Kite"fly`ing (?), n. A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's
credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also
kiting. -- Kite"fli`er, n. See Kite, n., 6. [Cant] McElrath. Thackeray.
Kith (kth), n. [OE. kith, cuð, AS. cððe, cð, native land, fr. cð known.
√45. See Uncouth, Can, and cf. Kythe.] Acquaintance; kindred.
And my near kith for that will sore me shend.
W. Browne.
The sage of his kith and the hamlet.
Longfellow.
Kith and kin, kindred more or less remote.
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Kithe (k), v. t. [Obs.] See Kythe. Chaucer.
Kit"ish (?), a. (Zoöl.) Like or relating to a kite.
Kit"ling (?), n. [Kit a kitten + -ling: cf. Icel. ketlingr.] A young
kitten; a whelp. [Obs. or Scot.] B. Jonson.
Kit"te (kt"te), imp. of Kit to cut. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Kit"tel (kt"t'l), v. t. See Kittle, v. t.
Kit"ten (-t'n), n. [OE. kiton, a dim. of cat; cf. G. kitze a young cat,
also a female cat, and F. chaton, dim. of chat cat, also E. kitling.
See Cat.] A young cat.
Kit"ten, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Kittened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Kittening.] To bring forth young, as a cat; to bring forth, as kittens.
Shak. H. Spencer.
Kit"ten*ish, a. Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish
disposition. Richardson.
Kit"ti*wake (-t*wk), n. (Zoöl.) A northern gull (Rissa tridactyla),
inhabiting the coasts of Europe and America. It is white, with black
tips to the wings, and has but three toes.
Kit"tle (-t'l), v. i. [Cf. Kit a kitten.] (Zoöl.) To bring forth young,
as a cat; to kitten; to litter. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Kit"tle, v. t. [Cf. AS. citelian; akin to D. kittelen, G. kitzeln,
Icel. kitla, Sw. kittla, kittsla, Dan. kildre. Cf. Tickle.] To tickle.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [Written also kittel.] Halliwell. Jamieson.
Kit"tle, a. Ticklish; not easily managed; troublesome; difficult;
variable. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell. Sir W. Scott.
Kit"tlish (?), a. Ticklish; kittle. Sir W. Scott.
Kit*ty*sol" (?), n. [Sp. quitasol.] The Chinese paper parasol.