Koo`lo*kam"ba (?), n. (Zoöl.) A west African anthropoid ape
(Troglodytes koolokamba, or T. Aubryi), allied to the chimpanzee and
gorilla, and, in some respects, intermediate between them.
Kool"slaa` (?), n. See Coleslaw.
Koord (?), n. See Kurd.
Koord"ish, n. See Kurdish.
Koo*ril"i*an (?), a & n. Same as Kurilian.
Ko"peck (?), n. [Russ. kopeika.] A small Russian coin. One hundred
kopecks make a rouble, worth about sixty cents. [Written also kopek,
copec, and copeck.]
Ko"ran (k"ran or k*rän"; 277), n. [Ar. qorn. See Alcoran.] The
Scriptures of the Mohammedans, containing the professed revelations to
Mohammed; -- called also Alcoran. [Written also Kuran or Quran.] [1913
Webster]
Ko"rin (?), n. (Zoöl.) The gazelle.
||Kor"ri*gum (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A West African antelope
||(Damalis Senegalensis), allied to the sassaby. It is reddish gray,
||with a black face, and a black stripe on the outside of the legs
||above the knees.
||
Kos"mos (?), n. See Cosmos. Gladstone.
Ko*tow" (?), n. [Chinese, knock head.] The prostration made by
mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship,
by knocking the forehead on the ground. There are degrees in the rite,
the highest being expressed by three knockings. [China] S. W. Williams.
Ko*tow", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kotowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kotowing.] To
perform the kotow.
||Kou"lan (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A wild horse (Equus, or
||Asinus, onager) inhabiting the plains of Central Asia; -- called also
||gour, khur, and onager. [Written also kulan.]
||
It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which it is closely
related. It is gray in winter, but fulvous in summer. It has a well
defined, dark, dorsal stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is
intermediate between the horse and ass.
Kou"miss (?), n. [Russ. kumys; of Mongolian origin.] An intoxicating
fermented or distilled liquor originally made by the Tartars from
mare's or camel's milk. It can be obtained from any kind of milk, and
is now largely made in Europe. [Written also koumyss, kumiss, kumish,
and kumys.]
Koumiss has from time immemorial served the Tartar instead of wine
or spirits.
J. H. Newman.
Kous"so (?), n. (Bot.) An Abyssinian rosaceous tree (Brayera
anthelmintica), the flowers of which are used as a vermifuge. [Written
also cusso and kosso.]
Kow*tow" (?), n. & v. i. The same as Kotow.