kainozoIC

[CAINOZOIC.] kai-şer, s . [CESAR.] An emperor; the Emperor of Germany. He is called Kaiser because by Diocletian's arrangement certain provinces near the Danube, which came into po e ion of the German Empire in 1438, were anciently a igned to a Cæsar. This ancient title of the German Emperors was revived, when, in 1871, King William III. of the succe ful conclusion of the (3) To gie kail thro ' the reek. (REEK.] ( Scotch.) (a) To give smoky (reekie), and, therefore, nause ous or unpalatable broth. Thus, to reprove severely, to.scold in words. ( Scott : Old Mortality , ch. xiv.) (b) To punish, to inflict bodily harm. ( Scott : Rob Roy , ch. xxx.) (4) To get kail thro ' the reek . ( Scotch .) ( a ) To be severely reproved; to be scolded. (b) To meet with reverses, or ill-luck. Franco-Pru ian war, was proclaimed Emperor of Germany.