Definition of "kechil" [kechil]

• See kichel. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Bali kechil Solar sea salt from Bali; irregular hollow pyramids and flakes; good on pretzels, bagels, tarte Tatin, Indonesian dishes."
• "The variety of roots of the yam and potato kind, under the general name of ubi, is almost endless; the dioscorea being generally termed ubi kechil (small), and the convolvulus ubi gadang (large); some of which latter, of the sort called at Bencoolen the China-yam, weigh as much as forty pounds, and are distinguished into the white and the purple."
• "(Dolichos katjang), k. ka-karah (D. lignosus), k. kechil (Phaseolus radiatus), k. ka-karah gatal (Dolichos pruriens) and many others."