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名詞

kyte (plural kytes)

1. Obsolete form of kite (“bird of prey”).
2. (Scotland) Alternative spelling of kite (“the stomach; the belly”)
   • 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, “I Make Acquaintance of My Uncle”, in Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC, page 17:

     "You know my father's name?" / "It would be strange if I didnae," he returned, "for he was my born brother; and little as ye seem to like either me or my house, or my good parritch, I'm your born uncle, Davie, my man, and you my born nephew. So give us the letter, and sit down and fill your kyte."

別の表記

• kijt, kite
• kete (Kent, Middlesex)
• kute, kuyte (West Midlands)