dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/kir_MW.json
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{
"Kiritimati":{
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"island (atoll) in the Line Islands area 234 square miles (608 square kilometers), population 674":[]
},
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"k\u0259-\u02c8ri-sm\u0259s\u2014 sic"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190356",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Kiriwina":{
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"definitions":{
": an Austronesian language of the Trobriand islands":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cck\u0113r\u0113\u02c8v\u0113n\u0259"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
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},
"Kirkcaldy":{
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"definitions":{
"royal burgh and port on the Firth of Forth, eastern Scotland, north of Edinburgh population 50,000":[]
},
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"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8k\u022fl-",
"(\u02cc)k\u0259r-\u02c8k\u022f-d\u0113",
"-\u02c8k\u00e4-"
],
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"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Kirkcudbright":{
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"former county of southern Scotland; capital Kirkcudbright":[]
},
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"(\u02cc)k\u0259r-\u02c8k\u00fc-br\u0113"
],
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"geographical name"
]
},
"Kirker":{
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": a member or adherent of the Church of Scotland \u2014 see auld kirker , free kirker":[]
},
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"1651, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"kirk entry 1 + -er":""
},
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"\u02c8k\u0259rk\u0259r"
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"noun"
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"kirk":{
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": the national church of Scotland as distinguished from the Church of England or the Episcopal Church in Scotland":[]
},
"examples":[
"an elder of the Kirk",
"left Edinburgh early in the morning for St. John's Kirk in Perth"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English (northern dialect), from Old Norse kirkja , from Old English cirice \u2014 more at church":""
},
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"\u02c8kirk",
"\u02c8k\u0259rk"
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"church",
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"temple"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"kirk keeper":{
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": one that attends a kirk regularly":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1644, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125603",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"kirkinhead":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": jerkinhead":[]
},
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"\u02c8k\u0259rk\u0259\u0307n\u02cched"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps irregular from kirk entry 1 + head":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1793, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-035645"
},
"Kirlian photography":{
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a process in which an image is obtained by application of a high-frequency electric field to an object so that it radiates a characteristic pattern of luminescence that is recorded on photographic film":[]
},
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"\u02c8kir-l\u0113-\u0259n-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Sem\u00ebn D. Kirlian \u20201978 and Valentina Kh. Kirlian \u20201971 Soviet inventors":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1972, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194630"
},
"kirkyard":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": churchyard":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u0259rk-",
"\u02c8kirk\u02ccy\u00e4rd"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English (northern dialect) kirkyard , from kirk + yard":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051756"
},
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Persian carpet or rug characterized by elaborate fluid designs and soft colors":[]
},
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"kir-",
"k\u0259r-\u02c8m\u00e4n"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Kirman , province in Iran":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1876, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-105039"
},
"kiritimati":{
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"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
"island (atoll) in the Line Islands area 234 square miles (608 square kilometers), population 674":[]
},
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"k\u0259-\u02c8ri-sm\u0259s\u2014 sic"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121125"
},
"Kirmanshah":{
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"noun"
],
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": kirman":[]
},
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"\u00a6kirm\u0259n\u00a6sh\u00e4",
"k\u0259r\u02c8m\u00e4n\u02ccsh\u00e4"
],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212258"
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"Kirtland's warbler":{
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a rare warbler ( Dendroica kirtlandii ) of northeastern North America that breeds in Michigan and winters in the Bahamas":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u0259rt-l\u0259n(d)z-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Jared P. Kirtland \u20201877 American naturalist":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1858, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-114702"
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"definitions":{
"city in eastern Missouri west of Saint Louis population 27,540":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-155233"
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"Kirtland's owl":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": saw-whet owl":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u0259rtl\u0259n(d)z-"
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"after Jared P. Kirtland \u20201877 American naturalist":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-204553"
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"kirtle":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": a long gown or dress worn by women":[],
": a tunic or coat worn by men especially in the Middle Ages":[]
},
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"\u02c8k\u0259r-t\u1d4al"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English kirtel , from Old English cyrtel , from Old English *curt short, from Latin curtus mutilated, curtailed \u2014 more at shear":""
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-084634"
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"Kirkwall":{
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"definitions":{
"burgh and port on a bay of Mainland Island, northern Scotland population 7000":[]
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"\u02c8k\u0259rk-\u02ccw\u022fl"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-061605"
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"Kiruna":{
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"definitions":{
"city in Lapland , northern Sweden population 23,555":[]
},
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"\u02c8k\u0113-r\u00fc-\u02ccn\u00e4"
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"Kirkuk":{
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"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
"city in northeastern Iraq southeast of Mosul population 175,303":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"kir-\u02c8k\u00fck"
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"noun"
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": the hamlet in the immediate neighborhood of the parish church in country parishes of Scotland":[],
": glebe sense 2a":[]
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"\u02c8k\u0259rk\u02cctau\u0307n"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English (Scots dialect) kirktoun , from kirke, kirk + toun town":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-004507"
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"Kirundi":{
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": RUNDI":[]
},
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"k\u0259\u0307\u02c8r\u00fcnd\u0113"
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-030644"
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"kirve":{
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"intransitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to undercut coal in a mine":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u0259rv"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"probably alteration of carve":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-034948"
},
"Kirwan":{
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"biographical name"
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"definitions":{
"Richard 1733\u20131812 Irish chemist":[]
},
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"\u02c8k\u0259r-w\u0259n"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-035038"
},
"kirov":{
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"biographical name",
"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
"Sergey Mironovich 1886\u20131934 Soviet politician":[],
"city on the Vyatka River in east central Russia in Europe population 473,700":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u0113-\u02ccr\u022ff",
"-\u02ccr\u022fv",
"-r\u0259f"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-082045"
},
"kirombo":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a crested conspicuously colored coraciiform bird ( Leptosomus discolor ) of Madagascar related to the rollers":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"k\u0259\u0307\u02c8r\u00e4m(\u02cc)b\u014d"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Malagasy kir\u00f2mbo":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-084820"
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"kirkshot":{
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"noun"
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": churchscot":[]
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"\u02c8k\u0259rk\u02ccsh\u00e4t"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of Old English ciricsceat":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-104449"
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"kirn baby":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": harvest doll":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"kirn entry 3":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-110026"
},
"Kirkpatrick, Mount":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
"mountain 14,856 feet (4528 meters) high in the Queen Alexandra Range of eastern Antarctica south of the Ross Sea":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cck\u0259rk-\u02c8pa-trik"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-114924"
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"kirovite":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a mineral Fe,MgSo 4 7H 2 O consisting of a hydrous sulfate of iron and magnesium isomorphous with melanterite and pisanite":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u0113r\u0259\u02ccv\u012bt"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Russian kirovit , from Sergei M. Kirov \u20201934 Russian revolutionary leader + Russian -it -ite":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-120216"
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"Kirovograd":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
"city in south central Ukraine population 234,000":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"ki-\u02c8r\u014d-v\u0259-\u02ccgrad",
"-\u02ccgr\u00e4t"
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-120527"
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"Kirov":{
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"biographical name",
"geographical name"
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"Sergey Mironovich 1886\u20131934 Soviet politician":[],
"city on the Vyatka River in east central Russia in Europe population 473,700":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u0113-\u02ccr\u022ff",
"-\u02ccr\u022fv",
"-r\u0259f"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-120624"
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"kirn":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"definitions":{
": churn entry 1":[],
": churn entry 2":[],
": harvest home sense 2":[
"the good old custom of the kirn",
"\u2014 J. G. Lockhart"
],
": the last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u0259rn",
"\u02c8kirn",
"\""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English (northern dialect) kirne , from Old Norse kirna ; akin to Old Norse kjarni churn":"Noun",
"perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse korn grain":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-144049"
},
"kirkman":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": churchman":[],
": a member or adherent of the Church of Scotland":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u0259r-",
"\u02c8kirkm\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English (northern dialect), from kirk + man":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-161801"
},
"kirpan":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the sacred dagger of the Sikhs":[
"the right of every Sikh \u2026 to wear a kirpan",
"\u2014 J. C. Archer"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"k\u0259r-",
"kir\u02c8p\u00e4n"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Panjabi & Hindi kirp\u0101\u1e47 , from Sanskrit k\u1e5bp\u0101\u1e47a sword":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-163303"
},
"Kirkland":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
"city in western Washington state on an inlet of Puget Sound northeast of Seattle population 48,787":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u0259rk-l\u0259nd"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-100525"
},
"kirsch":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a dry colorless brandy distilled from the fermented juice of the black morello cherry":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kirsh"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Apple or plum brandy, or even a kirsch (cherry brandy) provides complexity. \u2014 Kara Newman, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2020",
"Each layer was filled twice with apricot marmalade and a kirsch flavored Bavarian cream. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 18 Apr. 2018",
"His 2015 Cabernet is round and more open-structured than some of his clients\u2019 interpretations of the vineyard, tasting of kirsch and briar patch with gamey, savory tones. \u2014 Bryce Wiatrak, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Feb. 2018",
"Topping \u00bd cup kirsch 3 T confectioners' sugar 3 cups fresh sweet cherries, pitted \u00be cup heavy cream 1 3-oz. \u2014 Daniel Boulud, ELLE Decor , 19 Apr. 2016",
"Stir in the kirsch and season with salt and 4 grinds of pepper (or to taste), and add the nutmeg. \u2014 Daniel Silverman, Town & Country , 4 Dec. 2012",
"Active Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 40 minutes Serves: 8 \u00bd pound or 2 cups sweet cherries, pitted and halved 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, kirsch or brandy \u00bc cup... \u2014 Gabriella Gershenson, WSJ , 19 July 2017",
"Meanwhile, combine the vanilla extract, kirsch and strawberries in a separate, large mixing bowl, letting the berries macerate for a few minutes. \u2014 The Washington Post, The Denver Post , 6 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German, short for Kirschwasser , from Kirsche cherry + Wasser water":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1869, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-191637"
},
"Kirschner value":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a value similar to a Reichert value that indicates the content in a fat of the water-soluble fatty acids (as butyric acid) having soluble silver salts":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kirshn\u0259r-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"from the name Kirschner":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-210941"
},
"kirsebaer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Danish cherry liqueur":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kirs\u0259\u02ccba(a)(\u0259)r"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Danish kirseb\u00e6r , short for kirseb\u00e6rbr\u00e6ndevin , from kirseb\u00e6r cherry + br\u00e6ndevin brandy":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-214457"
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"Kiribati":{
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"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"island nation along the Equator in the western Pacific south-southeast of the Marshalls comprising the Gilbert, Line, and Phoenix groups and Banaba; its capital is on Tarawa area 313 square miles (811 square kilometers), population 109,400":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kir-\u0259-\u02ccbas\u2014 sic"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-225922"
},
"Kirikkale":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city in central Turkey east of Ankara population 192,500":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"k\u0259-\u02c8ri-k\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-234023"
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"kiri":{
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a paulownia ( Paulownia tomentosa )":[],
": the light soft straight-grained pale brown wood of the kiri that is easily worked and very resistant to shrinking and swelling and that is used in Japan especially as a base for lacquer work and in lining fine cabinetry":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u0113r\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Japanese":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-235947"
},
"Kirillitsa":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": cyrillic alphabet":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"k\u0259\u0307\u02c8ril\u0259\u0307ts\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Russian, from Kirill (Cyril)":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-005910"
},
"kirimon":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of the two imperial badges of Japan consisting of three leaves of the paulownia surmounted by three budding stems \u2014 compare chrysanthemum sense 3":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kir\u0259\u02ccm\u00e4n",
"\u02c8k\u0113r\u0113\u02ccm-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Japanese, from kiri + mon badge, crest":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-011253"
}
}