8  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Kit  \Kit\,  n.  [Gf.  AS  cytere  harp,  L.  cithara.  Cf  {Guitar}.] 
  A  small  violin.  ``A  dancing  master's  kit.''  --Grew. 
 
  Prince  Turveydrop  then  tinkled  the  strings  of  his  kit 
  with  his  fingers,  and  the  young  ladies  stood  up  to 
  dance.  --Dickens. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Kit  \Kit\,  m.  [Cf.  D.  kit  a  large  bottle,  OD  kitte  beaker, 
  decanter.] 
  1.  A  large  bottle. 
 
  2.  A  wooden  tub  or  pail,  smaller  at  the  top  than  at  the 
  bottom;  as  a  kit  of  butter,  or  of  mackerel.  --Wright. 
 
  3.  straw  or  rush  basket  for  fish;  also  any  kind  of  basket. 
  [Prov.  Eng.]  --Halliwell. 
 
  4.  A  box  for  working  implements;  hence  a  working  outfit,  as 
  of  a  workman,  a  soldier,  and  the  like 
 
  5.  A  group  of  separate  parts  things  or  individuals;  --  used 
  with  whole,  and  generally  contemptuously;  as  the  whole 
  kit  of  them 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Kit  \Kit\,  (k[i^]t),  v.  t.  [imp.  {Kitte}.] 
  To  cut.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Kit  \Kit\,  n.  [See  {Kitten}.] 
  A  kitten. 
 
  {Kit  fox}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  small  burrowing  fox  ({Vulpes  velox}), 
  inhabiting  the  region  of  the  Rocky  Mountains.  It  is 
  brownish  gray,  reddish  on  the  breast  and  flanks,  and  white 
  below.  Called  also  {swift  fox}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  kit 
  n  1:  a  case  for  containing  a  set  of  articles 
  2:  a  set  of  articles  or  tools  for  a  specified  purpose  [syn:  {outfit}] 
  3:  young  of  any  of  various  fur-bearing  animals:  "a  fox  kit" 
  v  :  supply  with  a  kit  [syn:  {kit  out},  {kit  up}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  kit  n.  [Usenet;  poss.  fr  {DEC}  slang  for  a  full  software 
  distribution,  as  opposed  to  a  patch  or  upgrade]  A  source  software 
  distribution  that  has  been  packaged  in  such  a  way  that  it  can 
  (theoretically)  be  unpacked  and  installed  according  to  a  series  of 
  steps  using  only  standard  Unix  tools,  and  entirely  documented  by 
  some  reasonable  chain  of  references  from  the  top-level  {README  file}. 
  The  more  general  term  {distribution}  may  imply  that  special  tools  or 
  more  stringent  conditions  on  the  host  environment  are  required. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  kit 
 
    ({Usenet},  possibly  from  {DEC})  Slang  for  a  full 
  software  distribution,  as  opposed  to  a  {patch}  or  upgrade.  A 
  source  software  distribution  that  has  been  packaged  in  such  a 
  way  that  it  can  (theoretically)  be  unpacked  and  installed 
  according  to  a  series  of  steps  using  only  standard  {Unix} 
  tools,  and  entirely  documented  by  some  reasonable  chain  of 
  references  from  the  top-level  {README  file}.  The  more  general 
  term  {distribution}  may  imply  that  special  tools  or  more 
  stringent  conditions  on  the  host  environment  are  required. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
  (1994-11-18) 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  KIT 
  Kernel  software  for  Intelligent  Terminals  (T-Online,  Telekom  BTX) 
 
 

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