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n. A blustering, talkative fellow. [ Local slang, U. S. ] Barllett. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A kite, invented by Lawrence Hargrave, of Sydney, Australia, which consist of two light rectangular boxes, or cells open on two sides, and fastened together horizontally. Called also Hargrave kite, or cellular kite. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Named from the English mineralogist, H. J. Brooke. ] (Min.) A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after Domeyko, a mineralogist of Chili. ] (Min.) A massive mineral of tin-white or steel-gray color, an arsenide of copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Called also Malay kite. [ After William A. Eddy, American kite expert. ] A quadrilateral, tailless kite, with convex surfaces exposed to the wind. This kite was extensively used by Eddy in his famous meteorological experiments. It is now generally superseded by the box kite. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

same as Eddy kite. [ Eng. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Named after Karl Giesecke. ] (Min.) A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after elæolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after Lord Greenock. ] (Min.) Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kite of infernal breed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. kyte, AS. c&ymacr_;ta; cf. W. cud, cut. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Zool.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinæ, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The European species are Milvus ictinus and Milvus migrans; the pariah kite of India is Milvus govinda; the sacred or Brahmany kite of India is Haliastur Indus; the American fork-tailed kite is the Nauclerus furcatus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: One who is rapacious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Detested kite, thou liest. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Geom.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry. Henrici. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Zool.) The brill. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Naut.) A form of drag to be towed under water at any depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface; -- called also sentry. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Flying kites. (Naut.) See under Flying. --
Kite falcon (Zool.), an African falcon of the genus Avicida, having some resemblance to a kite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To raise money by “kites;” as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The belly. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting. -- n. See Kite, n., 6. [ Cant ] McElrath. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Lanarkshire, a county in Scotland. ] (Min.) A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Para- + kite. ] A train or series of kites on one string and flying tandem, used for attaining great heights and for sending up instruments for meteorological observations or a man for military reconnaissance; also, a kite of such a train. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From von Perovski, of St.Petersburg. ] (Min.) Same as Perovskite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From von Perovski, of St. Petersburg. ] (Min.) A titanate of lime occurring in octahedral or cubic crystals. [ Written also Perofskite. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ After Samarski, a Russian. ] (Min.) A rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic luster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and cerium metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A dark brown or black mineral, occurring in prismatic crystals imbedded in limestone near Warwick, New York. It consists of the borate and titanate of magnesia and iron. [ 1913 Webster ]