$H Kiari.

The king of a district called Karsibuta, possibly near Armenia. He paid tribute to= Samsivul III. (1876c1)

$H Kibaba.

A king of Harhar. He revolted against Sargon II., who defeated him, and changed the name of his capital city to Kar-Sargon. (1876c1)

$H Kibigane.

The name of a canal which was excavated ne= ar Larsa, by command of Sin-idinn= a, an early Babylonian king. (1876c1)

$H Kibotos. "Ark."

The name given by the Phrygians to the cit= y of Apamea<= /span>, where they believed the ark of Deucalion to h= ave rested. (1876c1)

$H Kidah.

Another name of the ancient Arabian divini= ng arrows, more generally called Azlam. See Kehana<= /span>. (1876c1)

$H Kikupan.

A temple erected at Babylon "to the sovereign (queen= ) of the house of heaven," or the goddess Nana as the Moon-goddess. (1876= c1)

$H Kiliteru.

A king of the Hittites of Southern Syria, = who led his people into Assyria, but was defeated and slain in the city of Seris by Tiglath Pileser I. (1876c1)

$H Kiln. Pottery

(Pot.) A cylindrical oven, pla= ced vertically, in which faience and porcelain are baked. Pieces of great val= ue are baked separately in cases of terra‑cotta, called seggars, so as to be isolated from one another. In = baking china three processes are necessary: the first that of firing, which chan= ges the clay into biscuit; the se= cond that of glazing; the third that of fixing the colour= s. Great care must be exercised that the pieces of china are not exposed to = too great heat. The degree of heat which any piece can stand depends on the <= span class=3DSpellE>colours employed in its decoration, some colours volatilising at= a lower temperature than others. ILLUS. kiln(1891a1)

$H Kimaru.

A district bordering upon Assyria, rendered tributary by Samsi-Vul III. (1876c1)=

$H Kinabua.

Governor of Tushi, in the reign of Vulnirari III. He was eponym = of the year B.C. 795. (1876c1)

$H Kinalu.

The capital of the district of Patina, on = the Orontes. It was taken= by assault by Dayan-assur, the Tartan of Shalmaneser II.; and its king, Surrila, an usurper, committed suicide to avoid a terri= ble death. (1876c1)

$H Kin‑chung.

Chinese. A golden bell.(1883m1)

$H Kindakurbu.

An Elamite dei= ty of whom nothing is known. (1876c1)

$H King‑fisher. (See HALCYON.) (1883m1)

$H Kingiistilinzamar. Or Cingistilinzakharai.

Cingistilinzakharai. A country near Media, which was rendered tributary by Samas Rimmon, king of Assyri= a. (1876c1)

Kingiistilinzamar. Or Cingistilinzakharai. A district bordering upon Ass= yria, which was rendered tributary by Samsi-Vul III. (1876c1)

$H King‑post. Architecture

The central upright = post supporting the gable of a roof.(1883m1)

(Arch.) A vertical p= iece of timber placed in the middle of a truss (q.v.), resting at its lower end on the cross‑beam, so as to support the ridge, where the principal raf= ters meet. Kingposts may be seen in gable‑ends as well as in open‑= timber roofs.(1891a1)

$H Kings of Arms.

Officers of Heralds' College. There are three ‑ = Garter, Clarenceux, and Norroy.(1883m1)

$H King's Yellow. (See ORPIMENT.)= (1883m1)

$H Kinnor. Hebrew

Heb. A stringed inst= rument of the Hebrews; it had eight, ten, or twenty‑four strings, which we= re played either with the fingers or a plectrum.(1883m1)

$H Kinschall.

A small curved Turki= sh dagger.(1883m1)

$H Kinuka.

A district bordering upon Assyria, also rendered tributary by Samsi-Vul III. (18= 76c1)

$H Kinziru.

A king of Sape= and Babylonia, who attempting to resist Tiglath Pileser II.'s cla= im to complete Chaldean dominion, was by him besieg= ed and put to death in his own city. He was a descendant of Amukkan, king of Sape, and was the Chinzirus of the Greek writers. (1876c1)

$H Kiosk or Kiosque. Architecture

Kiosk, Kiosque. A Tu= rkish pleasure‑house.(1883m1)

Kiosque. (Arch.) An ornamental pavilion placed in a picturesque situation. A small circular or polygonal construction surmoun= ted by a small dome, such as the pavilions frequently met with in Turkey. ILLUS. kiosque(1891a1)=

$H Kip-abarataka.

A district bordering upon Assyria, which was rendered tributary by Samsi-Vul III. (1876c1)

$H Kip-almas-daki.

The Accadian n= ame of a city or district the site of which is not known. (1876c1)

$H Kip-kipi.

The Assyrian name for an Egyptian city the site of which is not known, to which Rutamen,= king of Egypt, fled after= the battle of Memphis= . (1876c1)

$H Kipre.

A tribe in Mesopota= mia which was conquered by Tiglath Pileser II. (1876c1)

$H Kipsi.

A noble Median. See Upas. (1876c1)

$H Kip-su.

A mountain people on the borders of Media = and Susiana, who were con= quered by Sennacherib. (1876c1)

$H Kip-sun.

An Assyrian city which supported Assurdainpal in his revolt against his father Shalmaneser II., and was recon= quered by Samas Rimmon. = (1876c1)

$H Kircher, Kirchowe. Old English

O. E, A kerchief.(1883m1)

$H Kir-gin-gur-na. "The Errand of Ishtar."

The Accadian n= ame of the month Ululu, which see. (1876c1)

$H Kir-hi.

A city on the Upper Tigris, which was conquered first by Tiglath Pileser I., and again by Assurnazirpal, who took Bubu its chief captive and flayed him alive. (1876c= 1)

$H Kir-ri.

The brother of Kati, king of Que. Shalmaneser II. having c= onquered the district of Lamina and the city of Tarzi in Norther= n Syria, placed Kirri upon its throne as a vassal king. (1876c1)

$H Kir-ruri.

A city or district in Mesopotamia, which was governed by Napharili in the reign = of Tiglath Pileser II. (18= 76c1)

$H Kir-shamash.

An Elamite dei= ty of whom nothing is known. (1876c1)

$H Kirtel. Old Engli= sh

O.E. A loose gown, a= tunic or waistcoat; also a monk's gown.(1883m1)

$H Kirtiari.

The chief of the city and district of Larbusa in the mountains of Ni= zir. He was conquered by Assurnazirpal. (1876c1)

$H Kirubi. Assyria

The name of the Assyrian winged human-head= ed bulls. See Alapi. (1876c1)

$H Kiryath-hadeschath.<= /span> "The New Town."

The original name of the Tyrian settlement which was founded by Queen Elissa = in North Africa, and was generally called Carthage in Classic history. (1876c1)

$H Kirzan.

A kingdom in the Western mountains of Mesopotamia, which was conquered by Shalmaneser II. and Assurnazirpal. (1876c1)

$H Kis. Babylonia

A city in Babylonia, now called Hymir, where Hammurabi,= king of Babylon, erected a tower to the deity Zamana. (1876c1)=

$H Ki-se-sim.

A city conquered by Sargon II., who led its chief Belshazzar into captivity, and then, pl= acing an Assyrian governor over the city, changed its name to Kar-mas-mas-u. (1876c1)

$H Kis= h.

Another form of writing the name of the Babylonian town Kisu, which see. (1876c1)

$H Kis-ki.

The Accadian n= ame of the Babylonian city Kisu, now called Hymir, which see. (1876c1)

$H Kissare.

In Greco-Babylonian mythology the offsprin= g of Apason and his sister wife Tauthe. Kissare by his sister As= saros was the father of the first triad of the gods Anos, Illinos, and Aos.= See Anu. (1876c1)

$H Kiste. Old Engli= sh

O.E. A chest.(1883m1= )

$H Kistvaen. Celtic

Celt. A Celtic monum= ent more commonly known as a DOLMEN (q.v.).(1883m1)

$H Kisu.

The king of Haldile, a petty kingdom in Arabia conquered by= Esarhaddon. (1876c1)

A town or district in Babylonia where Merodach Baladin I. was defeated and driven into exile by Sennacherib, after his short reoccupati= on of the throne of Babylon on the death of Sargon II. (1876c1)

$H Kisuraki.

An Accadian ci= ty, the site of which is unknown. (1876c1)

$H Kit. Egypt

A sister of Sekherta<= /span>, an Egyptian officer of the XIIth dynasty. (18= 76c1)

$H Kit‑cat.

Canvas for portraits= ‑ 28 or 29 inches by 36 ‑ of the size adopted by Sir Godfrey Kneller, in painting the portraits of the Kit‑= ;cat Club. The club had taken its name from Christopher Cat, a pastrycook, who supplied them at their meetings with mutton‑pies. Addison, Stee= le, Walpole, Marlborough, and other staunch Whigs were the principal members.= It dissolved about 1720.(1883m1)

A term denoting a ca= nvas of a particular size, used for painting portraits not quite three‑quar= ter length. A series of portraits of the members of the Kit‑cat Club we= re painted by Kneller of this size to fit the walIs of Tonson's villa= at Barn Elms, and canvases and portraits of these dimensions have been called Kit= ‑cat ever since. The Kit‑cat Club was an association of politicians and litterateurs who favoured the Protestant succession, and was established in 1703. Its meetings took place at the "Cat and the Fiddle," in Fleet Street, kept by Christopher Kit, from whom it took its name.(1891a1)

$H Kition. Cyprus

A capital city in the Island of Cyprus<= /st1:PlaceName>. It was called Kithium by the Greeks. (1876c1)=

$H Kitlala.

A city near the river Belichus, conquered by Shalmaneser II. (1876c1)

$H Kitzu.

A king of Kaldili in Arabia, who paid tribute to Esarhaddon, king = of Assyria, by whom he was put to death. (1876c1)

$H Klaft. Egypt

Egyp. A royal head‑dress= of striped cloth forming a kind of hood, and terminating in two flaps which = fall over the breast. A great many Egyptian statues are represented with the <= span class=3DSpellE>klaft. = It is suggested by M. Soldi that the invention of t= his ornament was for the purpose of strengthening the figure, by avoiding the thinness of the shape of the neck.(1883m1)

$H Kluthumustha.

The Etruscan form of the name of Clytemnes= tra, the faithless wife of Agamemnon. (1876c1)

$H Knapsack.

A case for a foot= 209;soldier's stores, carried at the back. Knap= means a protuberance.(1883m1)

$H Knee‑rafter. Construction

(Constr.) A rafter the lower end of which is bent or curved, so that it may fit in = more securely with the wall below it.(1891a1)

$H Knef. Or Khnum. [See Khnum - Editor]

$H Knife. Christian

Chr. (See FLAYING‑KNIFE.) This is also the attribute of Sts. Agatha, Albert, and Christi= na; and a sacrificing‑knife of St. Zadkiel = the Angel.(1883m1)

$H Knighthood.

The principal Englis= h orders are of the GARTER, established 1343, and the Bath shortly afterwa= rds; of ST. PATRICK for Ireland, established in 1783; and the Orde= r of the Thistle, at least as ancient as Robert II. of= Scotland. There is a French order of the Th= istle, founded in 1463; but the most ancient French order is the Gennet, in 706. In France= are also the orders of St. Michel= and of St. Louis; but these French orders are now all superseded by the Legion of Honou= r. [See An Accurate Historical Accou= nt of all the Orders of Knighthood.](1883m1)

$H Knight‑service. Old English

O.E. A tenure of lan= ds formerly held by knights, on condition of performing military service.(1883m1)

$H Knob. [See Knop and Knot - Editor]

$H Knocker. Architecture

(Arch.) A piece of metal fixed= on to the door. Ancient knockers vary considerably, according to the period to which they belong. In the Gothic period they frequently represent a fanta= stic animal. After the Renaissance they were very elaborate both in design and execution. In the 17th and 18th centuries a purely decorative form of kno= cker became universal, whereas in the previous century knockers had represented capricious, and fantastic, scenes, in which the figures of both men and animals were treated with extraordinary skill. Several celebrated artists have at various epochs produced knockers, which are to‑day consider= ed as works of art and treasured in museums. ILLUS. knocker(1891a1)

$H Knol. Hindu

Hind. A road or high= road which frequently passes over very low bridges.(1883m1)<= /p>

$H Knop and Knob.

Knop, O.E. A button.(1883m1)

Knop, Knob, Arch. A = boss. Fig. 409. Architectural Knop or Boss.(1883m1)

--- $H Knop and Flower Pattern.

An ornament of remote antiquity, original basis of a great branch of decorative art in all nati= ons, common on early Indian monuments, and with different variations in the ar= t of Assyria, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. The variations are regulated according = to the flora of the various countries the knop (or bud) and flower being always the radical idea.(1883m1)

$H Knot, or Knob. 1. Archi= tecture; 2. Heraldry

Knot, or Knob. (Arch= .) A term applied to any architectural ornament which is round in shape, wheth= er it consist of foliage, flowers or even a sculptured head. [Cul‑de‑Lampe.] ILLUS. knot(1891a1)

Knot, Her. An intert= wined cord, borne as a badge. Cords intertwined about other figures and devices form so‑called compound badges, which significantly declared the un= ion of two houses; thus the Dacre knot is entwined about the Dacre escallop and the famous "ragged staff" of Beauchamp and Neville. An ORDER OF THE KNOT w= as established at Naples in 1252. The badge of silk, gold, and pearls was tied in a knot upon the = arm, and those who were invested with it made a vow to untie it at Jerusalem. (Fig= . 410 and 410 a.)

Fig. 410. Bourchier Knot. Fig. 410 a. Dacre Knot and Badge.(1883m1)

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$H Knotted. <= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Heraldry

(Her.) This epithet = is applied in heraldry to rough branches or trunks of trees shown on shields, For example, the cut would be blazoned gules, a knotted staff in bend argent. <= /i>ILLUS. knotted(1891a1)

$H Knuckle‑bones. (See TALUS.) (1883m1)