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Kahani

n.
A kind of notary public, or attorney, in the Levant.

Kahau

n.
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 of the back brown. Called also proboscis monkey.

Kail

n.
A kind of headless cabbage. Same as Kale, 1.

Kail

n.
Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables.

Kail

n.
A broth made with kail or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner.

Kaimacam

n.
Same as Caimacam.

Kain

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

Kainit

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

Kainite

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

Kainozoic

a.
See Cenozoic.

Kaique

n.
See Caique.

Kairine

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

Kairoline

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

Kaiser

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

Kaka

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

Kakapo

n.
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 fly only a short distance. Called also owl parrot, night parrot, and night kaka.

Kakaralli

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

Kakistocracy

n.
Government by the worst men.

Kakoxene

n.
See Cacoxene.

Kalan

n.
The sea otter.
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