kurt i formes

pl. [Mod. Lat. kurt us (q. v.); Latin form a =form, shape, and masc. or fem. pl. ending -es.] Ichthy.: A tribe of Acanth opter i, containing only one family, Kurtide (q. v.). kûn-kir-zeed, s . [Arab.] Bot .: The gum of the artichoke-root. The Arabs (q. v.) and the tribe Kurt i formes (q. v.). The type use it as an emetic. kyaw, s. [Onomatopoetic, from the cry of the bird.] A daw. (Scotch.) *kỹd, v . t . [KID, T.] To know. kỹd-I-a, s . [Named after Colonel Robert Kyd, the first director of the Calcutta botanic garden.] Bot.: A genus of Byttneriaceæ, tribe Dombeyese. Kydia calycina is a small tree, with palm i nerved entire or lobed leaves and diffuse panicles of white or yellowish flowers. It has a campanulate five lobed calyx, five petals, and monadelphous stamens. The mucilaginous bark is used to clarify sugar. It is regarded as a sudorific, and is given in India in cutaneous diseases. The inner bark yields a fiber. The wood is employed in the East for house-building, for plows and oars, and for carving. kỹe, s. pl. [Cow.] Cows. *kyke, *kike, v . t . [Low Ger. kiken ; Dut. kijken ; Sw. kika .] To look steadfastly. ky-ley, s. (Native name.] A form of Australian boomerang.