Dictionary

"the eleventh letter of the English alphabet is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the Latin which used the letter but little except in the early period of the language. It came into the Lat

"The hartbeest."

"See Cabala."

"See Cabassou."

"See Cabob n. & v. t."

"A clay ironstone found in Ceylon."

"A Berber as in Algiers or Tunis. See Berber."

"The jackdaw."

"Alt. of Kadiaster"

"A Turkish judge. See Cadi."

"The Arabian name of two trees of the genus Balsamodendron which yield a gum resin and a red aromatic wood."

"Alt. of Kafir"

"See Coffle."

"See Cafila."

"One of a race which with the Hottentots and Bushmen inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony the name being now specifically applied to the tribes living between Cape Colony and Natal; but th

"See Caftan."

"A chantry chapel inclosed with lattice or screen work."

"A singular crested grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus) native of New Caledonia. It is gray above paler beneath and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown black and gray. It is allied to

"The colugo."

"A kind of notary public or attorney in the Levant."

"A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis) native of Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut with the under parts shoulders and sides of the head golden yellow and the top of the head and upper part o

"A kind of headless cabbage. Same as Kale 1." — "Any cabbage greens or vegetables." — "A broth made with kail or other vegetables; hence any broth; also a dinner."

"Same as Caimacam."

"Poultry etc. required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to his landlord."

"Salts of potassium used in the manufacture of fertilizers."

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

"See Cenozoic."

"See Caique."

"A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from quinoline and used as an antipyretic in medicine."

"An organic base obtained from quinoline. It is used as a febrifuge and resembles kairine."

"The ancient title of emperors of Germany assumed by King William of Prussia when crowned sovereign of the new German empire in 1871."

"A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor especially the brown parrot (Nestor meridionalis)."

"A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops habroptilus) native of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day but is active at night. It resembles an owl in its colors and general appearance. It has large wings but can fl

"A kind of wood common in Demerara durable in salt water because not subject to the depredations of the sea worm and barnacle."

"Government by the worst men."

"See Cacoxene."

"The sea otter."

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

"A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head being nearly the original or wild form of the species." — "See Kail 2."

"One of several species of large crested Asiatic pheasants belonging to the genus Euplocamus and allied to the firebacks."