† 1. Name of some herb. Obs.
1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong, Pied de milan,… an herbe called kitesfoote.
1611. in Cotgr., s.v. Milan.
1706. in Phillips.
2. Name of a variety of tobacco, from its color.
[1688. J. Clayton, in Phil. Trans., XVII. 943. Aranoko Tobacco, whose Scent is not much minded, their … aim being … to procure it a bright Kite’s-foot colour.]
1796. Morse, Amer. Geog., I. 544. The kitefoot tobacco.
