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Ketch, n. s. [from caicchio, ltal. a bar-rel.] A heavy ship; as a bomb ketch.
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That such a ketch can with liis very bulkTake up the rays o’ th’ beneficial sun,
And keep it from the earth. Shakesp. Hen , VIII.
KETTLE, n. s. [c«l, Sax . ketel, Dut.]A vessel in which liquor is boiled, inthe kitchen the name of pot is given tothe boiler that grows narrower towardsthe top, and of kettle to that whichgrows wider. In authors they are con-founded.
1 he fire thus form’d, she sets the l.ettle uu,
Like burnish’d gold the little seether shone.Dryd.
Kettledrum , n. s. [kettle and drum.]A drum of which the head is spreadover a body of brass.
As he drains his draughts of Rhenish down,
The kettledrum and trumpet thus bray outThe triumph, of his pledge. Shake
1. An instrument formed with cavitiescorrespondent to the wards of a lock,by which the bolt of a lock is pushedforward or backward.
man were porter of hell gate, he should
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perpendicular for the ease of lading and!
unlading ships.
A key of fire ran along the shore,
And lighten’d all the river with a blaze. Dryden.7. Key cold was a proverbial expression,
now out of use.
Poor key cold figure of a holy king 1Pale ashes of the house of Lancaster. Shakesp.
Ke'yage. n. s. [from key.'] Money paidfor lying at the key, or quay. Ainsw.Kf.'yhole. n. s. [key and hole.] The per-foration in the door or lock through
which the key is put.
Make doors fast upon a woman’s wit, and it-e... .l— >,
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will out at the casement; shut that, and ’twill out
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keyhole , and saw a well-made
at the keyhole.
I looked in at the /
Tatler.
Prior.
The
kesp. Hamlet.
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have old turning the key. Shakesp. Macbeth.
Fortune, that arrant whore,
Ne’er turns the key to th’ poor. Shakesp . K. Lear.
The glorious standard last toheav’ntney spread,With Peter’s keys ennobled and his crown, Fairf.
Yet some there be, that by due steps aspireTo lay their j ust hands on that golden key,
That opes the palace of eternity. Milton.
Conscience is its own counsellor, the sole masterof its own secrets; and it is the privilege of ournature, that every man should keep the key of hisown breast. South.
He came, and knocking thrice without delay,The longing lady heard, and turn’d the key.Dryd.
2. An instrument by which something isscrewed or turned. -
Hide the key of the jack. Swift.
3. An explanation of any thing difficult.
An emblem without a key to’t, is no more thana tale of a tub. L’Estrange.
These notions in the writings of the ancientsdarkly delivered, receive a dearer light whencompared with this theory, which represents everything plainly, and is a key to their thoughts.
Burnet’s Theory oj the Barth.
Those who are accustomed to reason have gotthe true key of books. Locke.
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I keep her in one room ; I lock it ;
The key, look here, is in this pocket;
The keyhole is that left ? Most certain.
ICf/y stone, n. s. [key and stone.]middle stone of an arch.
If you will add a keystone and chaptrels to thearch, let the breadth of the upper paft of the key-stone be the height of the arch. MoxUm.
Kibe. n.s. [from kerb a cut, Germ. Skin-ner; from kihwe, Welsh , Minshew .]An ulcerated chilblain; a chap in the
heel caused by the cold.
If ’twere a kibe, ’twould put me to my slipper.
Shakesp.
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Some pigeons, a joint of mutton, and any prettylittle tiny kickshaws. Shakesp. Henry IV .
In wit, as well as war, they give us vigour ;Cressywas lost by kickskatus and soup-meagre.
Fenton.
Kl'cKSY-WICKSEY. It. s. [from kick andwince.] A made word in ridicule anddisdain of a wife. Hanmer.
He wears his honour in a box, unseen,
That hugs Ms hicksy-wicksey here at home,Spending his manly marrow in her arms. Shakesp.
Ki». n, s. [kid, Dan.]
L. The young of a goat.
Leaping like wanton kids in pleasant spring.
Fairy Queen.
There was a herd of goats with their youngones, upon which sight Sir Richard Graham tells,he would snap one of the kids, and carry him closeto their lodging. Wotton.
Sporting the lion ramp’d, and in his paw
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Dandled the kid.
Milton .
The toe of the peasant comes so near the heelof our courtier, that it galls his kibe. Shakesp.
One boasted of the cure, calling them a fewkibes. Wiseman.
Troubled with
Ki'bed . adj. [from kibe.]kibes; as, kibed heels.
To KICK. v. a. [kauchen, GermLat.] To strike with the foot.
He must endure and digest all affronts, adorethe foot that kicks him, and kiss the hand that !strikes him. South. \
It anger’d Turenne once upon a day,
To see a footman kick’d that took his pay. Pope.
Another, whose son had employments at court,valued not, now and then, a kicking or a caning.
Swft.
To KICK, v . n. To beat the foot inanger or contempt.
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice, which I havecommanded ? 1 Sam. ii. 29.
Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked. Deut. xxxii. 15.
The doctrines of the holy Scriptures are terribleenemies to wicked men, and this is that whichmakes them kick against religion, and spurn atthe doctrines of that holy book. Tillotson.
A blow with
So kids and whelps their sires and dams express;And so the great I measur’d by the less. Dryden.
2. [From cidwlen, Welsh , a faggot.] Abundle of heath or furze.
To Kid. v. a. [from the noun.] To bringforth kids.
Ki'dder. n.s. An engrosser of com toenhance its price. Ainsworth.
To KIDNAP, v. a. [from kind, Dut. achild, and nap.] To steal children; tosteal human beings.
Kidna'pper. n. s. [from kidnap .] Onewho steals human beings; a manstealer.
The man compounded with the merchant, uponcondition that he might have his child again; forlie had smelt it out, that the merchant himselfwas the kidnapper. L'Estrange.
These people lye in wait for our children, andmay be considered as a kind of kidnappers withinthe law. Spectator.
KI'DNEY. n. s. [Etymology unknown.]- -1-
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4. The parts of a musical instrument J Kick. n.s. [from the v .jwhich are struck with the fingers.
Pamela loves to handle the spinnet, and touchthe keys. Pamela.
5. [In musick.] Is a certain tone wheretoevery composition, whether
the foot.
What, are you dumb? Quick, witbyouranswer,quick,
Before my foot salutes you with a kick. Dry. Juv,
? h «rt, ought to be fitted ° r Ki ' cker - «• s - [ from *«*•] One who
is . „ , ’ a , this key strikes with his foot.
Ki'ckshaw. n.s. [This word is sup-posed, I think with truth, to be only a
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is said to be either fiat or sharp, not in
respect of its own nature, but with re-1lation to the flat or sharp third, which is
joined with it. Harris.
Hippuiita,! woo’d thee with my sword,
And won thy love doing thee injuries ;
But 1 will wed thee In another key,
With pomp, with triumph, and with revelling.
Shakesp.
But speak you with a sad brow ? Or do you playthe flouting Jack? Come in what key shall a mantake you to go ill the song? Shakesp.
Not know my voice I Oh, time’s extremity lHast thou so crack’d and spirited my poor tongueIn sev’n short years, that here my only sonKuows not my feeble key of untun’d cares? Shak.
C. [Kaye, Dut. quai, Fr.] A bank raised
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corruption of quelque chose, something:yet Milton seems to have understood itotherwise; for he writes it kickshoe, asif he thought it used in contempt ofdancing.]
1. Something uncommon; fantastical;something ridiculous.
Shall we need the monsieurs of Paris to takeour youth intotheirslight custodies, and send themover back again transformed into luimicks, apes,and kickshoes? Milton.
2. A dish so changed by the cookery thatit can scarcely be known.
These are two in number, one on eachside: they have the same figure as kid-neybeans: their length is four or fivefingers, their breadth three, and theirthickness two: the right is under theliver, and the left under the spleen.The use of the kidneys is to separatethe urine from the blood, which, bythe motion of the heart and arteries, isthrust into the emulgent branches,which carry it to the little glands, bywhich the serosity, being separated, isreceived by the orifice of the little tubes,which go from the glands to the pelvis,and from thence it runs by the uretersinto the bladder. Quincy.
A youth laboured under a complication of dis-eases, from his mesentery and kidneys. Wisem. Surg.2. Sort; kind: in ludicrous language.
Think of that, a man of my kidney; think ofthat, that am as subject to heat as butter; a manof continual dissolution and thaw. Shakesp.
There are millions in the world of this man’skidney , that take up the same resolution withoutnoise. L’ Estrange.
Ki'dneybean. n. s. [phaseolus. Sonamed from its shape.] A leguminousplant.
Kidneybeans are a sort of cod ware, that are verypleasant wholesome food. Mortimer's Husbandry.
Ki'dneyvetch, [anthillis.]\Ki'dneywort, [cotyledon.] f n ' s ‘Plants. Ainworlh.
Ki'lderkin. n.s. [kindekin, a baby,Dut.] A small barrel.
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