Definition of kite

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Kite (n.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light..

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Rutile :: Rutile (n.) A mineral usually of a reddish brown color, and brilliant metallic adamantine luster, occurring in tetragonal crystals. In composition it is titanium dioxide, like octahedrite and brookite..
Kite :: Kite (v. i.) To raise money by kites; as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6..
Milvus :: Milvus (n.) A genus of raptorial birds, including the European kite..
Kite :: Kite (n.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry..
Greenockite :: Greenockite (n.) Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation..
Kiteflier :: Kiteflier (n.) See Kite, n., 6..
Carrancha :: Carrancha (n.) The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); -- so called in imitation of its notes.
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..
Glide :: Glide (n.) The glede or kite.
Philippium :: Philippium (n.) A rare and doubtful metallic element said to have been discovered in the mineral samarskite.
Ascending :: Ascending (a.) Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite..
Kite :: Kite (n.) Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill..
Elanet :: Elanet (n.) A kite of the genus Elanus.
Brookite :: Brookite (n.) A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system..
Glede :: Glede (v. i.) The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzzard.
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..
Kite :: Kite (n.) The brill.
Terbium :: Terbium (n.) A rare metallic element, of uncertain identification, supposed to exist in certain minerals, as gadolinite and samarskite, with other rare ytterbium earth. Symbol Tr or Tb. Atomic weight 150..
Samarskite :: Samarskite (a.) A rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic luster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and cerium metals..
Kite :: Kite (n.) Fig. : One who is rapacious.
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