Kid" fox` (?). (Zoöl.) A young fox. Shak.
Kid"ling (?), n. [Kid + - ling: cf. Sw. kidling.] A young kid.
Kid"nap` (kd"np`), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kidnaped (- npt`) or Kidnapped;
p. pr. & vb. n. Kidnaping or Kidnapping.] [Kid a child + Prov. E. nap
to seize, to grasp. Cf. Knab, Knap, Nab.] To take (any one) by force or
fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place.
Abbott.
You may reason or expostulate with the parents, but never attempt
to kidnap their children, and to make proselytes of them.
Whately.
Originally used only of stealing children, but now extended in
application to any human being, involuntarily abducted.
{ Kid"nap`er (?), or Kid"nap`per }, n. One who steals or forcibly
carries away a human being; a manstealer.
Kid"ney (kd"n), n.; pl. Kidneys (-nz). [OE. kidnei, kidnere, from Icel.
koiðr belly, womb (akin to Goth. gipus, AS. cwiþ womb) + OE. nere
kidney; akin to D. nier, G. niere, OHG. nioro, Icel. nra, Dan. nyre,
Sw. njure, and probably to Gr. nefro`s Cf. Kite belly.]
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1. (Anat.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste
products from the animal body; a urinary gland.
In man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one on each side of
vertebral column in the back part of the abdomen, each kidney being
connected with the bladder by a long tube, the ureter, through which
the urine is constantly excreted into the bladder to be periodically
discharged.