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kef

 (kĕf, kēf, kāf)
n.
Variant of kif.
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kef

(kɛf)
n
(Pharmacology) a variant of kif
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kef

(kif, keɪf, kɛf)

also kief



n. (in the Middle East)
1. a state of drowsy contentment, esp. from the use of a narcotic.
2. a substance, esp. a smoking preparation of hemp leaves, used to produce this state.
[1800–10; < Arabic kaif well-being, pleasure]
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