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See Kail, 2. Sea kale (Bot.), a European cruciferous herb (Crambe maritima), often used as a pot herb; sea cabbage.

One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic pheasants, belonging to the genus Euplocamus, and allied to the firebacks.

An instrument invented by Professor Wheatstone, consisting of a reflecting knob at the end of a vibrating rod or thin plate, for making visible, in the motion of a point of light reflected from the knob, the paths or curves corresponding with the musical notes produced by the vibrations.

been much employed in arts of design. Shifting like the fragments of colored glass in the kaleidoscope. G. W. Cable.

Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a kaleidoscope; variegated.

See Calendar.

See Calendarial.

See 3d Calender.

Same as Calends.

A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant. Ure.

Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.

A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes.

A time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.

See under Kale.

nto a compact head like the cabbage, but are loose, and are generally curled or wrinkled; kale.

veral species of moths, of the genus Agrotis. See Cutworm. -- Sea cabbage.(Bot.) (a) Sea kale (b). The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which the cabbage, cauliflower, , broccoli, etc., have been derived by cultivation. -- Thousand-headed cabbage. See Brussels sprouts.

The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar. [Written also kalends.] The Greek calends, a time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.

A device in a magic lantern or stereopticon to produce kaleidoscopic effects.

of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic. Developing, in the axils of its skales, new bulbs, of what gardeners call cloves. Lindley.

Same as Cockaleekie.