kidney
kidney: n. (pl. -eys) 1 either of a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity of mammals, birds, and reptiles, which remove nitrogenous wastes from the blood and excrete urine.
2 the kidney of a sheep, ox, or pig as food.
3 temperament, nature, kind (a man of that kidney; of the right kidney). kidney bean 1 a dwarf French bean.
2 a scarlet runner bean. kidney dish a kidney-shaped dish, esp. one used in surgery. kidney machine = artificial kidney. kidney-shaped shaped like a kidney, with one side concave and the other convex. kidney vetch a herbaceous plant, Anthyllis vulneraria: also called lady's finger. [ME kidnei, pl. kidneiren, app. partly f. ei EGG(1)]
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