King James Bible Dictionary

KILL, verb transitive

1. To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means. To kill an animal or a plant, is to put an end to the vital functions, either by destroying or essentially injuring the organs necessary to life, or by causing them to cease from action. An animal may be killed by the sword or by poison, by disease or by suffocation. A strong solution of salt will kill plants.

2. To butcher; to slaughter for food; as, to kill an ox.

3. To quell; to appease; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.

KIL'LAS, noun An argillaceous stone of a pale gray or greenish gray, of a lamellar or coarsely granular texture, found in Cornwall, England.

KILL'DEE, noun A small bird in America, so called from its voice or note; a species of plover.

KILL'ED, participle passive Deprived of life; quelled; calmed.

KILL'ER, noun One who deprives of life; he or that which kills.

See Homicide
Homicide

KILL'ING, participle present tense Depriving of life; quelling.

KIL'LINITE, noun A mineral, a variety of spodumene, found at Killeney, in Ireland.

KIL'LOW, noun An earth of a blackish or deep blue color.