Definition of Kylin

1. a mythical animal depicted on Eastern pottery [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kylin

kye
kyebosh
kyes
kyke
kyked
kykeon
kyking
kyle
kyles
kyley
kyleys
kylices
kylie
kylies
kylikes
kylin (current term)
kylins
kylix
kylixes
kylloses
kyllosis
kyloe
kyloes
kymatism
kymatology
kymnel
kymnels
kymogram
kymograms
kymograph

Literary usage of Kylin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Carotinoids and Related Pigments: The Chromolipoids by Leroy Sheldon Palmer (1922)
"Unfortunately this test is not specific for carotin as kylin lieved. ... The fraction which dis- kylin (1911) has given us the most complete study of the ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1918)
"kylin (1914) has studied the regulatory formation of certain enzymes in ... kylin finds that the work of Katz along similar lines is not without certain ..."

3. Untersuchungen über Chlorophyll: Pioneer History of the Territorial and by State Library of Iowa, Johnson Brigham, Richard Willstätter, Arthur Stoll, Berlin Kaiser Wilhelm-institut für chemie (1913)
"Erst Tswett und kylin gelang es, Fucoxanthin in seiner Lösung von Xanthophyll zu trennen und die Eigenschaften der Lösung zu beschreiben. ..."

4. Chinese Porcelain by William Giuseppi Gulland (1902)
"Sometimes they are fitted with kylin (or lion) tops, when they may be called ... Hexagon vase with stand cover and kylin top (this is a mandarin shape). No. ..."

5. Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education (1863)
"TEAPOT ; Chinese porcelain ; with kylin handle and spout, sides of the vessel ornamented with large rosettes in relief.-H. 4 in. ..."

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