JUVENESCENT, j[=oo]-ven-es'ent, _adj._ becoming young.--_n._ JUVENESC'ENCE.
[L. _juvenesc[)e]re_, to grow young.]
JUVENILE, j[=oo]'ve-n[=i]l, or -nil, _adj._ young: pertaining or suited to
youth: puerile.--_n._ a young person: a book written for such: an actor who
plays youthful parts.--_ns._ JU'VENILENESS, JUVENIL'ITY. [Fr.,--L.
_juvenilis_--_juvenis_, young.]
JUXTAPOSITION, juks-ta-p[=o]-zish'un, _n._ a placing or being placed near:
contiguity.--_v.t_. JUXTAPOSE', to place side by side. [L. _juxta_, near,
and _position_.]
JYMOLD, j[=i]'mold, _adj._ (_Shak._). Same as GIMMAL.
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K the eleventh letter in our alphabet, its sound that of the sharp guttural
mute, formed by raising the tongue to the back of the palate: (_chem._) the
symbol for potassium: (_math._) generally a constant coefficient: also a
unit vector perpendicular to _i_ and _j_: as a medieval numeral, 250.
KAABA, kä'bä, or k[=a]'a-bä, _n._ Same as CAABA (q.v.).
KABALA, kab'a-la, _n._ Same as CABALA.
KABYLE, ka-b[=i]l', _n._ one of a branch of the great Berber race of North
Africa: a dialect of Berber spoken by many of the Kabyles. [Fr.,--Ar.
_Qab[=a]il_, pl. of _qab[=i]la_, a tribe.]
KADDISH, kad'ish, _n._ a Jewish form of thanksgiving and prayer, used at
funerals, &c. [Heb.]
KADI, k[=a]'di, _n._ Same as CADI.
KAE, k[=a], _n._ (_Scot._) a jackdaw.--Also KA.
KAFFIYEH, kaf'i-ye, _n._ a small shawl worn about the head in Syria.
KAFILA, kaf'i-la, _n._ a camel train, caravan.
KAFIR, kaf'ir, _n._ one of a native race of SE. Africa.--KAFIR BREAD, the
pith of a South African plant; KAFIR CORN, Indian millet. [Ar.,
unbeliever.]
KAFTAN. Same as CAFTAN.
KAGO, kag'[=o], _n._ a Japanese basket with palanquin slung from a pole and
carried by men.
KAIAK. Same as KAYAK.