- (n.) A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
- (n.) Fig. : One who is rapacious.
- (n.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
- (n.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.
- (n.) The brill.
- (n.) The belly.
- (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.
- (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.
- (v.i.) To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6.
- (n.) A form of drag to be towed under water at any depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface; -- called also sentry.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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