the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the Latin, which used the letter but little except in the early period of the language. It came into the Latin from the Greek, which received it from a Phœnician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically K is most nearly related to c, g, h (which see).

In many words of one syllable k is used after c, as in crack, check, deck, being necessary to exhibit a correct pronunciation in the derivatives, cracked, checked, decked, cracking; since without it, c, before the vowels e and i, would be sounded like s. Formerly, k was added to c in certain words of Latin origin, as in musick, publick, republick; but now it is omitted. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Guide to Pronunciation , §§ 240, 178, 179, 185. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mountain in Northern Kashmir; it is one of the highest in the world, 28, 250 feet high.
Syn. -- Godwin Austen, Dapsang. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. (Hinduism) An unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Ancient Egyptian Religion) A spiritual aspect of the individual, living within the body during life, and surviving the body after death. It was believed to be one of two spirits inhabiting the body, the other being the ba, which deserts teh body at death. [ PJC ]

prop. n. [ Ar. ka'bah, lit., a square building, fr. ka'b cube. ] The small and nearly cubical stone building, in the court of the Great Mosque at Mecca, toward which all Muslims must pray. It contains a sacred black stone, believed by Muslims to be one of the precious stones of paradise, and to have been brought to Abraham when he was contructing the Kaaba, by the Angel Gabriel. The Kaaba itself predates Mohammed, having been a pantheon which contained Arab idols, which were destroyed by Mohammed. [ Written also caaba, kaabeh and kaabah. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Zool.) The hartbeest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cabala. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Cabassou. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. t. See Cabob, n. & v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (min.) A clay ironstone found in Ceylon. [ 1913 Webster ]