||Kai`ma*cam" (?), n. Same as Caimacam.
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Kain (?), n. (Scots Law) Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be
paid in kind by a tenant to his landlord. Wharton (Law Dict.).
Kai"nit (?), n. [Trade name, fr. kainite.] Salts of potassium used in
the manufacture of fertilizers.
Kai"nite (?), n. [Gr. &?; recent.] (Min.) A compound salt consisting
chiefly of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the
Stassfurt salt mines in Prussian Saxony.
Kai`no*zo"ic (?), a. See Cenozoic.
Ka*ique" (?), n. (Naut.) See Caique.
Kai"rine (?), n. (Chem.) A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid
derived from quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine.
Kai`ro*line (?), n. (Chem.) An organic base obtained from quinoline. It
is used as a febrifuge, and resembles kairine.
Kai"ser (?), n. [Gr., fr. L. Caesar. Cf. Kesar, and Czar.] The ancient
title of emperors of Germany assumed by King William of Prussia when
crowned sovereign of the new German empire in 1871.
Ka"ka (?), n. [Maori kaka a parrot; -- so named from its note.] (Zoöl.)
A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, especially the brown parrot
(Nestor meridionalis).
The mountain kaka, or kea (N. notabilis), is remarkable for having
recently acquired carnivorous habits. It attacks and kills lambs and
pigs, sometimes doing great damage.
Night kaka. (Zoöl.) The kakapo.
Ka`ka*po" (?), n. (Zoöl.) A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops
habroptilus), native of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day,
but is active at night. It resembles an owl in its colors and general
appearance. It has large wings, but can fly only a short distance.
Called also owl parrot, night parrot, and night kaka.
Kak`a*ral"li (?), n. A kind of wood common in Demerara, durable in salt
water, because not subject to the depredations of the sea worm and
barnacle.
Kak`is*toc"ra*cy (kk`s*tk"r*s), n. [Gr. ka`kistos worst + kratei^n to
rule.] Government by the worst men.
Ka*kox"ene (?), n. See Cacoxene.
Ka*lan" (?), n. (Zoöl.) The sea otter.
Ka`la*sie" (?), n. (Zoöl.) A long-tailed monkey of Borneo
(Semnopithecus rubicundus). It has a tuft of long hair on the head.
Kale (?), n. [Scot. kale, kail, cale, colewort, Gael. cael; akin to Ir.
cal, W. cawl, Armor. kaol. See Cole.]
1. (Bot.) A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head,
being nearly the original or wild form of the species. [Written also
kail, and cale.]