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One that skids logs.

See Skid, n., 1. [Eng.]

ptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.

ase of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal.

Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys. -- n.

"Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.

r pertaining to atra bilis or black bile, a fluid formerly supposed to be produced by the kidneys.

The kidnaping of negroes or Polynesians to be sold as slaves.

A glandular organ of bivalve mollusca, serving in part as a kidney.

An affection of the kidneys, usually inflammatory in character, and distinguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal casts in the urine. Several varieties of Bright's disease are now recognized, differing in the part of the kidney involved, and in the intensity and course of the morbid process.

A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney, which surrounds one or more of the renal papilæ.

he organ. -- Suprarenal capsule, an organ of unknown function, above or in front of each kidney.

ative in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long. Casbew nut, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shel…

ast (Med.), microscopic bodies found in the urine of persons affected with disease of the kidneys; -- so called because they are formed of matter deposited in, and preserving the outline of, the renal tubes. -- The last cast, the last throw of the dice or last effort, on which every thing is ventured; the last chance.…

Soft leather made of kid skin. Fig.: Used as a symbol of flexibility. [Obs.] Here's wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad. Shak.

To make as pliable as kid leather. [Obs.] Br. Montagu.

oisoning. -- Renal colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a calculus from the kidney through the ureter. -- Wind colic. See Intestinal colic, above.

resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney.

A form of tackle for loading a log sideways on a sled, skidway, etc.

as, we were detained by an accident. Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. Judges xiii. 15.