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9 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kid \Kid\, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf Icel. ki?, Dan. & Sw kid; akin to OHG. kizzi G. kitz, kitzchen, kitzlein.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A young goat. The . . . leopard shall lie down with the kid. --Is. xi 6. 2. A young child or infant; hence a simple person, easily imposed on [Slang] --Charles Reade. 3. A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the skin of rats, etc 4. pl Gloves made of kid. [Colloq. & Low] 5. A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food. --Cooper. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kid \Kid\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kidded}; p. pr & vb n. {Kidding}.] To bring forth a young goat. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kid \Kid\, n. [Cf. W. cidysen.] A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kid \Kid\, p. p. of {Kythe}. [Obs.] --Gower. Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kid \Kid\, v. t. See {Kiddy}, v. t. [Slang] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kid \Kid\, n. Among pugilists, thieves, etc., a youthful expert; -- chiefly used attributively; as kid Jones. [Cant] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: kid n 1: a young person of either sex (between birth and puberty); "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters" [syn: {child}, {youngster}, {minor}, {shaver}, {nipper}, {small fry}, {tiddler}, {tike}, {tyke}, {fry}, {nestling}] 2: soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; "kid gloves" [syn: {kidskin}] 3: a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college" [syn: {child}] [ant: {parent}] 4: young goat v 1: tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my leg?" [syn: {pull the leg of}] 2: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: {chaff}, {jolly}, {banter}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Kid {Kernel} language for {Id}. A refinement of {P-TAC}, used as an intermediate language for Id {Lambda-calculus} with first-class {let}-blocks and {I-structure}s. ["A Syntactic Approach to Program Transformations", Z. Ariola et al SIGPLAN Notices 26(9):116-129 (Sept 1991)]. (1996-07-22) From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Kid the young of the goat. It was much used for food (Gen. 27:9; 38:17; Judg. 6:19; 14:6). The Mosaic law forbade to dress a kid in the milk of its dam, a law which is thrice repeated (Ex. 23:19; 34:26; Deut. 14:21). Among the various reasons assigned for this law, that appears to be the most satisfactory which regards it as "a protest against cruelty and outraging the order of nature." A kid cooked in its mother's milk is "a gross, unwholesome dish, and calculated to kindle animal and ferocious passions, and on this account Moses may have forbidden it Besides, it is even yet associated with immoderate feasting; and originally, I suspect," says Dr Thomson (Land and the Book), "was connected with idolatrous sacrifices."
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