KAURI
Ka"u*ri, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Bot.)
Defn: A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis, or Dammara, australis), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resin. [Written also kaudi, cowdie, and cowrie.]
KAURI RESIN; KAURI GUM; KAURI COPAL
Kauri resin, gum, or copal.
Defn: A resinous product of the kauri, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.
KAVA
Ka"va, n. Etym: [Polynesian.] (Bot.)
Defn: A species of Macropiper (M. methysticum), the long pepper, from
the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the
Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself.
[Written also kawa, kava, and ava.]
KAVASS
Ka*vass", n.; pl. Kavasses Etym: [Turk. kavvas]
Defn: An armed constable; also, a government servant or courier.
[Turkey]
KAW
Kaw, v. i. & n.
Defn: See Caw.