KINDERGARTEN, kin'd[.e]r-gär'tn, _n._ an infant school on Froebel's
principle (1826), in which object-lessons and games figure largely.--_n._
KINDERGART'NER, a teacher in a kindergarten. [Ger. _kinder_, children,
_garten_, garden.]
KINDLE, kin'dl, _v.t._ to set fire to: to light: to inflame, as the
passions: to provoke: to excite to action.--_v.i._ to take fire: to begin
to be excited: to be roused.--_ns._ KIN'DLER; KIN'DLING, the act of causing
to burn: the materials for commencing a fire. [Ice. _kyndyll_, a torch--L.
_candela_, candle.]
KINDLE, kin'dl, _v.t._ (_Shak._) to bring forth (young). [M. E.
_kindlen_--_kinde_, kind.]
KINDLY, k[=i]nd'li, _adj._ natural: benevolent: (_orig._) belonging to the
kind or race.--_n._ KIND'LINESS.--_adv._ KIND'LY.--_adj._
KIND'LY-N[=A]'TURED.--KINDLY TENANT (_Scot._), a tenant of the same stock
as his landlord, or who held his lands in succession, from father to son,
for several generations.
KINDRED, kin'dred, _n._ relationship by blood, less properly, by marriage:
relatives: (_pl._, _B._) families.--_adj._ related: congenial. [M. E.
_kinrede_--A.S. _cynn_, kin, and the suffix _-ræden_, expressing mode or
state.]
KINE, k[=i]n, _n.pl._ (_B._) cows. [M. E. _ky-en_, a doubled plural of A.S.
_cú_, a cow, the plural of which is _cý_; cf. Scotch _kye_.]
KINEMATICS, kin-e-mat'iks, _n._ the science which treats of motion without
reference to force.--_adjs._ KINEMAT'IC, -AL. [Gr. _kin[=e]ma_, _-atos_,
motion--_kinein_, to move.]
KINEMATOGRAPH, kin-e-mat'o-graf, _n._ an arrangement by which a numerous
series of photographs, taken at rapid intervals, and representing some
moving scene, is shown on a screen at the same rapid rate at which they
were taken, giving a moving representation of the original scene--less
correct but more common form, CINEMAT'OGRAPH (sin-). [Gr. _kin[=e]ma_,
_kin[=e]matos_, motion, _graphein_, to write.]
KINESIPATHY, kin-[=e]-sip'a-thi, _n._ a mode of treating disease by
muscular movements, movement-cure---also KINESITHER'APY.--_adjs._
KINESIAT'RIC, KINESIPATH'IC.--_n._ KINESIP'ATHIST.
KINETICS, ki-net'iks, _n._ the science which treats of the action of force
in producing or changing motion.--_adjs._ KINET'IC, -AL.--_ns._
KINET'OGRAPH, a device by which a series of photographs of a moving object
can be thrown on a screen so as to imitate the motion of the original;
KINET'OSCOPE, an instrument for illustrating the production of kinematic
curves by the combination of circular movements of different radii. [Gr.
_kin[=e]tikos_--_kinein_, to move.]
KING, king, _n._ the chief ruler of a nation: a monarch: a playing-card
having the picture of a king: the most important piece in chess: a crowned
man in draughts: one who is pre-eminent among his fellows:--_fem._
QUEEN.--_v.t._ to play king.--_ns._ KING'-AT-ARMS, or KING'-OF-ARMS, a
chief officer of the Heralds' Colleges, whose designations are, for
England, Norroy, Clarencieux, and Garter; for Scotland, Lyon; and for
Ireland, Ulster; KING'-BIRD, an American tyrant fly-catcher; KING'CRAB, the
chief or largest of the crab genus, most common in the Molucca Islands;
KING'CRAFT, the art of governing, mostly in a bad sense; KING'CUP, the
buttercup or upright meadow crowfoot; KING'DOM, the state or attributes of
a king: the territory of a king: government: a region: one of the three
grand divisions of Natural History, as the animal, vegetable, or
mineral.--_adj._ KING'DOMED (_Shak._), endowed with kingly power,
proud.--_ns._ KING'FISHER, a bird with very brilliant plumage, feeding on
fish, the halcyon; KING'HOOD, kingship: kingliness.--_adj._
KING'LESS.--_ns._ KING'LET, KING'LING, a little or petty king: the
golden-crested wren.--_ns._ KING'LIHOOD, KING'LINESS.--_adj._
KING'-LIKE.--_adj._ KING'LY, belonging or suitable to a king: royal:
noble--also _adv._--_ns._ KING'-MAK'ER, one who has the creating of kings
in his power; KING'POST, a perpendicular beam in the frame of a roof rising
from the tie-beam to the ridge; KING'S'-CUSH'ION, a seat formed by two
people's hands; KING'S'-[=E]'VIL, a scrofulous disease or evil formerly
supposed to be healed by the touch of the king; KING'SHIP, the state,
office, or dignity of a king; KING'S'-HOOD, the second stomach of a
ruminant, sometimes humorously for the human stomach; KING'S'-SPEAR, a
plant of the genus Asphodel; KING'S'-YELL'OW, arsenic trisulphide or
orpiment; KING'-VUL'TURE, a large tropical brilliantly-coloured American
vulture; KING'WOOD, a beautiful Brazilian wood--also _Violet-wood_.--KING
CHARLES SPANIEL (see SPANIEL); KING LOG, a do-nothing king, as opp. to KING
STORK, one who devours his frog-subjects--from Æsop's fable; KING MOB, the
vulgar multitude; KING OF BEASTS, the lion; KING OF METALS, gold; KING OF
TERRORS, death; KING OF THE FOREST, the oak; KING'S BENCH, the bench or
seat of the king: one of the high courts of law, so called because the king
used to sit there, called _Queen's_ Bench during a queen's reign; KING'S
COUNSEL an honorary rank of barristers; KING'S EVIDENCE, a criminal allowed
to become a witness against an accomplice.--KINGDOM COME (_slang_), the
state after death.--THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE, the three Wise Men of the East,
Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthazar. [A.S. _cyning_--_cyn_, a tribe, with
suffix _-kin_; cog. with _kin_.]
KINIC, kin'ik, _adj._ pertaining to cinchona, cinchonic.
KINK, kingk, _n._ a twist in a string, rope, &c.--also KINK'LE.--_v.i._ and
_v.t._ to twist.--_adj._ KINK'Y, full of kinks: woolly: crotchety. [Scand.;
Sw. and Norw. _kink_.]
KINK, kingk, _v.i._ to cough loudly, gasp for breath.--_n._ a convulsive
cough or gasp.--_n._ KINK'COUGH, whooping-cough, chincough (q.v.).
KINKAJOU, kin'ka-j[=oo], _n._ a South American quadruped allied to the
raccoon.
KINO, k[=e]'no, _n._ an astringent vegetable exudation resembling catechu.
[East Indian.]
KINSFOLK, kinz'f[=o]k, _n._ folk or people kindred or related to one
another.--_ns._ KIN'SHIP, relationship; KINS'MAN, a man of the same kin or
race with another:--_fem._ KINS'WOMAN.
KIOSK, ki-osk', _n._ an Eastern garden pavilion: a small shop like a
sentry-box for the sale of papers, &c. [Turk.,--Pers. _kushk_.]
KIP, kip, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to play truant.
KIP, kip, _n._ the skin of a young animal.--_n._ KIP'SKIN, leather made
from the skin of young cattle, intermediate between calf-skin and cow-hide.
KIP, kip, _n._ a level or slight incline at the end of an underground way,
on which the tubs of coal stand till hoisted up the shaft.
KIP, kip, _n._ a house of ill-fame.--Also KIP'SHOP.
KIPE, k[=i]p, _n._ (_prov._) an osier basket for catching pike.
KIPPAGE, kip'[=a]j, _n._ (_Scot._) a fit of temper, a rage.
KIPPER, kip'[.e]r, _n._ a male salmon after the spawning season: a salmon
split open, seasoned, and dried.--_v.t._ to cure or preserve, as a salmon
or haddock. [Dut. _kippen_, to seize; Norw. _kippa_.]