KUDU. Same as KOODOO.
KUFIC. Same as CUFIC.
KUKLUX, k[=u]'kluks, or KUKLUX KLAN, a secret organisation in several
Southern states after the Civil War of 1861-65, to oppose Northern
influence in the South, and to prevent the negroes from enjoying their
rights as freemen--crushed by United States forces in 1869. [Gr. _kuklos_,
a circle.]
KUMISS. Same as KOUMISS.
KÜMMEL, küm'el, _n._ a liqueur flavoured with cumin and caraway seeds.
[Ger.]
KURD, k[=oo]rd, _n._ an inhabitant of _Kurdistan_, a region on the east of
the upper course of the Tigris.
KURSAAL, k[=oo]r'säl, _n._ the reception-room of a German spa. [Ger., lit.
'cure-saloon.']