kitaibelia

[Named after Dr. Paul Kitaibel, profe or of botany at Pesth.] Bot.: A genus of Malvacese, Kitaibelia vitifolia is a tall malvaceous plant with vine-like leaves and white flowers. It is used in Hungary as a vul IMG:content-0260.png:[graphic] "Last with a ki he took a long farewell." nerary. Dryden: Ovid; Metamorphoses, xii. 2. A confection made of the whites of eggs, powdered sugar, and currant jelly, mixed and baked in an oven. ki -a-ble, a. [Eng. ki ; -able.] Deserving to be ki ed; that may be ki ed. "I never saw him look sterner and le ki able ." -Lyt ton: The Caxtons , pt. xii., ch. v. *ki -ée', s . [Eng.ki ; -ee.] A person ki ed. "This Hebe Mr. Gordon greeted with a loving ki , which the ki ee resented."-Lytton: Pelham, ch. 1. ki -er, s . [Eng.ki ; -er.) One who ki es. "Are you not he that is a ki er of men?" Beaum. & Flet.: Martial Maid , ii. 1. ki '-ing, pr . par., a. & 8. [KISS, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of saluting with a ki ; a ki . "After so many bowings, cro ings, and ki ings of the altar."-Burnet: Hist. Reform . (an. 1548). *ki ing-comfits, s . pl . kit-ăr', s. [GUITAR.]