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A kiln. |
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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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To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or
by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay. |
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To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill
the sale of a book. |
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To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in
seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind. |
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To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize;
as, alkali kills acid. |