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 140 DICTIONARY OF AVIATION

single kite, a kite which has but a single sustaining^sur- face; a singlesplane kite; a simple or nen^multiple kite.

single f plane kite, a kite having but a single sustaining^ plane; a monoplane kite; a uniplane kite; a flat kite; a bey's kite.

star kite, a flat star^shaped or pentagonal kite ; a single^ plane kite having the ferm of a star or pentagon; a five? angled or five^sided bey's kite.

tailless kite, a kite having no equilibrating tail, as a Japanese kite : as, the Eddy Malay *tailless kite.

tetrahedral kite, a kite having a tetgahedral fe-rm, or made up of tetj;ahedral compartments, invented by A. G. Bell about 1903; a simple or compesit cellular kite whose cell or cells have the general ferm of a tetrahedron or four^sided selid figure.

triple kite, a kite, consisting of three sustaining^units. as three Malay kites upon one backbone; a threefold kite.

uniplane kite, a kite having only a single plane or aero- foil; a smgle^plane kite; a flat kite; a bey's kite. kite kait v.

1. intr. fly, soar, or glide thru the air like a kite; move along after the manner of a paper kite.

2. tr. cause to fly high in air like a paper kite. kite-aeroplane 'kait-ee-3Z3,pLeen n. an aeroplane used in or

as a kite ; a sustaining^surface in a kite.

kite-ascension 'kait-9,sen$9n n. an ascension of a kite into the air; a kite^ascent.

kite-ascent 'kait-9,sent n. same meaning as kitetascension.

kite-balloon 'kait-b9,luun n. a captiv balloon which flies somewhat in the manner of a kite; a lengish balloon held captiv (by means of ropes attacht net to the basket but to the front and back of the gasbag or balloon itself), which sets itself diagonally, like a kite, to the direction of the wind : first proposed by A. Douglas, in 1845, and now used considerably in meteorolegic work.

kite-battle 'kait,b3etl n. a battle, fight, or conflict between kites; a kite^game in which the kites are made to war or fight with one another. Kite^battles constitute a regular sport in Japan.

kite-boat 'kait,boot n. a boat which is especially designed to be propeld or pold aleng by a flying kite.

kite-building 'kait,bi}dir| n. [also spelt kiteibllding} the art of bilding or constructing kites; kite^making.

kite-carriage 'kait,ksezid3 n. a man^carrymg apparatus de- scribed by G. Poceck of Bristol, England, about 1827, con-

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