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Inflammation of the cellular tissue around the kidney. -- Per`i*ne*phrit"ic, a.

The French bean, or kidney bean.

A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean, the kidney bean, the scarlet runner, etc. See Bean.

A manstealer; a kidnaper. [Obs.]

Manstealing; kidnaping.

The commander of a privateer. Kidd soon threw off the character of a privateer and became a pirate. Macaulay.

The head kidney. See under Head.

Inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney.

The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.

Of or pertaining to the kidneys; in the region of the kidneys. Renal calculus (Med.), a concretion formed in the excretory passages of the kidney. -- Renal capsules or glands, the suprarenal capsules. See under Capsule. -- Renal casts, Renal colic. (Med.) See under Cast, and Colic.

Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; a reniform leaf.

xpress thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep. Oft sacrificing bullock, lamb, or kid. Milton.

sweetish taste, resembling inosite and metameric with dextrose. It is extracted from the kidney of the dogfish (of the genus Scylium), the shark, and the skate.

fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs.

ginally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See Shamoying. [Written also chamois, shamoy, and shamois.]

See Skid, below.

See Skid, below.

See Skid.

To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off. The ministry had him spirited away, and carried abroad as a dangerous person. Arbuthnot & Pope. I felt as if I had been spirited into some castle of antiquity. Willis. Spiriting away (Law), causing t…

A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.