kyte

See also: Kyte

English

Noun

kyte (plural kytes)

  1. Obsolete form of kite. (bird of prey)

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English cȳta, from Proto-Germanic *kūtijô.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkiːt(ə)/

Noun

kyte (plural kytes)

  1. A kite (the bird of prey)

Descendants

References

Scots

Noun

kyte (plural kytes)

  1. Belly, stomach
    • c. 1592, Rob Stene, "Rob Stene's Dream":
      To cleith his bak, and fill his wame,
      Not sparing napir wyld, nor tame,
      Could not content his emptie kyte,
      Nor quenche his greidy appetyte.

Derived terms

West Flemish

Noun

kyte f (plural kytn)

  1. calf, back of the leg below the knee
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