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ku bísag kinsa
Mutiráda ku bísag kinsa, I’ll sock anyone.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

kings but kinglets
All praise also ought we to bestow on the Lacedæmonians for their loftiness of soul in fining their king Archidamus for venturing to marry a small woman, for they charged him with intending to furnish them not with kings but kinglets.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

kan Bumi Ka
( mengambil semangat padi ) Another Version of the same Ka-sa ’kan Allah, Ka-dua ’kan Langit, Ka-tiga ’kan Bumi Ka-ampat ’kan bulan Ka-lima ’kan bintang Ra-anam ’kan Matahari Ka-tujoh ’kan ʿarash kursi Ka-’lapan ’kan anak di-kandong ibu, Ka-sambilan sambilan bulan Ka-sapuloh jadi Allah, jadi Muhammad.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

kein bestimmter Kai
kein bestimmter Kai
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

knight by knight
'Then when he asked us, knight by knight, if any Had seen it, all their answers were as one: "Nay, lord, and therefore have we sworn our vows." '"Lo now," said Arthur, "have ye seen a cloud?
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

kneeled before King
Presently afterwards, they made a last attack upon the city, and entered by the walls on every side; and as the men were rushing to the pillage, came the Duchess forth, with many ladies and damsels, and kneeled before King Arthur; and besought him to receive their submission.
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

kag bisíta kun
Hitagman kag bisíta kun dì ka mutagad, People will not come to visit you again if you don’t entertain them.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

keep back keep
V. restrain, check; put under restraint, lay under restraint; enthral, enthrall, inthral[obs3], inthrall[obs3], bethral[obs3], bethrall[obs3]; restrict; debar &c. (hinder) 706; constrain; coerce &c. (compel) 744; curb, control; hold back, hold from, hold in, hold in check, hold within bounds, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep within bounds; hold in leash, hold in leading strings; withhold.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

ka bakal kamu
[kamu] deri bakal, 36 Kembali kamu ka bakal kamu; Datang kamu deri lubok tada berikan, Kembali kamu ka lubok tada berikan.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

kill Bishop Kerwood
P. E. Seduction, adultery with Mary Rogers, deserting wife; illegal divorce; beating wife, lying, perjury, drunkenness, and delirium tremens; threatening to kill Bishop Kerwood and wife.
— from Crimes of Preachers in the United States and Canada by M. E. Billings

knighted by King
—In 1612, Captain Thomas Button made a voyage to discover the north-west passage, and was afterwards knighted by King James.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 240, June 3, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

killeth Bernulfe K
Egbert reigneth ouer the Westsaxons, his practise or exercise in the time of his exile, his martiall exploits against the Cornishmen and Welshmen, Bernulfe king of Mercia taketh indignation at Egbert for the inlarging of his roiall authoritie, they fight a sore battell, Egbert ouercommeth, great ods betweene their souldiers, bishop Alstan a warriour; Kent, Essex, Southerie, Sussex, and Eastangles subiect to Egbert; he killeth Bernulfe K. of Mercia, and conquereth the whole kingdome, Whitlafe the king thereof becommeth his tributarie, the Northumbers submit themselues to Egbert, he conquereth Northwales and the citie of Chester, he is crowned supreme gouernour of the whole land, when this Ile was called England, the Danes inuade the land, they discomfit Egberts host, the Welshmen ioine with the Danes against Egbert, they are both vanquished, Egbert dieth.
— from Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete by William Harrison

know but know
But know, but know—for all she is outcast— It is not she at last,
— from Poems, 1908-1919 by John Drinkwater

Kitty but Kitty
She looked at Kitty, but Kitty had scarcely heard the words.
— from A Sister of the Red Cross: A Tale of the South African War by L. T. Meade

Kernsville by Kellog
A reporter was piloted to Kernsville by Kellog, a man who had lost his wife and baby in the flood.
— from History of the Johnstown Flood Including all the Fearful Record; the Breaking of the South Fork Dam; the Sweeping Out of the Conemaugh Valley; the Over-Throw of Johnstown; the Massing of the Wreck at the Railroad Bridge; Escapes, Rescues, Searches for Survivors and the Dead; Relief Organizations, Stupendous Charities, etc., etc., With Full Accounts also of the Destruction on the Susquehanna and Juniata Rivers, and the Bald Eagle Creek. by Willis Fletcher Johnson

Knot by knot
Knot by knot she went down.
— from The Flaming Jewel by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers


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