Kite

Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.

Fig. : One who is rapacious.

A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.

A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.

A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.

Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill.

The brill.

To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6.

The belly.

any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals