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KHARAJ.
In India : A
house-steward ;
household goods.]
a native male servant (usually a Mohammedan),
the head of the kitchen and pantry department.
c 1645 HOWELL Lett. i. xxviii. I (1705) met with Camillo
39,
your ConMOrman here lately. 1759 m R. O. Cambridge
War in India (1761) 231 Order, under the Chan Sumaun,
or Steward s seal. Il'id. 232 Caun Samaun, or Steward to
his Majesty. I77 Trial Joseph Fmvkc 6/1, I put the
arzee under the care of the Consumma. 1788 GLADWIN tr.
Mem Kk. AMulkurreem 56 [He] asked the Khansaman,
what quantity was remaining of the clothes. MRS.
^iSi^-^
SHERWOOD Lit. Henry Bearer >*]! wife of the khedive; KhecU val,
Xhedl'vial a., of or pertaining to the khedive ;
KliecU vate, Khedi'viate, the office, authority,
or government of the khedive.
1890 Daily Nums ^ Feb. 5/4 Miss E. M. Merrick . . last
year had the honour of painting a portrait of her Highness
the Khediviah. 1899 Ibid. 4 Dec. 6/3 The Khedivah, the i
Khedivah mere, and their enormous entourage. 1882 Sat. \
Rev. 17 June 749/1 The Khedival and Turkish portion of
the Government got .to away, Alexandria. 1882 Standard
24 July 5 The fine Khedivial Library ..grew, .into a collection
of fame. 1880 Daily Ne^vs 12 July 5/6 It seems
almost as though Midhat Pacha wishes to establish a Khediviate
in Syria, with himself as Khedive, 1892 Times 15
Apr. 3/1 Turkish intrigues for reducing Egypt from the
status of a Khedivat . . to a vilayet.
Khemkaub, Khettrie, Kheveuhuller, var.
KINCOB, KHATRI, KEVENHULLER.
II Khidmutgar
(ki-dmtgai). Also 8-9 kid-,
kis(t)-, 9 k(h)itmutgar ; 8 khidmidgar, 9
khid-, khitmatgar.khid-, khed-, khitmutghar,
khitmutkar, etc. [Urdu (from Pers.) .Ik^ji.
khidmatgdr, = kkidmal service + -gar , agent-suffix.]
In India : A male servant who waits at table.
1765 HOLWELL Hist. Events (1766) I. 60 They were taken
into the service of Soujah Dowla . . : Hodjee, in capacity
of his first Kistmutgar lor valet). 1776 Trial of Nundocomar
56/1 Q. Who came with Bollakey Doss? A. He
came afone, only his kidmutgar. 1824 [SHERER] Sketches
in India 247 His father had been a Khidmutgar to a British
Colonel 1873 Miss THACKERAY Wkt. (1891* I. 269-70 A
Kitmutghar who had drained off a bottle of her eau-de-
Cologne.
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II Khilat, khelat (ki-lt). East hid. Forms :
7 oalaat, collat, 8 kail-, kellaut, 8-9 khilat,
khelaut, 9 khelat, kheliat, khillaut, calatte,
(khelut, khillut, killut, -laut). [Urdu (Pers.)
.jl-.l^. khile-al, khalc-at, a. Arab. ida. khilf-ah
(-a/).] A dress of honour presented by a king or
other dignitary as a mark of distinction to the person
receiving it; hence, any handsome present
made by an acknowledged superior.
1684 J. PHILLIPS tr. Tnvernier's Trav. I. in. v. 108
The Garment of Honour, or the Calaat, the Bonnet, and
Girdle. 1698 FRYER Ace. E. India f, P. 87 He had a
Collat or Seerpaw, a Robe of Honour from Head to Foot,
1837 BACON First Impr. Hindustan^ II. 146 (Y.) To look
over the edge of the narrow footpath into the Khud. 1870
Gd. Words 133/2 The depth of the khuds is very great, and
the slope so rapid that you can scarcely find footing when
once off the beaten road. 1886 R. KIPLING Departm. Ditties,
etc. (1899) 87 Death .. drops the reckless rider down The
rotten ram-soaked khud.
attrib. 1896 SAHAH J. DUNCAN His Honor fy a Lady xix.
244 The tin roofs of the cottages down the khud-side.
: Khukri, Khunjur see KUKRI, KHANJAK.
. {J
J>. k/ias-
khas.~\ The sweet-scented root of an Indian grass,
largely used in the manufacture of mats or screens
(' tatties '), which are wetted to cool the air passing
through them. Also attrib.
1810 [see Cuscus 2 !. A^lArtJrnl.Illustr.Catal. in Forbes
Veg. World II. p. ivf, Deliciously fragrant screens are made
by the H i ndoos from khus-khus, the A ndropogon muricatum.
1886 Offic. Catal. Ind. Exhib. 33 (Stanf.) Fans made of the
fragrant root of the khaskas grass. 1890 SIR S. BAKER Wild
Beasts I. 233 With good tents, kuskos tatties, and cool
drinks, the heat was bearable.
II Khutbah (ku-tba) . Also kootbah, khootba,
khotbeh, -bah. [Arab. iJsi. khutbafi, khotbeh, f.
\_Ja^ khataba to preach.] A form of sermon or
oration used at the Friday service in Mohammedan
mosques ; the name of the ruling sovereign is
inserted near its close.
1800 Asiat. Ann. Keg., Misc. Tr. 49/1 He repeatedly read
the kootbah, or prayer, containing the name and titles of the
prince of the age. 1815 ELPHINSTONE Ace. Caubnl (1842)
I. 112
note^ Inserting a prince's name in the Khootba, and
inscribing it on the current coin, are reckoned in the East
the most certain acknowledgments of sovereignty. 1841
Penny Cycl. XX. 325 His lieutenant deposed the Fatimite
dynasty by a simple ordinance that the khotbah or public
prayer should be read in the name of the Abbasside caliph
Mostadhi. 1860 GARDNER Faiths World II. 467/2 In the
mosque on the Friday, which may be termed the Mohammedan
Sabbath, the Khotbeh.. is regularly recited.
KIBE.
Ki II (kf). [Hawaiian, = general Polynesian rt.]
A liliaceous plant, Cordylinc terminalis, found in
China and the islands of the Pacific, of which the
root is baked and eaten in the Sandwich Islands;
the fermented juice yields an intoxicating drink.
1860 Mere. Marine Mag. VII. 295 A kind of liquor. .a
deadly stuff, expressed from the ki root. 1889 Tablet 1 8 May
762/2 Drinking fermented ki-root beer, home made alcohol.
Kiabooca, -bouca, variants of KYABUKA.
II Kiack (ki,e-k). [Burmese.] A Burmese
Buddhist temple.
1599 HAKLUYT Voy. II. i. 261 The people send rice and
other things to that kiack or church of which they be.
tribute.] Tribute ; rent :
; poll-tax see CARATCH.
1860 Times 25 June 10/6 The allegation that the word
'tribute* is incorrectly used, .'kharatch 'ur '
poll-tax being
the expression in the original. 1881 Edin. Rev. Apr. 342
Unable to pay their kharag or rent.
Khas-kh)as: see KHUS-KBUS.
Khatri (kae'trz, kzrtn). Also 7 cuttery,
quetery, 8 katri, khettrie, kittree, 9 ketra,
khiitri. [Hindi khatrl : Skr. kshatriya.~\ A
member of the second or military caste among the
Hindus (cf. KSHATRIYA).
1630 LORD Banians ft Persees \. 5 And because Cuttery
was of a Martiall temper, God gaue him power to sway
kingdomes with the Scepter. 1665 SIR T. HERBERT Trav
(1677) 52 The Cutleries. . being men of War they scruple not
to shed blood, eat flesh, and.. are for the most part called
Rajaes or great men. 1698 FRYER Ace. E. India % P.
193 Opium is frequently eaten in great quantities by the
Rashpoots, Queteries, and Patans.
1725
R. MILLAR Hist.
Prt'pag. Chr. II. vn. 208 The Katris are degenerate
into Merchants 1776 Trial ofNundocomar 36/1 Another
letter came to me with a peon and kittree, from Roopnarrain
Chowdree. 1814 W. BROWN Hist. Propag. Chr. II. 170
The Hindoos were originally divided into 4 casts or tribes;
the Brahmin, the Ketra, the Bice, and the Sooder. 1885
Panjad Notes $ Q. II. 75/1 These ceremonies are observed
by Brahmans, Khatris, and Baises.
II Kheda, keddah (krda, ke-da). Also khedda(h,
(kiddah). [Hindi kkedd.] An enclosure
used in Bengal, Assam, etc., for the capture of
wild elephants ; corresp. to the corral of Ceylon.
1799 CORSE in Phil. Trans. LXXXIX. 38 She was driven
by Mr. Leekes elephant hunters into a keddah. 1827
D. JOHNSON Ind. Field Sports 55 Elephants are numerous, . .
The principal Keddah for catching them is in the district
of Tipperah. 1879 F. POLLOK Sport Brit Burmah I. 80,
I remember, when kheddahs were started in Burmah,
_
nearly a hundred elephants had been driven into an
inclosure. 1889 Daily News 27 Nov. 5/4 A kheda..has
been formed in the jungle near an elephant cover.
II Khedive (kedf -v). (Also 7 quiteue.) [a. F.
khidive, a. Turk, (from khediv, khidcv
Pers.)jjjJ>.
prince, sovereign.] The title of the viceroy or
ruler of Egypt, aecorded to Ismail Pasha in 1867 by
the Turkish government.
[1625 PURCHAS Pilgrims II. IV. 1537 (Stanf.) He is called
Quiteue a title royall and no proper name.] 1867 Times
24 May 1 1/1 At a council of the Turkish Cabinet, held
on the I4th inst., the title to be granted to the Pasha of
Egypt was at length definitely settled. His Highness is to
as the Arabic
was roug me. was resse n as a . 1803
EDMONSTONE in Owen Mrq. Wellesley's Desp. (1877) 325
He is admitted to the privilege of investing the Peishwa
with a khelaut. 1845 STOCQUELER Handbk. Brit. India
(1854) 239 The king.. maintains the royal privilege of conferring
khillaiits. 1876 JAS. GRANT Hist. India \.
xxxyii.
191/1 No peishwa 'could be appointed without first receiving
the khelat. 1886 YULE, Killut, Killaut.
II Klioja (kflu-dga). Forms : 7 hoiah, hodgee,
-gia, hugie, hoggie, 7-8 hogi, 8 hoage, hogia,
cojah, 9 hoja.h, hodja, khodgea, khodja, -djo,
khoja. [Turk, and Pers. &a-U khojah, prop.
khwaja/i.} A professor or teacher in a Mohammedan
school or college; a schoolmaster; a
scribe, clerk.
1625 PURCHAS Pilgrims ix. xv. 8. II. 1598 From fiue
yeers of age vntill ten. .they haue their Hoiah (that is, their
Schoole-master) appointed them by the King to teach them.
1630 A'. 'Johnson s Kingd. $ Commit}. 525 The third, are
Hogi, Writers of Bookes; for they have no Printing. 1704
J. PITTS Ace. Mahometans 21 Rides in the Van of the
Army, with two Hoages, or Clerks. 1786 A rt. Charge W.
Hastings in Burke Writ. (1852) VII. 27,
I sent for Retafit
Ali Khan, the Cojah. 1834 Ayesha I. xi. 265 They collected
all that the city possessed of wisdom and learning, Khodjas,
Mollahs, Hakims, Imams. 1887 L'pool Daily Post 14
Feb. 5/4 This last savant brings a Knoja, who has just
arrived from Bombay.
Khookheri, obs. form of KUKKI.
II Klior (kju). [Arab. ^a. khurr, khorr^\ A
watercourse, ravine, nullah, dry bed of a stream.
1884 Times 28 Mar. 5 Our route lay . .along the bottom of
the valley leading to the khor. Ibid., The khor winds considerably,
and splits into two or three smaller ravines. 1896
Westm. Gaz. 12 June 2/1 A swarm of Arabs came down upon
them through a neighbouring khor.
Khotbah, -beh, variants of KHUTBAH.
II Khubber (ktrbai). Eastlnd. Alsokhuber,
khab(b)ar. [Urdu (Pers.,
Arab.)^,*. khabar]
Information, news, report, rumour.
1878 Life in the Mo/ussil I. 159 (Y.) Khabar of innumer.
able black partridges has been received. 1879 Vanity Fair
29 Nov. 299 (Y.) He will not tell me what khabbar has been
received. 1891 R. KIPLING City Dread/. A7. 75 Just fancy,
among these five thousand people, what sort of effect the
Muter of an accident would produce !
II Klvud (kwd). East Ind. [Hind! khad."} A
deep ravine or chasm ; a precipitous cleft or descent
in a hill-side.
Kiaja, variant of KEHAYA.
Kiang, variant of KTANG, a Tibetan wild horse.
Kiapootee, anglicized phonetic spelling of
Cajttputi, Malay Kayu-pulih, CAJOPUT.
1831 TRELAWNEY Adv. Younger Son xxiii. 111.280 Among
the rest was a large proportion of Kiapootee and colalava oil.
Kiar (kai-aa), variant of KHAIR.
Kiaugh (kyax), kauch (kax). Sc. In other
Sc. dialects oaigh, keaoh, keagh (k^X) k^x w )-
[Origin obscure.] Trouble, worry.
1786 BURNS Cotter's Sat. Nt. His clean jii, hearth-stane,
his thrifty wifie's smile, The lisping infant, prattling on his
knee, Does a' his weary kiaugh and care \ed. 1787 carking
cares] beguile. 1794 Poems, Eng. Scotch , Latin 97 (Jam.)
Your caigh and care ahint you fling. 1824 MACTAGGART
Gallovid. Encycl. s. v. To be in a ,
kauch, to be in an extreme
flutterj not knowing which way to turn ; over head and ears
in business. 1825-80 JAMIESON, Keach, Keagh, uneasiness
of mind, ..bustle, anxious exertion. Dumfries], 1881 MRS.
WALFORD in Gd. Wards 402/1 Me in a kauch of work, an'
Meg kirnin', an' a' the hooss wrang side up maist.
Kibab, kibaub, variants of KABOB.
Kibble (ki'b'l), s.* [? Altered form of cobble, or related
to KIBBLE v\\ = COBBLE si. 1
1891 Times 12 Oct. 4/5 The demand for coal, kibbles, and
slack.. is very active. 1893 Daily News 8 May 2/7 House
coal is quiet, ..kibbles Ss. $d. to Bs. 6d., with superior sorts
approximately dearer.
Kibble (krb'l), z\l [Etym. obscure : the form
is dim. or freq., but the root does not appear; cf.
KIBBLE sb.^} trans. To bruise or grind coarsely ;
to crush into small pieces. Also absol. Hence
Ki'bbled ///. a. ; Kibbling-mill, a hand-mill
for kibbling grain, beans, etc.
1790 in W. MARSHALL Midi. Counties (E. D. S.). 1826
Sporting Mag. XVII. 352 A question in your last Magazine,
respecting kibbled corn for hunters. Ibid. XVIII. 75 There
is no kibbling mill equal to the horse's grinders, c 1880 Sale
Catal., Those [corn crushing machines).. will kibble beans,
peas, Indian corn.
Kibble (ki-b'l), v? [f. KIBBLE sb2] To
convey ore or rubbish in a kibble.
1891 Labour Commission Gloss., Kibbling.
Kibbo (ki-bo). dial. ? Obs. : cf.
[Obscure
KEBBIE and KIBBLE sbl] A stick, cudgel.
1688 SHADWELL Sor. Alsatia H. i, And I tak kibbo, I'st
raddle the Bones o thee. c 1746 J. COLLIER (Tim Bobbin)
View Lane. Dial. (1862) 52 With o Wythen Kibbo he had
in his Hont.
Kibe (ksib), sb. Also 5-7 kybe. [Of uncertain
origin ; not from OE. cf. Welsh citi ; (also cibwst}
of the same meaning, which, if native, may be the
source of the English word.]
1. A chapped or ulcerated chilblain, esp. one on
the heel.
1387 TREVISA Higden (Rolls) VIII. 227 Alsowi(> his penne
he made |>ris croys on a kybe [L. antkrncem] J>at he hadde,
and hit vansched awey. c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 5 Of