KITCAT, kit'kat, _n._ the name of a Whig London literary club, which
existed from 1700 to about 1720, meeting for some time in the house of a
pastry-cook named Christopher _Katt_: a portrait 36 by 28 inches in size,
so called from the portraits of the _Kitcat_ Club painted by Sir G.
Kneller.
KITCHEN, kich'en, _n._ a room where food is cooked: a utensil with a stove
for dressing food, &c.: anything eaten as a relish with bread, potatoes,
&c.--_v.t._ (_Shak._) to regale in the cook-room: to serve as relish to
food, to make palatable, to use sparingly, as one would a relish--to make
it last.--_ns._ KITCH'ENDOM, the domain of the kitchen; KITCH'ENER, a
person employed in the kitchen: a cooking-stove; KITCH'EN-FEE, the fat
which falls from meat in roasting; KITCH'EN-GAR'DEN, a garden where
vegetables are cultivated for the kitchen; KITCH'EN-KNAVE, a scullion;
KITCH'EN-MAID, a maid or servant whose work is in the kitchen;
KITCH'EN-MID'DEN (Dan. _kjökkenmödding_), a prehistoric rubbish-heap in
Denmark, the north of Scotland, &c.; KITCH'EN-PHYS'IC, substantial fare
(_Milt._); KITCH'EN-RANGE, a kitchen grate with oven, boiler, &c. attached,
for cooking; KITCH'EN-STUFF, material used in kitchens: kitchen refuse,
esp. fat from pots, &c.; KITCH'EN-WENCH, a kitchen-maid. [A.S. _cicen_;
Ger. _küche_, Fr. _cuisine_, all from L. _coquina_--_coqu[)e]re_, to cook.]
KITE, k[=i]t, _n._ a rapacious bird of the hawk kind: a rapacious person: a
light frame covered with paper for flying in the air, attached to a long
cord, by means of which it is steered: a light and lofty sail: an
accommodation bill, esp. a mere paper credit.--_n._ KITE'-FLY'ING, the
dealing in fictitious accommodation paper to raise money. [A.S. _cýta_; cf.
W. _cud_, Bret. _kidel_, a hawk.]
KITE, k[=i]t, _n._ (_Scot._) the belly.--Also KYTE. [A.S. _cwith_, the
womb.]
KITH, kith, _n._ kindred, acquaintance, obsolete except in the phrase KITH
AND KIN, acquaintances and relatives. [A.S. _cúð_--_cunnan_, to know.]
KITTEN, kit'n, _n._ a young cat.--_v.i._ to bring forth young cats.--_n._
(_Scot._) KIT'LING.--_adj._ KITT'ENISH, frolicsome.--_v.i._ KITT'LE
(_Scot._), to bring forth kittens. [M. E. _kitoun_, dim. of _cat_.]
KITTIWAKE, kit'i-w[=a]k, _n._ a species of gull with long wings and
rudimentary hind-toe. [Imit.]
KITTLE, kit'l, _adj._ (_Scot._) ticklish, intractable.--_v.t._ (_Scot._) to
tickle.--_adj._ KITT'LY, easily tickled, sensitive.--_n._ KITT'LY-BEND'ERS
(_Amer._), running on thin bending ice.
KIWI, k[=e]'wi, _n._ a bird of the genus Apteryx found in New Zealand.
KLANG, klang, _n._ (_mus._) a complex tone, composed of fundamental and
harmonics, as opposed to a simple tone. [Ger.]
KLEPHT, kleft, _n._ a Greek or Albanian brigand. [Gr., from _kleptein_, to
steal.]
KLEPTOMANIA, klep-to-m[=a]'ni-a, _n._ a mania for stealing: a morbid
impulse to secrete things.--_n._ KLEPTOM[=A]'NIAC. [Gr. _kleptein_ to
steal, _mania_, madness.]
KLICK. Same as CLICK.
KLIPDAS, klip'das, _n._ the rock badger.
KLIPSPRINGER, klip'spring-[.e]r, _n._ a small South African antelope.