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In seamen's language, a "knot" is a division, of the log-line serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. The number of knots which run off from the reel In half a minute shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour. Hence when a ship goes eight miles an hour she is said to go "eight knots." Webster. … [Read more...] about KNOT

Those portions of the seas, adjacent to the coasts of Great Britain, which are inclosed within headlands so as to be cut off from the open sea by imaginary straight lines drawn from one promontory to another. … [Read more...] about KING’S CHAMBERS

In Hindu law. A stated payment; installment of rent. … [Read more...] about KIST

An officer of the court of king's bench, usually called "the master of the crown office," whose duty it is to file informuilous at the suit of a private subject by direction of the court. 4 Bl. Comm. 308, 309 ; 4 Steph. Comm. 374, 378. … [Read more...] about KING’S CORONER AND ATTORNEY

To write bad or fraudulent checks using the float; see Kiting. … [Read more...] about KITE