資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Kite \Kite\, n. [OE. kyte, AS. c?ta; cf. W. cud, cut.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily
{Milvin[ae]}, of which many species are known. They have
long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked
tail.
Note: The European species are {Milvus ictinus} and {M.
govinda}; the sacred or Brahmany kite of India is
{Haliastur Indus}; the American fork-tailed kite is the
{Nauclerus furcatus}.
2. Fig. : One who is rapacious.
Detested kite, thou liest. --Shak.
3. A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper
or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
4. (Naut.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
5. (Geom.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis
of symmetry. --Henrici.
6. 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. [Cant]
7. (Zo["o]l.) The brill. [Prov. Eng. ]
{Flying kites}. (Naut.) See under {Flying}.
{Kite falcon} (Zo["o]l.), an African falcon of the genus
{Avicida}, having some resemblance to a kite.
Glede \Glede\ (gl[=e]d), n. [AS. glida, akin to Icel. gle[eth]a,
Sw. glada. Cf. {Glide}, v. i.] (Zo["o]l.)
The common European kite ({Milvus ictinus}). This name is
also sometimes applied to the buzzard. [Written also {glead},
{gled}, {gleed}, {glade}, and {glide}.]