KITE

Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinæ, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.

Fig. : One who is rapacious. Detested kite, thou liest. Shak.

A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.

A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.

A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry. Henrici.

Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill. [Cant]

The brill. [Prov. Eng. ] Flying kites. (Naut.) See under Flying. -- Kite falcon (Zoöl.), an African falcon of the genus Avicida, having some resemblance to a kite.

To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite,

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The belly. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]