2. Fig. : One who is rapacious. Detested kite, thou liest. Shak.
3. A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
4. (Naut.)
Defn: A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
5. (Geom.)
Defn: A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.
Henrici.
6. Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill. [Cant]
7. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The brill. [Prov. Eng. ] Flying kites. (Naut.) See under
Flying.
— Kite falcon (Zoöl.), an African falcon of the genus Avicida,
having some resemblance to a kite.
KITE
Kite, v. i.