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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

Over the chimney-piece is a beautifully painted landscape, and on the left against the wall a large armoire or kas of black wood ornamented with gold, above which hangs a large portrait.

From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Singleton, Esther

Beside the ka of man, all objects likewise had their kas, which were comparable to the human ka, and among these the ka lived.

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

This s is only wanted to supply the final s of kas, the interrogative pronoun, in such a sentence as kas tadgunah? what is the use of this?

From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

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

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

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

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)

Powder Makatay Kas. ki tay o Al aizay Tel ge gonna.

From Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. by M'lean, John