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Kick in Webster's 1913 dictionary

The 1913 record labels kick as verb. Its source-bounded etymology and selected historical definition appear below.

WEBSTER 1913verb
Kick

[W. cicio, fr. cic foot.]

Cross-verified historical sense
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Cross-verified 1913 record
Headwordkick
Part of speechverb
Historical etymology[W. cicio, fr. cic foot.]
Selected historical definitionTo strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.
Signed record IDwebster1913-kick-verb-a2239760c137
Source locatorCIDE.K, paragraph 632; Gutenberg eBook 664
Edition-scoped answerNot earliest-attestation proofNot modern consensus
Independent historical textProject Gutenberg section 664Signed structural record sourceGNU GCIDE 0.54 archive
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In Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), "kick" is labeled verb. Its etymology is recorded as: "[W. cicio, fr. cic foot.]" The selected historical definition says: "To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog."

Project Gutenberg Webster 1913 plus signed GNU GCIDE 0.54 Exact cross-verified historical record reviewed 2026-10-04

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verb

Kill

[OE. killen, kellen, cullen, to kill, strike; perh. the same word as cwellen, quellen, to kill (cf. Quell), or perh. rather akin to Icel. kolla to hit in the head, harm, kollr top, summit, head, Sw. kulle, D. kollen to kill with the ax.]

Webster 1913 exact recordverb

Kiss

[OE. kissen, cussen, AS. cyssan, fr. coss a kiss; of uncertain origin; akin to D. kus, G. kuss, Icel. koss.]

Webster 1913 exact record

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