Kiowa

Kiowa, a S. W. county of Kansas, recently formed, and not included in the census of 1870; area, 900 sq. m. Its N. W. corner is intersected by the Arkansas river, and it is watered by several streams.

Kirchheim, Or Kirehheim-Unter-Tec

Kirchheim, Or Kirehheim-Unter-Tec, k, a town of Wurtemberg, on the Lauter, and not far from the Teck, 18 m. S. W. of Ulm; pop. in 1871, 5,863. It has a royal castle, a large hospital, a house of refuge, iron works, and a sulphur spring. Linen, cotton goods, musical instruments, and other articles are manufactured; and there are important wool, sheep, and cattle markets.

Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy, a parliamentary burgh and seaport of Fifeshire, Scotland, 13 m. N. of Edinburgh, on the N. shore of the frith of Forth; pop. in 1871, 12,422. It extends E. and W. along the shore for nearly 2 m. There are bleach fields, jute and linen factories, flour mills, breweries, distilleries, and machine shops. The trade of the port is quite large. The imports are principally from Germany and Egypt, and consist of flax, timber, and corn; the exports are linen, jute, yarn, herrings, and coal. Several free schools have been founded in the towns of this part of Fifeshire through the munificence of Mr. Robert Philp, a merchant of Kirkcaldy, who died in 1829, and left over £70,000 for this purpose.

Kirschwasser

Kirschwasser (Ger. Kirsche, cherry, and Wasser, water), an alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented mash of small and sweet black cherries. In the ordinary rude way of preparing it, it is a rank liquor containing hydrocyanic acid derived from the cherry stones. A superior kind is made in the Black Forest from fruit more carefully selected and treated.

Kisheney

Kisheney, a town of European Russia, capital of the government of Bessarabia, on the Byk, a tributary of the Dniester, 86 m. N. W. of Odessa; pop. in 1867, 103,998. The inhabitants are a motley mixture of Jews, Russians, Roumans, Poles, Greeks, Bulgarians, Armenians, and others. The town occupies a wide extent, and is pleasantly situated. It is the seat of a Greek archbishop, and contains a number of churches, an ecclesiastical college, gymnasium, and library, and manufactories of wool, leather, and soap.

Kit Cat Club

Kit Cat Club, a convivial association established in London about the time of the revolution. As its leading members were mostly whigs, it quickly assumed a political character, and came to be regarded as the headquarters of the friends of the Hanoverian succession. It was held in Shire lane, at the house of Christopher (alias Kit) Cat, who supplied its votaries with mutton pies. Addison, Steele, Walpole, Sir Godfrey Kneller, and Marlborough belonged to it. The club was dissolved about 1720. The memoirs of the celebrated members of the Kit Cat club, illustrated with 48 portraits three quarters in length (whence the term Kit Cat portraits) from the original paintings by Sir G. Kneller, were published in London in 1821.