Emily Dickinson Lexicon

KRA'KEN, n.

A supposed enormous sea animal. – Guthrie.

KRE'A-SOTE, n. [more correctly, CRE'A-SOTE; Gr. κρεας, flesh, and σωτηρ, saver.]

A colorless transparent liquid, with an odor like smoked meat, and a pungent taste. It is obtained from tar, and is considered to be composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. It is the antiseptic principle of smoke, and of the impure acetic acid sometimes called pyrolignous acid.

KREM'LIN, n. [from krem, a fortress.]

The imperial palace in Moscow, containing several churches, two convents, an arsenal, &c. It is of a triangular form, about two miles in circumference, and surrounded by a high wall. This was burnt by the French, but is now in the process of being rebuilt. – Coxe.

KRU'KA, n.

A bird of Russia and Sweden, resembling a hedge-sparrow. – Pennant.

KRUL'LER, n. [D. krullen, to curl. This is curl with the letters transposed.]

A cake curled or crisped, boiled in fat.

KRY'O-LITE, n. [see CRYOLITE.]

KU'FIC, a.

The Kufic letters were the ancient letters of the Arabic, so called from Kufa, on the Euphrates.

KU'MISS, n.

A liquor or drink made from mare's milk fermented and distilled; milk-spirit, used by the Tartars. – Tooke.

KU'RIL, a.

A bird, the black petrel. – Pennant.

KU-RIL'I-AN, a.

The Kurilian isles are a chain in the Pacific, extending from the southern extremity of Kamschatka to Jesso.

KY, n.

Kine. [Not in use.]

KY'A-NITE, n. [G. kyanit, Werner; from the Gr. κυανος, sky-colored.]

A mineral found both massive and in regular crystals. It is frequently in broad or compressed six-sided prisms, with bases a little inclined; or this crystal may be viewed as a four-sided prism, truncated on two of its lateral edges, diagonally opposite. Its prevailing color is blue, whence its name, but varying from a fine Prussian blue to sky-blue, or bluish white. It occurs also of various shades of green, and even gray, or white and reddish. It is infusible by the common blowpipe. This mineral is called by Haüy and Brongniart, disthene, and by Saussure, sappare. – Cleaveland.

KY'RI-E, n.

A word used at the beginning of all masses. It is sometimes used to denote the movement itself. It is the vocative case of Κυριος, Lord.  

KYR-I-O-LOG'IC, a. [Gr. κυριολογικος; κυριολογεω, to speak properly; κυριολογια, a discourse consisting of proper words; κυριος and λογος.]

Serving perfectly to denote objects by alphabetical signs. – Letronne. The original Greek alphabet of sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it represented the pure elementary sounds.