"kight" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: kights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} kight (plural kights)
  1. Obsolete spelling of kite (“bird of prey”). Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: kite (extra: bird of prey)
    Sense id: en-kight-en-noun-hKrfpyiM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "And yet the ſillie kight, well weyde in each degree, / May ſerue ſometimes (as in his kinde) for mans commoditie. / The kight can weede the worme from corne and coſtly ſeedes, / The kight cã kill the mowldiwarpe, in pleaſant meads yͭ breeds: / Out of the ſtately ſtreetes the kight can clenſe the filth, / As mẽ can clẽſe the worthleſſe weedes frõ fruteful fallow tilth; […]",
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