Kite

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• Kite

  ·noun Fig. : One who is rapacious. II. Kite ·noun The <<Belly>>. III. Kite ·noun The <<Brill>>. I...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• kite

  n. common English bird-name. The speciesin Australia are – – Allied Kite – – Milvus affanis, Gould....

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• kite

  a belly. Cumb. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Kite

  (Heb. ayyah), a rapacious and keen-sighted bird of prey belonging to the hawk family. The Hebrew wor...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Box kite

  ·add. ·- A kite, invented by Lawrence Hargrave, of Sydney, Australia, which consist of two light rec...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Eddy kite

  ·add. ·- A quadrilateral, tailless kite, with convex surfaces exposed to the wind. This kite was ext...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Finbat kite

  ·add. ·- = Eddy kite. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• kite flying

  An expression well known to mercantile men of limited means, or who are short of cash. It is a combi...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bowdy-kite

  a person with a bow'd belly. So bow or bow'd window. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• bumble-kite

  a bramble or black-berry. Cumb. So called also in Hampshire; perhaps a corruption of bramble kates. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• life-kite

  A contrivance for saving the lives of shipwrecked persons by forming a communication between the wre...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• storm-kite

  A contrivance for sending a hawser from a stranded vessel to the shore. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book