KRANG, krang, _n._ the carcass of a whale after the blubber has been
removed.--Also KRENG. [Dut.]
KRASIS, kr[=a]'sis, _n._ the act of adding a little water to the wine used
for the Eucharist.--Also called _Mixture_. [Gr.]
KREATIN. Same as CREATIN.
KREESE. Same as CREESE.
KREMLIN, krem'lin, _n._ a citadel, specially that of Moscow. [Russ.
_kremli_.]
KREOSOTE, kr[=e]'o-s[=o]t, _n._ Same as CREOSOTE.
KREUTZER, kroit'z[.e]r, _n._ a small copper coin of Austria, 100 to the
florin or gulden--formerly also in South Germany. [Ger. _kreuzer_--_kreuz_,
a cross, because formerly stamped with a cross.]
K'RI, kr[=e], _n._ a marginal reading in the Hebrew Bible, proposed in
substitution for a k'thibh, or reading in the text. The word signifies
_read_, and was originally a marginal direction. [Heb.]
KRIEGSPIEL, kr[=e]g'sp[=e]l, _n._ the 'war-game' played with metal blocks
on a map, to train officers in military manoeuvres. [Ger. _krieg_, war,
_spiel_, game.]
KRIS. Same as CREESE.
KRISHNA, krish'na, _n._ a deity in later Hindu mythology.
KRUMMHORN, krum'horn, _n._ a medieval clarinet-like instrument: a reed-stop
in the organ. [Ger. _krumm_.]
KRUPSIS, kr[=oo]p'sis, _n._ (_theol._) the doctrine that Christ, during His
state of humiliation, continued to possess in a veiled way the divine
attributes of omnipotence, omniscience, &c. [Gr., _kryptein_, to conceal.]
KRYOMETER, kr[=i]-om'e-t[.e]r, _n._ a thermometer for measuring very low
temperatures. [Gr. _kryos_, cold, _metron_, a measure.]
KSAR (_Milt._), a former spelling of _Czar_.
KSHATRIYA, kshat'ri-ya, _n._ the second or military caste among the
Brahmanic Hindus.
K'THIBH, kth[=e]v, _n._ a textual reading in the Hebrew Scriptures:--opp.
to _K'ri_. The word signifies _written_, and was originally a marginal note
calling attention to the textual form in distinction from the k'ri. [Heb.]