Kumquat to Kytoplasma
Kumquat
(Kum"quat) n. [Chin. kin keu.] (Bot.) A small tree of the genus Citrus (C. Japonica) growing
in China and Japan; also, its small acid, orange-colored fruit used for preserves.
Kupfernickel
(||Kup"fer*nick"el) n. [G. See Copper, and Nickel.] (Min.) Copper-nickel; niccolite. See
Niccolite.
Kurd
(Kurd) n. A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western Asia belonging to the Turkish
and Persian monarchies. [Written also Koord.]
Kurdish
(Kurd"ish), a. Of or pertaining to the Kurds. [Written also Koordish.]
Kurilian
(Ku*ril"i*an) a. Of or pertaining to the Kurile Islands, a chain of islands in the Pacific ocean,
extending from the southern extremity of Kamschatka to Yesso. — n. A native or an inhabitant of the
Kurile Islands. [Written also Koorilian.]
Kursaal
(||Kur"saal`) n. [G.] A public hall or room, for the use of visitors at watering places and health
resorts in Germany.
Kusimanse
(Ku`si*man"se) n. (Zoöl.) A carnivorous animal (Crossarchus obscurus) of tropical Africa. It
its allied to the civets. Called also kusimansel, and mangue.
Kuskus
(Kus"kus) [Per. & Hind. khaskhas.] (Bot.) See Vetiver.
Kussier
(Kus"si*er) n. (Mus.) A Turkish instrument of music, with a hollow body covered with skin, over
which five strings are stretched. [Written also kussir.]
Kutauss
(Ku*tauss") n. (Zoöl.) The India civet
Kutch
(Kutch) n. (Goldbeating) The packet of vellum leaves in which the gold is first beaten into thin
sheets.
Kutch
(Kutch), n. See Catechu.
Ky
(Ky) n. pl. Kine. [Scot.] See Kee, Kie, and Kine.
Kyaboca wood
(Ky`a*bo"ca wood`) (Bot.) (a) Amboyna wood. (b) Sandalwood
Kyanite
(Ky"a*nite) n. See Cyanite.
Kyanize
(Ky"an*ize) 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.
Kyanol
(Ky"a*nol) n. [See Cyanite.] (Chem.) (a) Aniline. [Obs.] (b) A base obtained from coal tar.
Ure.
Kyanophyll
(Ky*an"o*phyll) n. (Bot.) Same as Cyanophyll.
Kyar
(Kyar) n. Cocoanut fiber, or the cordage made from it. See Coir.
Kyaw
(Kyaw) n. (Zoöl.) A daw. [Scot.]
Kyd
(Kyd) p. p. of Kythe.
Kydde
(Kyd"de) imp. of Kythe, to show. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Spenser erroneously uses kydst to mean "knowest."
