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kidney
CIDE DICTIONARY
kidney, n. [OE. kidnei, kidnere, from Icel. koi belly, womb (akin to Goth. gipus, AS. cwi womb) + OE. nere kidney; akin to D. nier, G. niere, OHG. nioro, Icel. n, Dan. nyre, Sw. njure, and probably to Gr. nefro`s Cf. Kite belly.].
- A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland. [1913 Webster]" In man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one on 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." [1913 Webster]
- Habit; disposition; sort; kind; as, a man of a different kidney. Shak. [1913 Webster]" 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. [1913 Webster]"There are in later times other decrees, made by popes of another kidney." [1913 Webster]"Millions in the world of this man's kidney." [1913 Webster]"Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on prudence." [1913 Webster]
- A waiter. Tatler. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kidney, n. (pl. -eys)
1 either of a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity of mammals, birds, and reptiles, which remove nitrogenous wastes from the blood and excrete urine.
2 the kidney of a sheep, ox, or pig as food.
3 temperament, nature, kind (a man of that kidney; of the right kidney).
1 either of a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity of mammals, birds, and reptiles, which remove nitrogenous wastes from the blood and excrete urine.
2 the kidney of a sheep, ox, or pig as food.
3 temperament, nature, kind (a man of that kidney; of the right kidney).
Idiom
kidney bean
1 a dwarf French bean.
2 a scarlet runner bean. kidney dish a kidney-shaped dish, esp. one used in surgery. kidney machine = artificial kidney. kidney-shaped shaped like a kidney, with one side concave and the other convex. kidney vetch a herbaceous plant, Anthyllis vulneraria: also called lady's finger.
1 a dwarf French bean.
2 a scarlet runner bean. kidney dish a kidney-shaped dish, esp. one used in surgery. kidney machine = artificial kidney. kidney-shaped shaped like a kidney, with one side concave and the other convex. kidney vetch a herbaceous plant, Anthyllis vulneraria: also called lady's finger.
Etymology
ME kidnei, pl. kidneiren, app. partly f. ei EGG(1)
THESAURUS
kidney
abatis, abdomen, animus, anus, appendix, aptitude, bent, bias, blind gut, blood, bowels, brain, brains, brand, breed, cast, cecum, character, chitterlings, clan, cockscomb, colon, color, constitution, denomination, description, designation, diathesis, disposition, duodenum, eccentricity, endocardium, entrails, feather, foregut, form, genre, genus, giblets, gizzard, glomerulonephritis, grain, guts, haslet, heart, hindgut, idiosyncrasy, ilk, inclination, individualism, innards, inner mechanism, insides, internals, intestine, inwards, jejunum, kidney stone, kidneys, kin, kind, kishkes, label, large intestine, leaning, line, liver, liver and lights, lot, lung, make, makeup, manner, mark, marrow, mental set, mettle, midgut, mind, mind-set, mold, nature, nephritis, nephrolithosis, nephrosis, number, perineum, persuasion, phylum, predilection, predisposition, preference, proclivity, propensity, pump, pylorus, race, rectum, renal calculus, renal hematuria, set, shape, slant, small intestine, sort, species, spleen, stamp, stomach, strain, streak, stripe, style, sweetbread, temper, temperament, tendency, the like of, the likes of, ticker, tongue, tribe, tripe, tripes, turn, turn of mind, twist, type, uremia, variety, vermiform appendix, viscera, vitals, warp, worksROGET THESAURUS
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Class
N class, division, category, categorema, head, order, section, department, subdepartment, province, domain, kind, sort, genus, species, variety, family, order, kingdom, race, tribe, caste, sept, clan, breed, type, subtype, kit, sect, set, subset, assortment, feather, kidney, suit, range, gender, sex, kin, manner, description, denomination, designation, rubric, character, stamp predicament, indication, particularization, selection, specification, similarity.Also see definition of "kidney" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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