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[CARVER.] *ke-sar, s. [KAISER.] kěs-lốp, s . [A. S. ceselib , cyselib=curdled milk; Ger. käselab , from käse =cheese, and lab =rennet.] 1. Ord. Lang.: The stomach of a calf prepared for rennet to be used in curdling milk. 2. Bot .: Galium verum. ( Scotch .) *ke e, v . t . [Ki , v .] *kest, pret. & pa. par. [CAST, v.] *keste, pret. of v. [KISS, v. ] kěst-Ing, kěs'-ling, s. (Etym. doubtful.] The bullace plum. IMG:content-0221.png:[blocks in formation] Ornith.: Cerchneis ( Falco ) tinnunculus, a raptorial bird; above, red spotted with black; beneath, white spotted with pale; the head and tail of the male ashy-blue. Length of both sexes about 121⁄2 inches. The kestrel when hunting for prey suspends itself in the air by a constant motion of its wings; it is, therefore, sometimes called the Windhover. It feeds on mice, insects, and occasionally birds, and is a useful bird to the agriculturist, though game keepers, confounding it with the sparrow-hawk, kill it when they can. It is a European bird, but migrates in winter to India and Africa. It occurs also in Borneo, China, and Japan. It builds in towers and old buildings, laying four to six eggs, white or reddish with red blotches. More than twenty species are known. They resemble hawks, but have the toes shorter. *B. As adj .: Base, low, mean. kět, subst. [Icel. kjöt, ket; Dan. kiöd =flesh.] Carrion, filth.