Word Meanings - CHANCEMEDLEY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The kiling of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley. Note: The term has been sometimes applied to any kind of homicide by misadventure, or to any accidental killing of a person without premeditation or evil intent, but, in strictness, is applicable to such killing as happens in defending one's self against assault. Bouvier. 2. Luck; chance; accident. Milton. Cowper.

• KILKENNYCATS
  Two cats fabled, in an Irish story, to have fought till nothing was left but their tails. It is probably a parable of a local contest between Kilkenny and Irishtown, which impoverished both towns.
• Cowper's glands
  Two small glands discharging into the male urethra.
• Homicide
  The killing of one human being by another.
• Killing
  of Kill
• Kilogram
  Alt. of Kilogramme
• Miltonian
  Miltonic.
• Personally
  In a personal manner; by bodily presence; in person; not by representative or substitute; as, to deliver a letter personally.
• Applicability
  The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
• Sometimes
  Formerly; sometime.
• Assaulting
  of Assault
• Assaultable
  Capable of being assaulted.
• KILLDEEKILLDEER
  A small American plover (Ægialitis vocifera). Note: It is dark grayish brown above; the rump and upper tail coverts are yellowish rufous; the belly, throat, and a line over the eyes, white; a ring round the neck and band across the breast, black.
• Defended
  of Defend
• Killdee
  Alt. of Killdeer
• Kilogramme
  A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is equal to the weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39¡ Fahrenheit.
• Miltonic
  Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Milton, or his writings; as, Miltonic prose.
• Personalty
  The state of being a person; personality.
• Applicable
  Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration.
• Strictness
  Quality or state of being strict.

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