KID, kid, _v.t._ and _v.i._ (_slang_) to hoax--also KID'DY.--_n._ a
deception. [Perh. conn. with _kid_, a child.]
KIDDER, kid'er, _n._ a forestaller, huckster.
KIDDERMINSTER, kid'[.e]r-min-st[.e]r, _n._ a kind of carpet (_two-ply_ or
_ingrain carpet_), from the town.
KIDDLE, kid'l, _n._ a stake-fence set in a stream for catching fish.--Also
KID'EL, KETT'LE. [O. Fr. _quidel_; prob. Bret. _kidel_.]
KIDNAP, kid'nap, _v.t._ to steal, as a human being:--_pr.p._ kid'napping;
_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ kid'napped.--_n._ KID'NAPPER. [Vulgar _kid_ (old
thieves' cant, _kinchin_--Ger. _kindchen_), a child, and vulgar _nab_, to
steal.]
KIDNEY, kid'ni, _n._ one of two flattened glands, on each side of the
loins, which secrete the urine: temperament, humour, disposition--hence,
sort or kind, as in 'of the same kidney,' &c.--_ns._ KID'NEY-BEAN, a kind
of bean shaped like a kidney; KID'NEY-POT[=A]'TO, one of various
kidney-shaped varieties of the common potato; KID'NEY-VETCH, a genus of
leguminous plants, the only British species being called Lady's Fingers;
KID'NEY-WORT, a plant of the genus Saxifrage. [M. E. _kidnere_--Ice.
_kviðr_, the womb, the belly, Ice. _nýra_ (Ger. _niere_, a kidney).]
KIE-KIE, k[=i]'k[=i], _n._ a New Zealand high-climbing shrub.
KIESELGUHR, k[=e]'zl-g[=u]r, _n._ the mineral remains of a species of algæ,
used in the manufacture of dynamite. [Ger.,--_kiesel_, flint, _guhr_,
fermentation.]
KIKUMON, kik'[=oo]-mon, _n._ a badge or crest of the imperial family of
Japan, consisting of an open chrysanthemum flower.
KILDERKIN, kil'd[.e]r-kin, _n._ a small barrel: a liquid measure of 18
gallons. [Old Dut. _kindeken_, _kinneken_ (Scot. _kinken_), dim. of Dut.
_kind_, a child.]
KILERG, kil'erg, _n._ a thousand ergs.
KILEY, k[=i]'le, _n._ a boomerang.--Also KY'LEY.
KILL, kil, _v.t._ to put to death, to slay: to nullify or neutralise, to
weaken or dilute, to render inactive: to reject, discard: to fascinate,
overcome.--_n._ the act of killing, as game.--_ns._ KILL'-COURT'ESY
(_Shak._), a discourteous, boorish person; KILL'-CROP, a changeling;
KILL'ER, one who kills, a slaughterer or butcher: a club for killing fish:
a ferocious delphinid which sometimes attacks the whale.--_p.adj._
KILL'ING, depriving of life: destructive: deadly, irresistible: completely
fascinating.--_n._ and _adj._ KILL'JOY, a mar-sport, austere.--KILL BY
INCHES, by gradual means, as by torture; KILL OFF, to exterminate; KILL
TIME, to consume spare time, as with amusements, &c.; KILL TWO BIRDS WITH
ONE STONE, to effect one thing by the way, or by the same means with which
another thing is done; KILL UP (_Shak._), to exterminate.--KILLING TIMES,
the days of the persecution of the Covenanters.--DO A THING TO KILL, in an
irresistible manner. [M. E. _killen_ or _cullen_--Ice. _kolla_, to hit on
the head--_kollr_, the head; not a doublet of _quell_.]