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Kite
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. i.) To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6.
(2):
(n.) A form of drag to be towed under water at any depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface; - called also sentry.
(3):
(n.) Fig. : One who is rapacious.
(4):
(n.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
(5):
(n.) Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill.
(6):
(n.) The brill.
(7):
(n.) The belly.
(8):
(n.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.
(9):
(n.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
(10):
(n.) A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Kite'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/k/kite.html. 1828.
