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Definition of Kite

Kite 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. Fig. : One who is rapacious. A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string. A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light. A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry. 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. The brill. To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6. The belly. 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. Related Definitions: About, Accommodation, Adapted, Air, Also, An, And, Any, Are, As, At, Axis, Bank, Be, Belly, Bird, Bottom, Brill, By, Bill, Called, Carried, Check, Cloth, Commercial, Covered, Credit, Deposit, Depth, Drag, End, Exchange, Fictitious, Fig, Flying, For, Forked, Form, Forty, Frame, Goods, Have, In, Is, Kite, Known, Lofty, Long, Light, Many, Material, Money, No, Not, Of, On, One, Only, Or, Other, Paper, Quadrilateral, Raise, Raising, Rapacious, Raptorial, Sail, Sale, Sanctioned, See, Sentry, Soaring, Species, Striking, String, Subfamily, Surface, Sustain, Symmetry, Tail, The, They, To, Towed, Under, Up, Upset, Used, Water, When, Which, Who, Whose, Wind, With, Wood

Kite Quotations Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. Anais Nin I very rarely saw Tom Kite around. I've talked to Tom about it. I don't think Michael Jordan needed to be on the captain's cart with Kite; he needed to be walking in the gallery, supporting them from outside the ropes. Payne Stewart The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it. Francis Quarles Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving a public speech is well aware of the effects of attention. Keith Henson Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. Lauren Bacall

Kite Translations kite in German is Drachen kite in Norwegian is papirdrage kite in Swedish is glada, drake att flyga med

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