(n.) A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.

(n.) Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping.

(n.) Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other.

(n.) Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping.

(n.) A black, two-horned, African rhinoceros (Atelodus keitloa). It has the posterior horn about as long as the anterior one, or even longer.

(pl. ) of Kelpy

(n.) A tub; a brewer's vessel.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ken

(v. t.) Range of sight.

(v. t.) The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles.

(a.) Same as Ceramic.

(n.) A nitrogenous substance free from phosphorus, supposed to be present in the brain; a body closely related to cerebrin.

(n.) A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis of epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair, feathers, and the like. It is an insoluble substance, and, unlike elastin, is not dissolved even by gastric or pancreatic juice. By decomposition with sulphuric acid it yields leucin and tyrosin, as does albumin. Called also epidermose.

(n.) A kerchief.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kern

(pl. ) of Kersey

(n.) A small, slender European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called windhover and stannel. The name is also applied to other allied species.

(n.) A sauce. See Catchup.

(a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a ketone; as, a ketonic acid.

(n.) A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key.

(n.) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key which fastens them.

(n.) a mortise for a key or cotter.

(v. t.) To form a key seat, as by cutting. See Key seat, under Key.

(n.) Same as Kamsin.

(n.) Dominion or jurisdiction of a khan.

(n.) A governor or viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.

(n.) A tent used by the Kirghiz Tartars.

(n.) A rude kind of Russian vehicle, on wheels or on runners, sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often used as a movable habitation.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kick

(n.) A young kid.

(pl. ) of Kidney

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kill

(n.) Alt. of Killdeer

(a.) Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible.

(n.) A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stone inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kid

(n.) A huckster; a cadger.

(n.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone.

(n.) The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon.

(n.) The common buttercup.

(n.) See Cruller.

(n.) The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers.

(n.) The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a quadruped, especially of a calf; -- formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.

(n.) The joint of a plant.

(n.) The joining pars of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.

(n.) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.

(n.) A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; as, brass knuckles; -- called also knuckle duster.

(v. i.) To yield; to submit; -- used with down, to, or under.

(v. t.) To beat with the knuckles; to pommel.

(imp. & p. p.) of Kotow

(n.) An intoxicating fermented or distilled liquor originally made by the Tartars from mare's or camel's milk. It can be obtained from any kind of milk, and is now largely made in Europe.

(a.) See Creatic.

(n.) A small tree of the genus Citrus (C. Japonica) growing in China and Japan; also, its small acid, orange-colored fruit used for preserves.

(v. t.) To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kithe

(a.) Containing knobs; full of knobs; ending in a nob. See Illust of Antenna.

(n.) See Knobbler.

(imp. & p. p.) of Knock

(n.) One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.

(imp. & p. p.) of Knoll

(n.) One who tolls a bell.

(a.) Having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons.

(imp. & p. p.) of Knot

(a.) Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak.

(a.) Interwoven; matted; entangled.

(a.) Having intersecting lines or figures.

(a.) Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered surface; as, knotted rocks.

(a.) Entangled; puzzling; knotty.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Know

(a.) Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a knowing dog.

(a.) Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal.

(n.) Knowledge; hence, experience.

(a.) Full of knots; gnarled.

(a.) Milled, as the head of a screw, or the edge of a coin.

(n.) Any pheasant of the genus Pucrasia. The birds of this genus inhabit India and China, and are distinguished by having a long central and two lateral crests on the head. Called also pucras.

(n.) One who kneads.

(n.) The kneepan.

(n.) A cap or protection for the knee.

() of Kneel

(n.) One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling.

(n.) A cushion or stool to kneel on.

(n.) A name given to certain catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of church worship.

(n.) A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.

(imp. & p. p.) of Knell

(n.) A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing.

(n.) A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in Prussian Saxony.

(n.) A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine.

(n.) A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus rubicundus). It has a tuft of long hair on the head.

(n.) One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic pheasants, belonging to the genus Euplocamus, and allied to the firebacks.

(n.) Same as Calends.

(n.) A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and Screamer.

(n.) A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara.

(n.) A small chevrotain of the genus Tragulus, esp. T. pygmaeus, or T. kanchil, inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its agility and cunning.

(n.) A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain clay. It is chiefly derived from the decomposition of common feldspar.

(n.) A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral.

(n.) A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, common in the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination Katy-did, whence the name.

(n.) One who uses a kayak.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keck

(imp. & p. p.) of Keckle

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kedge

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keel

(n.) The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll.

(n.) A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc.

(n.) A cod.

(n.) See Keeler, 1.

(n.) A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of a timber ship.

(n.) See Keelfat.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keep

() of Knit

(n.) A string that draws together a purse or bag.

(n.) See Nettles.

(n.) See Cithara.

(n.) A young kitten; a whelp.

(n.) Alt. of Klipdachs

(v. i.) To bite or nibble.

(n.) One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.

(n.) One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also clapper.

(n.) a harness maker.

(n.) One who slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh for dog's meat.

(a.) Full of knots; knaggy.

(imp. & p. p.) of Knap

(v.) To break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to nibble.

(a.) Knotty; gnarled.

(n.) The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.

(n.) Roguish or mischievous tricks.

(n.) A knavish woman.

(a.) Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick.

(a.) Mischievous; roguish; waggish.

(imp. & p. p.) of Knead

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knife

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of King

(n.) The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.

(n.) The territory or country subject to a king or queen; the dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or has control.

(n.) An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom.

(n.) A little king; a weak or insignificant king.

(n.) Any one of several species of small singing birds of the genus Regulus and family Sylviidae.

(n.) Family relationship.

(pl. ) of Kinsman

(n.) Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide.

(pl. ) of Kirkman

(n.) In Europe, particularly in Belgium and Holland, and outdoor festival and fair; in the United States, generally an indoor entertainment and fair combined.

(a.) Wearing a kirtle.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kiss

(n.) A small postern or gate in a palisade, for the passage of sallying parties.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kilt

(n.) A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one.

(imp. & p. p.) of Kindle

(n.) One who, or that which, kindles, stirs up, or sets on fire.

(n.) Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.

(n.) Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other.

(a.) Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.

(n.) See Cowpox.

(n.) See Kinetoscope.

(q.) Moving or causing motion; motory; active, as opposed to latent.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kink