kish

See also Kish, and kʼish

English

Pronunciation

IPA: /kɪʃ/

Etymology 1

From Irish cis, ceis (“basket, hamper”).

Noun

kish (plural kishes)

a basket used in Ireland, mainly for carrying turf
- 1922: Ignorant as a kish of brogues, worth fifty thousand pounds. — James Joyce, Ulysses

Etymology 2

Compare German Kies gravel, pyrites.

Noun

kish (uncountable)

The graphite formed incidentally in iron smelting.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.