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KIDNEY
kidney
(noun) either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine; “urine passes out of the kidney through ureters to the bladder”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Kidney (plural Kidneys)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kidney is the 21034th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1250 individuals. Kidney is most common among White (94.8%) individuals.
Anagrams
• dinkey
Etymology
Noun
kidney (plural kidneys)
An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine.
This organ (of an animal) cooked as food.
(figuratively, dated) Constitution, temperament, nature, type, character, disposition. (usually used of people)
(obsolete, slang) A waiter.
Synonyms
• rein
• nephros
• ren
Anagrams
• dinkey
Source: Wiktionary
Kid"ney, n.; pl. Kidneys. Etym: [OE. kidnei, kidnere, from Icel. koi belly, womb (akin to Goth. gipus, AS. cwip womb) + OE. nere kidney; akin to D. nier, G. niere, OHG. nioro, Icel. n, Dan. nyre, Sw. njure, and probably to Gr. (Kite belly.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.
Note: In man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one each side of vertebral column in the back part of the abdomen, each kidney being connected with the bladder by a long tube, the ureter, through which the urine is constantly excreted into the bladder to be periodically discharged.
2. Habit; disposition; sort; kind. Shak. There are in later other decrees, made by popes of another kidney. Barrow. Millions in the world of this man's kidney. L'Estrange. Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on prudence. Burns.
Note: This use of the word perhaps arose from the fact that the kidneys and the fat about them are an easy test of the condition of an animal as to fatness. "Think of that, -- a man of my kidney; -- . . . as subject to heat as butter." Shak.
3. A waiter. [Old Cant] Tatler. Floating kidney. See Wandering kidney, under Wandering.
– Kidney bean (Bot.), a sort of bean; -- so named from its shape. It is of the genus Phaseolus (P. vulgaris). See under Bean.
– Kidney ore (Min.), a variety of hematite or iron sesquioxide, occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses.
– Kidney stone. (Min.) See Nephrite, and Jade.
– Kidney vetch (Bot.), a leguminous herb of Europe and Asia (Anthyllis vulneraria), with cloverlike heads of red or yellow flowers, once used as a remedy for renal disorders, and also to stop the flow of blood from wounds; lady's-fingers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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