Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: KIT'TEN – KNAP'PLE
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KIT'TEN, v.i. [kit'n.]
To bring forth young, as a cat.
KIT'TI-WAKE, n.
A fowl of the genus Larus, or gull kind.
KIT'TLE, v.t. [Sax. citelan.]
To tickle. [Not used.] – Sherwood.
KIT'TLISH, a.
Ticklish. – Grose.
KIVE, n. [Fr. cuve.]
A mashing vat.
KIV'ER, v.t.
To cover. [Vulgar.]
KLICK, n.
A stroke or blow. [A word in vulgar use.]
KLICK, v.i. [A different orthography or diminutive of clack.]
- To make a small, sharp sound by striking two things together.
- In Scotland, to pilfer, by taking with a snatch.
KNAB, v.t. [nab; D. knappen; G. id.]
To bite; to gnaw; to nibble. [This word may belong to the root of nibble, and it properly signifies to catch or seize suddenly with the teeth.] – L'Estrange.
KNAB'BED, pp.
Bitten; gnawed.
KNAB'BLE, v.i.
To bite or nibble. [Not used.] – Brown.
KNACK, n. [nak.]
- A little machine; a petty contrivance; a toy. A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. – Shak.
- A readiness; habitual facility of performance; dexterity; adroitness. My author has a great knack at remarks. – Atterbury. The Dean was famous in his time, / And had a kind of knack at rhyme. – Swift.
- A nice trick. For how should equal colors do the knack? / Chameleons who can paint in white and black? – Pope.
KNACK, v.i. [nak. G. knacken; Dan. knager.]
To crack; to make a sharp abrupt noise. [Little used.] – Johnson.
KNACK-ER, n. [nak'er.]
- A maker of knacks, toys or small work. – Mortimer.
- A rope-maker, or collar-maker. [Not in use.] – Ainsworth. Entick.
KNACK'ISH, a.
Trickish. – More.
KNACK'ISH-NESS, n.
Artifice; trickishness.
KNACK'Y, a.
Having a knack, cunning; crafty. [Local.]
KNAG, n. [nag; Dan. knag, Sw. knagg, a knot in wood, Ir. cnag, W. cnwc.]
- A knot in wood, or a protuberant knot; a wart.
- A peg for hanging things on.
- The shoot of a deer's horns.
KNAG'GY, n. [nag'gy.]
Knotty; full of knots; rough with knots; hence, rough in temper.
KNAP, n. [nap; Sax. cnæp, W. cnap, a button, a knob, D. knop.]
A protuberance; a swelling. [Little used. See Knob.] – Bacon.
KNAP, v.i. [nap.]
To make a short, sharp sound. – Wiseman.
KNAP, v.t. [nap; D. knappen. See Knab.]
- To bite; to bite off; to break short. [Little used.] – More.
- To strike with a sharp noise. [Little used.] – Bacon.
KNAP'BOT-TLE, n. [nap'bottle.]
A plant.
KNAP'PISH, a. [nap'pish.]
Snappish. [See Snap.]
KNAP'PLE, v.i. [nap'ple.]
To break off with an abrupt sharp noise.