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A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.

A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed; -- called, according to its position or use, binding joist, bridging joist, ceiling joist, trimming joist, etc. See Illust. of Double-framed floor, under Double, a.…

xxiii. 7. They all as glad as birds of joyous prime. Spenser. And joyous of our conquest early won. Dryden.

A kind of early apple. [Written also jenneting.]

Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life. Our first studies and junior endeavors. Sir T. Browne.

One of the early discovered asteroids. Bird of June, the peacock.

Closely; nearly; almost. Just at the point of death. Sir W. Temple.

(K is from the Latin, which used the letter but little except in the early period of the language. It came into the Latin from the Greek, which received it from a Phoenician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian,. Etymologically K is most nearly related to c, g, h (which see).

A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species. [Written also kail, and cale.]

An informal social party at which a light collation is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening. Cf. Drum, n., 4 and 5.

A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure. [Written also kinderkin.]

reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abundant in the East Indies.

To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty. O, that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come! Shak. There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know it. Dryden. Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. Longfell…

of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.

sband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right.

the moral character of its inhabitants, implied by the rigid laws (see Blue laws) of the early period.

A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.

To inclose, or nearly inclose, as a harbor or a vessel, with land.

Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, by land.

Somewhat lank. Thackeray. The lanky Dinka, nearly seven feet in height. The Century.