KILL

noun a kiln.

2. kill ·add. ·noun the act of killing.

3. kill ·add. ·noun an animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey.

4. kill ·vt to destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book.

5. kill ·vt to destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.

6. kill ·vt to deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay.

7. kill ·vt to cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.

8. kill ·noun a channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between staten island and bergen neck is the kill van kull, or the kills;

— used also in composition; as, schuylkill, catskill, ·etc.