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 KILMARNOCK and over whom, by his coarse licentious wit, he had acquired great influence. He was the author of 11 plays, a complete edition of which appeared in 1664. III. Henry, an English di- vine, brother of the preceding, born at Han- worth in 1612; the date of his death is un- certain. He was educated at Christchurch, Oxford. When only 17 years old he wrote a tragedy called "The Conspiracy" (reprinted in 1653 under the title of " Pallantus and Eu- dora "). After the restoration he became almoner and chaplain to the duke of York. IV. Anne, daughter of the preceding, born in London in 1660, died in June, 1685. She was noted for her virtues, beauty, and accomplish- ments, but is still better known by the ode which Dryden wrote to her memory. She was " excellent in the sister arts of poesy and painting," and painted a portrait of the duke of York (afterward James II.) and his duchess, to whom she was a maid of honor. A volume of her poems was published in 1686. k II.MAUMM R, a parliamentary and munici- pal borough of Ayrshire, Scotland, 12 m. N. N. E. of Ayr, 20 m. S. W. of Glasgow, and 8 m. from the seaport of Troon, with all of which it is connected by railway; pop. in 1871, 22,952. The town possesses some handsome public buildings, 18 churches, an academy, several public libraries, a picture gallery, a me- chanics' institute, &c. It is famed for the man- ufacture of woollen shawls, carpets, worsted goods, gauzes, muslins, hosiery, and shoes. KILOGRAMME. See GRAMME. KIMYA, or Quiloa. a town of E. Africa, on an island off the coast of Zanguebar, in lat. 8 57' S., Ion. 39 37' E. ; pop. about 7,000. It is tributary to the sultan of Zanzibar, and has much declined in importance and population since its devastation by the Portuguese early in the 16th century. It is now chiefly known as one of the principal ports for the exportation of slaves ; nearly 100,000 were sent in the five years 1862-7 to Zanzibar and other places, and about 15,000 were exported in the year end- ing August, 1869. These statistics were sub- mitted at a public meeting held in London, June 5, 1874, for the suppression of the slave trade in accordance with Sir Bartle Frere's ne- gotiations in 1873 with the sultan of Zanzibar. The name Kilwa is also applied to the island and to other adjacent localities, and the sur- rounding region is watered by many important rivers and noted for its unhealthy character. KIMIULL, Richard Bnrlelgb, an American au- thor, born at Plainfleld, N. H., Oct. 11, 1816. He graduated at Dartmouth college in 1834, studied law, and after visiting Europe, and spending some time at the continental univer- sities, he entered upon the practice of law, first at Waterford, N. Y., and then in New York city. His works, besides lectures, pamphlets, and contributions to periodicals, are: "St. Leger, or the Threads of Life" (New York and London, 1849); "Letters from England;" "Letters from Cuba" (New York, I860); KING 833 " Cuba and the Cubans " (1850) ; " Romance of Student Life abroad " (1853) ; " Under-currents of Wall Street" (1862); "Was He Success- ful ? " (1 863) ; " In the Tropics " (1863) ; " The Prince of Vashna" (1865); "Henry Powers, Banker " (1868) ; and " To-day " (1869). h IMIJI.K, a W. county of Texas, drained by the head waters of Llano river; area, about 1,400 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 72. It has a rugged surface, with an alternation of narrow valleys and rocky highlands, and abounds in limestone and other building materials. The soil is of good quality, but better adapted to grazing than tillage. Good timber is abundant. KIMHI, or kimolii, David, a Hebrew scholar of southern France, born probably at Nar- bonne, flourished in that city in the earlier part of the 18th century. He was the son of Rabbi Joseph Kimhi, a distinguished Biblical commentator, and the younger brother of Mo- ses Kimhi, an eminent grammarian. Both of them were eclipsed by David, whose exegetical and linguistic writings are to this day con- sidered standard works by Hebrew students. They include a Hebrew grammar (Sepher mikh- lol, Constantinople, 1532 ; Venice, 1545, &c.), a Hebrew dictionary (Sepher hashshorashim, Naples, 1491 ; Venice, 1529, &c.), a defence of Maimonides, and commentaries on the pro- phets, the Psalms, and some other portions of the Scriptures, which have appeared in various Bible editions. KINCARDINESHIRE, or The Jlearns, a mari- time county of Scotland, bordering on Aber- deenshire, Forfarshire, and the North sea; area, 394 sq. m. ; pop. in 1871, 34,651. Geo- graphically the county is divided into the Grampians or hill district, Deeside, the valley or " howe " of the Mearns, and the coast side. Mount Battock, the highest point of the Gram- pians in Kincardineshire, is 2,500 ft. high. The principal rivers are the Dee, North Esk, Bervie, and Dye. The county is mainly agri- cultural. There are manufactures of linen and of a peculiar kind of woollen tartan wares of beautiful workmanship. On the coast there are about a dozen fishing villages. Capital, Stonehaven. KINDERGARTEN. See INFANT SCHOOLS. KISfESIPATHT. See LING, PETEH HENRIK. KING (Ger. Konig ; A. S. cyng or eynig), a title of dignity designating the supreme ruler of a nation or country. The etymology of the word is far from being settled, some deriving it from the old Gothic kuni, family or (noble) race; others from roots like know, can, ken, denoting ability ; while others compare it with khan and other eastern terms of similar mean- ing. The Romance languages all use words little altered from the Latin rex (ruler), which was the title of the first seven sovereigns of Rome, while those who followed the fall of the republic assumed that of imperator (com- mander), now altered into our emperor. The difference between king and emperor, and be- tween kingdom and empire, is not always one