A
channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between
Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the
Kills; -- used also in composition; as, Schuylkill,
Catskill, etc.
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| Kill (kill) |
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| Kill |
| or perh. rather akin to Icel.
kolla to hit in the head, harm, kollr top, summit,
head, Sw. kulle, D. kollen to kill with the ax.] |
To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in
any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to
slay.
To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill
one's chances; to kill the sale of a book.
To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to
still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the
wind.
To destroy the effect of; to counteract;
to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.
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The
act of killing.
An animal killed in the hunt, as by a
beast of prey.
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