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(Geol.) The closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. The rocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill mountains, and extend south and west under the Carboniferous formation. See the Diagram under Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

pred. adj. attired in strikingly attractive clothing; -- usually of women. [ PJC ]

adv. In a dusky manner. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a frisky manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ From Husky. ] In a husky manner; dryly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) See Kiefekil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Per. keff foam, scum + gil clay, mud. ] (Min.) A species of clay; meerschaum. [ Also written keffekil. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as killdeer.
Syn. -- killdeer, killdeer plover, Charadrius vociferus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OD. kindeken, kinneken, a small barrel, orig., a little child, fr. kind child; akin to G. kind, and to E. kin. ] A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure. [ Written also kinderkin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Kilo- + erg. ] (Physics) A unit of work equal to one thousand ergs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. An Australian boomerang, having one side flat and the other convex.
Syn. -- kylie. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n. Two cats fabled, in an Irish story, to have fought till nothing was left but their tails. It is probably a parable of a local contest between Kilkenny and Irishtown, which impoverished both towns. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A kiln. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. kil. ] A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Killed p. pr. & vb. n. Killing. ] [ OE. killen, kellen, cullen, to kill, strike; perh. the same word as cwellen, quellen, to kill (cf. Quell), or perh. rather akin to Icel. kolla to hit in the head, harm, kollr top, summit, head, Sw. kulle, D. kollen to kill with the ax. ] 1. To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words ! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book. “To kill thine honor.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind; new sound insultation killed the loud noises from outside. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Be comforted, good madam; the great rage,
You see, is killed in him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To waste or spend unprofitably; -- usually used of time; as, he killed an hour waiting for the doctor to see him. [ PJC ]

6. To cancel or forbid publication of (a report, article, etc.), after it has been written; as, they killed the article after getting threats of a lawsuit. [ PJC ]

To kill time, to busy one's self with something which occupies the attention, or makes the time pass without tediousness.

Syn. -- To murder; assassinate; slay; butcher; destroy. -- To Kill, Murder, Assassinate. To kill does not necessarily mean any more than to deprive of life. A man may kill another by accident or in self-defense, without the imputation of guilt. To murder is to kill with malicious forethought and intention. To assassinate is to murder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and murders.

n. 1. The act of killing.

“There is none like to me!” says the cub in the pride of his earliest kill. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey.

If ye plunder his kill from a weaker, devour not all in thy pride. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. fit to kill, especially for food. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ So named from its notes. ] (Zool.) A small American plover (Charadrius vociferus, formerly Aegialitis vocifera) of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry. The adult has two black bands around the neck and upper breast, but the young chick has only the breast band. It ranges from Canada to Mexico and the West Indies.
Syn. -- kildeer, killdeer plover, Charadrius vociferus. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

☞ It is dark grayish brown above; the rump and upper tail coverts are yellowish rufous; the belly, throat, and a line over the eyes, white; a ring round the neck and band across the breast, black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which several species are known; called also killer whale. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The killers have a high dorsal fin, and powerful jaws armed with large, sharp teeth. They capture, and swallow entire, large numbers of seals, porpoises, and dolphins, and are celebrated for their savage, combined attacks upon the right whales, which they are said to mutilate and kill. The common Atlantic species (Orca gladiator), is found both on the European and the American coast. Two species (Orca ater and Orca rectipinna) occur on the Pacific coast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. see killer{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. Coulisse. ] (Arch.) (a) A gutter, groove, or channel. (b) A hipped roof. [ Prov. Eng. ] Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with black. Called also minnow, and brook fish. See Minnow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The Cornish chough. See under Chough. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Kinnikinic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible. -- Kill"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Those eyes are made so killing. Pope. [1913 Webster]

Nothing could be more killingly spoken. Milton. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. The act or process of causing a living organism to die. [ PJC ]

2. An unusually large gain in a financial or business transaction or enterprise; as, she made a killing trading cattle futures. [ PJC ]

n. One who causes gloom or grief; a dispiriting person; a spoilsport. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Scot. killick “the flue [ fluke ] of an anchor.” Jamieson. ] A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stone inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together. [ Written also killick. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prov. E. kollow the smut or grime on the backs of chimneys. ] An earth of a blackish or deep blue color. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. kilne, kulne, AS. cyln, cylen; akin to Icel. kylna; prob. from the same source as coal. See Coal. ] 1. A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dry in a kiln; as, to kiln-dry meal or grain. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The mouth or opening of an oven or kiln. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Kilos [ F. ] An abbreviation of Kilogram. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>pref. [ F. kilo-. See Kilogram. ] A combining form used to signify thousand in forming the names of units of measurement; as, kilogram, kilometer, kilowatt, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ }, n. [ F. kilogramme; pref. kilo- (fr. Gr. chi`lioi a thousand ) + gramme. See 3d Gram. ] A measure of mass and weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046226 pounds avoirdupois (15, 432.34 grains). It is nearly equal to the mass of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39° Fahrenheit. See 3rd gram. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ }, n. (Mech.) A measure of energy or work done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram through the height of one meter, in the latitude of Paris. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ }, n. [ F. kilolitre. See Kilogram, and Liter. ] A measure of capacity equal to a cubic meter, or a thousand liters. It is equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet, and to 220.04 imperial gallons, or 264.18 American gallons of 321 cubic inches. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ }, n. [ F. kilometre. See Kilogram, and Meter. ] A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3, 280.84 feet, or 0.62137119 of a mile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. kilostere. See Kilogram, and Stere. ] A cubic measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent to 35, 315 cubic feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Kilo- + volt. ] (Elec.) A unit of electromotive force equal to one thousand volts. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Kilogram and Watt. ] (Elec.) One thousand watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) A unit of work or energy equal to that done by one kilowatt acting for one hour; -- approximately equal to 1.34 horse-power hour. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

p. p. from Kill. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan. kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up. ] A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg. [ Written also kelt. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Kilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Kilting. ] To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having on a kilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Plaited after the manner of kilting. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Tucked or fastened up; -- said of petticoats, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Gael. & Ir. cealt clothes, Gael. cealltair spear, castle, cause, Prov. E. kilter tool, instrument. Cf. Kilt. ] Regular order or proper condition. Same as kelter, but kilter is the more common spelling in the U. S. Used chiefly in the phrase out of kilter, meaning out of order or irregular in some manner. [ Also spelled kelter. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Dressmaking) A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one. [ 1913 Webster ]