Kite

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Fig. : One who is rapacious.

II. Kite ·noun The Belly.

III. Kite ·noun The Brill.

IV. Kite ·noun A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.

V. Kite ·noun A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.

VI. Kite ·vi To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. ·see Kite, 6.

VII. Kite ·noun A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.

VIII. Kite ·noun Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.

IX. Kite ·add. ·noun A form of drag to be towed under water at any depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface;

— called also sentry.

X. Kite ·noun Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill.

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