Some pigeons, . . . a joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny
kickshaws.
Shak.
Cressy was lost by kickshaws and soup- maigre.
Fenton.
Kick"shoe` (?), n. A kickshaws. Milton.
{ Kick"sy-wick`sy (?), Kick"y-wisk`y (?) }, n. That which is restless
and uneasy.
Kicky-wicky, or, in some editions, Kicksy- wicksy, is applied
contemptuously to a wife by Shakespeare, in "All's Well that Ends
Well," ii. 3, 297.
Kick"sy-wick`sy, a. Fantastic; restless; as, kicksy-wicksy flames.
Nares.
Kick"up (?), n. (Zoöl.) The water thrush or accentor. [Local, West
Indies]
Kid (kd), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. kið, Dan. & Sw. kid; akin to
OHG. kizzi, G. kitz, kitzchen, kitzlein.] 1. (Zoöl.) A young goat.
The . . . leopard shall lie down with the kid.
Is. xi. 6.
2. A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily imposed on.
[Slang] Charles Reade.
3. A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the skin
of rats, etc.