[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

kidney \kid"ney\ ki^d"ny^, n.; pl. kidneys
   ki^d"ni^z. oe. kidnei, kidnere, from icel. koiethr
   belly, womb akin to goth. gipus, as. cwithorn womb + oe.
   nere kidney; akin to d. nier, g. niere, ohg. nioro, icel.
   n=yra, dan. nyre, sw. njure, and probably to gr. nefro`s
   cf. kite belly.
   1913 webster
   1. anat. a glandular organ which excretes urea and other
      waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.
      1913 webster

   note: in man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one
         on each side of vertebral column in the back part of
         the abdomen, each kidney being connected with the
         bladder by a long tube, the ureter, through which the
         urine is constantly excreted into the bladder to be
         periodically discharged.
         1913 webster

   2. habit; disposition; sort; kind; as, a man of a different
      kidney. --shak.
      1913 webster +pjc

            there are in later times other decrees, made by
            popes of another kidney.              --barrow.
      1913 webster

            millions in the world of this man's kidney.
                                                  --l'estrange.
      1913 webster

            your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that
            kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on
            prudence.                             --burns.
      1913 webster

   note: this use of the word perhaps arose from the fact that
         the kidneys and the fat about them are an easy test of
         the condition of an animal as to fatness. "think of
         that, -- a man of my kidney; -- . . . as subject to
         heat as butter." --shak.
         1913 webster

   3. a waiter. old cant --tatler.
      1913 webster

   floating kidney. see wandering kidney, under wandering.
      

   kidney bean bot., a sort of bean; -- so named from its
      shape. it is of the genus phaseolus phaseolus
      vulgaris. see under bean.

   kidney ore min., a variety of hematite or iron
      sesquioxide, occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses.

   kidney stone. min. see nephrite, and jade.

   kidney vetch bot., a leguminous herb of europe and asia
      anthyllis vulneraria, with cloverlike heads of red or
      yellow flowers, once used as a remedy for renal disorders,
      and also to stop the flow of blood from wounds;
      lady's-fingers. kidney-form
see also:
kidneys kite floating kidney wandering kidney wandering kidney bean 
phaseolus phaseolus vulgaris bean kidney ore kidney stone 
nephrite jade kidney vetch anthyllis vulneraria 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

kidney bean
     n 1: the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the
          pods especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped
          beans syn: frijol, frijole
     2: large dark red bean; usually dried
see also:
frijol frijole 

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