Kvass, kvas, n. rye-beer. [Russ. kvasŭ.]
Kyanise, kī′an-īz, v.t. to preserve from dry-rot by injecting corrosive sublimate into the pores of the wood. [From John H. Kyan (1774-1830).]
Kyanite, kī′a-nīt, n. Same as Cyanite.
Kye, Ky, kī, n.pl. Scotch form of the plural of cow. [See Kine.]
Kylix, kī′liks, n. a broad and shallow Greek drinking-vase.
Kyllosis, kil-lō′sis, n. club-foot.
Kyloe, kī′lō, n. one of the cattle of the Hebrides.
Kymograph, kī′mō-graf, n. an instrument for measuring the pressure of fluids, esp. of blood in a blood-vessel.—adj. Kymograph′ic. [Gr. kyma, a wave, graphein, to write.]
Kyrie, kir′i-ē, n. the Kyrie eleïson='Lord have mercy,' including both the words and the music to which they are sung: one of the responses to the commandments in the Anglican ante-communion service.—Kyrie eleïson, a form of prayer which occurs in all the ancient Greek liturgies, and retained in the R.C. mass, following immediately after the introit. [Voc. case of Gr. kyrios, lord.]
Kyriologic, -al, kir-i-o-loj′ik, -al, adj. denoting objects by alphabetical characters or conventional signs. [Gr. kyrios, literal, proper, logos, discourse.]