<B>kist</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a chest. <BR> <I>Ex. attractive kist with packing and drawer space (Cape Times).</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>a chest or place in which money is kept; treasury. <DD><B> b. </B>the store of money itself. </DL>
<A NAME="kist">
<B>kist</B> (2), noun. <B>=cist</B> (2).</DL>
<A NAME="kistvaen">
<B>kistvaen, </B>noun. <B>=cistvaen.</B></DL>
<A NAME="kiswa">
<B>kiswa</B> or <B>kiswah, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the traditional holy cloth or carpet covering the Kaaba at Mecca. </DL>
<A NAME="kit">
<B>kit</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the parts of any article to be put together by the buyer. <BR> <I>Ex. a radio kit, a model airplane kit.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>an outfit of tools or supplies. <BR> <I>Ex. a first-aid kit, a plumber's kit.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a bag, case, or knapsack for carrying such equipment or such an outfit. <DD><B> 3. </B>a person's equipment packed for traveling. <BR> <I>Ex. a soldier's kit.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal.) a lot; set; collection. <BR> <I>Ex. I'll show a better gentleman than the whole kit of you put together (Dickens).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a small wooden tub or pail. <DD><I>v.t. </I> (Especially British.) to supply with what is needed; equip; fit (<I>out</I> or <I>up</I>). <BR> <I>Ex. They've press-ganged all these kids from school and kitted them out with bayonets (Punch).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>the whole kit and caboodle,</B> </I>the whole lot; the entire thing. <BR> <I>Ex. The whole kit and caboodle was sold off and the store closed.</I> </DL>
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<B>kit</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small pocket violin, formerly much used by dancing masters; pochette. <BR> <I>Ex. I heard the sound of a kit playing a minuet over our heads (Joseph Addison).</I> </DL>
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<B>kit</B> (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=kitten.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>any young furry animal, such as a young beaver. </DL>
<A NAME="kitbag">
<B>kitbag, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small bag to hold a soldier's or traveler's personal effects. <BR> <I>Ex. An exceedingly handy form of knapsack or kitbag (Westminster Gazette).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="kitboat">
<B>kit boat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a boat built from prefabricated parts. Kit boats are less expensive than other boats. <DD><B> 2. </B>the prefabricated parts to be assembled in building such a boat. </DL>
<A NAME="kitcat">
<B>kit-cat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a particular size of portrait (36 by 28 inches) which is less than half-length but may include the hands. </DL>
<A NAME="kitcatclub">
<B>Kit-Cat Club,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a political and literary club of London in the early 1700's named for Christopher Cat, who kept the tavern where the club met, and was noted for his mutton pies. </DL>
<A NAME="kitchen">
<B>kitchen, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>that room where food is cooked. <BR> <I>Ex. The kitchen was filled with the smell of roast lamb cooking.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the cooking department; cuisine. <DD><B> 3. </B>an outfit for cooking, such as one for camping or the like. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Scottish and Irish.) food or drink eaten as relish with bread, potatoes, or other staple fare. <DD><I>v.t. </I> (Scottish and Irish.) to serve as a relish for or add a relish to. </DL>
<A NAME="kitchencabinet">
<B>kitchen cabinet,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an article of furniture for the kitchen containing shelves and drawers. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S. Informal.) a group of advisers consulted by a President in addition to or rather than his cabinet. </DL>
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<B>Kitchen Cabinet,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a group of advisers to Andrew Jackson who were thought to have more influence with him than his official cabinet. </DL>
<A NAME="kitchendutch">
<B>Kitchen Dutch,</B> <B>=Afrikaans </B>(used in an unfriendly way).</DL>
<A NAME="kitchener">
<B>kitchener, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person employed in a kitchen. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person in charge of a kitchen, especially in a monastery. <BR> <I>Ex. two most important officers of the convent, the kitchener and refecioner (Scott).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a stove for cooking with various attachments. </DL>
<A NAME="kitchenette">
<B>kitchenette</B> or <B>kitchenet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a very small kitchen. <BR> <I>Ex. a kitchenette in a small apartment.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a part of a room fitted up as a kitchen. </DL>
<A NAME="kitchengarden">
<B>kitchen garden,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a garden where vegetables and fruit for a family are grown. </DL>
<A NAME="kitchenkafir">
<B>kitchen Kafir</B> or <B>Kitchen Kaffir,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a South African pidgin language. <BR> <I>Ex. A wonderful language is kitchen Kafir, a weird medley of dialects, interspersed with English words (Cape Argus).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="kitchenknave">
<B>kitchen knave,</B> <B>=scullion.</B></DL>
<A NAME="kitchenmaid">
<B>kitchenmaid, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a servant who helps a cook. </DL>
<A NAME="kitchenmatch">
<B>kitchen match,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a wooden match that ignites onfriction with any rough surface. </DL>
<A NAME="kitchenmidden">
<B>kitchen midden,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mound of shells, bones, and other refuse at a place where prehistoric people lived. <BR> <I>Ex. It is from the "kitchen midden" that scientists have gleaned much of the information about our ancestors (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="kitchenpolice">
<B>kitchen police,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a military duty of helping the cooks prepare and serve the food, wash the dishes, and clean up the kitchen. (Abbr:) KP (no periods). <DD><B> 2. </B>soldiers assigned to this duty, often as a punishment for slight offenses. </DL>
<A NAME="kitchensinkschool">
<B>kitchen-sink school,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a contemporary English group of writers and artists who emphasize drab reality in their work. <BR> <I>Ex. Two manifestations of "realism," for example--the so-called "kitchen-sink school" among the painters and a sort of Rodinesque revival among the sculptors (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="kitchenware">
<B>kitchenware, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> kitchen utensils. Pots, kettles, and pans are kitchenware. </DL>
<A NAME="kite">
<B>kite, </B>noun, verb, <B>kited,</B> <B>kiting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a light frame covered with paper, cloth, or plastic. Kites are flown in the air on the end of a long string, and often have a tail attached to balance them. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of several hawks with long, pointed wings and usually a notched or forked tail. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Nautical.) any one of the light, small sails, such as a skysail, set high on a ship during calm weather. <DD><B> 4. </B>a type of aircraft pulled by a towline and supported by the force of air currents. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) a person who preys upon others; rapacious person; sharper. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Commercial Slang.) a fictitious check, bill of exchange, or other negotiable instrument, representing no actual transaction, used to raise money or to sustain credit. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Slang.) any airplane used in World War II. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>(Informal.) to fly like a kite; move rapidly and easily. <BR> <I>Ex. Khrushchev and ... Bulganin dared to go kiting off to India (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Commercial Slang.) to obtain money or credit by a kite. <DD><I>v.t. </I> (Commercial Slang.) to convert into a kite. <BR><I>expr. <B>fly a kite,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>(Slang.) disappear; vanish (used as a command). </I> <I>Ex. "Go fly a kite" an angry housewife snarls at her husband (Time).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to air or issue a proposal, idea, or the like, in a tentative or exploratory manner. <BR> <I>Ex. [The] Prime Minister ... let a kite be flown last week that he was considering holding news conferences (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>kite balloon,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a balloon that can be flown in the manner of a kite. <DD><B> 2. </B>a type of captive sausage-shaped balloon used to elevate men for military observation, and acting more or less like a kite in retaining a fixed and steady position by means of vanes. </DL>
<A NAME="kitemark">
<B>kitemark, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the registered certification mark of the British Standards Institution, indicating compliance of a manufactured product with the Institution's standards of performance. <BR> <I>Ex. Before a lock can receive the ... kitemark of approval it must pass tests designed to assess its resistance to the use of force (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="kitfox">
<B>kit fox,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small, gray or buff-yellow fox of the plains of western North America; desert fox. <DD><B> 2. </B>its fur. </DL>
<A NAME="kith">
<B>kith, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) friends; acquaintances; countrymen; neighbors. <BR> <I>Ex. no men of your kith. He is no kith of ours.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="kithandkin">
<B>kith and kin,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>friends and relatives. <BR> <I>Ex. Lancelot's kith and kin so worship him That ill to him is ill to them (Tennyson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>kinsfolk; kin. </DL>
<A NAME="kithara">
<B>kithara, </B>noun. <B>=cithara.</B></DL>
<A NAME="kitsch">
<B>Kitsch</B> or <B>kitsch, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a shallow, pretentious, sentimental artistic production. <BR> <I>Ex. ... conscience forbids them to indulge in the kind of Kitsch that would guarantee a hit (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="kitschy">
<B>Kitschy</B> or <B>kitschy, </B>adjective. <B>Kitschier</B> or <B>kitschier,</B> <B>Kitschiest</B> or <B>kitschiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> of or like Kitsch; artistically shallow or pretentious. </DL>
<A NAME="kitten">
<B>kitten, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a young cat. <BR> <I>Ex. The children held the kitten while the mother cat watched them closely.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the young of certain other small animals, such as rabbits. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to give birth to (kittens); litter. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to bring forth a litter of kittens. <DD><B> 2. </B>to act kittenishly. <BR><I>expr. <B>have a kitten</B> (or <B>kittens</B>), </I>(Slang.) to be emotionally upset about something. <BR> <I>Ex. She was having kittens from jealousy.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="kittenish">
<B>kittenish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>like a kitten. <BR> <I>Ex. a kittenish appetite for milk.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>playful or coquettish. <BR> <I>Ex. kittenish flirting.</I> adv. <B>kittenishly.</B> noun <B>kittenishness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="kittiwake">
<B>kittiwake, </B>noun, pl. <B>-wakes</B> or (collectively) <B>-wake.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> either one of two sea gulls of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans, with black or red legs, long wings with solid black tips, and a very short or rudimentary hind toe. </DL>
