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The eleventh letter and the eighth consonant in the order of the English alphabet. It is borrowed from the Greeks, being the same character as the Greek kappa<\/em>, answering to the Oriental koph<\/em>. It is called a pure mute, because it has no sound, but merely gives a certain peculiar abruptness to the sound which precedes of follows it, according as it is final or initial. It is related to g<\/em>, as in gold<\/em>, and to ng<\/em>, as in sing<\/em>, k<\/em> being the palatal mute, g<\/em> the palatal sonant, and ng<\/em> the palatal nasal, of the same general position of the organs of speech. It is usually denominated a guttural, but is more properly a palatal. Before all the vowels, it has one invariable sound, corresponding with that of c<\/em> before a<\/em>, o<\/em>, and u<\/em>, as in keel<\/em>, ken<\/em>. In many words of one syllable, it is used after c<\/em>, as in crack<\/em>, check<\/em>, deck<\/em>, being necessary to exhibit a correct pronunciation in the derivatives, cracked<\/em>, checked<\/em>, decked<\/em>, cracking<\/em>: for without it, c<\/em>, before the vowels e<\/em> and i<\/em>, would be sounded like s<\/em>. Formerly, k<\/em> was added to c<\/em> in certain words of Latin origin, as in musick<\/em>, publick<\/em>, republick<\/em>: but in modern practice, it is very properly omitted, being entirely superfluous, and this omission is the more proper as k<\/em> is never written in the derivatives, musical<\/em>, publication<\/em>, republican<\/em>. \u2014 Webster, 1882<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\""Keep<\/a>

“Keep the Horse Shoe Over the Door”<\/p><\/div>\n

\"James<\/a>

James Kennedy family<\/p><\/div>\n

\"kerosene<\/a>

kerosene \/ kerosine<\/p><\/div>\n

\"killdeer\"<\/a>

killdeer<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Kingsbury<\/a>

Kingsbury County, D.T.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Kitty Ingalls<\/p><\/div>\n

\""Kitty<\/a>

“Kitty Wells”<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Will<\/a>

Will Knight<\/p><\/div>\n

\"knitted<\/a>

knitted red & white mittens<\/p><\/div>\n

\"knitted<\/a>

knitted wristlets<\/p><\/div>\n

\"door<\/a>

door knob<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\nThe following is an incomplete list of the remaining indexed main headings<\/strong>. Once a completed entry has been uploaded, it will be removed from the list below and added to the links above. Subheadings, reference locators, and cross-referenced subentries are not included in this list. Always consult the completed entry for referenced source of definition used below.<\/p>\n

     
\nKansas<\/strong> \u2013 The state.<\/p>\n

keg <\/strong>\u2013 A small cask, or barrel, differing from the barrel only in size, and containing a few gallons, but not of any definite capacity.<\/p>\n

Kentucky<\/strong> \u2013 The state.<\/p>\n

kettle <\/strong>\u2013 A vessel of iron, or other metal, with a wide mouth, usually without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liquor.<\/p>\n

kindle<\/strong> \u2013 To take fire; to begin to burn with flame.<\/p>\n

kindling<\/strong> \u2013 The materials for causing flame, or commencing a fire.<\/p>\n

knife <\/strong> \u2013 An instrument usually consisting of a thin blade of steel, having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses in household economy and the various trades, &c.; as, table-knife, drawing-knife, putty-knife, pallet-knife, pocket-knife, pen-knife, chopping-knife, and others.<\/p>\n

knit <\/strong>\u2013 To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlooping of yarn or thread in a series of connected knots, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings.<\/p>\n

knoll <\/strong> \u2013 The top or crown of a hill; especially, in a little round hill or mount; a small elevation of earth.<\/p>\n

knothole <\/strong> \u2013 A knot is a joint in the stem of a plant; a protuberance occasioned by the outgrowth of a branch; a hard place in wood where the outgrowth of a branch runs transverse to the general grain of the wood.<\/p>\n

     
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