Found 3 items, similar to Kites.
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Definition: kite
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: kite
kite
n 1: a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase
its face value
2: a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in
order to take advantage of the float
3: plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue
paper; flown in wind at end of a string
4: any of several small graceful hawks of the family
Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on
insects and small animals
kite
v 1: increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently;
“He kited
many checks”
2: get credit or money by using a bad check;
“The businessman
kited millions of dollars”
3: soar or fly like a kite;
“The pilot kited for a long time
over the mountains”
4: fly a kite;
“Kids were kiting in the park”;
“They kited the
Red Dragon model”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Kite
Kite
\Kite\, v. i.
To raise money by
“kites;” as, kiting transactions. See
Kite, 6. [Cant]
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Kite
\Kite\, n.
The belly. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Kite
\Kite\ (k[imac]t), n. [OE. kyte, AS. c[=y]ta; cf. W. cud,
cut.]
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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.
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Note: The European species are
Milvus ictinus and
Milvus migrans
; the pariah kite of India is
Milvus govinda;
the sacred or Brahmany kite of India is
Haliastur Indus
; the American fork-tailed kite is the
Nauclerus furcatus
.
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2. Fig.: One who is rapacious.
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Detested kite, thou liest. --Shak.
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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.
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4. (Naut.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
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5. (Geom.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis
of symmetry. --Henrici.
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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]
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7. (Zo["o]l.) The brill. [Prov. Eng.]
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8. (Naut.) 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.
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Flying kites. (Naut.) See under
Flying.
Kite falcon (Zo["o]l.), an African falcon of the genus
Avicida, having some resemblance to a kite.
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