Emily Dickinson Lexicon

KING'LING, n.

A little king.

KING'LY, a.

1. Belonging to a king; suitable to a king; as, a kingly couch. – Shak.
2. Royal; sovereign; monarchical; as, a kingly government.
3. Noble; august; splendid; becoming a king; as, kingly magnificence.

KING'LY, adv.

With an air of royalty; with a superior dignity. Low bow'd the rest; he, kingly, did but nod. – Pope.

KING'S-BENCH, n. [KING'S BENCH.]

A high court or tribunal in England, so called because the king used to sit there in person. It is the supreme court of common law, consisting of a chief justice and three other justices. – Blackstone.

KING'S-ENG-LISH, n. [KING'S ENG-LISH.]

An English phrase for correct or current language of good speakers.

KING'S-E-VIL, n.

A disease of the scrofulous kind.

KING'SHIP, n.

Royalty; the state, office or dignity of a king. – King Charles.

KING'S-SPEAR, n.

A plant of the genus Asphodelus.

KING'STONE, n.

A fish. – Ainsworth.

KIN'IC, a. [D. kina, i.e. Cinchona.]

Pertaining to Cinchona; as, the kinic acid. – Ure.

KINK, n. [Sw. kink, D. kink, a bend or turn. Qu. L. cingo.]

The twist of a rope or thread, occasioned by a spontaneous winding of the rope or thread when doubled, that is, by an effort of hard twisted ropes or threads to untwist, they wind about each other. The packthread will curl up, running into loops or kinks. – Encyc. Art. Rope.

KINK, v.i.

To wind into a kink; to twist spontaneously.

KINK'A-JOU, n.

A plantigrade carnivorous mammal, living in South America. It is about as large as a full grown cat, and has a prehensile tail. It is the Cercoleptes caudivolvulus of Illiger.

KINK'HAUST, n.

The chincough. [Not used.]

KI'NO, n.

An astringent extract obtained from various trees. Kino consists of tannin and extractive. – Ure.

KINS'FOLK, n. [kin and folk.]

Relations; kindred; persons of the same family. [Obs.]

KINS'MAN, n. [kin and man.]

A man of the same race or family; one related by blood. – Dryden.

KINS'WOM-AN, n.

A female relation. – Dennis.

KI-OSK', n.

In Turkey, a summer house.

KIP'PER, n.

A term applied to a salmon, when unfit to be taken, and to the time when they are so considered. – Eng.

KIP'-SKIN, n. [1844]

1. Leather prepared from the skin of young cattle, intermediate between calf-skin and cow-hide. [1841] 1. The skin of a fetal calf.
2. Leather prepared from the skin of a fetal calf.

KIRK, n. [kurk; Sax. cyrc, or ciric; Gr. κυριακη from κυριος, lord.]

In Scotland, a church. This is the same word as church, differently written and pronounced. [See Church.]

KIRK'MAN, n.

One of the church of Scotland.

KIRSCH'WAS-SER, n. [Germ.]

A distilled liquor obtained by fermenting the small black cherry.

KIR'TLE, n. [ker'tl; Sax. cyrtel; Sw. kiortel.]

1. An upper garment; a gown; a petticoat; a short jacket; a mantle. – Johnson. Encyc.
2. A quantity of flax, about a hundred pounds. – Encyc. [I know not that this word used in America.]