lso, temporary open weirs for catching fish.

KIDLEYWINK. A low beershop in our western ports.

KIDNAP, TO. To crimp or carry off by artifice.

KIDNEY. Men of the same kidney, _i.e._ of a similar disposition.

KIFTIS. The large passage-boats of India, fitted with cabins on each
side from stem to stern.

KIHAIA. An officer of Turkish ports in superintendence of customs, &c.;
often deputy-governor.

KILDERKIN. A vessel containing the eighth part of a hogshead.

KILE. _See_ KYLE.

KILL. A channel or stream, as Cats-kill, Schuylkill, &c.

KILL-DEVIL. New rum, from its pernicious effects.

KILLER. A name for the grampus, _Orca gladiator_, given on account of
the ferocity with which it attacks and destroys whales, seals, and other
marine animals. (_See_ GRAMPUS.)

KILLESE. The groove in a cross-bow.

KILLING-OFF. Striking the names of dead officers from the navy list by a
_coup de plume_.

KILLOCK. A small anchor. Flue of an anchor. (_See_ KELLAGH.)

KILLY-LEEPIE. A name on our northern shores for the _Tringa hypoleucos_
or common sand-piper.

KILN. The dockyard building wherein planks are steamed for the purpose
of bending them to round the extremities of a ship.

KIN. _See_ KINN.

KING ARTHUR. A game played on board ship in warm climates, in which a
person, grotesquely personating King Arthur, is drenched with buckets of
water until he can, by making one of his persecutors smile or laugh,
change places with him.

KING-CRAB. The _Limulus polyphemus_ of the West Indies.

KING-FISH. The _Zeus luna_. Carteret took one at Masafuero 5-1/2 feet
long, and weighing 87 lbs. Also, the _Scomber maximus_ of the West
Indies.

KING-FISHER. The _Alcedo ispida_; a small bird of brilliant plumage
frequenting rivers and brooks, and feeding upon fish, which it catches
with great dexterity. (_See_ HALCYON.)

KING JOHN'S MEN. The Adullamites of the navy.

KING'S BARGAIN: GOOD OR BAD; said of a seaman according to his activity
and merit, or sloth and demerit.

KING'S BENCHER. The busiest of the galley orators: also galley-skulkers.

KING'S HARD BARGAIN. A useless fellow, who is not worth his hire.

KING'S LETTER MEN. An extinct class of officers, of similar rank with
midshipmen. The royal letter was a kind of promise that if they
conducted themselves well, they should be promoted to the rank of
lieutenant.

KING'S OWN. All the articles supplied from the royal magazines, and
marked with the broad arrow. Salt beef