Kettle-hat. A cap of iron worn by knights in the Middle Ages.
Key. In artillery carriages, is a bolt used to secure cap squares and for analogous purposes.
Key of a Position or Country. A point the possession of which gives the control of that position or country.
Key-chain. A chain attached to the key to prevent it from being lost.
Key-plates. See [Ordnance, Carriages for, The Caisson].
Keyserlicks, or Imperialists. The Austrian troops are frequently called so. The term was indeed common among the British soldiers, when they did duty with the Austrians, and invaded France in 1794.
Khaibar. A town of Arabia, the capital of an independent Jewish territory, 110 miles north from Medina. In 628 it was taken by Mohammed, who had received from a Jewess of the town the poisoned egg which ultimately cost him his life.
Khan. A title of Mongolian or Tartar sovereigns and lords. A khanate is a principality. Khagan means “khan of khans,” but has seldom been applied. The word khan is probably of the same origin as king.
Khedive. A title, said to signify a position inferior to an absolute sovereign, but superior to a mere viceroy, which was given to the viceroy of Egypt, Ismail Pasha, by the sultan of Turkey in 1867.
Kheet (Ind.). A fortified city, which is 4 or more coss, or 8 English miles, in length and breadth, and which does not exceed 8 coss, or 16 English miles.