Emily Dickinson Lexicon

KIR'TLED, a.

Wearing a kirtle.

KISS, n.

1. A salute given with the lips; a common token of affection.
2. A small piece of confectionery.

KISS, v.t. [Sax. cyssan; G. küssen; D. kuschen; Sw. kyssa; Dan. kysser.]

1. To salute with the lips.
2. To treat with fondness; to caress. The hearts of princes kiss obedience. – Shak.
3. To touch gently. When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees. – Shak.

KISS'ED, pp.

Saluted with a kiss.

KISS'ER, n.

One that kisses.

KISS'ING, n.

Act of saluting with the lips.

KISS'ING, ppr.

Saluting with the lips.

KISS'ING-COM-FIT, n.

Perfumed sugar plums to sweeten the breath. – Shak.

KISS'ING-CRUST, n.

In cookery, the crust of a loaf that touches another.

KIST, n.

A chest. [Not used.]

KIT, n. [D. kit.]

1. A large bottle. – Skinner.
2. A small fiddle. – Grew.
3. A kind of fish-tub, and a milk-pail. – Entick. [I know not that this word is used in America.]
4. The whole; as many, or as much as a mechanic can carry on his back. [Local.]

KIT'-CAT, n.

A term applied to a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies; applied also to a portrait three-fourths less than a half length, placed in the club-room. – Chalmers.

KITCH'EN, n. [Sax. cycene; G. küche; D. keuken; Sw. kok; Dan. kokke; W. cegin; It. cucina; L. coquina; Sp. cocina; from the root of L. coquo, to cook.]

1. A cook-room; the room of a house appropriated to cookery. A fat kitchen makes a lean will. – Franklin.
2. In ships, the galley or caboose.
3. A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen.

KITCH'EN-GAR-DEN, n.

A garden or piece of ground appropriated to the raising of vegetables for the table.

KITCH'EN-MAID, n.

A female servant whose business is to clean the kitchen and utensils of cookery, or in general, to do the work of a kitchen.

KITCH'EN-STUFF, n.

Fat collected from pots and dripping-pans. – Donne.

KITCH'EN-WENCH, n.

The woman who cleans the kitchen and utensils of cookery.

KITCH'EN-WORK, n.

Work done in the kitchen; as cookery, washing, &c.

KITE, n. [Sax. cyta.]

1. A rapacious fowl of the genus Falco or hawk, remarkable for gliding through the air without frequently moving its wings; hence called glide.
2. A name of reproach, denoting rapacity. – Shak.
3. A light frame of wood and paper constructed for flying in the air for the amusement of boys.

KITE, n.

In the north of England, the belly.

KITE'FOOT, n.

A sort of tobacco, so called.

KITES'FOOT, n.

A plant. – Ainsworth.

KITH, n. [Sax. cyththe.]

Acquaintance. [Obs.] – Gower.

KIT'LING, n. [L. catulus.]

A whelp; the young of a beast. – B. Jonson.

KIT'TEN, n. [kit'n; D. katje.]

A young cat, or the young of the cat.