. [Gr. kyrie 'elei^son .]
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1. (R. C. Ch.) Greek words, meaning “Lord, have mercy upon us,” used in the Mass, the breviary offices, the litany of the saints, etc. Addis & Arnold.
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2. The name given to the response to the Commandments, in the service of the Church of England and of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
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Kyrielle (?), n. [Cf. F. kyrielle.] A litany beginning with the words, “Kyrie eleison.” Shipley.

{ Kyriolexy (?), Kyriology (?), } n. [Gr. �, �. See .] The use of literal or simple expressions, as distinguished from the use of figurative or obscure ones. Krauth-Fleming.
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Kyriological (?), a. [See .] Serving to denote objects by conventional signs or alphabetical characters; as, the original Greek alphabet of sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it represented the pure elementary sounds. See . [Written also curiologic and kuriologic.]
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☞ The term is also applied, as by Warburton, to those Egyptian hieroglyphics, in which a part is put conventionally for the whole, as in depicting a battle by two hands, one holding a shield and the other a bow.

{ Kythe, Kithe (kī�) }, v. t. [imp. Kydde, Kidde (kĭdde); p. p. Kythed (?), Kid; p. pr. & vb. n. Kything.] [OE. kythen, kithen, cuðen, to make known, AS. cȳðan, fr. cūð known. √45. See , to be able, and cf. .] To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. [Obs. or Scot.]
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For gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse. Chaucer.
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Kythe, v. t. To come into view; to appear. [Scot.]
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It kythes bright . . . because all is dark around it. Sir W. Scott.
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Kytomiton (k�tŏmĭtŏn), n. [NL., from Gr. kytos a hollow vessel + mitos a thread.] (Biol.) See .
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Kytoplasma (kīt�plăzmȧ), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kytos a hollow vessel + plasma thing molded.] (Biol.) See .
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