Kill \Kill\, n. [D. kil.]
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Kill \Kill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Killed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Killing.]
[OE. killen, kellen, cullen, to kill, strike;
perh. the same word as cwellen, quellen, to kill (cf.
Quell), 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.]
1. To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or
by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to
slay.
Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words !
--Shak.
2. To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill
the sale of a book. ``To kill thine honor.'' --Shak.
Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares. --Shak.
3. To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in
seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.
Be comforted, good madam; the great rage, You see,
is killed in him. --Shak.
4. To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize;
as, alkali kills acid.
To kill time, to busy one's self with something which
occupies the attention, or makes the time pass without
tediousness.
Syn: To murder; assassinate; slay; butcher; destroy. -- To
Kill, Murder, Assassinate. To kill does not
necessarily mean any more than to deprive of life. A man
may kill another by accident or in self-defense, without
the imputation of guilt. To murder is to kill with
malicious forethought and intention. To assassinate is
tomurder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill
without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not
assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and
murders.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Kill \Kill\, n.
1. The act of killing.
``There is none like to me!'' says the cub in the
pride of his earliest kill. --Kipling.
2. An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey.
If ye plunder his kill from a weaker, devour not all
in thy pride. --Kipling.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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