Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ninepin; a skittle-pin.
- noun p1. A game in which nine holes ranged in threes are made in the ground, and an iron ball is rolled in among them.
- noun See
kale . - noun The Himalayan Pinus excelsa, or Bhutan pine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A kind of headless cabbage. Same as
kale , 1. - noun OE. or Scot. Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables.
- noun Scot. A broth made with kail or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner.
- noun [Scot.] a kitchen garden.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
kale . - noun Scotland, archaic Any
cabbage ,greens , orvegetables . - noun A
broth made with kale or other vegetables; hence, anybroth ; also, adinner .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun coarse curly-leafed cabbage
- noun a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word kail.
Examples
-
The chief building, called the kailás, ... is a great monolithic temple, isolated from surrounding rock, and carved outside as well as in ....
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
-
In other instances, while the fibrous framework of the leaf retains its usual degree of development, the cellular parenchyma is developed in excess, and, if the increase is so arranged that the number of superposed layers of the cellular tissue is not increased, or their thickness exaggerated, then we get such leaves as those of the "kail," or of the "Savoys" leaves, which are technically called by descriptive botanists "folia bullata."
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
-
Ida nee mosu iha Atauro bainhira iha inaugurasan ba kompetisaun internasional kail ikan … …. asaun viola direitus humanus neebe labele tolera iha ita nia rain.
-
Konkreetselt meile tähendas see kolme tundi tuuldumist Kuivastu sadama kail.
Esimene päev HÕFF-il Ulmeguru 2010
-
Ryan on Jul 20, 2008 dear kail … … … … …. sure its a comic book movie, but this is the only superhero movie i have seen that I can safely say that I actually completely forgot it WAS a comic book movie.
The Dark Knight Currently Ranked #1 on IMDb's Top 250!! « FirstShowing.net 2008
-
Ida nee mosu iha Atauro bainhira iha inaugurasan ba kompetisaun internasional kail ikan … …. asaun viola direitus humanus neebe labele tolera iha ita nia rain.
-
“Our kail is like to be cauld eneugh too,” he reflected, as the chorus of “Cauld Kail in Aberdeen” again reached his ears.
-
Like those of the lowest order of pawnbrokers, a commodity of rusty iron, a bay or two of hobnails, a few odd shoe-buckles, cashiered kail-pots, and fire-irons declared incapable of service, are quite sufficient to set him up.
-
“But the moon, and the dew, and the night-wind, they are just like a caller kail-blade laid on my brow; and whiles I think the moon just shines on purpose to pleasure me, when naebody sees her but mysell.”
-
The writer is doubtless correct in supposing that this utensil was originally employed for cooking kail or cabbage and other green stuff.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.