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Kat

noun
1.
The leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant.  Synonyms: African tea, Arabian tea, cat, khat, qat, quat.






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"Kat" Quotes from Famous Books



... as they should be. You know my sort of hound; good shoulders, deep chests, strong loins, straight legs, round feet, with plenty of bone all over. I hate a weedy animal; a small hound, light of bone, is only fit to hunt a kat in a kitchen. ...
— Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour • R. S. Surtees

... the experience of this noontide we could find some apology even for the instinct of the opium, betel, and tobacco chewers. Mount Saber, according to the French traveller and naturalist, Botta, is celebrated for producing the Kat-tree, of which "the soft tops of the twigs and tender leaves are eaten," says his reviewer, "and produce an agreeable soothing excitement, restoring from fatigue, banishing sleep, and disposing to the enjoyment of conversation." ...
— A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers • Henry David Thoreau

... is not to be sacrificed in this way; and that if the luggage isn't restored without delay, he will take care it shall be put in the papers, for the public is not to be the victim of these great monopolies. To this, the officer, in his turn, replies, that that company, ever since it has been St. Kat'rine's Dock Company, has protected life and property; that if it had been the London Bridge Wharf Company, indeed, he shouldn't have wondered, seeing that the morality of that company (they being ...
— Sketches by Boz - illustrative of everyday life and every-day people • Charles Dickens

... vile CATchpoll dog, with cruel bite, Like CATling's cut, her strength disabled quite; Her CATerwauling pierced the heavy air, As CATaphracts their arms through legions bear; 'Tis vain! as CATerpillars drag away Their lengths, like CATtle after busy day, She ling'ring died, nor left in kit KAT the Embodyment ...
— The Humourous Poetry of the English Language • James Parton

... the case when it has to defend itself, not before a judge, but against an equal. If dogmatical assertions are advanced on the negative side, in opposition to those made by reason on the positive side, its justification kat authrhopon is complete, although the proof of its propositions is kat ...
— The Critique of Pure Reason • Immanuel Kant

... not,' she cut him short. 'You love Kat Howard and six other wenches. I know it well. What said ...
— Privy Seal - His Last Venture • Ford Madox Ford

... birth-day, the Anglo-Indian child is treated to a kat-pootlee nautch, and Hastings Clive has a birth-day every time he conceives a longing for a puppet-show; so that our wilful young friend may be said to be nine years, and about nineteen kat-pootlee nautches, old. ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, March, 1858 • Various

... please, the next book of Bedtime Stories will be called "Joie, Tommie and Kittie Kat." Their names are spelled with a "K" you may notice, but they are not at all proud, or stuck-up, on that account. I hope you will like them as well as you have Buddy ...
— Buddy And Brighteyes Pigg - Bed Time Stories • Howard R. Garis



Words linked to "Kat" :   khat, stimulant, excitant, stimulant drug



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