资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   1. (Anat.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other
      waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.

   Note: In man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one
         each side of vertebral column in the back part of the
         abdomen, each kidney being connected with the bladder
         by a long tube, the ureter, through which the urine is
         constantly excreted into the bladder to be periodically
         discharged.

   2. Habit; disposition; sort; kind. --Shak.

            There are in later other decrees, made by popes of
            another kidney.                       --Barrow.

            Millions in the world of this man's kidney.
                                                  --L'Estrange.

            Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that
            kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on
            prudence.                             --Burns.

   Note: This use of the word perhaps arose from the fact that
         the kidneys and the fat about them are an easy test of
         the condition of an animal as to fatness. ``Think of
         that, -- a man of my kidney; -- . . . as subject to
         heat as butter.'' --Shak.

   3. A waiter. [Old Cant] --Tatler.

   {Floating kidney}. See {Wandering kidney}, under {Wandering}.
      

   {Kidney bean} (Bot.), a sort of bean; -- so named from its
      shape. It is of the genus {Phaseolus} ({P. vulgaris}). See
      under {Bean}.

   {Kidney ore} (Min.), a variety of hematite or iron
      sesquioxide, occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses.

   {Kidney stone}. (Min.) See {Nephrite}, and {Jade}.

   {Kidney vetch} (Bot.), a leguminous herb of Europe and Asia
      ({Anthyllis vulneraria}), with cloverlike heads of red or
      yellow flowers, once used as a remedy for renal disorders,
      and also to stop the flow of blood from wounds;
      lady's-fingers.

Laver \La"ver\ (l[=a]"v[~e]r), n.
   The fronds of certain marine alg[ae] used as food, and for
   making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the {Ulva
   latissima}; purple laver, {Porphyra laciniata} and {P.
   vulgaris}. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with
   other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also
   {sloke}, or {sloakan}.

   {Mountain laver} (Bot.), a reddish gelatinous alga of the
      genus {Palmella}, found on the sides of mountains

Milkwort \Milk"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
   A genus of plants ({Polygala}) of many species. The common
   European {P. vulgaris} was supposed to have the power of
   producing a flow of milk in nurses.

   Note: The species of {Campanula}, or bellflower, are
         sometimes called milkwort, from their juice.

Sea crawfish \Sea" craw"fish`\ Sea crayfish \Sea" cray"fish`\
   (Zo["o]l.)
   Any crustacean of the genus {Palinurus} and allied genera, as
   the European spiny lobster ({P. vulgaris}), which is much
   used as an article of food. See {Lobster}.

Frijol \Fri"jol\, Frijole \Fri"jole\, n.; pl. {Frijoles}. Also
Frejol \Fre"jol\ [Sp. fr['i]jol, fr['e]jol.]
   1. In Mexico, the southwestern United States, and the West
      Indies, any cultivated bean of the genus {Phaseolus}, esp.
      the black seed of a variety of {P. vulgaris}.

   2. The beanlike seed of any of several related plants, as the
      cowpea. Frijoles are an important article of diet among
      Spanish-American peoples, being used as an ingredient of
      many dishes.

Primrose \Prim"rose`\, n. [OE. primerole, F. primerole, a
   derivative fr. LL. primula, from L. primus first. See
   {Prime}, a.] (Bot.)
   (a) An early flowering plant of the genus {Primula} ({P.
       vulgaris}) closely allied to the cowslip. There are
       several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the
       yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also {primerole},
       {primerolles}.
   (b) Any plant of the genus {Primula}.

   {Evening primrose}, an erect biennial herb ({Enothera
      biennis}), with yellow vespertine flowers, common in the
      United States. The name is sometimes extended to other
      species of the same genus.

   {Primrose peerless}, the two-flowered Narcissus ({N.
      biflorus}). [Obs.]