60 IN FRANCE T he first fear of the King of England, Charles I, on learning of the death of the duke, was that such terrible news might discourage the Rochellais; he tried, says Richelieu in his Memoirs, to conceal it from them as long as possible, closing all the ports of his kingdom, and carefully keeping watch that no vessel should sail until the army which Buckingham was getting together had gone, taking upon himself, in default of Buckingham, to superintend the departure.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Enter KITELY and COB. Kit.
— from Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson

C D maneuvering upon the right of the front of the army A B, and H I upon the left flank of G F, will form two interior lines I K and C K upon an extremity of the exterior lines A B, F G, which they may overwhelm separately by combining upon them.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

When their army returned and dispersed, the Lacedaemonians were so incensed that they imposed a fine on their king, and condemned Kleandrides, who fled the country, to be put to death.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

Auslagen petty expenses kleine Geschäfte small transactions kleine Haverie petty average kleine Lettern; kleine Buchstaben small type kleine Zweigstelle branchlet kleiner Händler petty dealer kleinere Änderungen minor changes kleinere Schwierigkeit minor difficulty kleineres Problem minor problem kleineres Unternehmen minor establishment kleinformatige Zeitung tabloid paper Kleingeld; Wechselgeld change Kleinlastwagen pickup car Kleinschuldverschreibung baby bond Kleinstbewegung micromotion Kleinstbewegungsstudie micromotion study kleinste Bewegung micromotion kleinste Einheit der Bewegung basic motion kleinste Einheit der Bewegung elementar movement kleinste Einheit einer Bewegung basic motion kleinste Einheit einer Bewegung micromotion Kleinstobligationen baby bonds Kleinunternehmen small business Kleinunternehmen small-scale enterprise Klemme squeeze Klient client Klima des Vertrauens climate of confidence Klimaanlage air conditioning knapp an Geld short of money knapp an Geld sein to be hard up for money knapp an Kapital short of capital knapp; eng narrow knappe Mehrheit narrow majority knappe Mittel narrow means knapper Akkordsatz tight piece rate knapper Akkordsatz tight rate knappes Geld; Geldknappheit tight money knappes Vermögen narrow fortune Knappheit scarcity Knappheit tightness Knotenpunkt nodal point Knotenpunkt; Eisenbahnknotenpunkt junction Kode code Kodierung coding Koeffizient coefficient Koeffizient der Angebotselastizität coefficient of elasticity of supply Koeffizient der Nachfrageelastizität coefficient of elasticity of demand
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

— Rí n a religious feast day in honor of Christ the King. kristuhánun a Christian.† kristu 2 n in cockfights, a gambler with no capital but who makes money by placing bets for other people who give him a cut of their winnings.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Master Brook, Falstaff's a knave, a cuckoldly knave; here are his horns, Master Brook; and, Master Brook, he hath enjoyed nothing of Ford's but his buck-basket, his cudgel, and twenty pounds of money, which must be paid to Master Brook; his horses are arrested for it, Master Brook.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

KING ARTHUR Constans, king of Britain, had three sons, Moines, Ambrosius, otherwise called Uther, and Pendragon.
— from The Age of Chivalry by Thomas Bulfinch

“We don’t know anyone called Kozyavkin.”
— from The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Now we know, and can know, only in part.
— from Locke by Thomas Fowler

weird Emprise an enterprise Entry a passage Fain gladly Feared afraid Forbye besides Gang go Girnel a meal-chest Gled a hawk Gloaming the twilight Greeting crying Hantle very much, a considerable number Havers nonsense Heckle to comb Hinnie a term of endearment Hirple to limp Histie "haste thee" Inbye inside Ingle neuk the corner by the fire Joists the beams in a roof Kailyard a kitchen garden Ken know Kirn a churn, to churn Kist a chest Knowe a little hillock Lift the sky, the air Light alight Lintie a linnet Lout to stoop Lum chimney Louping-on-stane a stone from which to mount a horse
— from The Scottish Fairy Book by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Wilson) Grierson

Perhaps she thought her colonel more a gentleman than she had done before, if that were possible; and she took an odd, quaint pleasure in the idea of this match, often when talking to Alison of her views of life and education, putting them in the form of what would become of Rose as Lady Keith; and Colin kept his promise of making no more references to the future.
— from The Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

An’ that dog knawed an’ could keep it close all these years!”
— from Children of the Mist by Eden Phillpotts

Captain Snyder, commanding Company K, and Captain Kelly, commanding Company F, by their coolness and good judgment, soon maneuvered their companies into such positions as was most destructive against the enemy, and most protective to themselves.
— from The History of the Fifty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers by David Lathrop