Sea kale (Bot.), a European cruciferous herb (Crambe maritima), often
used as a pot herb; sea cabbage.
Ka*leege" (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of several species of large, crested,
Asiatic pheasants, belonging to the genus Euplocamus, and allied to the
firebacks.
{ Ka*lei"do*phon (?), Ka*lei"do*phone (?), } [Gr. &?; beautiful + &?;
appearance, form + &?; sound.] (Physics.) An instrument invented by
Professor Wheatstone, consisting of a reflecting knob at the end of a
vibrating rod or thin plate, for making visible, in the motion of a
point of light reflected from the knob, the paths or curves
corresponding with the musical notes produced by the vibrations.
Ka*lei"do*scope (?), n. [Gr. &?; beautiful + &?; form + -scope.] An
instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, which contains loose
fragments of colored glass, etc., and reflecting surfaces so arranged
that changes of position exhibit its contents in an endless variety of
beautiful colors and symmetrical forms. It has been much employed in
arts of design.
Shifting like the fragments of colored glass in the kaleidoscope.
G. W. Cable.
{ Ka*lei`do*scop"ic (?), Ka*lei`do*scop"ic*al (?), } a. Of, pertaining
to, or formed by, a kaleidoscope; variegated.
Kal"en*dar (?), n. See Calendar.
Kal`en*da"ri*al (?), a. See Calendarial.
Kal"en*der (?), n. See 3d Calender.
Kal"ends (?), n. Same as Calends.
||Ka"li (?), n. [Skr. kali.] (Hind. Cosmog.) The last and worst of the
||four ages of the world; -- considered to have begun B. C. 3102, and
||to last 432,000 years.
||
||Ka"li, n. [Skr. kl.] (Hind. Myth.) The black, destroying goddess; --
||called also Doorga, Anna Purna.
||
Ka"li (?), n. [Ar. qali. See Alkali.] (Bot.) The glasswort (Salsola
Kali).
Ka"lif (?), n. See Caliph.
Ka"li*form (?), a. [Kali + - form.] Formed like kali, or glasswort.
Ka*lig"e*nous (?), a. [Kali + -genous. See Alkali.] Forming alkalies
with oxygen, as some metals.
Ka"li*um (?), n. [NL. See Kali.] (Chem.) Potassium; -- so called by the
German chemists.
||Kal"ki (?), n. [Skr.] The name of Vishnu in his tenth and last
||avatar. Whitworth.
||
||Kal"mi*a (?), n. [NL. Named in honor of Peter Kalm, a Swedish
||botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous
||evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also mountain
||laurel, ivy bush, lamb kill, calico bush, etc.
||
Kal"muck (?), n. 1. pl. (Ethnol.) See Calmucks.