Crossword clues for kachin
Wikipedia
Kachin or Kakhyen may refer to:
- Kachin State, in northern Burma
- Kachin people, a generalised term for six non-Burman ethno-linguistic groups in Kachin State.
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Jingpo people, the main sub-branch of the Kachin people, for whom the term Jingpo and Kachin are considered interchangeable'
- Singpho people, members of the ethnic group living in Arunachal Pradesh, India and also Yunnan Province, China.
- Jingpho language, or Kachin language
- A 'relaxed' variant of Lethwei martial arts
Usage examples of "kachin".
The word goes from Kachin to Shan, and from Shan to Burman, over the country, up and down the river.
Jack had heard many times of the Kachin dacoits, the terrible mountain banditti who descend at times from their hills to plunder and slay, and now he was face to face with them.
A band of Kachin dacoits had raided near the village some six months before, and three of the dacoits had been cut off and killed by the villagers.
Fetching a sweeping blow, Jack cut down the leading Kachin with a terrific stroke.
As coolly as though it were but a dog that Jack had slain with that tremendous blow, the Strangler lifted the dead Kachin and tossed him carelessly aside.
At this short range he struck the mark to a hair, and his mark was the grinning face of the Kachin who carried the torch, and rejoiced that his friends would now make short work of the fierce young Feringhee who had hidden in the cave.
No sooner did he see the Kachin with the torch reel back and drop the firebrand, than he swung his weapon on high and darted at the two men who had halted in the tunnel.
His hands were bound behind his back, a loop of cord was thrown about his neck, and he was in charge of a couple of the Kachin bodyguard.
Upon this Kachin had the lot fallen to leap the gap and lead an attack on the fugitives.
Again a Kachin leapt into sight, but farther out, and so more out of reach of the bar.
Haydon sprang out and cut down the second Kachin, as he ran forward to strike at Jack with his heavy weapon.
The Kachin, perched as he was on the very brink of a horrible abyss, fought as coolly as possible to master the bar and avoid the swift thrusts by which at every second Jack threatened to drive him over the edge.
With a swift movement the Kachin rolled under the bar, and then was up like lightning and rushing on Jack, a long dagger, plucked from his girdle, in his hand.
This shook the Kachin so much that the vicious knife-thrust he launched went wide of its mark, and at the next moment Jack closed with him and tried to wrench the knife from his grasp.
Jack had mastered his meaning, the pair were head and shoulders clear of the last beam, and the Kachin was working his way outwards and downwards, inch by inch.