Emily Dickinson Lexicon

KIND-LESS, a.

Destitute of kindness; unnatural. – Shak.

KIND'LI-ER, a. [comp.]

More kindly.

KIND'LI-EST, a. [superl.]

Most kindly. – Ainsworth.

KIND-LI-NESS, n.

1. Affection; affectionate disposition; benignity.
2. Natural disposition. – Milton.

KIN'DLING, ppr.

Setting on fire; causing to burn with flame; exciting into action.

KIND'LY, a. [See Kind, the noun.]

1. Homogeneal; congenial; kindred; of the same nature. This Johnson supposes to be the original sense; but it is also used as a derivative of the adjective, in the sense of
2. Mild; bland; softening; as, kindly showers. – Prior.

KIND'LY, adv.

With good will; with a disposition to make others happy or to oblige; benevolently; favorably. Let the poor be treated kindly. Be kindly affectioned one to another, with brotherly love. – Rom. xii. And he comforted them, and spake kindly to them. – Gen i.

KIND'LY-NA'TUR-ED, a.

Having a kind disposition. – Scott.

KIND'NESS, n. [from kind, the adjective.]

1. Good will; benevolence; that temper or disposition which delights in contributing to the happiness of others, which is exercised cheerfully in gratifying their wishes, supplying their wants or alleviating their distresses; benignity of nature. Kindness ever accompanies love. There is no man whose kindness we may not sometime want, or by whose malice we may not sometime suffer. – Rambler.
2. Act of good will; beneficence; any act of benevolence which promotes the happiness or welfare of others. Charity, hospitality, attentions to the wants of others, &c., are deemed acts of kindness, or kindnesses. – Acts xxviii.

KIN'DRED, a.

Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies. – Dryden.

KIN'DRED, n. [from kin, kind; Sax. cynren; W. cenal, cenedyl.]

1. Relation by birth; consanguinity. Like her, of equal kindred to the throne. – Dryden.
2. Relation by marriage; affinity.
3. Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former. Thou shalt go to my country and to my kindred. – Gen. xxiv.
4. Relation; suit; connection in kind. – Shak.

KINE, n. [plur. of Cow; D. koeyen. But Cows, the regular plural, is now in general use.]

KING, n. [Sax. cyng, cynig, or cyning; G. könig; D. koning; Sw. konung, kung; Dan. konge; W. cûn, a chief, a leader, one that attracts or draws. If the Welsh word is the same or of the same family, it proves that the primary sense is a leader, a guide, or one who goes before, for the radical sense of the verb must be to draw. It coincides in elements with the Ir. cean, head, and with the Oriental khan, or kaun. The primary sense is probably a head, a leader.]

1. The chief magistrate or sovereign of a nation; a man invested with supreme authority over a nation, tribe or country. Kings are absolute monarchs, when they possess the powers of government without control, or the entire sovereignty over a nation; they are called limited monarchs, when their power is restrained by fixed laws. Kings are hereditary sovereigns, when they hold the powers of government by right of birth or inheritance, and elective, when raised to the throne by choice. Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. – Burke.
2. A sovereign; a prince; a ruler. Christ is called the king of his church. – Ps. ii.
3. A card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds.
4. The chief piece in the game of chess. King at arms, an officer in England of great antiquity, and formerly of great authority, whose business is to direct the heralds, preside at their chapters, and have the jurisdiction of armory. There are three kings at arms, viz. garter, clarencieux, and norroy. The latter [northroy] officiates north of the Trent. – Encyc.

KING, v.t.

In ludicrous language, to supply with a king, or to make royal; to raise to royalty. – Shak.

KING'AP-PLE, n.

A kind of apple, so called.

KING'BIRD, n.

A fowl of the genus Paradisea; also, a species of the genus Muscicapa, so called from its courage in attacking larger fowls.

KING'CRAFT, n.

The craft of kings; the art of governing; usually in a bad sense.

KING'CUP, n.

A flower, crowfoot. – Gay.

KING'DOM, n. [king and dom, jurisdiction.]

1. The territory or country subject to a king; an undivided territory under the dominion of a king or monarch. The foreign possessions of a king are not usually included in the term kingdom. Thus we speak of the kingdom of England, of France or of Spain, without including the East or West Indies.
2. The inhabitants or population subject to a king. The whole kingdom was alarmed.
3. In natural history, a division; as, the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms.
4. A region; a tract; the place where any thing prevails and holds sway; as, the watery kingdom. – Shak.
5. In Scripture, the government or universal dominion of God. – 1 Chron. xxix. Ps. cxlv.
6. The power of supreme administration. – 1 Sam. xviii.
7. A princely nation or state. Ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests. – Ex. xix.
8. Heaven. – Matth. xxvi.
9. State of glory in heaven. – Matth. v.
10. The reign of the Messiah. – Matth. iii.
11. Government; rule; supreme administration.

KING'DOM-ED, a.

Proud of royalty. – Shak.

KING'FISH-ER, n.

A fowl of the genus Alcedo.

KING'HOOD, n.

State of being a king. [Obs.] – Gower.

KING'LESS, a.

Having no king. – Byron.

KING'LIKE, a.

Like a king.

KING'LI-NESS, n.

State of being kingly.