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A nocturnal carnivorous mammal (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) of South America, about as large as a full-grown cat. It has a prehensile tail and lives in trees. It is the only representative of a distinct family (Cercoleptidæ) allied to the raccoons. Called also potto, and honey bear.

Whooping cough. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.]

Same as 3d Kink.

Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl; as, kinky hair.

Prepared leaves or bark of certain plants; -- used by the Indians of the Northwest for smoking, either mixed with tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a plant so used, as the osier cornel (Cornus stolonijra), and the bearberry (Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi). [Spelled also kinnickinnick and killikinick.]…

The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.

That branch of physics which treats of the laws of motion, or of moving bodies.

See Quinone.

See Quinoyl.

Kindred. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Relatives; kindred; kin; persons of the same family or closely or closely related families. They sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. Luke ii. 44.

Family relationship.

A man of the same race or family; one related by blood.

Kinship. Thackeray.

A female relative. Shak.

See Kentledge.

Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.

Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement. Foster.

Pertaining to akinesia.

One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.