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. equus, ecus, horse, Gr. equine, hippic; L. quod which, E. what; L. aquila, E. eaqle; E. kitchen, OE. kichene, AS. cycene, L. coquina.

A kitchen grate. [Obs.] He was bid at his first coming to take off the range, and let down the cinders. L'Estrange.

; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain. David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away. 1. Sam. xxx. 18.

The European robin. "The tame ruddock and the coward kite." Chaucer.

A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage. Kit, well wrapped, . . . was in the rumble behind. Dickens.

The sandnecker. (b) The European smooth dab (Pleuronectes microcephalus); -- called also kitt, marysole, smear dab, town dab. -- Sand fly (Zoöl.), any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus Simulium, abounding on sandy shores, especially Simulium nocivum of the United States. They are very troub…

ishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are cleaned and kept; also, a room attached to the kitchen, where the coarse work is done; a back kitchen.

A servant who cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial services in the kitchen. The meanest scullion that followed his camp. South.

A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy. Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black, the rump white, the under parts chestnut.

ther material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.

embers of a family usually sit, as distinguished from a drawing-room, parlor, chamber, or kitchen.

[sq. root159.] Skittles. [Obs.]

tables, or either of them, in water, -- commonly seasoned or flavored; strong broth. Soup kitchen, an establishment for preparing and supplying soup to the poor. -- Soup ticket, a ticket conferring the privilege of receiving soup at a soup kitchen.

An iron pan with a long handle, used as a kitchen utensil in frying food. Originally, it had long legs, and was used over coals on the hearth.

To attend to a spit; to use a spit. [Obs.] She's spitting in the kitchen. Old Play.

ern diver. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The red-throated diver. See Diver. -- Sprat mew (Zoöl.), the kittiwake gull.

Apt to start; skittish. [R.]

Apt to start; skittish; shy; -- said especially of a horse. [Colloq.]

Easily startled; apt to start; startish; skittish; -- said especially of a hourse. [Colloq.]

In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.