2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.] "We ken them from afar." Addison
'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait.Shak.
(Ken), v. i. To look around. [Obs.] Burton.
(Ken), n. Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge. "Beyond his ken." Longfellow.
Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension.South.
It was relief to quit the kenTrench.
And the inquiring looks of men.
(Ken"dal green` or Ken"dal). A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen,
formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland, England. J. Smith
How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green ?Shak.
(Ken"nel) n. [See Channel, Canal.] The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a
gutter; also, a puddle. Bp. Hall.
(Ken"nel), n. [OE. kenel, (assumed) OF. kenil, F. chenil, LL. canile, fr. L. canis a dog. Cf.
1. A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds.
A dog sure, if he could speak, had wit enough to describe his kennel.Sir P. Sidney.
2. A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs. Shak.
3. The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.
(Ken"nel), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kenneled or Kennelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Kennelling.] To lie or
lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
The dog kenneled in a hollow tree.L'Estrange.
(Ken"nel), v. t. To put or keep in a kennel. Thomson.
(Ken"nel coal`) See Cannel coal.
(Ken"ning) n. [See Ken, v. t.]
1. Range of sight. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles.
(Ke"no) n. [F. quine five winning numbers, fr. L. quini five each, quinque five. See Five.] A
gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also
numbered. [U. S.]
(Ken`o*gen"e*sis) n. [Gr. new + E. genesis.] (Biol.) Modified evolution, in which nonprimitive
characters make their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of the embryo to the peculiar
conditions of its environment; distinguished from palingenesis. [Written also cænogenesis.]
(Ken`o*ge*net"ic) a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to kenogenesis; as, kenogenetic processes.