4. pl. Gloves made of kid. [Colloq. & Low]
5. A small wooden mess tub; — a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food. Cooper.
Kid
(Kid), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kidded; p. pr. & vb. n. Kidding.] To bring forth a young goat.
Kid
(Kid), n. [Cf. W. cidysen.] A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Kid
(Kid), p. p. of Kythe. [Obs.] Gower. Chaucer.
Kid
(Kid), v. t. See Kiddy, v. t. [Slang]
Kidde
(Kid"de) imp. of Kythe. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Kidderminster
(Kid"der*min`ster) n. A kind of ingrain carpeting, named from the English town where
formerly most of it was manufactured.
Kiddier
(Kid"di*er) n. [Cf. OSw. kyta to truck.] A huckster; a cadger. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Kiddle
(Kid"dle) n. [Cf. LL. kidellus, Armor. kiael] A kind of basketwork wear in a river, for catching
fish. [Improperly spelled kittle.]
Kiddow
(Kid"dow) n. (Zoöl.) The guillemot. [Written also kiddaw.] [Prov. Eng.]
Kiddy
(Kid"dy) v. t. To deceive; to outwit; to hoax. [Slang] Dickens.
Kiddy
(Kid"dy), n. A young fellow; formerly, a low thief. [Slang, Eng.]
Kiddyish
(Kid"dy*ish), a. Frolicsome; sportive. [Slang]
Kid fox
(Kid" fox`) (Zoöl.) A young fox. Shak.
Kidling
(Kid"ling) n. [Kid + - ling: cf. Sw. kidling.] A young kid.
Kidnap
(Kid"nap`) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kidnaped (- napt`) or Kidnapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Kidnaping or
Kidnapping.] [Kid a child + Prov. E. nap to seize, to grasp. Cf. Knab, Knap, Nab.] To take (any
one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place. Abbott.
You may reason or expostulate with the parents, but never attempt to kidnap their children, and to make
proselytes of them.
Whately. Originally used only of stealing children, but now extended in application to any human being, involuntarily
abducted.
Kidnaper
(Kid"nap`er or Kid"nap`per), n. One who steals or forcibly carries away a human being; a manstealer.
Kidney
(Kid"ney) n.; pl. Kidneys [OE. kidnei, kidnere, from Icel. koiðr belly, womb (akin to Goth.
gipus, AS. cwiþ womb) + OE. nere kidney; akin to D. nier, G. niere, OHG. nioro, Icel. nyra, Dan.
nyre, Sw. njure, and probably to Gr. nefro`s Cf. Kite belly.]
1. (Anat.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a
urinary gland.
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.
