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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kin \Kin\, a.
Of the same nature or kind kinder. ``Kin to the king.''
--Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
kin \kin\ [Of Low German origin; cf G. -chen, LG -- ken.]
A diminutive suffix; as manikin; lambkin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kin \Kin\, n. (Mus.)
A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind with from
five to twenty-five silken strings. --Riemann.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kin \Kin\, n. [OE. kin, cun, AS cynn kin, kind race, people;
akin to cennan to beget, D. kunne sex, OS & OHG. kunni kin,
race, Icel. kyn, Goth. kuni, G. & D. kind a child, L. genus
kind race, L. gignere to beget, Gr ? to be born, Skr. jan
to beget. ?. Cf {Kind}, {King}, {Gender} kind {Nation}.]
1. Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by
birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance,
as of those having common descent.
2. Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
The father, mother, and the kinbeside --Dryden.
You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons.
--Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kin \Kin\, n. Also Kine \Kine\ [Gr. ? to move.] (Physics)
The unit velocity in the C.G.S. system -- a velocity of one
centimeter per second
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
kin
adj : related by blood [syn: {akin(p)}, {blood-related}, {cognate},
{consanguine}, {consanguineous}, {kin(p)}]
n 1: a person having kinship with another or others "he's kin";
"he's family" [syn: {kinsperson}, {family}]
2: group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: {kin
group}, {kinship group}, {kindred}, {clan}, {tribe}]
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