kite
    n 1: a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase
         its face value
    2: a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in
       order to take advantage of the float
    3: plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue
       paper; flown in wind at end of a string
    4: any of several small graceful hawks of the family
       Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects
       and small animals
    v 1: increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently; "He kited
         many checks"
    2: get credit or money by using a bad check; "The businessman
       kited millions of dollars"
    3: soar or fly like a kite; "The pilot kited for a long time
       over the mountains"
    4: fly a kite; "Kids were kiting in the park"; "They kited the
       Red Dragon model"

Kite \Kite\, v. i.
   To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See
   Kite, 6. [Cant]
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Kite \Kite\ (k[imac]t), n. [OE. kyte, AS. c[=y]ta; cf. W. cud,
   cut.]
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   1. (Zool.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvin[ae],
      of which many species are known. They have long wings,
      adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
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   Note: The European species are Milvus ictinus and Milvus
         migrans; the pariah kite of India is Milvus govinda;
         the sacred or Brahmany kite of India is Haliastur
         Indus; the American fork-tailed kite is the Nauclerus
         furcatus.
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   2. Fig.: One who is rapacious.
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            Detested kite, thou liest.            --Shak.
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   3. A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper
      or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
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   4. (Naut.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
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   5. (Geom.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis
      of symmetry. --Henrici.
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   6. Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to
      sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in
      bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of
      goods; an accommodation check or bill. [Cant]
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   7. (Zool.) The brill. [Prov. Eng.]
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   8. (Naut.) A form of drag to be towed under water at any
      depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom
      is upset and rises to the surface; -- called also
      sentry.
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   Flying kites. (Naut.) See under Flying.

   Kite falcon (Zool.), an African falcon of the genus
      Avicida, having some resemblance to a kite.
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Kite \Kite\, n.
   The belly. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
   [1913 Webster] Kiteflying

Kite
   an unclean and keen-sighted bird of prey (Lev. 11:14; Deut.
   14:13). The Hebrew word used, _'ayet_, is rendered "vulture" in
   Job 28:7 in Authorized Version, "falcon" in Revised Version. It
   is probably the red kite (Milvus regalis), a bird of piercing
   sight and of soaring habits found all over Palestine.
   

Kite, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia
   Population (2000):    241
   Housing Units (2000): 140
   Land area (2000):     0.804862 sq. miles (2.084582 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.804862 sq. miles (2.084582 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            43892
   Located within:       Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
   Location:             32.691472 N, 82.515378 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     31049
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Kite, GA
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