1. nvi. A game similar to jacks: a stone is tossed into the air by the player, who quickly picks another off the ground before he catches the other; jackstones; to play kimo. The players often chanted.
2. nvi. To bob, as the head in watching the kimo stone; to bend or fall forward, nod with drowsiness; to go headlong, plunge; to dip, as a kite. (PCP timo.)
3. (Cap.) n. James, Jim. Eng.
vt., To pound, bruise, mash, as with stick or stone; to smash, break into bits; to dub out the inside of a canoe log with an adze, tamping and smoothing the surface; to crack, as nuts.
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kikino Jacks, the game. Dic. See hōkūkimo.
v. To strike, as with a stone, a stick or a sword; to thrust with a stick.
2. To pound, bruise or mash, as in pounding poi.
3. To seize something while in motion.
4. To go headlong or headfirst, as down a pali; kimo e mai ke poo a make loa.
5. To strike, as with a stick in choosing the puu in playing at puhenehene where the noa is.
6. To bend over or forward, as in making a bow.
7. To nod, as with drowsiness.
s. The name of a former game or play, described as follows: ka pai ana ka pai ana i kekahi pohaku me ka hoolei ana i ka pohaku liilii iluna me ka apo ana e me ka pohaku nui me ka lima i kekahi pohaku uuku.
2. Name of a play for children.
A game played in former times, exhibiting the muscular strength of the arm and skill of the hand in catching and holding: ka pai ana i kekahi pohaku me ka hoolei ana i ka pohaku liilii iluna me ka apo ana ae me ka pohaku nui me ka lima i kekahi pohaku uuku.
1. To strike, as with a stone, a stick or a sword; to thrust with a stick.
2. To pound, bruise or mash, as in pounding poi.
3. To go headlong or head first, as down a cliff: kimo e mai ke poo a make loa; he went head first and was killed.
4. To strike, as with a stick in the game of puhenehene.
5. To bend over or forward, as in making a bow.
6. To nod, as with drowsiness.
Drive, Dowsett Highlands, Honolulu, named for the son of Henry Isaac Dowsett, pioneer settler and captain of his own vessel. Lit., James.
Game similar to jacks for children and adults, including chiefs. (PE.) To strike, as with a stick in guessing at pāhenehene. (A.)
to nod drowsily; bend in bowing; to pound.
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