Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A reddish resin obtained from various tropical trees chiefly of the genera Butea, Eucalyptus, and Pterocarpus, formerly used in varnishes and as an astringent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A well-known drug resembling catechu, consisting of the gum of several trees belonging to the tropics.
- noun Another spelling of
keno .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic The dark red dried
juice of certainplants , used intanning anddyeing and as anastringent inmedicine .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning
- noun a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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_B. superba_, natives of the Indian jungles, yield a beautiful dye, and furnishing a species of kino (_Pulas kino_), are also used for tanning.
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February 13, 2006 8: 32 PM bibliobibuli said ... oh heck, what have i started! the world and her brother will be looking for love in kino tomorrow lunchtime ... just make yourselves visible with a red rose, hey? and why not pass the invitation on by sms and blog and increase the gene pool?
More Love Among the Bookshelves Sharon Bakar 2006
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The tincture of "kino" -- of which from ten to thirty drops, mixed with a little sugar and water in a spoon, and given every two or three hours, is very efficacious and harmless -- can be procured at almost any druggist's.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Mrs. F.L. Gillette
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Tellicherry the concrete exudation called kino, a powerful astringent used for tanning.
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-- This tree affords gum-kino, which is obtained by making incisions in the bark, from which the juice exudes and hardens into a brittle mass, easily broken into small angular, shining fragments of a bright ruby color.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture William Saunders 1861
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And the emphasis is on physical contact, or "kino" short for kinesthetics.
The Art of Attraction: James Norton wants to take guys on an epic journey of personal growth and picking up chicks Ellen McCarthy 2011
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I point to myself while I say this, then touch her on the arm to anchor the “kino” when she laughs.
Get Laid or Die Trying Jeff Allen 2011
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Being from Colo we have only spent time from puerto penasco to bahi de kino.
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Preview: A visiting team is a kino next to a Stargate in a world of the forest, …
Planet-x.com.au » Stargate Universe Season 1 Episode 8 Time : Streaming Direct TV 2010
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I point to myself while I say this, then touch her on the arm to anchor the “kino” when she laughs.
Get Laid or Die Trying Jeff Allen 2011
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