KITCHENMAID
Kitch"en*maid`, n.
Defn: A woman employed in the kitchen. Shak.
KITCHEN MIDDENS
Kitch"en mid`dens. Etym: [Dan. kjök-kenmöddings kitchen leavings; cf.
Scot. midden a dunghill.]
Defn: Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet long, and two hundred feet wide. The name is applied also to similar mounds found on the American coast from Canada to Florida, made by the North American Indians.
KITCHEN-RY
Kitch"en-ry, n.
Defn: The body of servants employed in the kitchen. [Obs.] Holland.
KITE
Kite, n. Etym: [OE. kyte, AS.c; cf. W. cud, cut.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinæ, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
Note: The European species are Milvus ictinus and M. govinda; the sacred or Brahmany kite of India is Haliastur Indus; the American fork-tailed kite is the Nauclerus furcatus.