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   kit, (kĭt), v. t. [imp. kitte.] To cut. [Obs.] Chaucer.
   
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   kit, n. [See Kitten.] A kitten.
   
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   Kit fox (Zool.), 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.
   
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   Kit, n. [Gf. AS. cytere harp, L. cithara.  Cf. Guitar.] A small violin. “A dancing master's kit.”  Grew.
   
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   Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance. Dickens.
   
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   Kit, n. [Cf. D. kit a large bottle, OD. kitte beaker, decanter.]
   1. A large bottle.
   
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   2. A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the bottom; as, “a kit of butter, or of mackerel”.  Wright.
   
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   3. A straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket. [Prov. Eng.]  Halliwell.
   
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   4. A box for working implements.
   
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   5. Hence: A collection of tools or other objects to be used for a specific purpose, often contained in a box which may be carried conveniently; a working outfit, as of a workman, a soldier, and the like; as, “a plumber's kit; a doctor's kit; a cosmetic kit; a first-aid kit”.
   
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   6. A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, “the whole kit of them; the whole kit and kaboodle”.
   
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