Kitling
(Kit"ling) n. [Kit a kitten + -ling: cf. Icel. ketlingr.] A young kitten; a whelp. [Obs. or Scot.] B.
Jonson.
Kitte
(Kit"te) imp. of Kit to cut. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Kittel
(Kit"tel) v. t. See Kittle, v. t.
Kitten
(Kit"ten) n. [OE. kiton, a dim. of cat; cf. G. kitze a young cat, also a female cat, and F. chaton,
dim. of chat cat, also E. kitling. See Cat.] A young cat.
Kitten
(Kit"ten), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Kittened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Kittening.] To bring forth young,
as a cat; to bring forth, as kittens. Shak. H. Spencer.
Kittenish
(Kit"ten*ish), a. Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition. Richardson.
Kittiwake
(Kit"ti*wake) n. (Zoöl.) A northern gull inhabiting the coasts of Europe and America. It is
white, with black tips to the wings, and has but three toes.
Kittle
(Kit"tle) v. i. [Cf. Kit a kitten.] (Zoöl.) To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter. [Prov. Eng.
& Scot.]
Kittle
(Kit"tle), v. t. [Cf. AS. citelian; akin to D. kittelen, G. kitzeln, Icel. kitla, Sw. kittla, kittsla, Dan.
kildre. Cf. Tickle.] To tickle. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [Written also kittel.] Halliwell. Jamieson.
Kittle
(Kit"tle), a. Ticklish; not easily managed; troublesome; difficult; variable. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell.
Sir W. Scott.
Kittlish
(Kit"tlish) a. Ticklish; kittle. Sir W. Scott.
Kittysol
(Kit*ty*sol") n. [Sp. quitasol.] The Chinese paper parasol.
Kive
(Kive) n. A mash vat. See Keeve. [Obs.]
Kiver
(Kiv"er) v. t. To cover. — n. A cover. [Disused except in illiterate speech.]
Kivikivi
(Ki`vi*ki"vi Ki`wi*ki"wi) n.; pl. Kivikivies Kiwikiwies (Zoöl.) Any species of Apteryx, esp. A.
australis; — so called in imitation of its notes. Called also kiwi. See Apteryx.
