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  kas

  noun

  (in the Netherlands and in Dutch colonies) a large cabinet of the 17th and 18th centuries, having two doors and often a number of drawers at the bottom, and usually having an elaborately painted or carved decoration with a heavy cornice.
• Kas.
  Kas.

  abbreviation

  Kansas.

kas

¹ American  

[kahs] / kɑs /

noun

1. (in the Netherlands and in Dutch colonies) a large cabinet of the 17th and 18th centuries, having two doors and often a number of drawers at the bottom, and usually having an elaborately painted or carved decoration with a heavy cornice.

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Kas. ² American  

abbreviation

1. Kansas.

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Etymology

Origin of kas

From Dutch; see origin at case ²

Example Sentences

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Candidate Tom Dewey, who kas always been a faithful reader of the pollster's barometer, was presented last week with a forecast of the political climate.

From Time Magazine Archive

It could act and visit other kas after death, but it could not resist the least touch of physical force.

From The Religion of Ancient Egypt by Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir

Their divine souls come forth upon earth to do the will of their kas; let, therefore, the soul of Osiris Ani come forth to do the will of his ka.”

From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Wilson, Epiphanius

Eu kas rub against, scratch; Dak kashe rub against, kaza pick to pieces.

From The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages by Williamson, A. W. (Andrew Woods)

On a handsome kas stands a statuette of Cupid.

From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Singleton, Esther

They at once got after Zimick so hard that he took me and went to Kinsely, Kas., where Mr. Gorman was.

From The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick" by Love, Nat

Ass'n. of '84, 406;influence on Kas. laws, 407;rep. as ch. ex. com. of Amer.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted

W Wait, Anna C., 18; welcomes conv. to Kas. in '86, 418;assists on Kas. chap.,

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted

Suffrage, in Kas., xv; bill vetoed in Mich., xv; 123;effect in Kas.,

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted

I invited Mr. Leonard Smith, of Leavenworth, Kas., to go with me up to his house and see him.

From History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, by the House of Representatives, and his trial by the Senate for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, 1868 by Ross, Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson)