Definition of kite

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Kite (n.) Fig. : One who is rapacious.

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Kite :: Kite (n.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light..
Humanistic :: Humanistic (a.) Pertaining to polite kiterature.
Glide :: Glide (n.) The glede or kite.
Hellkite :: Hellkite (n.) A kite of infernal breed.
Puttock :: Puttock (n.) The European kite.
Carrancha :: Carrancha (n.) The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); -- so called in imitation of its notes.
Lanarkite :: Lanarkite (n.) A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color..
Kitish :: Kitish (a.) Like or relating to a kite.
Brookite :: Brookite (n.) A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system..
Zietrisikite :: Zietrisikite (n.) A mineral wax, vert similar to ozocerite. It is found at Zietrisika, Moldavia, whence its name..
Kite :: Kite (n.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail..
Catch :: Catch (v. i.) To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open..
Milvine :: Milvine (a.) Of or resembling birds of the kite kind.
Tantalum :: Tantalum (n.) A rare nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as tantalite, samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder which becomes steel-gray by burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight 182.0. Formerly called also tantalium..
Philippium :: Philippium (n.) A rare and doubtful metallic element said to have been discovered in the mineral samarskite.
Glede :: Glede (v. i.) The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzzard.
Kite :: Kite (n.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry..
Kite :: Kite (v. i.) To raise money by kites; as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6..
Kiteflying :: Kiteflying (n.) A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting..
Greenockite :: Greenockite (n.) Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation..
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