1. kish - Noun
2. Kish - Proper noun
A workman's name for the graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA battle between Kish and Susa is recorded in 2700 BCE. Source: Internet
In a tablet unearthed at Kish (dating from about 700 BC), the scribe Bêl-bân-aplu wrote his zeros with three hooks, rather than two slanted wedges. Source: Internet
Kish is a large-volume near-molten waste skimmed from the molten iron feed to a basic oxygen furnace, and consists of a mix of graphite (precipitated out of the supersaturated iron), lime-rich slag, and some iron. Source: Internet
In late December 2008, after the closure of a Sufi place of worship, authorities arrested without charge at least six members of the Gonabadi Dervishes on Kish Island and confiscated their books and computer equipment; their status is unknown. Source: Internet
One tablet reads "Sargon, the king of Kish, triumphed in thirty-four battles (over the cities) up to the edge of the sea (and) destroyed their walls. Source: Internet
But the way Kish represents them, they aren’t far from us or profoundly “other”; without knowing it we have entered their world, and they make us feel things, unaccountable things, and sense memories of events we haven’t lived yet. Source: Internet