The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . es.]I laghe that I kynke. Tmmfley ilysttrks, p. 309. (Hatliuell.) kink (kingk), II. [< kink~, c] A convulsive fitof coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft ofthe breath; the whoop in whooping-cough; agasping for breath caused by coughing, laugh-ing, or crying. [Scotch and southern U. S.] I gae a sklent wi my ee to Donald Roy Macpherson, andhe was fan into a HnJc o laughing. Hogt/t Brownie o Bodsbeck, II. 24. kinkajou (kingka-j6), «. [S. Amer. (f).] Aprocyouif


The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . es.]I laghe that I kynke. Tmmfley ilysttrks, p. 309. (Hatliuell.) kink (kingk), II. [< kink~, c] A convulsive fitof coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft ofthe breath; the whoop in whooping-cough; agasping for breath caused by coughing, laugh-ing, or crying. [Scotch and southern U. S.] I gae a sklent wi my ee to Donald Roy Macpherson, andhe was fan into a HnJc o laughing. Hogt/t Brownie o Bodsbeck, II. 24. kinkajou (kingka-j6), «. [S. Amer. (f).] Aprocyouiform quadruped of Central and SouthAmerica, CercolcjjtiS caxdivolvulits, family Ccr-coleptidce, series Arctoidcuprocyoniformia of theorder Fene or Carnirora. it is about as large as acat, with a long, tapering, prehensile tail, short limbs, lowears, broad rounded head, slender body, and narrow pro-trusile tongue ; it is of a pale yellowish-brown color andarboreal nocturnal habits. The animal resembles a lemurin some respects, but is most nearly related to the feeds upon fruit, insects, and birds, and is easily King-Vliltiirc iSiJ>Aits or Gyfnrchiis papa). corhamph us papa: so called because the smallervultures, as turkey-lmzzards and carrion-crows,are often driven from their repasts by thismore powerful bird of prey. The plumage iswhite, of a creamy or pale-buff tint; the large wing- andtail-feathers are black ; and the head an<l upper neck arenaked or nearly so, and brilliantly varied with scarlet,orange, blue, black, and white. The bird is much inferiorin size ami in spirit to tlie condor of South America andto the Oalifornian condor. It inliabits South and CentnilAmerica and Mexico, in wooded districts; its extremerange is from Iaraguay to near the Mexican border of therniteil States. kingwood (kingwud), H. A Brazilian wood be-lieved til be derived from a species of Dalhcr-(jia (Triptolem(ra), but by some referred to BryaEben us. it Is beautifully str


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