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<A NAME="kiosk">
<B>kiosk, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small building with one or more sides open, such as one used as a newsstand, a bandstand, or an opening to a subway. <BR> <I>Ex. Down the centre of the concourse are located the seating areas, the main gift shop, and information kiosk (Manchester Guardian).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a light, open summerhouse in Turkey and other Eastern countries. <BR> <I>Ex. It was a small kiosk built upon a projecting rock that looked down upon the Bosphorus and the city (Charles J. Lever).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Especially British.) telephone booth. </DL>
<A NAME="kiowa">
<B>Kiowa, </B>noun, pl. <B>-wa</B> or <B>-was.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of a nomadic, warlike Indian tribe of Tanoan stock that once inhabited the plains of the United States. Their descendants now live in Oklahoma. <DD><B> 2. </B>the language of this tribe. </DL>
<A NAME="kiowan">
<B>Kiowan, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the Kiowa Indians or their language. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>=Kiowa.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="kip">
<B>kip</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the untanned hide of a young or undersized animal. <DD><B> 2. </B>a bundle or group of such hides, containing a definite number. </DL>
<A NAME="kip">
<B>kip</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a unit of weight equal to 1,000 lbs. </DL>
<A NAME="kip">
<B>kip</B> (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a cheap lodging house. <DD><B> 2. </B>a lodging or bed in such a house, <DD><B> 3. </B>a bed in general. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) a brothel. </DL>
<A NAME="kip">
<B>kip</B> (4), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the basic unit of money in Laos. </DL>
<A NAME="kip">
<B>kip</B> (5), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Australian.) a small, flat piece of wood on which the pennies are flipped into the air in the game of two-up. </DL>
<A NAME="kiplingesque">
<B>Kiplingesque, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or in the style of the English writer and poet Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). </DL>
<A NAME="kipper">
<B>kipper, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to salt and dry or smoke (herring, salmon, or other fish). <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>herring, salmon, or other fish, that has been salted and dried or smoked. <DD><B> 2. </B>the male salmon or sea trout during or after the spawning season. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Slang.) <DD><B> a. </B>a person. <DD><B> b. </B>a young person; child. </DL>
<A NAME="kirdi">
<B>Kirdi, </B>noun, pl. <B>-di</B> or <B>-dis.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a member of an African people of western and northern Cameroon. Some Kirdi are nomadic; others are farmers. </DL>
<A NAME="kirghiz">
<B>Kirghiz</B> or <B>Kirgiz, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ghiz</B> or <B>-giz,</B> <B>-ghizes</B> or <B>-gizes.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of a Mongoloid people widely scattered over the western part of central Asia. <DD><B> 2. </B>their Turkic language. </DL>
<A NAME="kirimon">
<B>kirimon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a device representing three leaves of the paulownia tree surmounted by three budding flower stems, used especially as the unofficial or personal badge of the imperial family of Japan, as on the harness of the emperor's horses. </DL>
<A NAME="kirin">
<B>kirin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mythical animal of a composite form, shown especially in Japanese carvings and procelains. It is the Japanese form of the kylin. <BR> <I>Ex. A boxwood carving of a wasp in a rotten pear by Kogetsu made 90 guineas ... a kirin, the Japanese equivalent of the western unicorn, also carved in ivory, 65 guineas (London times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="kirk">
<B>kirk, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) a church. </DL>
<A NAME="kirk">
<B>Kirk, </B>noun. <B>the,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the national church of Scotland; the Presbyterian Church of Scotland as distinguished from the Church of England or the Scottish Episcopal Church (primarily a British use). </DL>
<A NAME="kirkman">
<B>kirkman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD><B> 1. </B>an ecclesiastic. <DD><B> 2. </B>a member or follower of the Church of Scotland. </DL>
<A NAME="kirlian">
<B>Kirlian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or designating a method of photography in which unexposed film is placed between an electrode and the object to be photographed, so that the finished photograph exhibits a bright glow of different colors that seems to emanate from the photographed object. <BR> <I>Ex. Kirlian imagery, the Kirlian process. ... parapsychologists [in Russia] believe ... that all living structures are encompassed by a "bioplasm," or energy field, and that the Kirlian photograph records the surrounding field (New York Times Magazine).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="kirman">
<B>Kirman, </B>noun. <B>=Kerman.</B></DL>
<A NAME="kirmess">
<B>kirmess, </B>noun. <B>=kermis.</B></DL>
<A NAME="kirsch">
<B>kirsch, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a clear, sweet brandy distilled from the fermented juice of wild black cherries, made chiefly in southern Germany, Alsace, and Switzerland. </DL>
<B>kirsen, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) to christen. </DL>
<A NAME="kirtle">
<B>kirtle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a woman's gown, skirt, or outer petticoat. <BR> <I>Ex. Ladies ... were forbidden ... to go abroad with wide-hooped gowns or kirtles (James Howell).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a man's short coat, usually worn with an outer cloak. </DL>
<A NAME="kirundi">
<B>Kirundi, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Bantu language of Burundi, a country in eastern central Africa. It is one of the official languages of Burundi. </DL>
<A NAME="kisaeng">
<B>kisaeng, </B>noun, pl. <B>-saeng</B> or <B>-saengs.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a Korean singing and dancing girl. </DL>
<A NAME="kiseng">
<B>kiseng, </B>noun, pl. <B>-seng</B> or <B>-sengs.</B> <B>=kisaeng.</B></DL>
<A NAME="kishke">
<B>kishke</B> or <B>kishka, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Jewish Cookery.) a casing of beef or fowl, stuffed with a spicy flour mixture and roasted. It is served as a side dish or as an hors d'oeuvre. </DL>
<A NAME="kislev">
<B>Kislev, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the ninth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year and the third month of the civil year, corresponding to parts of November and December. </DL>
<A NAME="kismat">
<B>kismat, </B>noun. <B>=kismet.</B></DL>
<A NAME="kismet">
<B>kismet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> fate; destiny. <BR> <I>Ex. The stars or the fates ... or whatever you like to term your kismet (Francis M. Crawford).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="kiss">
<B>kiss, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to touch with the lips as a sign of love, greeting, or respect. <BR> <I>Ex. He kissed his mother good-by.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to touch gently. <BR> <I>Ex. A soft wind kissed the treetops.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to put, bring, or take by kissing. <BR> <I>Ex. He kissed away her tears.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to give a caress with or as if with the lips. <BR> <I>Ex. The two sisters kissed.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to come into contact or meet with a light touch. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a touch with the lips as a sign of love, greeting, or respect. <BR> <I>Ex. He gave his mother a kiss good-by.</I> (SYN) osculation. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a gentle touch. <BR> <I>Ex. The pebble-paven shore Under the quick, faint kisses of the sea Trembles and sparkles (Shelley).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a piece of candy, usually of chocolate and containing coconut or nuts. <DD><B> 4. </B>a small, fancy cake made of sugar and the whites of egg. <BR><I>expr. <B>kiss and tell,</B> </I>(Informal.) to betray a secret or trust; break a solemn promise. <BR> <I>Ex. A house divided against itself cannot stand, which is why I am not a man to kiss and tell (Arthur Goldberg).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>kiss good-by.</B> </I>See under <B>good-by.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>kiss off,</B> </I>(U.S. Slang.) to put out of mind; disregard. <BR> <I>Ex. You can kiss off that problem, now.</I> adj. <B>kissable.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="kiss">
<B>KISS</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) Keep It Simple, Stupid. <BR> <I>Ex. She abides by the engineering principle KISS ... and has the greatest confidence in an immersible [vehicle] with no machine except a human being propelling it (Science News).</I> </DL>
<B>kiss-curl, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a curl of hair drawn over the forehead, twisted in front of the ear, or grown at the nape of the neck. <BR> <I>Ex. The kiss-curls of the Empress Eugenie period curve toward [the] ears (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="kissee">
<B>kissee, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who is kissed. </DL>
<A NAME="kisser">
<B>kisser, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who kisses. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S. Slang.) the mouth or face. </DL>
<A NAME="kissingbug">
<B>kissing bug,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of certain bloodsucking insects, such as some assassin bugs, which sometimes bite persons on the lips. </DL>
<A NAME="kissingcousin">
<B>kissing cousin,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cousin or other relative close enough to kiss in greeting or leave-taking. </DL>
<B>kissing kin,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a close relative or relatives; kissing cousin or cousins. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Slang.) people or things in harmonious relation with one another. </DL>
<A NAME="kissofdeath">
<B>kiss of death,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a seemingly friendly act that leads to betrayal or misfortune. </DL>
<A NAME="kissoflife">
<B>kiss of life,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) <DD><B> 1. </B>mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) an act that gives back life; something that revitalizes. <BR> <I>Ex. The Government's kiss of life for Rolls [-Royce] could be very misleading if it is seen as a sign of a volte face by the Government over propping up ailing companies (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
<B>kiss of peace,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a ceremonial kiss signifying brotherly love; pax. The kiss of peace is given at Mass in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. </DL>
