A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae. • Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans). • A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae. • Some species in the subfamily Perninae. • A rapacious person. • A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines. • A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium. • A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet. • A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization. • An accommodation bill (“a bill of exchange endorsed by a reputable third party acting as a guarantor, as a favour and without compensation”). • A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents. • A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end. • An aeroplane or aircraft. • In a square-rigged ship: originally a sail positioned above a topsail; later a lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding sail or a jib topsail. • A spinnaker (“supplementary sail to a mainsail”). • The brill (Scophthalmus rhombus), a type of flatfish. • A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.