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kind of sea-duck, 1829, from French garrot (1757), a word of unknown origin.

also lambick, kind of strong Belgian beer, 1829, related to French alambic "a still" (see alembic).

French method of fighting with the feet, 1862, from French savate, literally "a kind of shoe" (see sabotage).

"animated fit of anger or excitement," hence "excited action of any kind," 1861, from rampage (v.).

"having legs" (of a specified kind), usually in compounds, mid-15c., from leg (n.).

"kind of cake made of the meal of maize," 1835, from corn (n.1) + dodger (n.)

"having a color" of a specified kind, late Old English, from hue (n.1).

"material for a border of any kind," 1872, verbal noun from border (v.).

c. 1400, from horse (n.) + tail (n.). As a kind of plant, from 1530s.

"of a steady temper," 1650s, from Latin aequanimis "mild, kind" (see equanimity) + -ous.