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K E R
be of
n~
force ; lhe king bting. in lhe interprelalion
of lhe IIW, a
e~rp
w ion, an llhererore paff<lllolhing
bUl by lhe grtal fe.d , \rhieh is airo
f.id10 be lhe pu·
blic failh oi lile kingeom, being in lhe highen efl«m
and repularion.
Whenever rhere is alord·keep:r, he is invcOed Wilh
lhe {allle place, au:ho:iry, prehemincnce. jurifdiélion,
or exeeullon of laws, as lhe lord chaneellor of Great.
Britain is veaed wirh.
The lord·kccper is eon!liruted by the delivery oi
the grw {cal,
&(.
KEEPER
o[
Ihe prio) f a!,
is alfo a lord by his ofliee,
through who{e hands all granrs, pardons,
cre.
pafs be·
fore lhey e0me10 lhe grell {cal, and even rome lhings
pafs lhis oflieer's hands whieh do nOl pJfs Ihe greal
feal al all. This oflieer is alfo one of rhe privy coun'
cil, yet was aneiendy eallcd e1erk of lhe privy f(!jl!.
His dUly is 10 pUl lhe {eal ro no granl,
6e.
widlDut
a
properwamnl ; nor with wamnr where ir is againfl
law, or inconvenienl, but /hall firll aequaint lhe king
therewir~.
KEISERWAERT, a firong town of Germany in Ihe
eirele of Weflphalia and duehy of Berg. ulumd on
theRhine, lwenly.five miles nonh of Cologne,
E.
Ion.
6° 8', N. lat. S
1°
20'.
KELLlNGTON, aborough.townof Cornwall, thirtccn
miles {oulh
oi
Launeeflon, which fends IIVO members
to parliameot.
KELP, a fixed rah, or particular fpecies of POt'3/h,
proeured by burning a rpecies of ralieofa. See SALlo
COSA.
KELSO, a town of
Seotl~nd,
in lhe /hi,e of Mers. or
Roxburg!I, fitualed on lhenonh fide Ihe T \Veed, l\Ven·
tymiles foulh·wefi of Berwiek.
KEMPTEN, a eily of Germany, in Ihe eirele ofSwa·
bia, fitualed on the river lfer :
E.
Ion. 10°
7',
N.
lat. 47° 38'.
KENDAL, a market·tolVn of WeOmoreland, t\Venly:
I\VO miles fouth·IVefi of Appleby.
KENKS, in lhe fea
I.nglla~e.
doublings in a rope 9r
cable, \Vhenbanded in and OUl. fo lhar il docs nOl
~un
eafy; orwhenany rope makes lurns ort·.vins, and does
nOl runfree in lhe block. lhen il is faid lomake kenks.
KENNING
1,
aTERcE, in Seols law, lhe dividiog or
fwingotF lhal pan of lhe huILand's eOale 10 his relill
which !he is eomled 10 liferenl afler hisdcath . See
T
Er.CE.'KENSINGTON, a pleafant villar,e in lhe eou nly 01
Middl fex. IWO miles wefi of London; \Vhere is a
royal p.laee, Wilh larce and fine gardens.
KENT, a eounly bouoded by lhe rim Thames on lhe
nonh, by lhe ucean on rhe eafl, by Su(fex and lhe
Sl rails of Dover on lhe (ourh , and by Surrey on lhe
werl. .
KERtlL~
N, lhe "pilal of lhe provinee of Kerman,
orC.,imania,
in P~l fi¿:
r::
IJn. S6° 30', N.!Jt. 30·'
KERMES in b01Jny. See ILEx.
KEK MES ," nKA L. See Cflol rsTR v, p. 140.
KERRY, aeounly of lrelaod, in lhe provinee uf Mun·
Ocr, bounded hy lhe river Sh.lOnon. wh,eh divides il
from Clm, onlhe nucth
j
by Limerie 2nd Cork,
00
K
N
lhe
e"~;
b)' anolher part of Cork. on Ihe fouth· and
by rhe Atlanlic Oeean, on lhe weO.
'
KESSEL, a lown of
U
pperGuelderlaod, in Ihe
qU~!lee
of Roermonde, filualed un lhe river Meu{e: E.lon.
6°, N.lal. S1° 2S'.
KESTRIL, ·in ornilhology. See FALco .
KETMIA, in bOlany. See HIBISCUS.
KETrERING, a markel·lown of NO!lhamplonfhire
ren miles nonh·ean of NO!lhamplon.
'
KETCH, in navalarehilec1ure, a veiTe! witll twomanso
See SH IP.
KEVEL! in /hip.building, a pieee of plank fayed againQ
the qureklVork on
lh~
quaner·deek, in lhe /hape of a
femieircle; aboul whieh lhe running rigging is belaid.
KEXHOU1E, the ca?ilal of lhe prol'inee of Ihe fame
name in Fioland. filualed on lhe lake Ladoga, ,ighlY
miles nonh of Pelerfburgh: E. Ion. 30°, N. lal.61·
3°'·
KEY, a well koown innrUmenl for opening and fhuuing
lbe loeks of doors, ehetls, buroes, and lhe like.
KE
v,
in mufie, a ecrtain fundameotal nore, or ton', to
which the whol, piee" be il in coneeno, {onala, cama.
ta,
&c.
is aecommodaled, aod
w;.ij
whieh il ufually
begins, bUl al\Vays ,nds.
KE
V'STO~E
of an a,eh, or "aulr, lhat
pl~e,d
at lhe top
or venex of ao areh, 10 bind lhe lWO flV.·.... toge.
ther.
.
KIAM, a greal river of China, IVhich, taking il! rife
near lhewefl fronlier, eroffes Ibe whole kingdom ,aO·
ward, and falls into lhe bay or gulpb of Nankiog,
a
liltle bclow lhu eiry.
KIAMS I. a. provinee 0[, Chin¡¡, bour.ded by rhal of
Nanking on lhe nonh, and by lhat of Canloo
ón
lhe
roulh.
KIDDERMINSTER, a markeHown llVelve miles
nU!lh of \VorceOer.
KIDNEYS, in anatomy. See ANA'lOMY, p. 268.
KIGGELARI A, in borany, a genus of lhe dioeeia de·
eandria clafs. The ealix of bOlh male and female
confills of five (egmenll, and rhecoralla of 6ve perals;
lhe anlhN:1: of lhe male
~re
perforaled al lhe apex :
The femalehas 6ve Oyli; lhe eapfule has fire nlves,
one eell, ano many fceds. There is bUl one fpccies,
a nalive of Erhiopia.
KIDD :\RE, lne capiral
of
a eOJnly of
lh~
f,me name,
in
Irel.nd. lwenry.fcl·en mib fomh \Vefl of Dublin.
KILDERKliI/, a liquid me.rure, comaicing lWO 6r·
kins.
KILKENNY, a eOl1nly of ¡rdand, in lhe prol·inee of
Leinller, boundcd by Q:1ecn's Counry. on lhenOllh
j
by lhe eounly of Wexfu'rd, on Ihe caO; by Waler·
•ford. on lhe roulh; and by lhe counlyof Trrperary.
on rhe \VeO.
It
is alfo
ti)';
nlme of rheeapilal of rhat
eou'nlY; and is tilual,d in
W.
loo. 7° IS', N. ht.
pO ;0'.
KIMBOLTON.
a
m"ket·lolVn of
Hunlin~lonfhirr,
nine miles fouth.wefl of Illlnringlon.
KI NG, in lhegeneral
.Icccp:ati~n
of l!le IVord. is
a
pero
fon IVhu has a ru?rell1c alllhorilY. ",ilh lhe pO'H r of
I<vying l¿xes, mJking la \\'s, :lnd cnfJrcrng
a~
ol·('·
dienee 10 lhem: bel in Drillir., \1 hich is a Irn,rl<d
mC:lJrchy,