2. To recoil; — said of a musket, cannon, etc.
Kick
(Kick), n.
1. A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot.
A kick, that scarce would move a horse,
May kill a sound divine.
Cowper. 2. The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from
striking the spring. See Illust. of Pocketknife.
3. (Brickmaking) A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick.
4. The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged.
Kickable
(Kick"a*ble) a. Capable or deserving of being kicked. "A kickable boy." G. Eliot.
Kickapoos
(Kick`a*poos") n. pl.; sing. Kickapoo (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians which formerly occupied
the region of Northern Illinois, allied in language to the Sacs and Foxes.
Kicker
(Kick"er), n. One who, or that which, kicks.
Kickshaw
(Kick"shaw`) n. See Kickshaws, the correct singular.
Kickshaws
(Kick"shaws`) n.; pl. Kickshawses (#) [Corrupt. fr. F. quelque chose something, fr. L.
qualis of what kind (akin to E. which) + suffix -guam + causa cause, in LL., a thing. See Which, and
Cause.]
1. Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy.
Art thou good at these kickshawses!
Shak. 2. A fancy dish; a titbit; a delicacy.
Some pigeons, . . . a joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny kickshaws.
Shak.
Cressy was lost by kickshaws and soup- maigre.
Fenton. Kickshoe
(Kick"shoe`) n. A kickshaws. Milton.
Kicksy-wicksy
(Kick"sy-wick`sy Kick"y-wisk`y) , n. That which is restless and uneasy.
Kicky-wicky, or, in some editions, Kicksy- wicksy, is applied contemptuously to a wife by Shakespeare,
in "All's Well that Ends Well," ii. 3, 297.
Kicksy-wicksy
(Kick"sy-wick`sy), a. Fantastic; restless; as, kicksy-wicksy flames. Nares.
Kickup
(Kick"up) n. (Zoöl.) The water thrush or accentor. [Local, West Indies]
Kid
(Kid) n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. kið, Dan. & Sw. kid; akin to OHG. kizzi, G. kitz, kitzchen, kitzlein.]
1. (Zoöl.) A young goat.
The . . . leopard shall lie down with the kid.
Is. xi. 6. 2. A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily imposed on. [Slang] Charles Reade.
3. A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the skin of rats, etc.
