kylinn.
/ˈkiːlɪn/, U.S. /ˈkiˌlɪn/ A fabulous animal of composite form, commonly figured on Chinese and Japanese pottery. ‘According to the Erh Ya, it has the body of a deer, the tail of an ox, and a single horn, from which it is often called the Chinese Unicorn’ (Mayers' Chinese Reader's Man., Shanghai, 1874, 127).
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1857 J. Marryat Hist. Pottery & Porcelain (ed. 2) 217 Dragons, kylins, and all manner of hideous and strange monsters.
1894 Times 26 Jan. 11/3 Sale of General Gordon's Chinese objects of art... A vase and cover, of rock crystal, with pierced dragon handles, kylin on the cover..A small cup, the handle carved as a kylin.
1898 Daily News 14 Dec. 8/4 A piece of old Satsuma, representing a kylin playing with a ball and cord.
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