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  • English Word Khan Definition A king; a prince; a chief; a governor; -- so called among the Tartars, Turks, and Persians, and in countries now or formerly governed by them.
  • English Word Khan Definition An Eastern inn or caravansary.
  • English Word Khanate Definition Dominion or jurisdiction of a khan.
  • English Word Khaya Definition A lofty West African tree (Khaya Senegalensis), related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is used as a febrifuge.
  • English Word Khedive Definition A governor or viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.
  • English Word Khenna Definition See Henna.
  • English Word Kholah Definition The Indian jackal.
  • English Word Kholsun Definition The dhole.
  • English Word Khutbah Definition An address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit in Mohammedan mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed and his descendants, and the ruling princes.
  • English Word Kiabooca wood Definition See Kyaboca wood.
  • English Word Kiang Definition The dziggetai.
  • English Word Kibble Definition To bruise; to grind coarsely; as, kibbled oats.
  • English Word Kibble Definition A large iron bucket used in Cornwall and Wales for raising ore out of mines.
  • English Word Kibblings Definition Portions of small fish used for bait on the banks of Newfoundland.
  • English Word Kibe Definition A chap or crack in the flesh occasioned by cold; an ulcerated chilblain.
  • English Word Kibed Definition Chapped; cracked with cold; affected with chilblains; as kibed heels.
  • English Word Kibitka Definition A tent used by the Kirghiz Tartars.
  • English Word Kibitka Definition A rude kind of Russian vehicle, on wheels or on runners, sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often used as a movable habitation.
  • English Word Kibitkas Definition of Kibitka
  • English Word Kiblah Definition See Keblah.
  • English Word Kiby Definition Affected with kibes.
  • English Word Kichil Definition See Kechil.
  • English Word Kick Definition To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.
  • English Word Kick Definition To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn.
  • English Word Kick Definition To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc.
  • English Word Kick Definition A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot.
  • English Word Kick Definition The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring. See Illust. of Pocketknife.
  • English Word Kick Definition A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick.
  • English Word Kick Definition The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged.
  • English Word Kickable Definition Capable or deserving of being kicked.