kiddy

[Eng., a dim in. of Kid (1), s.] A little kid. kiddy-pie, s. A pie made of goats' or sheeps' flesh. kid-dỹ-Ish, s. [Eng. kiddy, and suff. -ish.] Gay, frolicsome, as a young goat. kid-ling, s. [Eng. kid (1), s.; dim in. suff. -ling.] A young kid. kid-năp, v . t . [Eng. kid (1), s.=a kid, a child; nap , from Dan. nappe ; Sw. nappa to catch, to snatch.] To steal and carry off by force, as a child or other human being; to seize and forcibly take away, as from one country to another, or into slavery; to abduct. kid-năp-pěr, s. [Eng. kidnap; -er.] One who kidnaps; a man-stealer. kid-năp-ping, pr. par., a. & 8. [KIDNAP.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of forcibly abducting or stealing human beings; man-stealing, child-stealing. "The other offense, kidnapping , being the forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman, or child from their own country, and sending them into another, was capital by the Jewish law. So likewise in the civil law, plagium, was punished with death. With us it was punished with fine, imprisonment, and pillory. The offense of child-stealing is now, however, provided for by the IMG:content-0232.jpg:[graphic] 2. The water-thrush, from its habit of jerking statute 24 & 25 Vict., c. 100, s. 56, which makes it a felony, its tail like the wagtail. ( Jamaica .) IMG:content-0233.png:[blocks in formation] for which penal servitude for seven years may be imposed."-Black stone: Comment., bk. iv., ch. 15.