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Kunst 182
Kunst [Ger; pl. Künste], art.
Kursaal [Ger], lit., cure hall; a public hall for visitors at a famous
watering place; pump room.
kursi [Hind], chair: western India. Cf. CHAUKI. —kursi dena, to offer
a chair; give elevation to; show respect or regard for.
Kursivschrift [Ger], italics; italic type: typog.
kurz ist der Schmerz, und ewig ist die Freude [Ger], brief is the pain
and eternal is the joy: Schiller.
kurzum [Ger], in short; to sum up.
kushti [Hind], Hindu wrestling, a method of self-defense somewhat
resembling jiu jitsu.
kuskus or kuskos [Anglo-Ind; Hind khaskhas], an East Indian grass;
also, its roots, used for making mats and screens; vétiver.
kutcha [Anglo-Ind], lit., raw; makeshift; temporary. Cf. PUCKA.
kvass [Russ], Russian beer.
kvell [Yiddish], to glow with pride.
kyaung [Burmese], Buddhist monastery: Burma.
Kyrie eleison [Gr Κύριε έλέησον], Lord, have mercy on us; words
occurring in the rituals of the Eastern and Roman churches; also, a
musical setting of this petition: eccl.
kyuji [Jap], waiter: Japan.