Webster’s Entries 5/27/03 K
ketch n (ca. 1649): a fore-and-aft rigged vessel similar to a yawl but with a larger mizzen and the mizzenment stepped farther forward
kick-ass adj (1970): strikingly tough, aggressive or uncompromising--often considered vulgar
kohl•rabi n (1807) a race of cabbages having a greatly enlarged, fleshy, turnip-shaped edible stem
kouprey n (1940) a rare, short-haired ox of forests of Indochina having a large dewlap
keen n (1830): a lamentation for the dead uttered in a loud wailing voice or sometimes in a wordless cry
knit-stitch n (ca. 1885): a basic knitting stitch usually made with the yarn at the back of the work by inserting the right needle into the front part of a loop on the left needle from the left side, catching the yarn with the point of the right needle, and bringing it through the first loop to form a new loop--compare PURL STITCH
kel•pie n (1747): a water Sprite of Scottish folklore that delights in or brings about the drowning of wayfayers
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