KALEVALA, kal-e-vä'lä, _n._ the great Finnish epic, written in
eight-syllabled trochaic verse (from which Longfellow's _Hiawatha_ is
imitated), taken down from the lips of the peasantry and pieced together by
Dr. Lönnrot of Helsingfors in 1835, in extended form (22,793 verses) in
1849. [Finnish, _kaleva_, a hero, _-la_, denoting place.]
KALI, kal'i, or k[=a]'l[=i], _n._ the prickly saltwort or
glasswort.--_adj._ KALIG'ENOUS, producing alkalies.--_n._ K[=A]'LIUM,
potassium.
KALI, kä'l[=e], _n._ a carpet with long nap, also the large carpet covering
the centre of a Persian room.
KALI, kä'l[=e], _n._ a Hindu goddess, wife of Siva, the dark goddess of
destruction--called also _Durga_.
KALIF, k[=a]'lif, _n._ Same as CALIF.
KALIYUGA, kal-i-y[=oo]'ga, _n._ in Hindu mythology, the present age of the
world, the fourth, characterised by universal degeneracy.
KALMIA, kal'mi-ä, _n._ a genus of North American evergreen shrubs,
including the American mountain laurel. [From Peter _Kalm_, pupil of
Linnæus.]
KALMUCK, kal'muk, _n._ a member of a Mongolian race.--Also CAL'MUCK.
[Russ.]
KALOLOGY, kal-ol'o-ji, _n._ the science of beauty in itself considered.
[Gr. _kalos_, beautiful, _logia_, discourse.]
KALONG, ka-long', _n._ a general name of the large fruit-bats, flying
foxes, &c.
KALOTYPE. Same as CALOTYPE.
KALPA, kal'pa, _n._ a day of Brahma, a period of 4320 million years.--Also
CAL'PA. [Sans., 'formation.']