KIOCK, OR BLUE-BACK. An alosa fish, used by the American and other
fishermen as a bait for mackerel.
KIOSK. A pavilion on the poop of some Turkish vessels.
KIPLIN. The more perishable parts of the cod-fish, cured separately from
the body.
KIPPAGE. An old term for equipage, or ship's company.
KIPPER. Salmon in the act of spawning; also, the male fish, and
especially beaked fish. Kipper is also applied to salmon which has
undergone the process of _kippering_ (which see).
KIPPERING. A method of curing fish in which salt is little used, but
mainly sugar, pepper, and drying in the sun, and occasionally some
smoke. Salmon thus treated is considered a dainty, though the cure is
far less lasting than with salt.
KIPPER-TIME. The time during which the statutes prohibit the taking of
salmon.
KISMISSES. The raisins issued in India, resembling the sultanas of the
Levant. The word is derived from the Turkish. They seldom have seeds.
KIST. A word still in use in the north for chest.
KIT. A small wooden pail or bucket, wherewith boats are baled out;
generally with an ear. (_See_ KID.) Also, a contemptuous term for total;
as, the whole kit of them.
KITT, OR KIT. An officer's outfit. Also, a term among soldiers and
marines to express the complement of regimental necessaries, which they
are obliged to keep in repair. Also, a seaman's _wardrobe_.
KITTIWAKE. A species of gull of the northern seas; so called from its
peculiar cry: the _Larus tridactylus_.
KITTY-WITCH. A small kind of crab on the east coast.
KLEG. The fish _Gadus barbatus_.
KLEPTES. The pirates of the Archipelago; literally the Greek for
robbers.
KLICK-HOOKS. Large hooks for catching salmon in the daytime.
KLINKER. A flat-bottomed lighter or praam of Sweden and Denmark.
KLINKETS. Small grating-gates, made through palisades for sallies.
KLIPPEN. The German for cliffs; in use in the Baltic.--_Blinde Klippen_,
reefs of rocks under water.
KLOSH. Seamen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
KNAGGY. Crotchety; sour-tempered.
KNAGS. Points of rocks. Also, hard knots in wood.
KNAP [from the Anglo-Saxon _cnaep_, a protuberance]. The top of a hill.
Also, a blow or correction, as "you'll knap it," for some misdeed.
KNAPSACK. A light water-proof case fitted to the back, in which the
foot-soldier carries his necessaries on a march.