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Kine; cows. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A species of clay; meerschaum. [Also written keffekil.]

A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve.

Siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of dynamite.

Hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt mines of Stassfurt, Prussian Saxony.

See Keeve, n.

A lively or mettlesome fellow. [Jocular, Scot.] Burns.

A large spiral marine shell, esp. the common whelk. See Buccinum. [Scot.] Deil's buckie, a perverse, refractory youngster. [Slang]

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

Same as Cockaleekie.

See Cooky.

A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove.

An African timber tree (Acacia Adansonii).

A young male fur seal, esp. one from three to six years old; -- called also bachelor, because prevented from breeding by the older full-grown males.

A South American striped frog (Pseudis paradoxa), remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and hence called also paradoxical frog.

A minute biting fly of the genus Ceratopogon or allied genus of the family Chironomidæ, found in swarms in various densely wooded or mountaneous regions. [U. S.]

Any edible sea urchin. [Alaska]

A kind of water wheel used in Egypt for raising water, from wells or pits, in buckets attached to its periphery or to an endless rope.

A general or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire; especially, the commander-in-chief of minister of war.

The office or authority of a seraskier.