The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . kites: as, the kitc-taiUd widgeon, Z>a^to acu-ta, a duck, so called in Florida. kite-wind (kitwind), «. A south and south-southwest wind in Siam, jirevailing ia the lat-ter part of February and early March. kit-fox (kitfoks), n. The American corsak, , (uljici rclnx, a small fox peculiar towestern North America, where it lives in holesin the prairies, it has been noted and named for itsawift-footedliess, but tills has been much exaggerate!. Itwas c
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . kites: as, the kitc-taiUd widgeon, Z>a^to acu-ta, a duck, so called in Florida. kite-wind (kitwind), «. A south and south-southwest wind in Siam, jirevailing ia the lat-ter part of February and early March. kit-fox (kitfoks), n. The American corsak, , (uljici rclnx, a small fox peculiar towestern North America, where it lives in holesin the prairies, it has been noted and named for itsawift-footedliess, but tills has been much exaggerate!. Itwas cUled kit-ffrz liy Ix:wia and tlarke, iianied Canin vrloxl>y Thomas Say in ISil. and called C. ciurrpo-arjtntatwfby Richardson in lS2fl. It is scarcely half as large as thecoiiiinon fox,the length overall beingonly about *ij feet,ofwhich the tail is 1 fooL Tile color is a uniform pale red-dish-yellow atiove, in winter paler grayish with silvery tipsof the hairs; the under parts whitish, the upper lip andtip of the tail blackish. The pelage is very fine, with co-pious under-fur. This diminutive fox is closely related to 3296. Kit-fox t Iulpes vtlttxi. Vulpes corsac of Asia, having no near relative among Eu-ropean or American (kith), n. [Formerly also dial, kiff; < , ki/tli, kitthe, kiitllir, kuththe, ctiththe, couthe,< AS. cytli, cythtii, cyththu, knowledge, acquain-tance, relationship, kinship, native land (=OFiies. kethe, kedc = MD. kunde, konde, = MLG. L6. kunde, knowledge, news,= OHG. cundida, chmidida, knowledge, mark,coutr. cliiinde, MHG. kunde, kiinde, knowledge,acquaintance, mark, native place, G. kunde,knowledge, news, = Icel. kyn)ii, acquaintance,= Goth, kunthi, knowledge), < cutli, known:see couth.\ If. Knowledge ; information. So kyndly takes he that up he rose and went hym Perceval (Thornton Rom., ed. Halliwell), 1. 12S1. 2t. Education; in the plural, manners.\Vhanne thou komest to kourt among the kete lordes,
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