kellach ( ch guttural)

[Gael. ceallach.] A wicker sledge or cart used in Scotland. *kělled, *keld, a . [English kell ; -ed.] Covered with a kell; united with a kell or membrane; webbed. kel-li-a, s. [Named after Mr. O'Kelly, of Dublin.] Zool.: The typical genus of the family Kelliide (q. v.). The shell is small, thin, suborbicular, and closed, the ligament internal interrupting the thickened margin, and on it cardinal teeth one or two, laterals1-1 in each valve. Animal with the mantle prolonged in front with a respiratory canal, two large gills on each side. Recent species 20, осcurring from Norway to New Zealand and to California; fo il 20, the latter from the Eocene onward. kěl-li-i-dæ, kěl-li-a-dæ, s . pl . [Mod. Latin kell i (a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ , -adœ . ] Zool .: A family of Conchiferous mollusks akin to Lucinidae, in which they were formerly merged. Kěl-lo-way, s. [A place in Wilts hire, England.] (See etym. and compound.) Kelloway-rock, s . Geol.: A bed of arenaceous limestone belonging to the Middle Oolite. It may be traced through several counties, the sand being in most places loose and unconsolidated, though at Kelloway itself it is stony. There are numerous casts of shells. kè-16id, s . [Gr. kēlē =a tumor, and eidos =form.] Pathol . (pl.): Unsightly excrescences arising on the sternum or elsewhere, generally from the overactive growth of a cicatrix over a wound. kè-lot-o-mỹ, s. [ Gr.kele =a tumor, and to me in = to cut.] [CELOTOMY.] kělp, *kilp, *kilpe, s . [Etym. unknown.] 1. The calcined ashes of seaweed, from which carbonate of soda is obtained. Kelp was formerly much used in the manufacture of soap and gla , but since barilla has been used for these purposes, the burning of sea-wrack has almost ceased. From the alkali of kelp the important chemical substance called iodine is obtained. [IODINE.] 2. The sea-wrack or sea-weed from which kelp is produced. kelp-crab, s. A California spider crab, Epialtus product us, found among sea-weed.