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All in a kirtle of discoloured sayHe clothed was. Fairy Queen.
What stuff wilt thou have a kirtle of? Thoushalthave a cap to-morrow. Shakesp. Hen. IV .
Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses.
Thy cap, thy hirtle f and thy poesies,
Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten,
In folly ripe, in reasoc rotten. Raleigh.
To KISS. v. a . [cusan, Welsh ; xva>.]
1. To touch with the lips.
But who those ruddy lips can miss,
Which blessed still themselves do kiss. Sidney.
He took
The bride about the neck, and kist her lipsWith such a clamorous smack, that at the partingAll the church echo’d. Shak. Taming of the Shrew.
Their lips were four red roses on a stalk.
And in their summer beauty kiss’d each other.6/iak.
2. To treat with fondness.
The hearts of princes kiss obedience,
So much they love it; but to stubborn spirits,They swell and grow as terrible as storms. Shak.
3. To touch gently.
The moon shines bright: in such a night as this,When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees,And they did make no noise. Shak. Merch. Ven.Kiss . n. s. [from the verb.] Salute givenby joining lips.
What sense had I of her stol’n hours of lust?
I found not Cassio’s kisses on her lips. Shak. Othel.
Upon mv livid lips bestow a Joss:
() envy not the dead, they feel not bliss! Dryden.
Ki'sser. n. s. [fromfes.] One that kisses.Ki'ssingcrust. n. s> [kissing and crust.']Crust formed where one loaf in the oventouches another.
These bak’d him kissingcrusts , and thoseBrought him small beer. King’s Cookery.
Kit. n.s. [kitte, Dut.]
1. A large bottle. Skinner .
2. A small diminutive fiddle.
’Tis kept in a case fitted to it, almost like adancing master’s kit. Grew’s Museum.
3. A small wooden vessel, in which New-castle salmon is sent to London and else-where.
KITCHEN, s. [kegin, Welsh ; keg,Flem. cycene, Sax . cuisine , Fr. cucina ,Ital. &y&Aen,.(Erse.] The room in ahouse where the provisions are cooked.
These being culpable of this crime, or favourersof their friends, which are such by whom theirkitchens are sometime amended, will not sufferany such statute to pass. Spenser.
Can we judge it a thing seemly for any man togo about the building of an house to the God ofheaven, with no other appearance than if his endwere to rear up a kitchen or a parlour for his ownuse. Hooker.
He was taken into service in his court to a baseoffice in his kitchen; so that he turned a broachthat had worn a crown. Bacon .
We see no new-built palaces aspire,
No kitchens emulate the vestal fire. Pope.
Ki'tcheNGarden. n. s. [kitchen andgarden.] Garden in which esculentplants are produced.
Gardens, if planted with such things as are fitfor food, are called kitchengardens. Bacon .
A kitchengarden is a more pleasant sight thanthe finest orangery. Spectator
Kf'TCHENMAiD. n.s. [kitchen and maid.]A maid under the cookmaid, whose busi-ness is to clean the utensils of the kitchen.Ki'tchenstuff. n. s. [kitchen and stuff.]The fat of meat scummed off the pot, orgathered out of the dripping-pan.
As thrifty wench scrapes kitchenstuff,
And barrelling the droppings and the snuffOf wasting candles, which in thirty year,KtUquely kept, perchance buys wedding cheer.
Donne',
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Instead of kitchenstvjf some cryA gospel-preaching miuistry. Hudibras.
Ki'tchenwench. n.s. [kitchen andwench.] Scullion; maid employed toclean the instruments of cookery.
Laura to his lady was but a kitchenwench. Shak.
Roastiug and boiling leave to the kitchenwench.
Swjft.
Ki'tchenwork. n . s. [kitchen and work.]Cookery; work done in the kitchen.
Kite. n. s. [cyr, Sax. milvus.]
1. A bird of prey that infests the farms,and steals the chickens.
More pity that thp eagle should be mew’d,While kites and buzzards prey at liberty. Shakesp.
The heron, when she soareth high, so as some-times she is seen to pass over a cloud, shewethwinds; but kites, flying aloft, shew fair and dryweather. Bacon .
A leopard and a cat seem to differ just as a kitedoth from an eagle. Grew.
2. A name of reproach denoting rapacity.
Detested kite! thou liest. Shak. K. Lear.
3. A fictitious bird made of paper.
A man may have a great estate conveyed tohim; but if he will madly burn,orchildishly makepaper kites of his deeds, he forfeits his title withhis evidence. Government of the longue.
Ki'tesfoot. n.s. A plant. Ainsworth.
Ki'tten. n.s. [kattekrn, Dut. It is pro-bable that the true singular is kit, thediminutive of cal, of which the old plu-ral was kitten, or young cals, which wasin time taken for the singular, likechicken.] A young cat.
That a mare will sooner drown than an horse, isnot experienced: nor is the same observed in thedrowning of whelps and kittens. Brown’s Vulg.Krr.
It was scratched in playing with a kitten. Wisem.
Helen was just slipt into bed;
Her eyebrows on the toilet lay,
Away the kitten with them fled,
As fees belonging to her prey. Prior.
To Ki'tten. v. n. [from the noun.] Tobring forth young cats.
So it would have doneAt the same season, if your mother’s catHad kitten’d , though yourself had ne’er been born.
Shakesp.
The eagle timbered upon the top of a high oak,and the cat kittened in the hollow trunk of it.
L’ Estrange.
To Klick. v. n. [from clack.]
1. To make a small sharp noise.
2. In Scotland it denotes to pilfer, or stealaway suddenly with a snatch.
To Knab. v. a. [ knappen, Dut. knaap,Erse.] To bite. Perhaps properly tobite something brittle, that makes anoise when it is broken; so that knaband knap may be the same.
I had much rather lie knabbing crusts, withoutfear, in my own hole, than be mistress of theworld with cares. L'Estrange.
An ass was wishing, in a hard Winter , for alittle warm weather, and a mouthful of fresh grassto knab upon. L'Estrange.
To Kna'bble. v. n. [from knab.] To biteidly, or wantonly; to nibble. Thisword is perhaps found no where else.
Horses will knobble at walls, and rats gnaw iron.
Brown.
KNACK, n.s. [cnapinje skill, Sax .]
1. A little machine; a pretty contrivance;a toy.
When I was young, £ was wont
1 To load my she with knacks: I would have ran-sack’d
The pedlar’s silken treasury, and have pour’d itTo her acceptance. Shakesp.Winter’s Tale.
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For thee, fonl boy,
Ifl may ever know thou dost but sigh
That thou no more shall see this knack , as never
I mean thou shalt, we’ll bar thee from success.Shak.
This cap was moulded on a porringer,
A velvet dish ; rie, fie, ’tis lewd and filthy :
Why ’tis a cockle, or a walnut-shell,
A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby’s cap. Shakesp.
But is’t not presumption to write verse to you,Who make the better poems of the two?
For all these pretty knacks that you compose,Alas! what are they but poems in prose! Denhant.
He expounded both his pockets,
And found a watch, with rings and lockets;
A copper-plate,with almanacks
Engrav’d upon’t with other knacks. Hudibras.
2. A readiness; an habitual facility; alucky dexterity.
I’ll teach you the knacksOf eating flax,
And out of their noses
Draw ribbands and posies. Ben Jonson’s Gypsies .
The knack of fast and loose passes witli foolishpeonle fora turn of wit; but they are not awareall this while of the desperate consequences of anill habit. L*Estrange.
There is a certain knack in conversation thatgives a good grace by the manner and address.
L* Estrange.
Knaves, who in full assemblies have the knackOf turning truth to lies, and white to black. Dryd.
My author has a great knack at remarks : in theend ne makes another about our refining in con-troversy, and coming nearer and nearer to tlicchurch of Rome. Attei'bury.
The dean was famous in his time,
And had a kind of knack at rhime. Swift.
3. A nice trick.
For how should equal colours do the knack ?Cameleons who can paint in white and black ?
Pope.
To Knack, v.n. [from the noun.] Tomake a sharp quick noise, as when astick breaks.
Kna'cker. m. s. [from knack.]
1. A maker of small work.
One part for plow-right, knacker, and smith.
Mortimer.
2. A rope-maker. [Kestio, Lat.] Ainsw.
Knag. n. s. [knas a wart, Dan. It is re-tained in Scotland .] A hard knot in wood.
Kna'ggy. adj. [from knag.] Knotty;set with hard rough knots.
Knap. 7i.s. [ cnap , Welsh , a protuberance,or a broken piece; cnaep, Sax . a protu-berance.] A protuberance, a swellingprominence.
You shall see many fine seats set upon a knap ofground, environed with higher hills round aboutit, whereby the heat of the sun is pent in, and thewind gathered as in troughs. Bacon .
To Knap. i>. a . [knappen, Dut.]
1. To bite; to break short.
He knappeth the spear in sunder.Common Prayer.
He will knap the spears a-pieces with his teeth.
More.
2. [Knaap, Erse ] To strike so as to makea sharp noise like that of breaking.
Knap a pair s>f tongs some depth in a vessel ofwater, and you shall hear the sound of the tongs.
To Knap, v.n . To makea short sharp noise.
I reduced the shoulders so soon, that thestanders-by heard them knap in before they knewthey were out. Wiseman.
Kna'pbottle. n. s. [papaver spumeum.]A plant.
To KnA PPLE. t>. n. [from knap.] Tobreak off with a sharp quick noise.
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